Predecessors

Examples

• King George III, who had begun his reign in 1760, was resolved to be much more of a king than his two German predecessors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And truly is he so spoken of, said the Grand Master; in our valour only we are not degenerated from our predecessors, the heroes of the Cross. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• In connection with this problem it is interesting to note that this question of high speed was apparently regarded by all Edison's predecessors as the crucial point. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Thus educated, they will invent for themselves any lesser rules which their predecessors have altogether neglected. Plato. The Republic.
• They have succeeded to the organisation which their predecessors established in this country. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• You know he has nothing to recommend him but money and a ridiculous roll of addle-headed predecessors; now, don't you? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Each new generation would simply have repeated its predecessors' existence. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Bell took up immediately and energetically the idea that his two predecessors had dropped--and reached the goal. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It may be stated as broadly true that Edison engineered to handle immense masses of stuff automatically, while his predecessors aimed chiefly at close separation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He was no early convert as his two predecessors had been; he had joined the Prophet for reasons of policy in fair give and take. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He may have learnt this custom from his Iberian neighbours and predecessors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But who amongst us is optimistic enough to hope that the men who sit in the mighty positions are going to make a better show of themselves than their predecessors did over the trust problem? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• This time diagram again is on a larger scale than its predecessors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• At length, just before my departure, he told me he had, on better consideration, concluded not to mix his accounts with those of his predecessors. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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