Cases

Examples

• Investigation of these cases, however, revealed invariably the purely fraudulent nature of all such offers, which were uniformly declined. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We can here consider only a few cases; of these, some of the most difficult to explain are presented by fish. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• I have eight or ten similar cases maturing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But in many cases victory depends not so much on general vigour, but on having special weapons, confined to the male sex. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• In some cases freckles are permanent, but in most cases they disappear with the coming of cold weather. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Undoubtedly many cases occur in which we cannot explain how the same species could have passed from one point to the other. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The true gold of religion was in many cases thrown away with the worn-out purse that had contained it for so long, and it was not recovered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In the early form of the revolver the empty cartridge cases had to be ejected from the cylinder singly by an ejector rod or handy nail. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Several cases are on record of the same species presenting varieties in the upper and lower parts of the same formation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• One often speaks of a ring as being 14-carat gold, or of 22- or 18-carat watch cases or jewelry, but do all of us know just what we mean by 14, 18 or 22 carat? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In such cases their internal freedom was maintained by a royal or imperial charter. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But the cases are widely different. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Explosions have occurred, however, in cases where it is extremely doubtful whether gas has been present in dangerous quantity, and attention has been drawn to the possible causes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Many cases are on record where the mental life is a lmost exclusively in visual, in auditory, or in motor terms. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Sometimes she writes Percival only, but very seldom--in nine cases out of ten she gives him his title. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Would it be said, These cases are rare, and no samples of general practice? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I said it (people often do so, in such cases) like a rather reluctant concession to truth and justice;--as if I wanted to deny it! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The double relation between the ideas and impressions subsists in both cases, and produces an easy transition from the one emotion to the other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I can only repeat that such cases certainly occur, and seem to me very remarkable. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• There are, also, cases of dimorphism and trimorphism, both with animals and plants. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• All this I was forced to define and describe by putting cases and making suppositions. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• In cases where you don't see your way clearly, you hold your tongue. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• They had generally acquired some of the vices of civilization, but none of the virtues, except in individual cases. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• A land of money-worship, a land of noisy steam-engines, a land of poverty and wealth—extremes in both cases. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Well, I have given you my advice, and, as is usual in such cases, you will not take it. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Before coming to Mr. Mivart's objections, it may be well to explain once again how natural selection will act in all ordinary cases. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Time we were off, my dear sir; breach of promise trial-court is generally full in such cases. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It seems, from what I gather, to be one of those simple cases which are so extremely difficult. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• But after all, cases are like, not identical. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• In these cases the colonels were constitutional cowards, unfit for any military position; but not so the officers and men led out of danger by them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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