Alterations

Examples

• He did not believe in spontaneous alterations, but found that every marked change in the quality of beer coincides with the development of micro-organism s. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• This tax was afterwards repealed, and in the room of it was established the window-tax, which has undergone two several alterations and augmentations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• We landed at Philadelphia the 11th of October, where I found sundry alterations. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The last news is that the alterations in his house will occupy from four to six months before they can be properly completed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I have heard the story, said Fitzurse, though either the Prior or thou has made some singular alterations in date and circumstances. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• You think it would do with these alterations, then? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I proposed some reasonable alterations in their _chapel_[8] laws, and carried them against all opposition. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• These cranes facilitate the work of the tool construction department by carrying cumbersome parts of machinery to and from it for alterations and repairs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We'll take this (editors never say I), if you don't object to a few alterations. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The alterations in the conditions of warfare are already much profounder than such authorities as Sir Louis Jackson suspect. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is a method for dealing with conditions so as to effect desirable alterations in them. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Development, in short, has taken place by the entrance of shortcuts and alterations in the prior scheme of growth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Time had made great alterations in her form since I had last beheld her. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Pending the alterations, as I understand. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I thought perhaps the alterations had disturbed some old associations he valued. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He appeared pleased with the confidence, and suggested several alterations in my plan, which I shall find exceedingly useful. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• In making some alterations, the workmen came upon an old dungeon, which had been, for many years, built up and forgotten. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• But it never hints that the success of its plan means vast alterations in our social life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• While Mr. Rochester and the other gentlemen directed these alterations, the ladies were running up and down stairs ringing for their maids. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The bounties upon the importation of tar, pitch, and turpentine, underwent, during their continuance, several alterations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It was needful to economise severely, to make possible the great alterations he must introduce. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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