Requested
[rɪ'kwɛst]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Request
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Examples
- She sang, as requested. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He then requested that I should call next day. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is particularly requested that Miss Sharp's stay in Russell Square may not exceed ten days. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In the evening a remarkably fine-looking man requested to speak to me, from the Marquis of Wellesley. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr. Tupman did as he was requested; and the additional stimulus of the last glass settled his determination. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I am a physician and was requested--five minutes ago--to come and visit a sick man at George's Shooting Gallery. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Lord Raymond requested permission to accompany her to Windsor Castle, to which she consented, and they quitted the cottage together. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Miss Mary he requested to move to the seat opposite to him, that he might see her if he couldn't be near her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- That is exactly the course which Sir Percival Glyde has himself requested you to take, I replied in astonishment. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You, gentlemen, are requested to draw up rules of your own. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I requested him to shut the door and sit down: I had some questions to ask him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This she requested the man to send along with her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He requested permission to justify himself--putting his justification as an act of respect to my mistress. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Old lady,' said her husband, but without harshness, 'if you cut in when requested not, I'll get a pillow and carry you out of the room upon it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It requested his attendance, within an hour's time, at a house in Northumberland Street, Strand, which he had never had occasion to enter before. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Being requested to explain himself, he stated that there was some of 'em wot you couldn't kiver with a sixpence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She requested to have her head raised, and I rested it on my bosom. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He therefore, once and for all, requested Mr Rugg's immediate aid in getting the business despatched. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She peremptorily requested to be let alone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I was received by one of those gentlemen with much politeness, and was requested to allow them four days to send their answer. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I requested him to make a sheet-brass oil-cup and solder it to the base I had. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A short time afterwards Mr. Chopper and Mr. Birch, the next clerk, were summoned, and requested to witness a paper. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But shortly after matin-song, he requested to see the Prior. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This left the remainder of the country open for the cash sale of plants wherever requested. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- With which they requested a stamped receipt, and remained his obedient servants. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She was answered by having a small trinket-box placed before her, and being requested to chuse from among several gold chains and necklaces. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Some bread, Rose, if you please, requested Martin, with intense gravity, serenity, phlegm. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Langley was requested to undertake the construction of a machine which might lead to the development of an engine of war, and in December, 1898, he formall y agreed to go on with the work. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It announced that Mr. Fairlie accepted my services, and requested me to start for Cumberland immediately. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You would say it is not much in my way to traffic with flowers and forget-me-nots; but, you see, when requested to be sentimental, I am obedient. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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