Resources

Examples

• It is a poor form of social service that would exhaust the resources of science and philanthropy to care for the former without making any special provision fo r the latter. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• If they, too, proved unable to assist me, my resources for the present were at an end, and I might return to town. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• His advice, energy, activity, money, credit, all his resources whatsoever, were all made useless. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It resulted, at any rate, in throwing Lily strangely on her own resources. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• They had seen the Roosevelt influence adding to the resources of life--irrigation, and waterways, conservation, the Panama Canal, the country life movement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• After that reply had reached her, she was at the end of her resources, and perfectly ignorant where else to inquire or what else to do. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The empire of Kin had the resources of half China behind it, and in the struggle the Mongols learnt very much of the military science of the Chinese. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She sighed to think what her mother's fierce energies would have accomplished, had they been coupled with Mrs. Peniston's resources. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Or, perhaps she may not have resources enough in herself to be qualified for a country life. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Fred Lamb, I thought, must know that these resources cannot last for ever; therefore I am determined not to speak to him on the subject. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In the interest s of his art the medical practitioner ransacked the resources of organic and inorganic nature. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Reason ceases to be a remote and ideal faculty, and signifies all the resources by which activity is made fruitful in meaning. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• There are more ample resources for its achievement now than ever there have been before. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Resources do not depend upon gross amounts, but upon the proportion of spendings to takings. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But the greater the obstacles the greater Stephenson’s resources proved. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Here again was given a most convincing demonstration of the truth that such an addition to the resources of mankind always carries with it unsuspected benefits even for its enemies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was a question whether our numerical strength and resources were not more than balanced by these disadvantages and the enemy's superior position. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Now, for such a case as the one which has been submitted to us to-night, we need certainly to muster all our resources. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Well, Marian, when our other resources have failed us, I mean to know the Secret. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But no one knows the resources of that man's intellect, except myself! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He will never love me; but he shall approve me; I will show him energies he has not yet seen, resources he has never suspected. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The news of my being free on bail drove Sir Percival, as I believe, to his last resources. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He hunted and shot, and she humoured her children; and these were their only resources. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Has resources of her own,' said Harthouse, smoking quietly. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Well, the phrase may mean powers so well established that their possessor always has them as resources when needed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• But neither of these resources was approved of in the parlour. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She is not of a disposition to find resources in the conventional gaieties and excitements of London. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• From the standpoint of the educator, in other words, the various studies represent working resources, available capital. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I tried hard, as I felt this, to possess myself of all my resources; I did my utmost to turn the few moments for reflection to the best account. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• With my vast resources in chemistry, I might have taken Lady Glyde's life. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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