Members
['mɛmbɚ]
Examples
- And particularly, whether they were ever admitted as members in the lower senate? Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Those who loved reading were obliged to send for their books from England: the members of the Junto had each a few. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But though she had _seen_ all the members of the family, she had not yet _heard_ all the noise they could make. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The surplus he holds merely as custodian, and it is passed on to the younger members of the community as necessity demands. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- At sight of us the members of the guard sprang forward in surprise, and with levelled rifles halted us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I thanked him, and at his direction joined the members of his staff. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Mr. Huskisson, one of the members of Parliament for Liverpool, and a warm friend and supporter of Stephenson and the railroad, had stepped from his coach, and was standing on the railway. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Ten minutes after it touched at the palace a message called me to the council chamber, which I found filling with the members of that body. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The members of the Melton club led what I considered a very stupid sort of life. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- At Jaffa we had taken on board some forty members of a very celebrated community. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I do not mean that the members weren't deeply touched by the misery of these thousands of women. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Virginia squatters) added, we select the black members of a litter for raising, as they alone have a good chance of living. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- What Family has Over 9,000,000 Members? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Instead of telling business men not to be greedy, we should tell them to be industrial statesmen, applied scientists, and members of a craft. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- These members I conceive and believe him to be possessed of. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Two or three of the houses were occupied by the families of members of the staff; in the others boarders were taken, the laboratory, of course, furnishing all the patrons. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Its members were classed in the following committees: 1. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- An education which should unify the disposition of the members of society would do much to unify society itself. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- To the remaining members of the party Lily gave no special thought; wherever they were, they were not likely to interfere with her plans. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- This walk was common to all the male members of Sleary's company, and was understood to express, that they were always on horseback. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The outer masonry walls are built around the skeleton frame, as seen in Fig. 236, and the details of connections for the floor members appear in Fig. 237. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- All the members of the administration besides, trade more or less upon their own account; and it is in vain to prohibit them from doing so. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The other members of the household, viz. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In fact very few of the members understood Stephenson’s invention at all. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The members assumed without criticism the traditional dogma of Christianity that sex in any manifestation outside of marriage is sinful. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- These were not the only members of the Dorrit family who turned it to account. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- At seven o'clock, the four members ascended to the clubroom, tied their badges round their heads, and took their seats with great solemnity. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The tarantula, like many other members of the spider family, is an expert in the making of burrows. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Common subject matter accustoms all to a unity of outlook upon a broader horizon than is visible to the members of any group while it is isolated. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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