Ascertained

Examples

• In the first place, as we began by observing, the nature of the philosopher has to be ascertained. Plato. The Republic.
• Stone in the bladder may be discovered, and the condition and movements of the heart and lungs ascertained. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• And yet, in general, nothing can be more easily ascertained. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The evidence is more complete than could well have been expected in a matter which is naturally so very difficult to be ascertained. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• First, the quantity and value of the land which any man possesses, can never be a secret, and can always be ascertained with great exactness. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• This ascertained, Zélie smiled, well pleased. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The intensity of the light was ascertained to be equal to that of 301,400 mould candles of six to the pound, whilst the light of the Breakwater Lighthouse was equal to only 150 candles. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• While it remained in the coffers of the bank, its superiority was known and ascertained. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Their minister at Constantinople was urged to make the necessary perquisitions, and should his existence be ascertained, to demand his release. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Those presents, it seems to have been supposed, could more easily be abolished altogether, than effectually regulated and ascertained. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I privately ascertained the hour at which Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite was expected, and then I escaped the music by leaving the house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• You have already ascertained Mr. Willoughby's opinion in almost every matter of importance. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Indeed, I should say it was ascertained beyond a doubt. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A whisper arose among the train, but by whom first suggested could not be ascertained. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Whether he perceived it might not be ascertained. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It is an ascertained fact. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Indeed, through this very loophole of character, the reality, depth, genuineness of that refinement may be ascertained. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• What can be more extraordinary than these well-ascertained facts? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Their own inclinations ascertained, there were no difficulties behind, no drawback of poverty or parent. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• This is ascertained by means of a micrometer screw, S, which moves a needle, T, in front of the dial. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The knowledge of a physician is what he has found out by personal acquaintance and by study of what others have ascertained and recorded. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I had not ascertained yet whether Sir Percival was indoors or out. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The fineness of gold, it has been said, is more difficult to be ascertained than that of silver. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It was ascertained that she alighted at the door of one Mr. Pearson Hall, a solicitor, related to the vicar of Nunnely. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• In knowledge, things are ascertained; they are so and not dubiously otherwise. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• We mounted up into our dismal room very much out of spirits, having ascertained that the wind was exactly in the same unlucky quarter. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It was concluded then, and so ascertained, that the torulae in the plant proceeded from the torulae in the atmosphere, from gay motes that people the sunbeams. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The one fact I had ascertained vindicated her reputation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Two common magic lanterns are quite sufficient for the purpose of private exhibition, and the angle at which they should be fixed on their stand may be readily ascertained after a few trials. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• But Lammle has him out again before he has so much as completely ascertained the bareness of the land. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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