Inhabited

Examples

• My first visit would be to my sister, who inhabited a little cottage, a part of Adrian's gift, on the borders of Windsor Forest. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• In pursuance of this idea, he pushed open the door gently--but the room was inhabited. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• And by the great armies suddenly raised in that small territory they inhabited, it appears to have been very full of people. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But in countries almost waste, or but thinly inhabited, cattle, poultry, game of all kinds, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Some of them might have inhabited that very cell--sat upon that very spot. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• They were on the upper floor, and from our window we could command a view of the avenue gate, and of the inhabited wing of Stoke Moran Manor House. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• How often did I wish, added he, when I was at Allenham this time twelvemonth, that Barton cottage were inhabited! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• In Ireland, the inferior ranks of people are still poorer than in Scotland, and many parts of the country are almost as thinly inhabited. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• A room at an inn was always damp and dangerous; never properly aired, or fit to be inhabited. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The second floor is inhabited by Daulat Ras, the Indian. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• No dust, no canvas coverings: except that the air feels chilly, one would think they were inhabited daily. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Such happiness, goodness, and religion inhabited the mind of Perdita. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I understand that Harriette and Meyler are living in a house we once inhabited together, said his lordship's letter. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• A great many of the tenements had shop-fronts; but these were fast closed, and mouldering away; only the upper rooms being inhabited. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• All those colonies had established themselves in countries inhabited by savage and barbarous nations, who easily gave place to the new settlers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The next tax of this kind was a tax of two shillings upon every dwelling-house inhabited. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He is, however, intensely personal and neighborly, and what he wants to know is, Is Mars inhabited? Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Before man inhabited India or Africa, some cause must have checked the continued increase of the existing elephant. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• A race of gods or of giants must have inhabited Baalbec many a century ago. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• There was little difficulty in finding him, for he inhabited one of those villas which I have mentioned. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Eastward her power extended weakly into regions inhabited almost entirely by Russians; westward she overlapped a German subject population. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Africa, however, as well as several of the countries comprehended under the general name of the East Indies, is inhabited by barbarous nations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I suppose she had resolved within herself to see what manner of place Dr. John inhabited. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• This is another world, from that which late I inhabited, from that which is now your home. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• The towns were chiefly inhabited by tradesmen and mechanics, who seem, in those days, to have been of servile, or very nearly of servile condition. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It has already annihilated all the tribes who formerly inhabited the seacoast. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• They were all established in conquered provinces, which in most cases had been fully inhabited before. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The island of Jamaica was an unwholesome desert, little inhabited, and less cultivated. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• If you have reason to believe that it is inhabited, do not force your way in, but send a wire to my friend and me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

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