Gifts

Examples

• And without doubt the lady so crushed with gifts would find them irresistible. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Under such circumstances a judicious man changes the topic and enters on ground where his own gifts may be more useful. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Neither must we sing to them of 'Gifts persuading gods, and persuading reverend kings. Plato. The Republic.
• And it was from the gifts bestowed upon him towards the execution of this benevolent purpose, that he recruited his finances, as just now observed. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• They also bear abundant evidence of the compatibility of these two widely divergent gifts existing, even to a high degree, in the same person. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• One of Lydgate's gifts was a voice habitually deep and sonorous, yet capable of becoming very low and gentle at the right moment. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• These brooches and these rings, of a beauty so gracious and celestial, were what one called, with the permission of Monsieur, nuptial gifts. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• To be accepted by you as your husband and the earthly guardian of your welfare, I should regard as the highest of providential gifts. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• They are compelled, so to speak, to have physical gifts because they are lacking in social gifts. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• And can you mention any pursuit of mankind in which the male sex has not all these gifts and qualities in a higher degree than the female? Plato. The Republic.
• There are statues of serpentine marble, gifts of the late Tsar of Russia, whose admiration is also represented by a gorgeous inlaid and enamelled cigar-case. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But later many captives were spared to be slaves because they had exceptional gifts or peculiar arts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Amongst the kind brownie's gifts left in my desk, I forgot to enumerate many a paper of chocolate comfits. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Emanuel's gifts kept well supplied with chocolate comfits: It pleased him to see even a small matter from his hand duly appreciated. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He was intensely miserable, this strong man of nine-and-twenty and of many gifts. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• O yes, he returned, these are all gifts of that kind. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It seemed impossible, Archer thought, that he should be long without one, so varied were his interests and so many his gifts. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Food and drink were to be found as nature’s free gifts, but clothing had to be made, and its manufacture constituted probably the oldest of all the living arts. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In the next place, we must not let them be receivers of gifts or lovers of money. Plato. The Republic.
• That's George's present to you, Rebecca, dear, said Amelia, quite proud of the bandbox conveying these gifts. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It is one of the greatest gifts of statesmanship to see new social problems years before they arise and solve them in advance. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Certainly, he said; he must have natural gifts. Plato. The Republic.
• To begin with, he would have the great goodness to observe that there were love-gifts, and there were nuptial gifts. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• These gifts Mrs Sprodgkin accepted, but still insisted on dutifully remaining in the hall, to curtsey to the Reverend Frank as he came forth. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Maurice, I'm really and truly ashamed of your ingratitude to God for His many gifts. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Though life its common gifts deny,-- Though, with a crushed and bleeding heart, And spurned of man, he goes to die! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He and she then told me of changes they had known: even with them all had not gone smoothly, and fortune had retrenched her once abundant gifts. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She played a large part in gathering about him men of unusual gifts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Either she saw in his face that he knew, or she only feared in her conscience that he knew, that she spoke of some of her husband's gifts. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• But like all other gifts of the Creator to Man, she is mortal; her life has attained its last hour. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

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