Reckoned

Examples

• I reckoned our coach to be about a square of Westminster-hall, but not altogether so high: however, I cannot be very exact. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Lady Catherine was reckoned proud by many people he knew, but _he_ had never seen anything but affability in her. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The price of an ox, reckoned at ten guineas, is about three score times the price of a lamb, reckoned at 3s. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• They reckoned wealth by cows. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mr. Zachariah Chandler was the candidate of the Whigs for the office of Mayor, and was elected, although the city was then reckoned democratic. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I am reckoned to have got as pretty a knowledge and experience of the world as most men. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The church spire is reckoned remarkably handsome. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• But they had reckoned without the political shrewdness of the socialists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Six shillings and eightpence was then, and long afterwards, reckoned the average price of a quarter of wheat. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• And a temper reckoned high in the sum total of her defects. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• And could he, in that case, be reckoned on as likely to accept the last resource? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The only flattering part of this melancholy fact was, that every woman he made up to had been reckoned like me in feature or expression. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The estate at Delaford was never reckoned more than two thousand a year, and his brother left everything sadly involved. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I coom home wi'out a hope, and mad wi' thinking that when I said a word o' complaint I was reckoned a unreasonable Hand. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Till lately I had reckoned securely on the duties and affections of wife and mother to occupy my existence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Tenpence may be reckoned its price in Edinburgh and its neighbourhood. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I was very desirous to see the chief temple, and particularly the tower belonging to it, which is reckoned the highest in the kingdom. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• She believed he was reckoned a very fine young man. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Tenpence was then reckoned what is called the moderate and reasonable price of a bushel of wheat. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I then asked the captain, how far he reckoned we might be from land? Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• They reckoned time by months, and in the earlier period kept a ru de tally of the years by driving nails into a statue of Janus, the ancient sun-god. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He reckoned all dates from the birth of Christ, and through his works the use of Christian chronology became common in Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He was universally reckoned the most ignorant and stupid person among them. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Eighteen pence a day may be reckoned the common price of labour in London and its neighbourhood. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It is reckoned uncivil in travelling strangers to enter a village abruptly, without giving notice of their approach. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The Edison poured or cast cement house may be reckoned as a reality. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Are kings such monsters that a wish like that must be reckoned a royal virtue? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Sich a faithful crittur as ye've been,--and allers sot his business 'fore yer own every way,--and reckoned on him more than yer own wife and chil'en! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• In the present times, one-and-twenty shillings the tod may be reckoned a good price for very good English wool. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The money which I had reckoned upon never came to hand, and a premature examination of accounts exposed my deficit. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

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