Newspapers

Examples

• 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.
• It is mainly wood pulp that has enabled books and newspapers to be made so cheaply, for they are now furnished at a less price than the cost of the paper made in the old way from rags. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• At the beginning of every campaign the newspapers tell about secret conferences in which the candidate and his managers decide upon the line of attack. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• In the few cases that get into the newspapers, are there not instances of slain bodies found, and no murderers ever discovered? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The name that Bella had so often seen in old newspapers, when she was an inmate of Mr Boffin's house! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He introduced himself as 'Texas Jack'--Joe Chromondo--and said he wanted to see Edison, as he had read about me in the newspapers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Daily conversation was shocked into some contact with realities--the newspapers actually printed facts about the situation of a working class population. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Why are They Called Newspapers? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• No doubt the day on which he was perturbed was the day when he had seen of their release in the newspapers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I have become the property of the newspapers, until the gentle reader gets sick of the subject. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The newspapers laughed the wretched upstart and swindler to scorn. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Then the boy would go to his shop in the caboose, set up the item, print it, and sell it, beating the daily newspapers that might be awaiting the passengers at the end of the ride. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The newspapers learned of these, and began to suggest their use in a number of industries. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The first impulse is to abolish all lobster palaces, melodramas, yellow newspapers, and sentimentally erotic novels. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Newspapers and magazines were full of the remarkable X-ray achievements of surgeons in charge of the various European war hospitals. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Mrs. Welland sighed resignedly, and May rose from her seat and went to gather up some newspapers that had been scattered on the floor. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.

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