Admirable

Examples

• The following conclusions are drawn up chiefly from Gartner's admirable work on the hybridisation of plants. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• But the incident is an admirable starting-point for an investigation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• It may be an admirable agent of reform, but it has ceased to be a church. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I am no farther interested than as a spectator, said he, with a modesty, admirable, as I thought, to witness. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• At that time he was in the prime of life, being less than fifty years of age, and possessed an admirable physique, promising long life. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• As long as you have twelve thousand a year, Mrs Dengelton will think you an Admirable Crichton. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• They were admirable things for the observer--excellent for drawing the veil from men's motives and actions. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Admirable tenderness! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• You will make an admirable ruler of Melnos! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• In educating the youth of both sexes, their method is admirable, and highly deserves our imitation. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• It is one of its many admirable expedients for enriching the country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The sensible, admirable old lady! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Miss Bart listened with admirable equanimity. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She was interesting; she was admirable; she was deeply to be pitied. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The reason, said my friend (with a sneer), is admirable. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I have often heard him speak of Mrs. Tod as the most admirable woman he had ever known. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I affirm that the remedy which that admirable lady has proposed is the only remedy that will spare you the horrors of public scandal. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Admirable creature! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The Vengeance and Jacques Three vied with each other in their fervent protestations that she was the most admirable and marvellous of witnesses. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• This is admirable! Jane Austen. Emma.
• Excellent rule, that,' said Mr. Pickwick--'admirable. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Admirable in his way, his way was a back and a bye way. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• This part of Mr. Davis's military plan was admirable, and promised the best results of anything he could have done, according to my judgment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Nothing is more admirable than the hesitation with which he proposes the solemn text, 'Until kings are philosophers,' etc. Plato. The Republic.
• He replied in a most admirable manner, exceedingly flattering to my feelings, and undertook to obtain the consent of Mrs. Crewler to this arrangement. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The Huron River, emptying into Lake Erie, was navigable within a few miles of the village, and provided an admirable outlet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The old mill and the white cottage are each admirable in its way. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She will make you an admirable wife; but, think to yourself, how will this uncultured, simple girl look beside the cultured ladies of England? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Admirable schemes for banking development were available, and he made use of them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Yet the greater merit of the work is not the admirable art, but the originality of thought. Plato. The Republic.

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