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Examples

• According to that doctrine, motives deprive us not of free-will, nor take away our power of performing or forbearing any action. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• One was the fact that his father should, according to his account, cry 'Cooee! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• According to Miss Batesit all came from herMrs. Dixon had written most pressingly. Jane Austen. Emma.
• We have applied this test to three general aims: Development according to nature, social efficiency, and culture or personal mental enrichment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Musical instruments maybe divided into three groups according to the different ways in which their tones are produced:-- _First. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Twice or thrice in the year, according to her promise, she wrote him letters to Madras, letters all about little Georgy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Every thing, that is different is distinguishable: and everything, that is distinguishable, may be separated, according to the maxims above-explained. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The child with a white blouse appears first red, then blue, then green, according as his powders burn red, blue, or green. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Is this regular, and according to the law of combat? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Yes, indeed, he said: according to present notions the proposal would be thought ridiculous. Plato. The Republic.
• In the English coin, it exchanges for about fifteen ounces, that is, for more silver than it is worth, according to the common estimation of Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Get a quarter or half a pound of dark green ink, which is put up in collapsible tubes costing from fifty cents to $2 per pound, according to quality. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The moral of the thing was serious, according to my daughter. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I'll make my cloth as I please, and according to the best lights I have. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But, according to the success with which you put this and that together, you get a woman and a fish apart, or a Mermaid in combination. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mrs. Murray made it, and it's sure to be right; it may be a straw's breadth shorter or longer-waisted, according to my having grown fat or thin. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• While failure is sometimes the outcome of the water-finder’s attempts, success as often and, indeed, according to the testimony of Professor Barrett, more often crowns his efforts. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He made war according to his own discretion, frequently against his neighbours, and sometimes against his sovereign. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Mr. Moore, according to you, did wrong to get military aid, and he did still worse to accept of any other aid. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He is aware of the importance of 'classifying according to nature,' and will try to 'separate the limbs of science without breaking them' (PhaeDr.). Plato. The Republic.
• But, according to another co-worker, Edison seemed pleased when he used to run up against a serious difficulty. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• You said, according to him, that he would be one of those ridiculous clergymen who help to make the whole clergy ridiculous. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The quantity and the quality of the gas yielded by coal differ materially according to the kind employed. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• My faults, according to this calculation, are heavy indeed! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Also, in all such chapters, it is our duty to hear the advice of our brethren, and to proceed according to our own pleasure. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• According to thy taste. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Those duties, when applied to such purposes, are most properly imposed according to the bulk or weight of the goods. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• From this relation of impressions, and identity of ideas, the passion arises, according to my hypothesis. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The percentage of drop varies according to the quantity of copper used in conductors, both as to cross-section and length. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• That is married life, according to my experience of it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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