Reid
[ri:d]
Definition
(noun.) Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
Checker: Walter--From WordNet
Examples
- As I could not understand or speak a word of French, I went to see our minister, Mr. Whitelaw Reid, and got him to send a deputy to answer for me, which he did, with my grateful thanks. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Then they sent to Reid my decoration, and they tried to put a sash on me, but I could not stand for that. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Reid also notes as a very thorough test of the perfect practicability of the system, that it handled the President's message, December 3, 1876, of 12,600 words with complete success. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He studied the writings of Locke, Hartley, Berkeley, Hume, Helvetius, Condorcet, and Reid, and knew something of German philosophy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It makes me think very badly of Captain Reid when I know that he disliked my own dear boy. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But this Mr. Reid, as he was then, seemed to take a dislike to Frederick from the very beginning. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- When he was appointed to her, and found his old enemy Captain Reid in command, he did mean to bear all his tyranny patiently. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Reid's standard Telegraph in America bears astonishing testimony on this point in 1880, as follows: The Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company had twenty-two automatic stations. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Memoirs of General John Reid, commonly called The Walking Rushlight, sir? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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