Associations

Examples

• For unions and trusts, sects, clubs and voluntary associations stand for actual needs. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Nomadism cuts men off from fixed temples and intense local associations; they take a broader and simpler view of the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Some intense associations of a most distressing nature were vividly recalled, I think. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Many of the cardinals were of French origin, and their habits and associations were rooted deep at Avignon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A name trails behind it an army of associations. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• All sad feelings seemed now driven from the house, all gloomy associations forgotten: there was life everywhere, movement all day long. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• In its history from the first, and in its tremendous associations, it is the most illustrious edifice in Christendom. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Its history and its associations are its chiefest charm, in any eyes, and the spells they weave are feeble in the searching light of the sun. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But its influence was greater in destruction of old falsities than in the construction of new ties and associations among men. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• When they came within the influence of Sotherton associations, it was better for Miss Bertram, who might be said to have two strings to her bow. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• From the haughty and unbending nature of the Countess of Windsor, Idris had few tender filial associations with her. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• If such objects could not be produced, ideas were explained as the result of false associations and combinations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Associations thus awakened, opened floodgates of sorrow. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• A beautiful neighbourhood, and full of the most interesting associations. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The truth is, I have associations with these modest little hedgeside flowers--It doesn't matter; we were speaking of Mr. Candy. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But these troublesome associations were just now strongly present to Mr. Brooke, and spoiled the scene for him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The associations with me would be disagreeable. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We visited the north of England, my native Ulswater, and lingered in scenes dear from a thousand associations. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I am not fond of the prattle of children, he continued; for, old bachelor as I am, I have no pleasant associations connected with their lisp. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Here every spot was distinct with associations now grown bitter. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• His letters, in the dearth of scientific associations and the absence of scientific periodicals, served as a general news agency among the learned of his time. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I thought perhaps the alterations had disturbed some old associations he valued. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The same thing struck him now; and again he became aware of a dim stir of former associations. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• So the reformers of California, the Lorimerites of Chicago, and the Barnes Republicans of Albany all use the name of Lincoln for their political associations. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Such is the power of places to evoke associations; so it is with good reason that they are used as a basis for memory training. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• This mode of association has three functions sufficiently specific, as compared with ordinary associations of life, to be noted. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• And when I see or hear either man or woman couple shame with love, I know their minds are coarse, their associations debased. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• There is a companionship of ready sympathy, which might get the advantage even over the longest associations. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• They were being replaced by new associations and new antagonisms. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A bad earthquake destroys our oldest associations; the earth, the very emblem of solidity, has moved beneath our feet like a thin crust over a flui d. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

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