Newspaper

Examples

• Don't tell me, Mrs. Archer would say to her children, all this modern newspaper rubbish about a New York aristocracy. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• There's twice as much in the newspaper, since I've taken to this chair, as there used to be. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• We could not then employ him; but I foolishly let him know, as a secret, that I soon intended to begin a newspaper, and might then have work for him. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I am glad of it, said he, in a much brisker tone, and throwing down the newspaper again, for I am tired to death. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Storey, who subsequently founded the Chicago Times, and became celebrated in the newspaper world. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I believe Prentice was the father of the humorous paragraph of the American newspaper. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• This earned him the gratitude of the editors, a dinner, and all the newspaper exchanges he wanted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was probably copied from a newspaper or magazine. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• It was exploited under the powerful patronage of a syndicate of newspaper men, and hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent in perfecting it before any practical results were obtained. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Why, yes, said the Rector, taking up the newspaper. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The _Times_ newspaper, which greatly exceeds the size of the _Courier_, is now printed by a machine at the rate of 13,000 an hour. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• This done, and just as I was bidding him farewell, I happened to glance towards the book-and-newspaper stall. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• A month or six weeks later I saw an extract from an American newspaper, describing the departure of the adventurers on their inland journey. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• On coming back he sat down to read his newspaper. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She closed the door, leaving me solus with Mr. St. John, who sat opposite, a book or newspaper in his hand. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• One sees very little about it in the newspapers and popular magazines, in spite of the fact that it is the keystone, so to speak, of the motion-picture industry. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The newspapers had previously published articles showing the unusual capacity and performance of the battery, and public interest had thus been greatly awakened. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A pretty list indeed, said Brougham, alluding to my characters, as advertised in the newspapers by Stockdale. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He had it written up for the newspapers, and advertised public demonstrations of its powers, and arranged that Bell should lecture on it in different cities. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Legree had been casting up accounts and reading newspapers for some hours, while Cassy sat in the corner; sullenly looking into the fire. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• You have, no doubt, already formed your conclusions from the newspapers, he said. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• We have almost no spiritual weapons against classicalism: universities, churches, newspapers are by-products of a commercial success; we have no tradition of intellectual revolt. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Fine newspapers they were. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The phonograph was now fairly launched as a world sensation, and a reference to the newspapers of 1878 will show the extent to which it and Edison were themes of universal discussion. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The newspapers sent in frantic complaints, an investigation was made, and our little scheme was discovered. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• They appeared soon after the news of Lady Glyde's marriage had been made public in the newspapers, and had reached her through that medium. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• There's a quarter of a pound of powder in the case, and I have got two newspapers in my pocket for the loadings. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Parliament has not yet taken notice of them, but the newspapers are in full cry against America. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But the Paris newspapers came around and wanted pay for notices of it, which we promptly refused; whereupon there was rather a stormy time for a while, but nothing was published about it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I had first seen him when I sent for him to lay this place waste for me; having read of him in the newspapers, before I and the world parted. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

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