Elders

Examples

• With the growth of civilization, the gap between the original capacities of the immature and the standards and customs of the elders increases. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The young would imitate their elders in this task. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was, therefore, a different thing in its origins from the nobility of the early Aryans, which was a republican nobility of elders and leading men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• These were crimes his elders fretted over among themselves and proposed to punish when the opportunity should offer. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A young man for whom two such elders had devoted themselves would indeed be culpable if he threw himself away and made their sacrifices vain. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I had half a mind to bend over the elders' shoulders, and answer their goodness with the thanks of my eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Ned, Frank, and the little girls joined in this, and while it went on, the three elders sat apart, talking. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• For the first few days, I had no choice but to give way to my elders and betters; the patient steadily sinking all the time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Both elders pay you homage. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They were sent up by the minor gentry, freeholders and village elders of their districts as early as 1254, two knights from each shire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The young men in the towns began to be Europeanized to the great dismay of their elders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Veneering and other elders of tribes commended this way out of it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Let 'em wait, as their elders have done before 'em. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But the elders of the ship's family ruled us down and scouted our evidences. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Jane, I don't like cavillers or questioners; besides, there is something truly forbidding in a child taking up her elders in that manner. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• When the Greeks go to war, these heads and elders meet in council and appoint a king, whose powers are very loosely defined. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It becomes all children, especially girls, to be silent in the presence of their elders. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• As he grew, the elders were amazed at his haughty manner and his constant likeness to his father. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• First, the elder must rule the younger; and the best of the elders will be the best guardians. Plato. The Republic.
• However, it was my plain duty to meet a polite and friendly advance on the part of one of my elders with a polite and friendly reply. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

Edited by Annabel