Patterns

Examples

• A few men, philosophers or lovers of wisdom--or truth--may by study learn at least in outline the proper patterns of true existence. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• When yarn is dyed, the coloring matter penetrates to every part of the fiber, and hence the patterns formed by the weaving together of well-dyed yarns are very fast to light and water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Bar was a man of great variety; but one leading thread ran through the woof of all his patterns. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• They mould the softened rubber over clay patterns in the form of shoes, jars, vases, tubes, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• We're like patterns stencilled on a wall. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• One day Dan happened to mention that he thought of buying three or four silk dress patterns for presents. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She had furled her parasol and sat absently drawing patterns on the gravel. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The longer you look the more patterns you can trace, and the more certain it becomes that there is no single way of looking at the board. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• But you must come up and tack on my patterns all the same. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The former finds its standards and patterns in what has gone before. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Brilliant cloths of many hues and strange patterns formed the soft cushion covering of the dais upon which they reclined about her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• If a powerful ruler should form a state after these patterns, then its regulations could be preserved. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It enabled all kinds of fabrics, from the finest to the coarsest, to be cheaply woven into patterns having figured or ornamental designs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Many patterns appear in the national life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• It is then scratch-brushed, burnished and, in some patterns, the handle is greyed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The great variety of elaborate designs of delicate tracery in silk, rich patterns in brocades, and gorgeous figures in carpets, attest the value of Jacquard’s important step in this art. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Before his invention, figured patterns of cloth could only be made by slow and laborious processes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• These are sold in various patterns from the Colonial design, like the illustration shown (Fig. 11), to those patterned after the Grecian urn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He will be sure to have patterns enough. Plato. The Republic.
• The projection of the figures also increases the use of the instrument in designing patterns, for which purpose it has been employed with great advantage. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Most of these built their machines according to their individual ideas, and there was a great trying-out of different patterns. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• So also in invention is its warp and woof made up of a multitude of little threads behind the gorgeous patterns of meteoric genius. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• This plan was very clumsy, but improvements were made so rapidly that by 1860 the market was filled with various patterns of self-raking reapers. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The bedstead, chairs, and lounges, were of bamboo, wrought in peculiarly graceful and fanciful patterns. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She wears very neat patterns always, said Mrs. Plymdale, a little stung. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The uppers are cut by hand from the engraved sheets, while metal patterns are used on the plain stock. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Another difficulty was the lack of proper tools; but he worked at these until his box was supplied with a stock of knives, saws, chisels, and gravers of many different patterns. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• To the beautiful effects produced by the use of modern embossing machines on paper and wood have been added many charming patterns in _embossed_ leather. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• For, previous to the revolution, the Americans were from their infancy taught to look up to the English as patterns of perfection in all things. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Education proceeds ultimately from the patterns furnished by institutions, customs, and laws. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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