Privileges

Examples

• Thou knowest best thine own privileges, said De Bracy. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I had as many privileges as any boy in the village, and probably more than most of them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There are no privileges, no rebates, and no excuses in the Kingdom of Heaven. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Once clear of the grounds, the duties of hospitality (in Betteredge's code of morals) ceased, and the privileges of curiosity began. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• You'll get your privileges soon enough,' retorted the jailer, 'and pepper with 'em. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Such companies, whether regulated or joint-stock, sometimes have, and sometimes have not, exclusive privileges. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Those masters do not appear to have had either salaries or exclusive privileges of any kind. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• What is to be prepared for is, of course, the responsibilities and privileges of adult life. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The exclusive privileges of corporations obstruct it from one place to another, even in the same employment. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• She regards a ghost as one of the privileges of the upper classes, a genteel distinction to which the common people have no claim. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I shall begin to assert the privileges of a mother-in-law, if you go on like that, and scold you. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Days of fête have their privileges, and so have days of hazard, observed he gravely. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The admission of the greater part of the inhabitants of Italy to the privileges of Roman citizens, completely ruined the Roman republic. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Led by several of the nobles, it made a clean sweep, in a series of resolutions, of serfdom, privileges, tax exemptions, tithes, feudal courts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The book of Nehemiah is full of the distress occasioned by this invasion of the privileges of the chosen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Whether such privileges had before been usually granted, along with the freedom of trade, to particular burghers, as individuals, I know not. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• But those privileges can be obtained only by attending the lectures of the public teachers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Even women, he said, have been known to enjoy the privileges of a flat. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The exclusive privileges of corporations are the principal means it makes use of for this purpose. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• She makes the most of her privileges--that's something. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I will appeal to Rome against thee, said the Grand Master, for usurpation on the immunities and privileges of our Order. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I never can touch her hand, or a ringlet of her head, or a ribbon of her dress, but I will make privileges for myself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• That boy gets more than his share of privileges; he dares caress and is caressed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Ah, Mas'r George, you doesn't know half 'your privileges in yer family and bringin' up! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Garrisons of full citizens were set up at strategic points, and colonies with variable privileges established amidst the purely conquered peoples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• My Hindoo friends possessed some special privileges which enabled them to gain access to the shrine. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I'm sure, Aunt Chloe, I understand my pie and pudding privileges, said George. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• It was incredible, but it was a fact, that Ellen, in spite of all her opportunities and her privileges, had become simply Bohemian. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• She had her wages and her privileges, like the rest of them; and every now and then a friendly word from my lady, in private, to encourage her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• There would have been no more fees, no more privileges. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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