Principally

Examples

• But those objects against which their envy seems principally directed, are the vices of the younger sort and the deaths of the old. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• It would appear, therefore, that it is principally foreign salt that is used in the fisheries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Principally rags and rubbish, my dear friend! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• This consolation principally consists in their invention of the words: faculty and occult quality. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The first railroads to be built were principally branches of the Liverpool and Manchester one, and chiefly located in the mining and manufacturing county of Lancaster. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• She talked principally of Sir Percival, and asked a great many questions about where he had been travelling, and what sort of lady his new wife was. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The factory work at this time related chiefly to stock tickers, principally the Universal, of which at one time twelve hundred were in use. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• They differ principally in the manner of its ejection. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I shall not enlarge upon this objection, because it principally belongs to natural philosophy, which lies without our present sphere. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Principally for--ha hum--your sake, Amy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• This is what I find principally wanting in their reasonings, and what I shall here endeavour to supply. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• This independency of the clergy of France upon the court of Rome seems to be principally founded upon the pragmatic sanction and the concordat. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Mr. Bryan Donkin, who was engaged in the manufactory, principally assisted in bringing the machinery to perfection. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• It is used principally by salesmen in keeping a record of their sales, as three copies can be taken simultaneously with one writing. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• They trusted you on the language, principally. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Her commerce, instead of running in a great number of small channels, has been taught to run principally in one great channel. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• My occupations at this age were principally the mathematics, and most of the branches of study appertaining to that science. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• He admired her exceedingly, but principally, and to begin with, on the curious ground (as it seemed to us) of her having had three husbands. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It is the sober and industrious poor who generally bring up the most numerous families, and who principally supply the demand for useful labour. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• But it could make no headway against the cheap labour of Europe in watch-making, and the country was flooded with watches of all qualities, principally from Switzerland and England. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This was made with vigor, and was directed principally against Emory's corps, which had sustained the principal loss in the first attack. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The meeting was said to have been embarrassing to both, and the conversation was principally apologetic. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Canadian lumber was used principally in this industry. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But there is no inconsistency--ha--not the least, in my feeling hurt, and yet complaining principally for your sake, Amy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Thousands of persons, principally children, are now employed in the manufacture of chemical matches. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The Spanish war which began in 1739 was principally a colony quarrel. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• As it principally concerns yourself, you ought to know its contents. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• We shall principally endeavour to prove the latter point; the former being in a manner self-evident. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• It were not well to fill these pages with a mere catalogue of losses; yet I cannot refrain from this last mention of those principally dear to us. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• In that case it may be regarded as evident that the enemy are relying upon their local reserves principally for the defence of Richmond. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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