Derived

Examples

• The Greeks derived their musical instruments from the Egyptians, and the Romans borrowed theirs from the Greeks, but neither the Greeks nor the Romans invented any. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Adverting to other advantages derived from railway locomotion, Mr. Stephenson noticed the comparative safety of that mode of travelling. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• A fit of the gout produces a long train of passions, as grief, hope, fear; but is not derived immediately from any affection or idea. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The whole system, therefore, is entirely incomprehensible, and yet is derived from principles as natural as any of these above-explained. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• During the convalescence of animals, great benefit is derived from almost any change in their habits of life. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• While the benefits derived were not directly pecuniary in their nature, they were such as tended to strengthen commercially the position of the rightful owners of the patents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The trade itself has probably derived its name from it, the people of such countries being the carriers to other countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• We always derived profound satisfaction from making an appointment for this purpose. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The anxious terror in which Mr. Hale lived lest his son should be detected and captured, far out-weighed the pleasure he derived from his presence. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Ideas always represent the Objects or impressions, from which they are derived, and can never without a fiction represent or be applied to any other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The word curfew is derived from the French couvre-feu, meaning cover fire. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I derived that, from the look they interchanged. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The difference in the passions is a clear proof of a like difference in those ideas, from which the passions are derived. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The other apes derived unlimited amusement from Tublat's discomfiture, for Broken Nose was a disagreeable old fellow, whom no one liked, anyway. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• For whence should it be derived? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• But he paid his court to them with great exactness, and clearly derived pleasure from the pursuit. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The idea, then, of causation must be derived from some relation among objects; and that relation we must now endeavour to discover. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• It cannot, therefore, be from any of these impressions, or from any other, that the idea of self is derived; and consequently there is no such idea. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• And is the satisfaction derived from that which has less or from that which has more existence the truer? Plato. The Republic.
• From the same source was derived the character of the planter Legree. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• This patent has at first an authority, proportioned to the present and immediate authority of reason, from which it is derived. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• For from what impression coued this idea be derived? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The satisfaction derived from this act was all that the most ardent moralist could have desired. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• So that the impressions of reflexion are only antecedent to their correspondent ideas; but posterior to those of sensation, and derived from them. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• He very much feared that Miss Fairfax derived more evil than good from them. Jane Austen. Emma.
• All ideas are derived from, and represent impressions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• A name derived from the fanciful resemblance to the sound produced by cocking a rifle. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It must, therefore, be derived from some internal impression, or impression of reflection. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• These decisions do not well agree together, and are a proof of the contrariety of those principles, from which they are derived. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• From this trivial and anatomical observation is derived that vast difference betwixt the education and duties of the two sexes. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.

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