Discovered

Examples

• She had discovered something, something more than wonderful, more wonderful than life itself. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The instrument may be made before the laws which govern its operation are discovered. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Under such high patronage most of the ideas and principles of ordnance now prevailing were discovered or suggested, but were embodied for the most part in rude and inefficient contrivances. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Samarium discovered by Boisbaudran, Scandium by Nilson, and Thulium by Cleve. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The name was all I kept from him, and he has discovered it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Early says in his Memoirs that if we had discovered the confusion in his lines we might have brought fresh troops to his great discomfort. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Having discovered this relation, which requires no farther examination, I am curious to find some other of their qualities. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Soon after my arrival in the hovel, I discovered some papers in the pocket of the dress which I had taken from your laboratory. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• In a moment they saw him, and then me; but scarcely had they discovered me than I commenced firing, lying flat upon my belly in the moss. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Again scampering devious, bounding here, rushing there, snuffing and sniffing everywhere; she at last discovered me in classe. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Then Hubbard discovered a young man in Washington who impressed him as having remarkable executive ability. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The doctor may have been wrong when he discovered the child's defects of intellect, and predicted that she would 'grow out of them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Stone in the bladder may be discovered, and the condition and movements of the heart and lungs ascertained. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A dangerous but very extensively used illuminating liquid before coal oil was discovered was camphene, distilled from turpentine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Thus Galileo invented the telescope, and Newton discovered the law of gravitation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And a man discovered by the chiefs is dead. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Another was discovered in them and murdered in the episcopal chair. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I left the steamer at Gravesend, and discovered that the Indians had gone from that place to London. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Not a fragment of bone has been discovered in these beds. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• I have discovered but few national singularities among them. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• This piece of the cross was discovered in the sixteenth century. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Mr. Godfrey took advantage of this hesitation to get back again to his bedroom before you came out, and discovered him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• How are they even to be discovered? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Before we had taken three steps, the Count's quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I found by their pointing towards me and to each other, that they plainly discovered me, although they made no return to my shouting. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• I have discovered, whispering mysteriously, that her natural cruelty is sharpened by a jealous fear of their regaining their liberty. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It had been carried out and had been dashed savagely against the garden wall, under which its splintered fragments were discovered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• ARK Mr. Pickwick's eyes sparkled with delight, as he sat and gloated over the treasure he had discovered. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Some of the new metals discovered in the last century have in this century been combined with iron to make harder steel. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• For he assured me, that if the secret should be discovered by my countrymen the Dutch, they would cut my throat in the voyage. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

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