Appointed

Examples

• Chance set me free of my London engagements to-day sooner than I had expected, and I have got here, in consequence, earlier than my appointed time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He wished, too, that the officers should be appointed altogether by himself, and not be nominated by the people, as the bill had proposed. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• By this act I was appointed one of the commissioners for disposing of the money, sixty thousand pounds. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Instead of it, a new supreme court of judicature was established, consisting of a chief justice and three judges, to be appointed by the crown. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Isn't it an extraordinary thing of Krook to have appointed twelve o'clock to-night to hand 'em over to me? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A praetor, therefore, was appointed to administer it in his stead. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• When all is quiet again, the lodger says, It's the appointed time at last. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He appointed officers for the supervision of charitable works. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• After much discussion they appointed a committee to call on Sir Humphrey Davy and ask him to investigate the possibilities for them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• She will be here; and here will I stay out my appointed time. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Do not forget the deadly sin, do not forget the appointed discovery, do not forget the appointed suffering. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He came back (in disguise), and redeemed the Moonstone, on the appointed day. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The 15th of September was the day appointed, and there were eight locomotive engines provided to propel the same number of trains of carriages, which were to form the procession. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Arius, for example, is accused of heretical opposition because he was not appointed Bishop of Alexandria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He was invited and appointed by Mr. Chadband--why, Mrs. Snagsby heard it herself with her own ears! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He was appointed guardian by the will, until his niece married, or came of age. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It is appointed against such offences that the offenders shall not be able to forget. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The late Jacob Hess, a famous New York Republican politician, was a member of the commission appointed to put the wires underground in New York City, in the eighties. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• If she was executed, the fact remains that her three sons, together with two nephews, became the appointed heirs of Constantine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The laboratories in such works differ from those in the universities only in being more perfectly equipped, and more sumptuously appointed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I endure without murmuring, because it is appointed that I shall so make reparation for my sins. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Upon application to Congress to be recalled, Mr. Jefferson was appointed to succeed him in 1785. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The arms, artillery and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officer appointed by me to receive them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• At the appointed hour we drove out three miles, and assembled in the handsome garden in front of the Emperor's palace. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The sale of his book was forbidden, a commission was appointed to bring charges against him, and he was ordered to go to Rome for trial. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Compeyson laughed, looked at me again very noticing, giv me five shillings, and appointed me for next night. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The End is appointed--the End is drawing us on--and Anne Catherick, dead in her grave, points the way to it still! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I knew very well, however, that the appointed place was the little sluice-house by the limekiln on the marshes, and the hour nine. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• While I was still absent Governor Yates appointed me colonel of this latter regiment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Sullivan is appointed to the command of all the forces detailed for the protection of the line from here to New Carthage. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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