Invitation

Examples

• I should have been fond enough of you even to go that length, and you would have accepted my invitation--you would, sir, twenty years ago! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We all accepted his invitation on account of his party. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• To this invitation Father Christmas, in the name of them all, readily agreed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• This was an invitation for Oliver to enter through a door which he unlocked as he spoke, and which led into a stone cell. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Dine with the Lord Mayor of London (if you can get an invitation) and observe the contrast. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• We therefore decline with thanks your Highness's courteous invitation to the banquet. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• To achieve these results, and to secure a note of invitation which could be shown to Lady Glyde, were the objects of my visit to Mr. Fairlie. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• During the time of my illness, we were still in London, where Mrs. Woodcourt had come, on my guardian's invitation, to stay with us. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Yes, he had no engagement at all for to-morrow; and her invitation was accepted with alacrity. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Mrs. Jennings received the refusal with some surprise, and repeated her invitation immediately. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Mr. Bell's invitation included Margaret. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He joined them immediately, and, with scarcely an invitation, seated himself between them. Jane Austen. Emma.
• As a necessary sequence, I asked him if he would favor us with his company, and he promptly accepted the invitation. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I must now tell you that the Prince has given me a general invitation to go to him every evening, and I have settled my plan, to avoid it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• George accepted the invitation, although his wife was a little ailing. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Mr Merdle issued invitations for a Barnacle dinner. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Here are the invitations all written. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Invitations of the formal kind had been wanting, however, for Will had never been asked to go to Lowick. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Mrs. Elton's invitations I should have imagined any thing but inviting. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The invitations were sent, nearly all accepted, and the following Monday was set apart for the grand event. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• This method of printing finds application in fine line engraving in works of art, card invitations, and bank note engraving. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Tragedies and cravats, poetry and pickles, garden seeds and long letters, music and gingerbread, rubbers, invitations, scoldings, and puppies. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The old folks encouraged me by continual invitations to supper, and by leaving us together, till at length it was time to explain. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But all the invitations were declined, and the last answer came into Lydgate's hands. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Miss Darcy, though with a diffidence which marked her little in the habit of giving invitations, readily obeyed. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The temptation to postpone is much increased because the present offers so many wonderful opportunities and proffers such invitations to adventure. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Besides, if he is not well he won't wish for invitations. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Compliments, invitations, and presents were showered upon him in abundance from all quarters; his society was courted by all, and all appeared proud of his acquaintance. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• You know, I suppose, that she has declined all invitations to stay at Newport, even with her grandmother Mingott? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Invitations were sent with despatch, and many a young lady went to bed that night with her head full of happy cares as well as Fanny. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.

Typist: Sonia