Confines

Examples

• It ought not to have touched on the confines of her imagination. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It does not exist upon the face of any dog without the confines of that street. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Treated as if their meaning began and ended in those confines, they are curious facts to be laboriously learned. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It was known directly, to the furthest confines of the crowd. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Perchance some faint rumour of me may have leaked within the confines of your hellish abode. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Where no bank notes are circulated under ?10 value, as in London, paper money confines itself very much to the circulation between the dealers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• For a year, possibly, we may be forced to live together in the narrow confines of this tiny room. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• At that time, at eighteen, drawing near the confines of illusive, void dreams, Elf-land lies behind us, the shores of Reality rise in front. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But they felt powerful enough to leap over the confines of life into the forbidden places, and back again. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Not until we reach the extreme confines of life, in the Arctic regions or on the borders of an utter desert, will competition cease. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• From the spot I am speaking of, a cannon-ball would carry beyond the confines of Holy Land and light upon profane ground three miles away. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But my plan was unsettled; and I wandered many hours around the confines of the town, uncertain what path I should pursue. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• No, it must be sought within the confines of domestic bliss. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Editor: Val