Seldom

Examples

• It seldom happens, however, that a great proprietor is a great improver. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It can seldom happen that much can be spared from the circulating money of the country; because in that there can seldom be much redundancy. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• American youths to-day are given, if of a mechanical turn of mind, to amateur telegraphy or telephony, but seldom, if ever, have to make any part of the system constructed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But her mother held her back, saying, with a look she seldom wore. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• We have great fleets in the Mediterranean, but they seldom touch at African ports. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In other words, Edison's real work has seldom been seriously discussed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• You did not see it because I led you not in the beaten tracks, but through roundabout passages seldom used. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• In short, but for such perseverance as I have seldom witnessed, I had never placed myself under his protection. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In either case the distance through which the prongs move is very small and the period is very short, so that the eye can seldom detect the movement itself. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In the present state of Europe, the share of the landlord seldom exceeds a third, sometimes not a fourth part of the whole produce of the land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Sometimes she writes Percival only, but very seldom--in nine cases out of ten she gives him his title. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• You have come and poured your heart out; a thing seldom done. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Generally speaking, meats are the most expensive foods we can purchase, and hence should be bought seldom and in small quantities. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It very seldom happens that anybody--of any pretensions--any pretensions--comes here without being presented to me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• We are wont to dispute concerning the nature of mathematical points, but seldom concerning the nature of their ideas. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• In this respect he is far below Aristotle, who is comparatively seldom imposed upon by false analogies. Plato. The Republic.
• Gold is seldom used for any purpose in a state of perfect purity on account of its softness, but is combined with some other metal to render it harder. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But, as princes seldom get their meat hot, my legs were not scalded, only my stockings and breeches in a sad condition. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• The poor things got no other lunch and were seldom home before two. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They were high from the ground, and they burnt with the steady dulness of artificial light in air that is seldom renewed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It is because of the banths that they seldom venture below ground except as their duties call them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• He lives at Pentonwil when he's at home,' observed the driver coolly, 'but we seldom takes him home, on account of his weakness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• No individual, perhaps, ever possessed a juster understanding, or was so seldom obstructed in the use of it by indolence, enthusiasm, or authority. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But there is nobody hereabouts to attach her; and she goes so seldom from home. Jane Austen. Emma.
• But acknowledging his guest to be such a good fellow as has seldom graced his board, the holy man at length produces the best his cell affords. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• But bounty and hospitality very seldom lead to extravagance; though vanity almost always does. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Gold and silver, therefore, very seldom appear in the commerce between Great Britain and the tobacco colonies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Acetylene is seldom used in large cities, but it is very widely used in small communities and is particularly convenient in more or less remote summer residences. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• He was seldom at the palace; never, but when he was assured that his public duties would prevent his remaining alone with Perdita. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• So was Mr. Pickwick, for he was seldom otherwise. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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