Justly

Examples

• The jealousy of the artist to maintain that reputation, which his ingenuity has justly acquired, has urged him to unnecessary pains on this subject. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I laid down Marian's letter, and felt myself--justly felt myself--an injured man. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I can remember some expressions which might justly make you hate me. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• And yet, he added, I won't deny that in some respects you accuse me justly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The sudden and romantic appearance of his son in the lists at Ashby, he had justly regarded as almost a death's blow to his hopes. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• It is justly complained of that the Australian cooked meat is overcooked. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• People were justly interested in the dog. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The lawyers told me that there were no relatives alive, and that I was justly entitled to spend the money, so that is how I became rich. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• In the sixth chapter I enumerated the chief objections which might be justly urged against the views maintained in this volume. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Many thoughts cheered him at that time--and justly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The subject is more justly considered. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It takes the dimensions and proportions of figures justly; but roughly, and with some liberty. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• But then, Rosamond had no scowls and had never raised her voice: she was quite sure that no one could justly find fault with her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• In treating them justly I fulfil my whole duty towards them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It is largely due to the Patent Law, which justly regards the inventor as a public benefactor, and seeks to make for him some protection in the enjoyment of his rights. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The only place where she is not likely to meet those odious Rawdons is at church, and that won't amuse her, Mrs. Bute justly felt. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Among the former, we may justly esteem our selfishness to be the most considerable. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The matter was so simple, to have or to leave, as she justly observed, that she made the lawyers of the creditors themselves do the business. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• All who know us are aware that although we are at times justly severe upon tigers and martyrs, we never intentionally offend gladiators. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Whereas he who has a taste for every sort of knowledge and who is curious to learn and is never satisfied, may be justly termed a philosopher? Plato. The Republic.
• EGYPT, 25 00 B.C. Medicine, which is almost certain to develop in the early history of a people in response to their urgent needs, has been justly called the foster-mother of many sciences. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I think nobody can justly accuse me of sparing myself upon any occasion, but really I cannot do everything at once. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I know how great, how justly great, your influence is with Lady Bertram and her children, and am the more concerned that it should not have been. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• You correct me justly. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• As you justly said, my good sir, your name cannot concern me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My friends, says Chadband, eightpence is not much; it might justly have been one and fourpence; it might justly have been half a crown. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I have carefully avoided every fault with which common writers of travels are often too justly charged. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• In Great Britain, the abuses which the trustees have committed in the management of those tolls, have, in many cases, been very justly complained of. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Use no hurtful deceit: think innocently and justly: and, if you speak, speak accordingly. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I consider the blessing of a wife as most justly described in those discreet lines of the poet--'Heaven's _last_ best gift. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.

Edited by Dorothy