Invited

Examples

• The waiter coughed, as if he modestly invited me to get over that. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Before giving him any order as to the part he was to play in the approaching campaign I invited his views. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• They were invited, were not they? Jane Austen. Emma.
• Hannah Brown will preside, and all are invited to attend. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Needless to say, this weak aristocratic republic, with its recurrent royal elections, invited aggression from all three of its neighbours. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• With this view, Mr. Wardle invited the full circle to dinner at the Adelphi; and the decanters having been thrice sent round, opened the business. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She smiled and added: I must go where I am invited, or I should be too lonely. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The consul and secretaries were already invited. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Early had invited this attack himself by his bad generalship and made the victory easy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Mrs. Palmer and two elderly ladies of Mrs. Jennings's intimate acquaintance, whom she had met and invited in the morning, dined with them. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• He was invited and appointed by Mr. Chadband--why, Mrs. Snagsby heard it herself with her own ears! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The persons to be invited, required little thought. Jane Austen. Emma.
• A dull face invited a dull fate. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• They are to be married at Limmeridge Church, and thank Heaven, not one of the neighbours is to be invited to the ceremony. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He invited himself to luncheon the next day, and then he went away to his hotel. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I hear your ball was magnificent; and I understand you invited Mrs. Lemuel Struthers? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Those lines you invited me to read are without signature. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It was arranged that more witnesses should be summoned, and that the London solicitor of the deceased should be invited to attend. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The latter invited me to accompany Lord Robert to the mess-dinner at Lewes. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mr. and Mrs. John Knightley were to come down in August, and she was invited to remain till they could bring her back. Jane Austen. Emma.
• If you please, ma'am, you are invited to step into the back parlour and take some refreshment. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The simple truth was that nothing then invited him so strongly as the presence of Dorothea. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You invited me to read that paper, the night before last, and listened attentively while I did so. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was not many days before Mr. Casaubon paid a morning visit, on which he was invited again for the following week to dine and stay the night. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• However, said Meyler, this is the first time of my being invited; and, as all the world will be there, I really must go. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Is it because we are invited? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We invited him to our party, but he didn't come. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He was invited on good faith. Jane Austen. Emma.
• He invited Mr. Jarndyce to take a glass of claret. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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