Lover

Examples

• Her lover was no longer to her an exciting man whom many women strove for, and herself could only retain by striving with them. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I don't speak of your lover--I will give you the benefit of the doubt in that matter, for it only affects me personally. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• All flashed indignant or appealing glances at the inexorable Davis, and one passionate lime lover burst into tears. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He was now at my feet, the humble sighing, adoring, suppliant lover again. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I'd rather you wouldn't, said Meg, taking a naughty satisfaction in trying her lover's patience and her own power. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Love is the dismallest thing where the lover is quite honest. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Carefully selecting one long tress, she smoothed it down with her hands, and held it out towards her lover. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• On the contrary, it appeared that she had proposed to herself the task of hiding that feeling, and bridling her lover's ardour. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• What is it the poet says about a lover seeing Helen's beauty in the brow of Egypt? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Caddy told me that her lover's education had been so neglected that it was not always easy to read his notes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I haven't any notion of a lover. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Then came the smash, and she stayed on to nurse her lover, while brother Joseph, finding himself pretty snug, stayed on too. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Tell him that nobody wants a real steady friend more than I do; but I cannot meet a stranger as a lover. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• No wonder that the lover of the princely Idris should fail to recognize himself in the miserable object there pourtrayed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• And must not an animal be a lover of learning who determines what he likes and dislikes by the test of knowledge and ignorance? Plato. The Republic.
• The human watchdogs must be philosophers or lovers of learning which will make them gentle. Plato. The Republic.
• A few men, philosophers or lovers of wisdom--or truth--may by study learn at least in outline the proper patterns of true existence. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Tell us all about it, cried Mr. Laurence, who had been longing to lend the lovers a hand, but knew that they would refuse his help. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• At the odd sound the lovers turned and saw her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• And they had been lovers now, for years. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Meg's wedding has turned all our heads, and we talk of nothing but lovers and such absurdities. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• We had been little lovers once. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Those, I said, who are lovers of the vision of truth. Plato. The Republic.
• The subsequent encounter of the two lovers and their reconciliation is a matter for ironical speculation on the part of Plutarch. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They seem for the most part shabby in attire, dingy of linen, lovers of billiards and brandy, and cigars and greasy ordinaries. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The lovers were standing together at one of the windows. Jane Austen. Emma.
• After the lovers again joined me, we supped together in the alcove. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• This was release at laSt. She had had lovers, she had known passion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But those who love the truth in each thing are to be called lovers of wisdom and not lovers of opinion. Plato. The Republic.
• In my extremity I did what most other lovers would have done; I sought word from her through an intimate. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.

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