Acknowledged

Examples

• This expense, however, it must be acknowledged, is more moderate in Great Britain than in most other countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It estranged Rawdon from his wife more than he knew or acknowledged to himself. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• All was acknowledged, and half the night spent in conversation. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• We acknowledged--did we not? Plato. The Republic.
• To Elizabeth, however, he voluntarily acknowledged that the necessity of his absence _had_ been self-imposed. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Fanny acknowledged her wishes and doubts on this point: she did not know how either to wear the cross, or to refrain from wearing it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Each interest is acknowledged as a kind of fixed institution to which something in the course of study must correspond. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Mr. Pickwick acknowledged the compliment, and cordially shook hands with the stout gentleman in the top-boots. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Now this being once admitted, the force of sympathy must necessarily be acknowledged. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• She was acknowledged to be quite right, and the two parts being accepted accordingly, she was certain of the proper Frederick. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It might be all a lie, he acknowledged; but so many fine ladies were going to the devil nowadays that way, that there was no answering for anybody. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Mr. Snodgrass acknowledged the compliment. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The people of France, however, it is generally acknowledged, are much more oppressed by taxes than the people of Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Why, acknowledged Richard, that may be true enough, my love. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr. Guppy acknowledged the receipt by taking it out of his breast-pocket, putting it to his lips, and returning it to his pocket with a bow. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Acknowledged that you were afraid, and backed shamefully out? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The paper in question acknowledged the receipt of a valuable of great price which Mr. Luker had that day left in the care of his bankers. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It was impossible to help fleeting visions of another kind--new dignities and an acknowledged value of which she had often felt the absence. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Each acknowledged the charm in his or her own way. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I acknowledged his attention incoherently, and began to think this was a dream. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Miss Bennet he acknowledged to be pretty, but she smiled too much. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He acknowledged that he had acted under instructions received from a client. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Though she was always staring, she never acknowledged that she saw any individual. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Mr Twemlow acknowledged the remark with a little distant bow. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She couldn't, in spite of his love and constancy and her own acknowledged regard, respect, and gratitude. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• War was at last tacitly acknowledged between us. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I am a little tired, her husband acknowledged. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• That's true, Mr. Lorry acknowledged, with his troubled hand at his chin, and his troubled eyes on Carton. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The second relation I shall observe as essential to causes and effects, is not so universally acknowledged, but is liable to some controversy. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The acknowledged lovers talked and laughed, the unacknowledged were silent. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

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