Events

Examples

• As events turned out, no such emergency as this occurred. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But if you have followed recent events so closely you must have read about Lord St. Simon and his wedding? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• That catastrophe and other events may have worked upon Mr. Osborne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• In most families there comes, now and then, a year full of events. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• There are some events surely in all men's lives, I replied, the memory of which they would be unwilling entirely to lose? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• At all events, I held my tongue, and helped to screen what he was about. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• My personal share in the events of the family story extends no farther than the point which I have just reached. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I would burn the sofa at all events. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• At all events Miss Havisham has that impression, and I write in obedience to it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It was in the early temples that the records and tallies of events were kept and that writing began. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• At all events, soon after light on the 1st of June Anderson, who commanded the corps on Lee's left, was seen moving along Warren's front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I felt I was so awkward, she replied, that I made up my mind to be improved in that respect at all events and to learn to dance. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• May there not be something in these recent events which threatens her secret with discovery? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The material of thinking is not thoughts, but actions, facts, events, and the relations of things. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• AFTER these events, it was long before we were able to attain any degree of composure. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The increase of stock and the improvement of land are two events which must go hand in hand, and of which the one can nowhere much outrun the other. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• They are very charming faults, at all events. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• At all events, Miss Ophelia knew of nothing else to do; and, therefore, applied her mind to her heathen with the best diligence she could command. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Yet that sentence which contained their wisdom about particular events has acquired an emotional force which persists long after the events have passed away. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Such events are very interesting, but the suspense of them cannot last long. Jane Austen. Emma.
• At all events, I would like to try to be as near it as I can. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Better not to mention the subject, anywhere or in any way, and to remove him--for a while at all events--out of France. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• A nation must, so to speak, live close to its own life, be intimate and sympathetic with natural events. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• We will wait for events--yes, yes, yes--we will wait for events. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Left to myself, I strove with painful intensity to divine the motive of his request and foresee the events of the coming day. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It will be of use to me to hear the succession of events again. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The recognition of this truth by Sorel is one of the most impressive events in the revolutionary movement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• However, my friend, Dr. Watson, knows nothing of this matter, and I should be none the worse for hearing the sequence of events once more. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The attempt has been made, however, to indicate the course of events and deal fairly with the facts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Events have occurred which have not improved his temper, and in more instances than one he has not been allowed to have his own way. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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