Shew

Examples

• But I will shew her greater attention than I have done. Jane Austen. Emma.
• To midnight revelry, and the panting emulation of beauty, to costly dress and birth-day shew, to title and the gilded coronet, farewell! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Whenever she is with us, Mrs. Cole does not know how to shew her kindness enough; and I must say that Jane deserves it as much as any body can. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The greatest kindness you can shew me, will be to let me have my own way, and only say that I am gone when it is necessary. Jane Austen. Emma.
• They shew her to the greatest advantage. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Twill therefore be proper, before we leave this subject, to bestow a few reflections on that passion, and shew its origin in human nature. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• For I have already shewn [Sect. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• His father had never conferred a favour or shewn a kindness more to his satisfaction. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He had just read Elton's letter as I was shewn in, and handed it to me directly. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Ryland had shewn that he preferred him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• No mercy was shewn by death; we ceased to expect it, and every day welcomed the sun with the feeling that we might never see it rise again. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She had hardly been able to speak a word, and every look and action had shewn how deeply she was suffering from consciousness. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Four fine mornings successively were spent in this manner, in shewing the Crawfords the country, and doing the honours of its finest spots. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Her wish of shewing you attention could not be doubted, and his being a disengaged and social man makes it all easy. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I believe it will not be necessary to employ many words in shewing the weakness of this argument, after what I have said of the foregoing. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• That fellow, said he, indignantly, thinks of nothing but shewing off his own voice. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Her present visit to London tended to augment her state of inquietude, by shewing in its utmost extent the ravages occasioned by pestilence. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Mrs. Grant's shewing civility to Miss Price, to Lady Bertram's niece, could never want explanation. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• She shewed them how the well-being of each included the prosperity of all. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He described this republic; shewed how it gave privilege to each individual in the state, to rise to consequence, and even to temporary sovereignty. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• A very few lines from Edmund shewed her the patient and the sickroom in a juster and stronger light than all Lady Bertram's sheets of paper could do. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• In the mean time we were joined by Clara, whose pallid cheek and scared look shewed the deep impression grief had made on her young mind. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I was very much pleased with what I collected to have been your behaviour on the occasion; it shewed a discretion highly to be commended. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• THE stars still shone brightly when I awoke, and Taurus high in the southern heaven shewed that it was midnight. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I honour that part of the attention particularly; it shews it to have been so thoroughly from the heart. Jane Austen. Emma.
• It does him the highest honour; it shews his proper estimation of the blessing of domestic happiness and pure attachment. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• All these shews of despair struck Perdita with affright. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Well, Frank, your dream certainly shews that Highbury is in your thoughts when you are absent. Jane Austen. Emma.
• You know I am always ready to pay them any attention in my power, as my taking them out this evening shews. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• The funeral procession of monarchs of old, was transcended by our splendid shews. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

Edited by Colin