Davy

Examples

• Davy was an eloquent, enthusiastic, forceful speaker. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I wonder, if she was to die, whether she'd leave Davy anything? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It was an ideal friendship, incomparably valuable for Davy. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It's Mas'r Davy! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• In the following year Davy reported other chemical changes produced by electricity; he had succeeded in decomposing the fixed alkalis and disc overing the elements potassium and sodium. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He thought that if Davy had not been the first chemist he would have been the first poet of the age. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• After much discussion they appointed a committee to call on Sir Humphrey Davy and ask him to investigate the possibilities for them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Coleridge said, I attend Davy’s lectures to increase my stock of metaphors, and there were many others who went to hear the young chemist for other reasons than a liking for science. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The novelis t's tolerance of Davy's enthusiasm soon passed into a clear recognition of his commanding genius. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Davy had already made influential friends, and one of them, Dr. Hope, the professor of chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, was to give him his next step forward. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The owner of the house, Mr. Tonkin, was an old friend of the Davy family, and very fond of Humphrey, but the amateur experiments were almost too much for him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Davy himself, in spite of his reputation as a chemist, placed this invention above all his other work. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• And I'll take as much care of your mama, Davy. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• My house ain't much for to see, sir, but it's hearty at your service if ever you should come along with Mas'r Davy to see it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Davy dear--' 'Well, Ma. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Lucy was all exultation on being so honorably distinguished; and Miss Steele wanted only to be teazed about Dr. Davies to be perfectly happy. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Sheridan, thinking the enemy might turn off immediately towards Farmville, moved Davies's brigade of cavalry out to watch him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There were at Corinth also Davies' division and two brigades of McArthur's, besides cavalry and artillery. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Davies found the movement had already commenced. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• General Davies, whom I sent out to Painesville on their right flank, has just captured six pieces of artillery and some wagons. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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