Preserved

Examples

• No organism wholly soft can be preserved. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The line between the two colours preserved no sort of regularity. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• If such gradations were not all fully preserved, transitional varieties would merely appear as so many new, though closely allied species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• She still preserved her proud manner, but there was a touch of softness in her voice, as she answered: 'I justify nothing. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Then, do you see any way in which the philosopher can be preserved in his calling to the end? Plato. The Republic.
• This was a wonderful discovery, and was preserved as a trade secret for a long time. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• There were many mute Marco Polos who never met their Rusticianos, and history has not preserved their names. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Some of the many kinds of animals which live on the beach between high and low water mark seem to be rarely preserved. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• She had been proud of having won and preserved him--but another had won him from her, and her exultation was as cold as a water quenched ember. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It was metal, ‘elastic metal,’ as Daniel Webster termed it, that could be wound round the finger, or tied into a knot, and which preserved its elasticity like steel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Its first rise in my mind appears in the above-mentioned little paper, accidentally preserved, viz. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Surely the hedges are shaped and measured and their symmetry preserved by the most architectural of gardeners. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In this case the balance is preserved and the central wire remains neutral, as no return current flows through it to the source of energy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I read at the inquest a description of his cabin, in which it stated that the old logbooks of his vessel were preserved in it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Up until yesterday you preserved some remnants of manhood. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Previously wines had been preserved by the addition of alcohol, which made them both dearer and more detrimental to health. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Thomas Porter, sent me some articles preserved with the material which I sent him from England. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Tradition has preserved some wild strophes of the barbarous hymn which she chanted wildly amid that scene of fire and of slaughter:-- 1. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The results of the work of the senses, preserved in memory and imagination, and applied in the skill given by habit, constituted experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I have seen an instance of common flies preserved in a manner somewhat similar. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The crown of Charlemagne, which is preserved in the imperial treasury of Vienna, is composed of eight plates of gold, four large and four small, connected by hinges. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He started for the Shivering Sand, at a rate that my legs (though well enough preserved for my time of life) had no hope of matching. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• We have never seen ice better preserved through a long and hot summer than in a board shanty with only one thickness of siding, and that full of cracks and crevices. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Also a piece of beef preserved on the same day; this when you have inspected it shall be cut in slices and broiled. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• On his side, the Indian preserved the character of a perfect stranger. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I hope you have been this day preserved for a prosperous and happy life. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Since you have preserved my narration, said he, I would not that a mutilated one should go down to posterity. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Fragments of this work have been preserved, exquisite painted tiles, and also painted glass, setting forth the story of Psyche, which Palissy prepared for the chateau. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The original pump and the Magdeburg hemispheres are still preserved. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• When we got to the foot of the stairs, I asked Herbert whether he had preserved the name of Provis. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

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