Lovers

Examples

• 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.
• Then we may begin by assuming that there are three classes of men--lovers of wisdom, lovers of honour, lovers of gain? Plato. The Republic.
• One night, Madame Rigaud and myself were walking amicably--I may say like lovers--on a height overhanging the sea. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• A grisly little fiction concerning her lovers is Lady Tippins's point. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• After all our debatings and difficulties, we find there is nothing that will suit us altogether so well, nothing so unexceptionable, as Lovers' Vows. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The acknowledged lovers talked and laughed, the unacknowledged were silent. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Mothers are the best lovers in the world, but I don't mind whispering to Marmee that I'd like to try all kinds. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old lovers are the worst. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was sent to Cumberland; but the plan of correspondence between the lovers, arranged by Evadne, was effectually hidden from her. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• And those who govern ought not to be lovers of the task? Plato. The Republic.
• Ye who are linked by the affectionate ties of nature, companions, friends, lovers! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Lovers' Vows were at an end, and Lord and Lady Ravenshaw left to act My Grandmother by themselves. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It was an unlucky remark, and Helena regretted having made it when she saw how fiercely her two lovers glanced at one another. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• My chief acquaintances at this time were Charles Osborne, Joseph Watson, and James Ralph; all lovers of reading. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• We are no longer lovers; nor can I call myself a friend to any; since, lost as I am, I have no thought to spare from my own wretched, engrossing self. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The dreadful wretches that ma brings up at places to torment me, are not lovers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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