Sacrifices

Examples

• To be sure, he answered, and went away laughing to the sacrifices. Plato. The Republic.
• A young man really well deserves constant support and patronage,' looking at the Doctor, 'who makes such sacrifices. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The primary duty of this priesthood was concerned with the worship of and the sacrifices to the god of the temple. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Son of Heaven offered sacrifices for all the Chinese. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The rich heard them mentioned with wonder, but were silent, from a sense of shame at the difference between her sacrifices and their own. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It had no temples, and since it had no sacrifices it had no sacred order of priests. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A young man for whom two such elders had devoted themselves would indeed be culpable if he threw himself away and made their sacrifices vain. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Except for the weak and the women, there remained little comfort or assurance in the sacrifices, ritual and formal devotions of the temples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I dare say she said a hundred times in her sorrow, 'What a return he makes for all the sacrifices I have made for him! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I fear, said Cephalus, that I must go now, for I have to look after the sacrifices, and I hand over the argument to Polemarchus and the company. Plato. The Republic.
• After the sacrifices I have made, and the manner in which I have stood by you, I think this sort of reproach is useless, Sir Pitt said. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Frazer we have already noted as the leading student of the derivation of sacraments from magic sacrifices. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It left off stinking when it dried; and if Art requires these sort of sacrifices--though the girl is my own daughter--I say, let Art have them! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Their religion was a primitive, complex, and cruel system, in which human sacrifices and ceremonial cannibalism played a large part. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was primarily a religion of conduct, not a religion of observances and sacrifices. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• You don't know anything of the sacrifices I make for it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• We can't do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• All offered up sacrifices to the minion of fortune and the worm of the hour! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Only from the poets, who acknowledge that they may be appeased by sacrifices. Plato. The Republic.
• If the Republic demands sacrifices from you, without doubt you as a good patriot will be happy to make them. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It was, said President Wilson, a special tribute to the sufferings and sacrifices of France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I should have felt the affection of a sister for you, but that you made no sacrifices, no single attempt to contribute to my comfort or happiness. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• No man under heaven deserves these sacrifices from us women. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We have made as many friendly sacrifices, on both sides, as men could, but we have had our secrets from each other, of course--haven't we? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• If Anne had been your own child, Mrs. Clements, you could have shown her no truer kindness--you could have made no readier sacrifices for her sake. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He has those to please who must be pleased, and who (between ourselves) are sometimes to be pleased only by a good many sacrifices. Jane Austen. Emma.
• No man in the service was more sincere in his devotion to the cause for which we were battling; none more ready to make sacrifices or risk life in it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In that case, nothing could be more pitiable or more honourable than the sacrifices she had resolved on. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Our Order soon adopted bolder and wider views, and found out a better indemnification for our sacrifices. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• They had the monopoly of tradition and religious sacrifices. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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