Sovereigns

Examples

• All the ancient sovereigns of Europe, accordingly, it has already been observed, had treasures. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• As sovereigns, their interest is exactly the same with that of the country which they govern. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The rent of the crown lands constituted for a long time the greater part of the revenue of the ancient sovereigns of Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• This went on day after day, Mr. Holmes, and on Saturday the manager came in and planked down four golden sovereigns for my week's work. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He thrust his hand into a side-pocket; and producing a canvas bag, told out twenty-five sovereigns on the table, and pushed them over to the woman. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Down went another of the reddleman's sovereigns against his first one which Wildeve laid. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Treasure-trove was, in these times, considered as no contemptible part of the revenue of the greatest sovereigns in Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Well, when sovereigns were flying about, why shouldn't he catch a few? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• They did nothing to develop the consciousness of a world commonweal overriding sovereigns and foreign offices. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But a company of merchants, are, it seems, incapable of considering themselves as sovereigns, even after they have become such. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• They can be turned into sovereigns at any moment. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The right of conquest may be considered as a third source of the title of sovereigns. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Sikes, snatching it from him, hastily opened it; and proceeded to count the sovereigns it contained. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Doodle has found that he must throw himself upon the country, chiefly in the form of sovereigns and beer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Typist: Michael