Resembled

Examples

• It closely resembled in general features the telegraph of Baron de Schilling. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• To speak truth, I was beginning to fancy that the old priest resembled that Père Silas, before whom I had kneeled in the church of the Béguinage. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• In one district several varieties occurred, and of these one alone resembled, to a certain extent, the common Ithomia of the same district. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The outsides of the buildings somewhat resembled the cement houses which have been put up in later days, a coat of clay being spread on the outside walls and carefully smoothed off. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She placed on the table a glass of new milk, a plate of something which looked not unlike leather, and a utensil which resembled a toasting-fork. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The early smelting furnaces of Germany resembled the Catalan, and were called the Stückofen, and in Sweden were known as the Osmund. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He resembled a deer, that throws one ear back upon the trail behind, and one ear forward, to know what is ahead. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• His chief reliance was on education and improved methods of husbandry, but he resembled Horace Greeley in h is hospitality to any project for the public welfare. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• If you ask me whom he resembled in real life, I cannot tell you, as I never saw any one in the least like him. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• But nowhere was pictured any of his own people; in all the book was none that resembled Kerchak, or Tublat, or Kala. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• In a shameless disregard of magnanimity, he resembled the great Emperor. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The buds from which the plant men blossomed resembled large nuts about a foot in diameter, divided by double partition walls into four sections. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I thought that she resembled Lord Ponsonby, and I felt that I could have loved her dearly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• They were covered with gilding, and resembled the shoe of a Chinaman. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A dozen times did he softly turn the handle of some bedroom door which resembled his own, when a gruff cry from within of 'Who the devil's that? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• You'll find it much pleasanter, Sir,' urged another stout gentleman, who strongly resembled the other half of the roll of flannel aforesaid. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• In its primitive state the sun resembled the nebul?, which are to be observed through the telescope, with fiery centers and cloudy periphery. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The noble marquis made up to the late Miss Georgiana Fitzroy, who, as I have heard many people say, very closely resembled me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• These matches very nearly resembled the Lucifers of the present day. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The disc of the moon exactly resembled that of the real luminary, and all around being so dark, the rays from its surface cast shadows of intervening objects. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Professor Porter rolled over upon his stomach; gingerly he bowed his back until he resembled a huge tom cat in proximity to a yelping dog. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• If new circumstances resembled the past, it might work well enough; in the degree in which they deviated, failure was likely. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Of her two sisters, Mrs. Price very much more resembled Lady Bertram than Mrs. Norris. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It must not be thought, of course, that these old-time conduits resembled strikingly those of the present day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• True, answered Julia with a deep sigh, which almost resembled a groan; but I see very plainly that he is tired of me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Reis’ plan resembled the broken drum beats, and Bell’s the kite cord, which always preserved a certain amount of tension. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• If _she_ were like a cathowever, _he_, quite as much, resembled a leopard: nothing could be lighter than his tread when he chose. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It appeared on the whole, to Little Dorrit herself, that this same society in which they lived, greatly resembled a superior sort of Marshalsea. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He opened and closed it so that the locomotive’s whistles resembled the dots and dashes of the telegraph code. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Where was the woman ever seen who resembled you? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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