Privately

Examples

• He had done worse than listen, as I privately thought to myself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Neither had read it, but they knew it was a love story, and each privately wondered if it was half as interesting as their own. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Her father privately married again--his cook, I rather think. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He would like the wedding to be the day after tomorrow, quite privately; at the church of his parish--not at ours. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It must be either publicly by setting the magistrate and coroner to work, or privately by questioning Lydgate. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Even the subsidy by rulers of privately conducted schools must be carefully safeguarded. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The Count let him have his way, first privately ascertaining, in case of his own interests being threatened next, where we lived. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We all thought it a pity at Frizinghall that their proceedings were not privately watched. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Mrs. Cadwallader said, privately, You will certainly go mad in that house alone, my dear. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I am from Than Kosis, I replied, and wish to speak privately with Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• And Christian went back and privately pocketed them. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• In the first place, she owes no money privately to any living creature. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He married his second wife privately, because he was proud, and in course of time she died. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• After prescribing for Rachel, he said he wished to speak to me privately in another room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But I have something to give you privately from Mrs. Yeobright. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I privately ascertained the hour at which Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite was expected, and then I escaped the music by leaving the house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• To fetch the Moonstone, as was privately known to himself and to me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I privately wondered, on my side, how the celebrated Cuff had got his reputation. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Who could I find capable of travelling to London by the train she travelled by, and of privately seeing her home? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• When breakfast was over he had an opportunity of saying a few words to her privately, in a recess of one of the windows. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But, if Homer never did any public service, was he privately a guide or teacher of any? Plato. The Republic.
• This was the fortunate individual on whom I believed her heart to be privately set! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• All I could do was to give Anne my direction, and to tell her privately, if she was ever in trouble, to come to me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I had the folly to call for writing materials, and to think of privately communicating my real position to the magistrate. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Elizabeth added privately, And how much I shall have to conceal! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• If you choose to send 'em by me, miss, and a note to tell him that you wish to say no more to him, I'll take it for you quite privately. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Instead of answering these letters, Miss Halcombe caused the house in St. John's Wood, and the proceedings of its inmates, to be privately watched. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He was proud of his conquest, proud of tricking Edward, and very proud of marrying privately without his mother's consent. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Who would be the very person to help Miss Verinder in raising money privately on the Diamond? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He privately drops the dose of laudanum into your cold grog. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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