Admitted

Examples

• This thrown open, admitted him to his own private apartment of three rooms: his bed-chamber and two others. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• And particularly, whether they were ever admitted as members in the lower senate? Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• They were admitted by a confederate inside the house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The world of sense is still depreciated and identified with opinion, though admitted to be a shadow of the true. Plato. The Republic.
• The path just admitted three. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I was not expected, for she left me locked in the yard, while she went to ask if I were to be admitted. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• A small green court was the whole of its demesne in front; and a neat wicket gate admitted them into it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• He always admitted his blunders, and extenuated those of officers under him beyond what they were entitled to. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I know it,' the old man admitted. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You do see him, and mind you, it ain't every one as is admitted to that honour. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Her alliance for the time being was with Gerald, and she did not know how far this was admitted by any of the men. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• John admitted this, and told him some details of his process. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• No thought could be admitted of entering to embrace her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Now this being once admitted, the force of sympathy must necessarily be acknowledged. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• She was excluded from the room, while Dixon was admitted. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Rudimentary parts, as is generally admitted, are apt to be highly variable. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Steam admitted into the globe from the cauldron escaped through the side pipes, and its pressure on these pipes caused the globe to rotate. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Mr. Tupman admitted the fact. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He admitted that he had been unfair in the prosecution of the lawsuit, and urged Gutenberg to take his old place in their firm. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• These four perpendicular ranges of windows admitted air, and, the fire being kindled, heat, or smoke at least, to each of the galleries. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• No; I pleaded off, and he admitted my plea. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• After a short interval envoys from China and Kao-chang were admitted and presented their despatches and credentials, which the Khan perused. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It must, however, be admitted that in many instances we cannot conjecture whether it was instinct or structure which first varied. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• They are divided into two great classes, single and double acting engines, accordingly as the water is admitted to one side of the piston only, or to both sides alternately. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Then Mr. Vail admitted that he was satisfied. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Two letters have passed between these parties, letters which are admitted to be in the handwriting of the defendant, and which speak volumes, indeed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She had never been admitted before to be seriously ill. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The door-bell rang, he was admitted; I felt sure of this, for I heard his voice addressing the portress. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Then on this view also justice will be admitted to be the having and doing what is a man's own, and belongs to him? Plato. The Republic.
• When all are admitted, how can there be a Holy of Holies? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.

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