Families

Examples

• The tribe was a big family; the nation a group of tribal families; a household often contained hundreds of people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He once said that he was educated in a university where all the students belonged to families of the aristocracy; and the highest class in the university all wore little red caps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In most families there comes, now and then, a year full of events. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• An undue love of Self leads to the most monstrous crimes and occasions the greatest misfortunes both in States and Families. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• This invention is practically a gift to the workingmen of the world and their families. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• V ARKWRIGHT AND THE SPINNING-JENNY 1732-1792 All the great English inventors have sprung from families of small means, and have had to work for their living. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• At least in some families, Rebecca continued. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I am sure we are constantly hearing, ma'am, till it becomes quite nauseous, concerning their wives and families,' said Bitzer. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• They say that there are some families almost starving to death in Briarfield. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But I must not shrink from a professional duty, even if it sows dissensions in families. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There were families in London who would have sacrificed a year's income to receive such an honour at the hands of those great ladies. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Miserliness is a capital quality to run in families; it's the safe side for madness to dip on. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• A degree or two lower, and a creditable appearance might interest me; I might hope to be useful to their families in some way or other. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The elder De Candolle has made nearly similar observations on the general nature of the affinities of distinct families of plants. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The regular and best families Emma could hardly suppose they would presume to inviteneither Donwell, nor Hartfield, nor Randalls. Jane Austen. Emma.
• We met other families on the Long Walk, enjoying like ourselves the return of the genial season. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The high price of such commodities does not necessarily diminish the ability of the inferior ranks of people to bring up families. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Many of the leading officers had brought their families to witness the hunting down of the Macedonian invaders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In addition the following other great language families are distinguished by the philologist. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• That is how families get rid of troublesome sprigs. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Two or three of the houses were occupied by the families of members of the staff; in the others boarders were taken, the laboratory, of course, furnishing all the patrons. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Very strange things comes to our knowledge in families, miss; bless your heart, what you would think to be phenomenons, quite. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• All the middle-aged clerks think their families too large. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Look at the numerous families of girls in this neighbourhood--the Armitages, the Birtwhistles, the Sykeses. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Yes, in property going out of families, said Mrs. Waule, in continuation,--and where there's steady young men to carry on. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• My son is one of the last representatives of two old families. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And they will take care that their families do not exceed their means; having an eye to poverty or war. Plato. The Republic.
• Dear, dear, one of the oldest families in the county of Norfolk, and one of the most honoured. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• We were ten weeks in our journey, and I was shown in eighteen large towns, besides many villages, and private families. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• This sort of thing is true of all the orders and families that survive until to-day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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