Dwelt

Examples

• 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.
• For nearly two years the royal family dwelt unmolested in the Tuileries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Hour after hour, I have dwelt on these thoughts, and strove to form a rational conclusion concerning the mystery of a future state. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• We have dwelt upon the completeness of that collapse. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They necessarily became the judges in peace, and the leaders in war, of all who dwelt upon their estates. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• If we have dwelt especially on the negative side, it is for the sake of suggesting positive measures adapted to the effectual development of thought. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I dwelt upon the fact that Sophy--who I do assure you, Copperfield, is the dearest girl! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The news had to be told twice before it took proper hold of his attention, and even then he dwelt on it but momently. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• From then on my mind dwelt a great deal upon the subject of a self-propelled vehicle that could be used on any country road or city street. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Mr. Knightley's words dwelt with her. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I know that,' said the man, 'for I have been to the place they dwelt in, at the time of the inquest. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I have dwelt many months in the heaths of England, and among the deserts of Scotland. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• She expressed her gratitude again, but it was too painful a subject to each, to be dwelt on farther. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• How long have ye dwelt here, and whither are they gone that dwelt here before ye? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• When I answered her in the affirmative, I dwelt on them too. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And he had begun now to frame possibilities for the future which were somehow more embittering to him than anything his mind had dwelt on before. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• This was a prospect to be dwelt on with a fondness that could be but half acknowledged. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• This last question led to opening the problem of the relation of reason to action, of theory to practice, since virtue clearly dwelt in action. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Markham, the poet, has seized upon this picture, dwelt eloquently on its horrors, and apostrophised it as if it were a condition now existing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• She knew that he saw such recommendations in Harriet; he had dwelt on them to her more than once. Jane Austen. Emma.
• My mistress dwelt strongly on Rosanna's good conduct in her service, and on the high opinion entertained of her by the matron at the reformatory. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I dwelt long upon the fertility of our soil, and the temperature of our climate. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• And then a weird apparition marched forth at the head of the procession--a pirate, I thought, if ever a pirate dwelt upon land. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The security of a landed estate, therefore, the protection which its owner could afford to those who dwelt on it, depended upon its greatness. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• In such vault I had been told did Mr. Reed lie buried; and led by this thought to recall his idea, I dwelt on it with gathering dread. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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