Peruse

Examples

• One edition passes into another, and that into a third, and so on, till we come to that volume we peruse at present. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I closed the book, which I dared no longer peruse, and put it on the table, beside the untasted tart. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• At length, Sir, cried I, in a fuming rage, Pray, just peruse, at least, a single page. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mont-Fitchet took the letter from his Superior, and was about to peruse it. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• They say, too, that Clym Yeobright is become a real perusing man, with the strangest notions about things. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The _Times_ announced to its readers that day that they were for the first time perusing a paper printed upon a machine driven by steam power. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He sat placidly perusing the newspaper, with his little head on one side, and a glass of warm sherry negus at his elbow. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• But it would be cruel to put the reader to the pain of perusing the remainder of this description. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Attentively perusing this animated volume, I was the less surprised at the tale I read on the new-turned page. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Her Grace of Beaufort's letters to her son, which I always had the honour of perusing, were extremely eloquent on my subject. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Hence people who began by beholding him ended by perusing him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Mr. Jarndyce, he said, looking off it, you have perused this? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We made the money up this morning, sir, said one of the men, submissively, while the other perused Mr. Jaggers's face. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• After a short interval envoys from China and Kao-chang were admitted and presented their despatches and credentials, which the Khan perused. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I have perused many of their books, especially those in history and morality. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• I have carefully perused them three times. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Sitting on a low stool, a few yards from her arm-chair, I examined her figure; I perused her features. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Mr. Helstone received and perused the document of which the contents have before been given. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

Checker: Roberta