Ann
[æn]
Definition
(n.) Alt. of Annat
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Examples
- Lauk, Mary Ann! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Miss Ann, did it not strike you that it was not YOU whom the Major wanted to marry? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Words of comfort, words of wisdom, words of love--the blessed, blessed, blessed words of Miss Jane Ann Stamper! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Before I could recover myself, this monster in human form shouted out furiously, Miss Jane Ann Stamper be----! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Miss Ann asked sarcastically. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I kept Miss Jane Ann Stamper by me, and waited for events with the most unfaltering trust in the future. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Now it was the two Misses Wynns--first the dark, then the light one; now the red-haired Miss Armitage; then the mature Ann Pearson. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Young Lambton, the little curly-headed Opposition man, second son of Lady Ann Wyndham, now interrupted us. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Go on joking, Ann. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mary Ann remarked that she supposed some one must be very ill, as Mr. Bates had been sent for at that time of the evening. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I must tell you again we're not in a barrack, William, Miss Ann remarked. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You must not flurry yourself, Mary Ann,' interposed Mrs. Cluppins. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Oh, yes, said I, we also see Lady Heathcote and Lady Ann Wyndham. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I retired modestly to a corner--with Miss Jane Ann Stamper on my lap, in case of emergency. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Ann is not come back from the village, and I thought I would let you sleep on till she returned. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He might almost as well be at Madras for anything WE see of him, Miss Ann Dobbin remarked at Camberwell. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But men don't talk in this way, Ann: it's only women, who get together and hiss, and shriek, and cackle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Margaret Hall and Mary Ann Ainley conduct Nunnely. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I only said you were a couple of geese, Will Dobbin said, perceiving Miss Ann's pink eyes were beginning to moisten as usual. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I sat there quite immovable, with my tracts at my elbow and with Miss Jane Ann Stamper on my lap. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- These two monthsbeing the last of the année scolaire, were indeed the only genuine working months in the year. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mamma sends her love with that of your affectionate, Ann Dobbin. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- One, called Queen Ann's Pocket Piece still preserved at Dover, is twenty-five feet long and carries a ball only twenty-five pounds in weight. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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