Surpassed

Examples

• In textile fabrics they have never been surpassed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was something beyond love, such a gladness of having surpassed oneself, of having transcended the old existence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It surpassed any complications of intrigue in her favourite Pigault le Brun. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• When you get to the top, there's a view of the neighbouring premises, not to be surpassed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In the course of a century or two, several of them appear to have rivalled, and even to have surpassed, their mother cities. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• An English hero of the road would be the next best thing to an Italian bandit; and that could only be surpassed by a Levantine pirate. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• His perplexity was only superficial, new conditions reigned, the old were surpassed; here one did as one was possessed to do, no matter what it was. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Challey of Lyon over the Saane at Fribourg, Switzerland, which greatly surpassed the Menai bridge. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The self-sacrifice of Cecilia reveals a pure and womanly character, very seldom equalled, never surpassed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My dream was out; my wild fancy was surpassed by sober reality; Miss Havisham was going to make my fortune on a grand scale. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• There was one art in the mastery of which nothing mortal ever surpassed Mr. Donne: it was that of begging. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Britain no longer mines the largest quantity, having been far surpassed by the United States. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Each occasion surpassed its predecessor in the beauty of construction of the machines displayed and efficiency of their work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Many things I read surpassed my understanding and experience. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Being in such feather, he might have surpassed himself in his next sally, had not Miss Podsnap been announced. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Great as are the printing powers of these machines of Mr. Applegath's, they have been surpassed more recently by one placed close beside them, invented by Mr. Hoe, of New York. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• She believed that love far surpassed the individual. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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