Dwell

Examples

• Jaelthe stern woman; sat apart, relenting somewhat over her captive; but more prone to dwell on the faithful expectation of Heber coming home. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I hate to dwell long on any subject, unless indeed it were the merits of these my most interesting and valuable memoirs! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• No need to dwell on the result. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• My friend, the Golden Age still exists in Melnos, and if you come with me, you will dwell in Arcady. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• You propose, replied I, to fly from the habitations of man, to dwell in those wilds where the beasts of the field will be your only companions. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I will not dwell on a scene, which even at this distant period I cannot remember without shuddering. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Or her taste for peculiar people, put in Mrs. Archer in a dry tone, while her eyes dwelt innocently on her son's. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Strange to say, that quiet influence which was inseparable in my mind from Agnes, seemed to pervade even the city where she dwelt. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Near the spot we sailed from, the Holy Family dwelt when they sojourned in Egypt till Herod should complete his slaughter of the innocents. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It was so long since Fanny had had any letter from her, that she had some reason to think lightly of the friendship which had been so dwelt on. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• This was what Will Ladislaw dwelt on to Mr. Brooke as a reason for congratulation that he had not yet tried his strength at the hustings. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Mrs Gowan thought the hit so good a one, that she dwelt upon it; repeating 'Not _everything_. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Falsehoods and illusions ascend to take their place; the prodigal goes back into the country of the Lotophagi or drones, and openly dwells there. Plato. The Republic.
• He dwells upon the pleasure of an open fire, and the destruction of this pleasure by the use of the closed stoves. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And, fled from monarchs, Mount Charles, dwells with thee! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Yes—in Constantinople; a daughter of the old Byzantine nobles, a Fanariot beautiful as the dawn, who dwells at Phanar. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• At this early date no drawings were attached to patents, and the specification dwells more on the function of the machine than the instrumentalities employed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Take her as the visionary nursling of your own fancy; and she will grow upon you, all the more clearly, as the living woman who dwells in mine. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The latter place was a large, comfortable dwelling, beautifully situated among woods about a mile to the northeast of Chesterfield. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Silence reigned in this dwelling. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The spirit of elder days found a dwelling here, and we delighted to trace its footsteps. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• But it took off her thoughts from too impatiently dwelling upon her desire to have all explained to Mr. Thornton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• They talked about art in a merely sensuous way, dwelling on outside effects, instead of allowing themselves to learn what it has to teach. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• In what way could it possibly be the interest of the inhabitants of that dwelling to serve me? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• This was not the rose; but she had dwelled with it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

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