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Examples

• But there is a decided grouping of valuable metals, and these can then be readily separated by means of electricity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• To this invitation Father Christmas, in the name of them all, readily agreed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Few reached their objective, and those that did were readily disposed of. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The semaphore consisted of an upright post, having arms on each side, that could be readily extended, at any given angle. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• This interior cylinder readily revolves on an axis, _g_, _g_, shown in the section of the instrument as seen edgewise. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The molecules of solid bodies cannot escape so readily as those of liquids and gases, and do not travel far. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• She readily consented to go with Adrian. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Mr. Lorry readily engaged for that, and the conference was ended. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• These propositions will be most readily understood by looking to our domestic races. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• This process is best adapted to what are known as free milling or porous ores, where the gold is free and very fine and is attracted readily by mercury. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And I'd rather have it than any title such as girls snap up so readily, and find nothing behind. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The floor may be slabs, and the roof a covering of brush to hold the packing to its place, if a slab roof is not readily made. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Other rocks, like limestone, are so readily soluble in water that from the small pores and cavities eaten out by the water, there may develop in long centuries, caves and caverns (Fig. 30). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• I expressed myself much obliged to him, but did not think it necessary to add that I readily dispensed with this attention. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The advice was followed readily, for the feverish symptoms increased, and her head ached acutely. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• And though goods do not always draw money so readily as money draws goods, in the long-run they draw it more necessarily than even it draws them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Let all young men present mark this: 'The maidens all flocked to his boat so readily. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He cannot make needed readjustments readily. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The production of coal gas, and the development of its properties at different stages of distillation, may be readily shown by means of a common tobacco pipe. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The artist does that: he controls his medium so that we come most readily to the heart of his intention. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• My dearest Georgiana, you defer much too readily to my poor opinion. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• They were much better than those grown locally, and sold readily. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• They are now distributed over nearly all the civilized parts of the world, but in large ponds they readily revert to the color of the original stock. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The promise was readily given, and Willoughby's behaviour during the whole of the evening declared at once his affection and happiness. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• This emulsion, as the coating is called, is, as we might readily infer from the presence of the silver, sensitive to the action of light in much the same manner as was the original film. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Ginevra admired my taste, for all these things were her adoration; she could then readily credit that they were mine too. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A regard for the requester would often make one readily yield to a request, without waiting for arguments to reason one into it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Whatever has the greatest influence is most taken notice of; and whatever is most taken notice of, presents itself most readily to the imagination. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I then asked for a few days' leave before starting, which he readily granted. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The effect of changing the direction of the light may be readily perceived by making a drawing on both sides of a sheet of paper, as shown in the annexed engraving. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.

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