Parcels

Examples

• It is not worth while, Harriet, to give Mrs. Ford the trouble of two parcels. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Next day, boy calls: “Very sorry--his mistake-- immense business--great many parcels to deliver--Mr. Sawyer's compliments--late Nockemorf. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• They sent him parcels, which, when opened, were found to contain the paternal soap and candles. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• At length the chaise arrived, the trunks were fastened on, the parcels placed within, and it was pronounced to be ready. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Seventy-six hundred thousand million of parcels of bank-notes! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• You could make it into two parcels, Mrs. Ford, could not you? Jane Austen. Emma.
• I think well of him, and like to show that I do, for he is a gentleman in spite of the brown paper parcels. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• There's a good deal of money made in snatching their bags and parcels, and running round the corner. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• They might soon have been divided again, and broke into small parcels, either by succession or by alienation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Did he show you boxes, little cabinets, pocket-books, parcels, anything locked or sealed, anything tied up? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• At another time, our parcels would come and go, as easily as in business-like Old England; but now, everything is stopped. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• These parcels, well packed, were placed on as many horses, each parcel, with the horse, being intended as a present for one officer. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Don't tell me about its safety, cried the angry lady, I know what your care of parcels is before to-day. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In the meantime, when I least expected it, came two large parcels from Worcester. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Outer doors of chambers are shut up by the score, messages and parcels are to be left at the Porter's Lodge by the bushel. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• They consisted of twenty parcels, each containing 6 lbs. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• One July day she came in with her hands full, and went about the house leaving letters and parcels like the penny post. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The pneumatic mail tube despatch system, by which letters, parcels, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In parcels as set forth,' returned the old man, looking over his master's shoulder; 'or the lump. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Wrench did not neglect sending the usual white parcels, which this time had black and drastic contents. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• These are to be disposed of in parcels; are they? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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