Magistrates

Examples

• One was to erect a new order of jurisdiction, by establishing magistrates and a town-council in every considerable town of his demesnes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The magistrates of the town, hearing of my letter, received me as a public minister. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• What do you say to coming along with me, upon this warrant, and having a good angry argument before the magistrates? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The magistrates shivered under a single bite of his finger. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The magistrates of the district must have dreaded him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• In cases of national extremity it was the custom to set all other magistrates aside and appoint one leader, the Dictator. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Neither magistrates nor subjects have formed this idea of our civil duties. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Magistrates find an immediate interest in the interest of any considerable part of their subjects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The magistrates, and overseers, and churchwardens, are always wanting his opinion. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The magistrates are not called upon to pronounce any opinion on the matter,' said the second old gentleman sharply. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The citizens have wives and children in common; their marriages are of the same temporary sort, and are arranged by the magistrates from time to time. Plato. The Republic.
• Some of the magistrates are now well frightened, and, like all cowards, show a tendency to be cruel. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It is from this period, according to the French antiquarians, that we are to date the institution of the magistrates and councils of cities in France. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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