Paying

Examples

• Might not that woman, by her labour, have made the reparation ordained by God in paying fourfold? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• She rose, whilst Gerald was paying the bill, and walked over to Halliday's table. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Paying any price for both, I understand. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He found that after paying his hotel bill he would have less than half a dollar in the world. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He would then commence his purchases, paying for each article separately, as he got it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Without paying the least attention to me, Mrs. Yolland took another dive into the rubbish, and came up out of it, this time, with a dog-chain. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• There could be no question of her not paying when she lost, since Trenor had assured her that she was certain not to lose. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Thus they not only had a greater investment than necessary in the truck itself, but were paying an exclusive charge in the way of operating costs and depreciation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It would be worth our paying for. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It's all right; he is paying his bill. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Two-thirds of my income goes in paying the interest of mortgages. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Then the poor old gentleman revealed the whole truth to her--that his son was still paying the annuity, which his own imprudence had flung away. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Mrs. Bulstrode, paying a morning visit to Mrs. Plymdale, happened to say that she could not stay longer, because she was going to see poor Rosamond. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• What did she care, that Gerald had created a richly-paying industry out of an old worn-out concern? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The mechanic, paying no heed to Gutenberg’s excitement, made the press for him according to the model. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• His skill was relied on by many paying patients, but he always regarded himself as a failure: he had not done what he once meant to do. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It was then, looking up from paying out wire, that he saw, well up the road, those who were coming back from the upper post. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• She asked after all the people at the Rectory with great interest; and said she was thinking of paying them a visit. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I will translate it if you wish, Miss Dengelton, said Crispin, by no means relishing the attention which Eunice was paying to the Greek. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• They converted what they could of the conquered people to Islam; the Christians they disarmed, and conferred upon them the monopoly of tax-paying. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We had to stop playing finally because Dan got to sleeping fifteen minutes between the counts and paying no attention to his marking. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• His efforts to paint historical pictures rather than portraits, and his share in paying off certain debts of his father’s, had made great inroads on the money he had saved. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But as for paying your creditors in full, I might as well hope to pay the National Debt. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• If I could have kept him away by paying money, I certainly would have paid money. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The remissness of our people in paying taxes is highly blameable, the unwillingness to pay them is still more so. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Over and above all this, it could not be brought from those coffers, as will appear by and by, without previously paying for the keeping. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• After the imposition of a tax of this kind, he can get this reasonable profit only by paying less rent to the landlord. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Getting the money was nothing--but getting double the sum she wanted, and paying nobody--it was a magnificent stroke. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Do you think, Sergeant, the blackguard has got off in that way, without paying? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It deserves note that at Chicago regular railway tickets were issued to paying passengers, the first ever employed on American electric railways. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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