Particulars

Examples

• I was going on to more particulars, when my master commanded me silence. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• The author relates several particulars of the _Yahoos_. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• He told me at parting, that he should soon write; and he spoke in a manner which seemed to promise me many particulars that could not be given now. Jane Austen. Emma.
• These were all the particulars that I could gain from Marian. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Could Colonel Forster repeat the particulars of Lydia's note to his wife? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• But what did such particulars explain? Jane Austen. Emma.
• As for any further particulars relating to the author, the reader will receive satisfaction from the first pages of the book. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• It is needless in my opinion to illustrate this argument by the enumeration of particulars. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I have just been looking through all the recent papers in order to master the particulars. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• In the subordination of particulars to general principles he experienced a satisfaction akin to the sen se of beauty or the joy of artistic production. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• If he had written to you, there would have been more particulars. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Eginhard lacks vividness; he tells many particulars, but not the particulars that make a man live again in the record. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is impossible to refer intelligibly to this document without first entering into certain particulars in relation to the bride's pecuniary affairs. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I noted down these particulars in my pocket-book, feeling as I did so both doubtful and disheartened about my next proceedings. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He was the son of---- Poor but honest parents--that is all right--never mind the particulars --go on with the legend. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Health, wealth, efficiency, sociability, utility, culture, happiness itself are only abstract terms which sum up a multitude of particulars. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Let me hear from you without delay; I am impatient for a thousand particulars. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Particulars then followed; and after the announcement of the victories came the list of the wounded and the slain. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As setting forth the problem, they may well be termed particulars, for they are fragmentary. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• There are no further particulars, and the whole case is in your hands now--so far as it has been set forth in the public press. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I will know the name; I will have particulars. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• A letter, under date Portsmouth, from a colonist of the name of Provis, asking for the particulars of your address, on behalf of Magwitch. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Its connection with the many, with various particulars, has the same effect, and also carries conflict in its train. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The particulars I reserve till we meet; it is enough to know they are discovered. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• A visit to the boy suggested itself as a means of gleaning new particulars; though it might be quite unproductive. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Lydia's thoughtlessness first betrayed to me that you had been concerned in the matter; and, of course, I could not rest till I knew the particulars. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The first question on her side, which led to farther particulars, was, How long has this been known to you, Elinor? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I trouble your ladyship with these particulars to show you that I have kept the family secret within the family circle. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She asked him the particulars of his transaction with Isaac, which he detailed accurately. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Without entering into more minute particulars. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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