Treasures

Examples

• And we can set a watch over our affections and our constancy as we can over other treasures. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Nathaniel Pipkin had ocular demonstration of the fact, that the rumours of old Lobbs's treasures were not exaggerated. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• What those treasures are they keep so secret that the court is maddened. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Beautiful records of such beginnings of science were among the neglected treasures of the rich men's libraries throughout the imperial domains. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Winter seemed conquering her spring; the mind's soil and its treasures were freezing gradually to barren stagnation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He breathed a sigh of relief as he drew out the little tin box, and, opening it, found his greatest treasures undisturbed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I would not lose her now, for all the treasures of the world. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Martha Endell--side by side with whom, he would not have seen his dear niece, Ham had told me, for all the treasures wrecked in the sea. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It owned great properties and often hoarded huge treasures. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The French kings of the Merovingian race had all treasures. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• There were times when I would have given my right hand to possess the treasures he ascribed to me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Give me, then, O goddess, of your treasures! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The accumulated treasures of the prince have in former times afforded a much greater and more lasting resource. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The burning rivers of oil were a reflection of the golden treasures which flowed into the hands and pockets of thousands as from a perpetual fountain touched by some great magician's wand. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• 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.
• Among his treasures was a copy of Fresenius’s Qualitative Analysis, engaging reading for a boy only twelve years old. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The townspeople who, in their passing and repassing, saw her there, regarded her as the Bank Dragon keeping watch over the treasures of the mine. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• He entrusted to her keeping the treasures of his soul, his aspirations after excellence, and his plans for the improvement of mankind. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It cost her a pang even to think of giving up the little treasures which in her eyes were as precious as the old lady's jewels. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• What those treasures were, Mrs. Sparsit knew as little as they did. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• His weapons and shields and other little store of treasures were littered about. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The treasures here, by simple weight, without counting workmanship, were valued at fifty millions of francs! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The great church of Saint Sophia which Justinian the Great had built (532) was plundered of its treasures and turned at once into a mosque. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• However, there I was, reclining, with my art-treasures about me, and wanting a quiet morning. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He stored my mind with its first treasures, and stamped his character upon them all. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Says Lamartine of the writings of Palissy, they are real treasures of human wisdom, divine piety, and eminent genius, as well as of great simplicity, vigor, and copiousness of style. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I had heard him call them his treasures: as I picked them up, cracked and worthless, my hand trembled. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• When they divided their kingdom among their different children, they divided their treasures too. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• By the way, said Roylands meditatively, I suppose that Caliphronas thinks you have untold treasures in this Acropolis? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

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