Differences
['dɪfərənsɪz]
Examples
- We have been at some pains in this history to make plain the development of these differences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We wos a adjestin' our little differences, and I wos a-cheerin' her spirits and bearin' her up, so that I forgot to ask anythin' about it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- These fine differences about the constitution of the Deity interwove with politics and international disputes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I dreamt that I took you to her house to make up differences, and when we got there we couldn't get in, though she kept on crying to us for help. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- All these differences prevent or weaken the comparison, and consequently the passion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He knew that Hermione had a curious pleasure in treading down all the social differences, at least apparently, and he left it to her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We shall afterwards have occasion to remark both the resemblance and differences betwixt a poetical enthusiasm, and a serious conviction. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Was not the selection of the male guardians determined by differences of this sort? Plato. The Republic.
- At a low level of civilization, differences in language cause very powerful political strains. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These slight proportional differences, due to the laws of growth and variation, are not of the slightest use or importance to most species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Those differences were too minute to be described. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Where there were distinct differences, the difficulty was met by saying that these were different _aspects_ of the same god. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Possibly these several differences may be connected with the different flow of nutriment towards the central and external flowers. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Such alone are the unimportant differences which Gartner is able to point out between hybrid and mongrel plants. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In each individual the original differences are small. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Such differences commonly originate in a disagreement about the use of the terms 'mine' and 'not mine,' 'his' and 'not his. Plato. The Republic.
- Audubon has given several remarkable cases of differences in the nests of the same species in the northern and southern United States. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Differences of economic opportunity then dictate what the future callings of individuals are to be. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Whenever the legislature attempts to regulate the differences between masters and their workmen, its counsellors are always the masters. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is an incidental result of differences in the reproductive systems of the parent-species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Nevertheless, when w e compare these classifications diligently, we find very marked differences between Bacon's views and the medieval. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- When were such changes ever made in men's natural relations to one another: when was such reconcilement of ingrain differences ever effected! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The differences in cost in the production of halftones is due largely to the length of time devoted to this work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Differences of temperature and density of the parts of the original mass account for the eccentricity of orbits, and deviations fro m the plane of the equator. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Differences in dietary soon attracted the attention of the envoys. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A vulcanite or other strip is easily affected by differences of temperature, expanding and contracting by reason of the minutest changes. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Even strongly-marked differences occasionally appear in the young of the same litter, and in seedlings from the same seed-capsule. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- A flash of lightning is liable to give rise to a wave of enormous power which will set half the aerials on the earth vibrating in spite of the differences of pitch to which they are tuned. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Certain differences between the great empires of the East and West were all in favour of the stability of the former. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But there were some differences between Em'ly's orphanhood and mine, it appeared. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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