Judging

Examples

• The vestry was larger than I should have supposed it to be, judging from the outside only. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I seem to have been doing that ever since I knew you, judging from your frequent mention of the fact. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I suppose you,' said Eugene, 'judging from what I see as I look at you, to be rather too passionate for a good schoolmaster. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• His fair neighbour, judging from her movements, appeared in a mood the most unquiet and unaccommodating. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• To this I reply, that in judging of the actions of men we must proceed upon the same maxims, as when we reason concerning external objects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I would not change you for the clearest-headed, longest-sighted, best-judging female breathing. Jane Austen. Emma.
• But romance-writers might know nothing of love, judging by the way in which they treat of it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• On the contrary, it seems to do you good, miss, judging from your appearance. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I am excessively fond of music, but without the smallest skill or right of judging of any body's performance. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Judging merely by their general style, and without other evidence, one might easily suspect that self-righteousness was their specialty. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I heard them droning out their death-psalms, little judging they were sung in respect for my soul by those who were thus famishing my body. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Forming an opinion of our people and their manners by what is seen among the inhabitants of the seaports, is judging from an improper sample. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I could not see his face, but judging by his voice only, he was a perfect stranger to me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• What has he been judging by? Jane Austen. Emma.
• As to the last quality, I have not yet had an opportunity of judging, but for the rest, you have described him exactly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

Typist: Perry