Learnt

Examples

• But before extinction overtook them, even the Neanderthalers learnt much and went far. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Fanny had indeed nothing to convey from aunt Norris, but a message to say she hoped that her god-daughter was a good girl, and learnt her book. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I have learnt patience--I can wait my time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But so from rough outsides (I hope I have learnt), serene and gentle influences often proceed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We won't make an author of you, while there's an honest trade to be learnt, or brick-making to turn to. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• On inquiry, however, of the constable's wife he learnt that the constable was not at home. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• As to fitfulness, I have never learnt the art of binding myself to any of the wheels on which the Ixions of these days are turning round and round. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The empire of Kin had the resources of half China behind it, and in the struggle the Mongols learnt very much of the military science of the Chinese. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I hope I have learnt how to accommodate myself to the changes of life. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• To these Nestorian teachers came the fresh Arab mind out of the desert, keen and curious, and learnt much and improved upon its teaching. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Dixon had learnt part of the truth--but only part. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I hope I've learnt something of the love of Christ from her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• If, upon examination, he appears to understand what is taught there, no questions are asked about the place where he learnt it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I've learnt to write some. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She had even learnt to detect, in the very gentleness which had first delighted her, an affectation and a sameness to disgust and weary. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• In the meantime, I learnt lessons at home. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She learnt the best by heart, and would often recite them when we were alone together. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• No doubt he ventured at first as a fisherman, having learnt the elements of seacraft in creeks and lagoons. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Because, you see, you didn't know how much of Good, Good, Good, I had learnt from John. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You used to teach girls, she said, If you could only have taught me, I could have learnt from you! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And now she had learnt that not only to will, but also to pray, was a necessary condition in the truly heroic. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Little Dorrit learnt from it what to do. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The sentiments of the head of the office being now so effectively made known, Mr. Stockdale soon learnt it by the return of two packets. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In the stern school of extremity and danger my will had learnt to be strong, my heart to be resolute, my mind to rely on itself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I _did not_,' replied Mr. Brownlow, rising too; 'but within the last fortnight I have learnt it all. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• In a school carried on by sheer cruelty, whether it is presided over by a dunce or not, there is not likely to be much learnt. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The kind blue eyes, whose slightest changes of expression I had learnt to interpret so well, looked at me appealingly when we first sat down to table. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I want to know, said she, with a countenance no less smiling than her sister's, what you have learnt about Mr. Wickham. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The empire had learnt nothing even from Carrh?. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• No, Kitty, I have at last learnt to be cautious, and you will feel the effects of it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

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