Dine

Examples

• And he presumed on it to make himself quite at home, and call and dine here, ay? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The next day Meyler agreed to dine with me and set off after dinner to Badminton. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• But I told Traddles, and Mr. and Mrs. Micawber, that before I could think of leaving, they must appoint a day when they would come and dine with me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Why did you ask that scoundrel, Rawdon Crawley, to dine? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• All the Crawleys from the Rectory came to dine. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Being effected, Mr Dorrit expressed his hope that Mr Sparkler would shortly dine with them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Dine with the Lord Mayor of London (if you can get an invitation) and observe the contrast. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I felt I might, without indelicacy, because the evening she dined with us she rather suggested . Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• As for society, he was carried every other day into the hall where the boys dined, and there sociably flogged as a public warning and example. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I've never dined out in London; and I don't want to be ridiculous. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Brummell often dined with him, and therefore I take it for granted that Tom Raikes lent Brummell money. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He was dined at the H?tel de Ville, given the Legion of Honor, and money was subscribed for a monument to mark the place near Calais where he commenced his flight. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• A servant came in with Mr. Moore's candle and tea; for the tutor and his pupil usually dined at luncheon time. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• So I dined upon cod very heartily, and have since continued to eat as other people; returning only now and then occasionally to a vegetable diet. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Yes; this is the dining-room. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He walked into the dining-room as we sat after dinner, and announced his intention in the thick voice of a half-drunken man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I went into the kitchen, the butler's pantry, the gun-room, the billiard-room, the drawing-room, and finally the dining-room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Bounderby looked more astonished than hospitable, at sight of this uninvited party in his dining-room. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Been dining here? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Yes, sir--they have been dining here, I think, sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Dining once with the Colesand having a ball talked of, which never took place. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt, as Poor Richard says. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Fanny never dines there, you know, in this sort of way. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• That you encourage him, and ride out with him, and that he dines with you this very day? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The General dines out on Tuesday. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Oh, they dines in the wash'us, do they? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And so he dines to-morrow and goes to the Opera with us. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Who the d---l dines at six? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

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