Worlds
[wɜː(r)ldz]
Examples
- I believe you were glad we danced no longer; but I would have given worldsall the worlds one ever has to givefor another half-hour. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I would not have missed it for worlds. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Snodgrass seized his friend's hand warmly, as he enthusiastically replied, 'Not for worlds! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Not for ten thousand worlds, Misse! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- For all practical purposes, they represent two independent worlds. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Worlds could not have tempted either me, or my _femme de chambre_, to have passed another night alone in that house. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- My dear fellow, said the colonel, I would not for worlds spoil your comfort. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Not for worlds would she enter there. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I wouldn't have it, for a thousand worlds. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He regarded the universe as an infinity of worlds acted upon by an eternal Agent, and full of beings, tending through their vario us states to a final perfection. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I am a citizen of two worlds; Captain John Carter of Virginia, Prince of the House of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It's the best of old worlds! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Activity is divided, and two separate worlds are built up, occupying activity at divided periods. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Baden Powell, in his Essays on the Unity of Worlds, 1855. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- For worlds would not I have had a letter of hers seen by YOU in former days. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- That,' said the middle-aged lady, rising from her seat, and averting her head--'that I would not reveal for worlds. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He was falling through a gulf of infinite darkness, like a meteorite plunging across the chasm between the worlds. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- What good is like to this, To do worthy the writing, and to write Worthy the reading and the worlds delight? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Notwithstanding this general parallelism in the conditions of Old and New Worlds, how widely different are their living productions! Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- And now among the inhabitants of two worlds I counted none a better friend than Tars Tarkas, Jeddak of the Tharks. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- But from this point the two worlds diverged. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That of all the women of two worlds that I had known and admired during my long life she alone had I loved. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Knowing him finally she was the Alexander seeking new worlds. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They tore aside the veil which hid our eyes, And showed us unknown worlds and unknown skies. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Add good manners, and, as the wise tell us, we shall make the best of both worlds. Plato. The Republic.
- Upon my word, Watson, there is something very attractive about that livid face at the window, and I would not have missed the case for worlds. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Not for worlds. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There is order throughout, and in this order the dust beneath our feet , the stars above our heads, atoms and worlds, are alike comp rehended. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- For him t here were two worlds, the world of sense and the world of ideas. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He steals softly over the grass, careful to make no sound; he pauses--fancying she has stirred: he withdraws: not for worlds would he be seen. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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