Sentiments

Examples

• Never had Lefferts so abounded in the sentiments that adorn Christian manhood and exalt the sanctity of the home. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The will never creates new sentiments. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Young Thomas expressed these sentiments sitting astride of a chair before the fire, with his arms on the back, and his sulky face on his arms. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I even promised that I would hide my uncouth sentiments in my own breast. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They enter with more warmth into such sentiments, and feel more sensibly the pleasure, which arises from them. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• My Walworth sentiments must be taken at Walworth; none but my official sentiments can be taken in this office. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Official sentiments are one thing. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• You speak my sentiments precisely, ma'am, said Shirley, and I thank you for anticipating me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It seems, said Estella, very calmly, that there are sentiments, fancies,--I don't know how to call them,--which I am not able to comprehend. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Tars Tarkas was to get into communication with Thark and learn the sentiments of his people toward his return from Dor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Herein lay the spring of the mechanical art and mystery of educating the reason without stooping to the cultivation of the sentiments and affections. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Helstone could not bear these sentiments. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Ada suggested that it was comfortable to know that Mr. Jellyby did not mean these destructive sentiments. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The labour of the thought disturbs the regular progress of the sentiments, as we shall observe presently. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• To a man of my sentiments it is unspeakably gratifying to be able to say this. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But stick to those sentiments of thine. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I was charmed to hear my own sentiments from the lips of another, and one of his own sex too. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Sir Thomas looked again, and then replied with an approving smile, I am happy to find our sentiments on this subject so much the same. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The expression of your sentiments on this subject, my dear Victor, gives me more pleasure than I have for some time experienced. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Natural affection only, of all the sentiments, has permanent power over me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She might have prevented the indulgence and increase of such sentiments. Jane Austen. Emma.
• You know my sentiments. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The straining of the imagination always hinders the regular flowing of the passions and sentiments. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The book was written by him at the age of about 34 or 35, and is full of the generous sentiments of youth. Plato. The Republic.
• In this question Dr. Franklin was decidedly in favour of the measure proposed, and had great influence in bringing others over to his sentiments. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• In this opinion they are almost unanimous; and it is only in the inference they draw from it, that they discover any difference in their sentiments. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The case is the same, as when we correct the different sentiments of virtue, which proceed from its different distances from ourselves. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Thus much for the sentiments of the ancient heathens. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Saying this, he suddenly quitted me, fearful, perhaps, of any change in my sentiments. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• You know the weak side of her character, and may imagine the sentiments and expressions which were torturing me. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.

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