Prizes

Examples

• These threads are proposed as prizes for those persons whom the emperor has a mind to distinguish by a peculiar mark of his favour. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• The vain hopes of gaining some of the great prizes is the sole cause of this demand. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The principal are, The produce of French prizes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The sheiks of the tribes, under a king of the poets, sat in judgment and awarded prizes; the prize songs were sung through all Arabia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Having been absolutely carried along by the immense concourse of ladies, we came up close to Lord Kinnaird, who was dealing out the blanks and prizes. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He brought home numberless prizes and testimonials of ability. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Not everyone may feel that to push out into the untried, and take risks for big prizes, is worth while. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• There are no prizes either, he thought, and no one would choose to ride this wheel. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• And yet no mention has been made of the greatest prizes and rewards which await virtue. Plato. The Republic.
• They were finally informed that their vessels and cargoes were prizes. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He is now in his fifth year, and has brought in turn each of the prizes of the turf to Colonel Ross, his fortunate owner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• You take all the prizes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• George Stephenson’s Locomotive, Rocket, takes prizes of Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• If we gave prizes at this establishment (but we only keep blanks), you should have the first silver medal, for taking me up so quick. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In a perfectly fair lottery, those who draw the prizes ought to gain all that is lost by those who draw the blanks. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• We married men have to put up with what we can get: all the prizes are for the clever chaps who've kept a free foot. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• With what prizes? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• An important addition has been made during the last week to the list of the prizes which have been borne away by these charming invaders. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The next day came the distribution of prizes; that also passed; the school broke up; the pupils went homeand now began the long vacation. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The colonial legislature of Carolina offered prizes in 1775 for the first native-made pins and needles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He prizes me as a soldier would a good weapon; and that is all. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Every joy that life gives must be earned ere it is secured; and how hardly earned, those only know who have wrestled for great prizes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The games being concluded, Helena distributed the prizes, which were useful articles, especially selected by Justinian for these occasions. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• These prizes were numerous, though of small value. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Two little girls, of five and six years old, drew the numbers: and the prizes were duly proclaimed from the platform. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• As the great prizes in the lottery are less, the smaller ones must be more numerous. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Who prizes you, if I do not? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He was, it seems, part owner of a ship, which the other owners thought fit to employ as a letter of marque, which took a number of French prizes. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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