Invitations

Examples

• Mr Merdle issued invitations for a Barnacle dinner. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Here are the invitations all written. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Invitations of the formal kind had been wanting, however, for Will had never been asked to go to Lowick. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Mrs. Elton's invitations I should have imagined any thing but inviting. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The invitations were sent, nearly all accepted, and the following Monday was set apart for the grand event. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• This method of printing finds application in fine line engraving in works of art, card invitations, and bank note engraving. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Tragedies and cravats, poetry and pickles, garden seeds and long letters, music and gingerbread, rubbers, invitations, scoldings, and puppies. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The old folks encouraged me by continual invitations to supper, and by leaving us together, till at length it was time to explain. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But all the invitations were declined, and the last answer came into Lydgate's hands. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Miss Darcy, though with a diffidence which marked her little in the habit of giving invitations, readily obeyed. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The temptation to postpone is much increased because the present offers so many wonderful opportunities and proffers such invitations to adventure. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Besides, if he is not well he won't wish for invitations. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Compliments, invitations, and presents were showered upon him in abundance from all quarters; his society was courted by all, and all appeared proud of his acquaintance. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• You know, I suppose, that she has declined all invitations to stay at Newport, even with her grandmother Mingott? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Invitations were sent with despatch, and many a young lady went to bed that night with her head full of happy cares as well as Fanny. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I hope you will bring Elton, said he: but I will not trouble you to give any other invitations. Jane Austen. Emma.
• He would instruct his agents to issue invitations to his rivals to meet him in competition. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Meanwhile her uncle urged her to visit, to comply with the frequent invitations of their acquaintance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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