Referring

Examples

• It's easier when you have it said and there is never any point in referring to a son of a bitch by some foreign term. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Let me see,' replied Mr. Pickwick, referring to his watch, 'it is now nearly three. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Fred ended, innocently referring only to his own love as probably evident enough. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Referring to this beginning of his career, he mentions a curious fact that throws light on his ceaseless application. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Referring the education to her seemed to imply it. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Observe, Mr. Blake, before you begin, that I am now referring you to one of the greatest of English physiologists. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I can tell you in a moment who copied it, sir, by referring to my book. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Are you quite sure of those words referring to my mother? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• On referring to the catalogue, I found that this notable production bore the name Cleopatra. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The reader can understand the position better by referring to the accompanying cut. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• In 1845 he secured a second patent, which embodied many improvements--the principal ones referring to the cutting mechanism. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Referring to some event of the past, he said: Spilt milk doesn't interest me. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Referring to Section 263, we see that the interval between C and E is 320/256, or 5/4, and the interval between C and C' is 512/256, or 2; the interval between any note and its octave is 2. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• I carry about me, not a scrap of writing openly referring to it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• This, sir,' replied Silas, adjusting his spectacles, and referring to the title-page, 'is Merryweather's Lives and Anecdotes of Misers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It would not do to conclude this sketch of antique cannon and fire-arms without referring to Puckle's celebrated English patent No. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And I purposely assumed, in referring to these events, to have misunderstood much of what Mr. Blake himself had told me a few hours since. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• We can be just as explicit, and much more interesting, by referring to the future. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And what do YOU say, Mr. Tulkinghorn inquires, referring to it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It is quite true, she replied, referring to him with the indifference of utter contempt. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The clerk referring the question to them with his eye, and Mr. George not turning round from the almanac over the fire-place. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The scene that followed, though it only lasted for a few minutes, was too painful to be described--Miss Halcombe herself shrank from referring to it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Your ladyship, replies Mr. Guppy, again referring to his paper, I am coming to that. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• You are clearly referring, he said, to the manner in which the senses are imposed upon by distance, and by painting in light and shade. Plato. The Republic.
• On looking back to the entry referring to the lawyer's visit, we found that my recollection of the two alternatives presented was accurately correct. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Nor can we speak of the degradation of religion and the arts, of amusement, of the general morale of the people without referring that degradation to industrial conditions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He has some manuscript near him, but is not referring to it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I shall vote for referring the matter to the Directors and the Medical Board together. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Superstition first attempted to satisfy this curiosity, by referring all those wonderful appearances to the immediate agency of the gods. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• For the convenience of the reader, in referring to Fig. 5, we will repeat the description of the three-high rolls, which is given on pages 487 and 488 of the preceding narrative. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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