Neighbours

Examples

• What's the good of a thing that you can't put down in the ashes to warm, hey, neighbours; that's what I ask? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Don't ye be afeard for me, neighbours. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Were you and Mrs. Catherick neighbours? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Neighbours, if Mrs. Yeobright were to die, d'ye think we should be took up and tried for the manslaughter of a woman? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Needless to say, this weak aristocratic republic, with its recurrent royal elections, invited aggression from all three of its neighbours. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He made war according to his own discretion, frequently against his neighbours, and sometimes against his sovereign. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• When neighbours asked after the boy's health, she referred them pointedly to Mrs. Osborne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I fear that all our neighbours would tell you that, even if I were to attempt to deny it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He is called among the neighbours the Lord Chancellor. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• However much she had suffered, most of her neighbours seem to have suffered more. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They are to be married at Limmeridge Church, and thank Heaven, not one of the neighbours is to be invited to the ceremony. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• They are excellent neighbours to you in the country, I understand. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• And I can't abear to part with anything I once lay hold of (or so my neighbours think, but what do THEY know? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Helstone was at some distance from any neighbours of their own standard of cultivation. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Yes, sir--neighbours at Old Welmingham. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Not in a land of war and blood, surrounded by hostile neighbours, and distracted by internal factions, can Israel hope to rest during her wanderings. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• To divide it was to ruin it, and to expose every part of it to be oppressed and swallowed up by the incursions of its neighbours. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He floundered in his conversation with the ladies, his neighbours: George's coolness only rendering him more angry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I thought our judgments were given us merely to be subservient to those of neighbours. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Yes, neighbours, though I was in the temple of prayer that's what I said. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Unlike its three neighbours, Prussia, Russia, and the Austro-Hungarian monarchy of the Habsburgs, Poland had not developed a Grand Monarchy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He should like to see the old house again exceedingly, and should be very happy to meet Mr. and Mrs. Elton, and any other of his neighbours. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I am beset here with neighbours that match your infidels, Sir Knight, in Holy Land. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Those workmen however, who suffered by our neighbours prohibition, will not be benefited by ours. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• None of her neighbours had attacked her, because she appeared to be weakening herself by her internal dissensions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• SIR,--I presume that you cannot wish to interfere with the domestic comforts of your neighbours. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I always say, we are quite blessed in our neighbours. Jane Austen. Emma.
• There he sat, high above his neighbours, smiling, and nodding his great head enjoyingly from time to time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He is a quick, apprehensive knave, who sees his neighbours blind side, and knows how to keep the lee-gage when his passions are blowing high. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Nay, but, said the chief Outlaw, we did but half the work at most--take of the spoil what may reward your own neighbours and followers. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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