Petitions
[pə'tɪʃən]
Examples
- Always petitions! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There were juvenile letters and petitions from Rebecca, too, in the collection, imploring aid for her father or declaring her own gratitude. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I don't suppose such vicarial piety will avail much, but the petitions come out of a sincere breast, from innocent lips. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was alone, examining some petitions lately presented. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Go patter thy petitions to heaven, said the fierce Norman, for we on earth have no time to listen to them. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Oh, I know,' said Sam; 'them as hangs up in the linen-drapers' shops, with beggars' petitions and all that 'ere upon 'em? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I laid it in your desk with a prayer: I must indeed be a sinner: Heaven will not hear the petitions that come warmest from my heart. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- What power does she suppose is in the person she petitions to avert this unjust suspicion, if it be unjust? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They held meetings, they made speeches, they got up petitions to extort this boon; on what terms it was made they cared not. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He sat at a table with several secretaries, who were arranging petitions, or registering the notes made during that day's audience. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Edited by Brent