Purchased

Examples

• When the licence was once purchased, whether the purchaser drunk much or drunk little, his tax would be the same. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Meanwhile Jos and Isidor went off to the stables to inspect the newly purchased cattle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• On Black Friday they purchased another $28,000,000 at 160, and still the price went up. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Had he done his duty in that respect, Lydia need not have been indebted to her uncle for whatever of honour or credit could now be purchased for her. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• She seemed to think that her distinguished nephew had gone into a slave-market and purchased a wife. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He purchased a site for his factory near New Haven, at a place called Whitneyville now, then known as East Rock. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Directly opposite the main door is a beautiful marble statue purchased by Edison at the Paris Exposition in 1889, on the occasion of his visit there. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Mr. and Mrs. Snodgrass settled at Dingley Dell, where they purchased and cultivated a small farm, more for occupation than profit. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A workman from one of these, on reaching home, purchased a sack of coal and set it up against the back door. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• About 96,000 hogsheads of tobacco are annually purchased in Virginia and Maryland with a part of the surplus produce of British industry. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Gold and silver are purchased everywhere in the same manner. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It was never possessed at all by Florida or the States west of the Mississippi, all of which were purchased by the treasury of the entire nation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• If she had had the presence of mind to let Rosedale drive her to the station, the concession might have purchased his silence. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• It may be mentioned here that special apparatus can be purchased for pressing and vulcanizing. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• This saving was purchased by the commissary for the benefit of the fund. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Any book that seemed to promise a chance of miserly biography, Mr Boffin purchased without a moment's delay and carried home. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was in order to let the house again that Raggles purchased it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The great-grandfather was the first freeman of Pasteur's forbears, having purchased with money his emancipation from serfdom. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• His father had purchased the estate for the sake of the game covers. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The party in great haste produced three bone-tickets, which they had purchased for eight shillings each at Mr. Ebers's. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It was probably the only horse at Corpus Christi that could have been purchased just then for any reasonable price. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Some little time ago he purchased from Morse Hudson two duplicate plaster casts of the famous head of Napoleon by the French sculptor, Devine. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Powders designed for special purposes may be purchased from druggists. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• And wondering at what their eyes had seen, they went down into the city and purchased garments and clothed themselves. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Then, as soon as he had finished, he went to the cigar counter and purchased cigars. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• England purchased for some of her subjects, who found themselves uneasy at home, a great estate in a distant country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• She stopped in the outskirts of the town, where she had noticed trunks for sale, and purchased a handsome one. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Sherlock Holmes and I walked together to the High Street, where we stopped at the shop of Harding Brothers, whence the bust had been purchased. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The only point I desire to urge is that a large machine be purchased, one having about double the advertised capacity. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The foreign goods for home consumption may sometimes be purchased, not with the produce of domestic industry but with some other foreign goods. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

Editor: Rosanne