Nephew

Examples

• I found two letters on my dressing-table; the first I took up was in my young nephew's well-known round text. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• If we can get them on that mine, and explode it in good time, the siege will be over, replied his nephew decisively. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Sir, said the nephew, we have done wrong, and are reaping the fruits of wrong. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I believe him to be Lady Catherine's _nephew_. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Though her nephew had had no particular reason to hasten back on her account, she had not lived above six-and-thirty hours after his return. Jane Austen. Emma.
• My daughter and my nephew are formed for each other. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The Vicar, after a glass of port, was obliged to hurry away to a meeting, and the shy nephew, who appeared to be an invalid, was packed off to bed. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I think it is not unlikely that he will accept when you propose the thing for the sake of your nephew. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• One day, a young gentleman, who was nephew to my nurse's governess, came and pressed them both to see an execution. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• His appearance formed an odd contrast to that of my young nephew, George Woodcock, whom I had brought to Paris with me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• We ought to be acquainted with Enscombe, and with Mrs. Churchill's temper, before we pretend to decide upon what her nephew can do. Jane Austen. Emma.
• What is your nephew going to do with himself, Casaubon? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• What is your nephew to be, Mr. Casaubon? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• His nephew's introduction to Admiral Crawford might be of service. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Still, by way of punishing her elder nephew, Miss Crawley persisted in being gracious to the young Oxonian. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Her nieces and nephews can't have so much claim as my sister's. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• My nephews and nieces! Jane Austen. Emma.
• If she was executed, the fact remains that her three sons, together with two nephews, became the appointed heirs of Constantine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He had two assistants, either brothers or nephews, and they knew the secret of his process. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The only gentlemen are my nephews, Mr. Blake and Mr. Ablewhite. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• You know he has the entrée of the Athénée, where two or three of his nephews, the sons of his eldest sister, Madame de Melcy, are students. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The children of a first cousin are your nephews and nieces, just the same as the children of your brothers and sisters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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