Sights

Examples

• In the sights were parallel slits, right, left, upper, lower. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The old traditions of the place steal upon his memory and haunt his reveries, and then his fancy clothes all sights and sounds with the supernatural. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It is one of the sights of the house, and it always does you credit. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I see some queer sights there. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• To see Steerforth walk to church before us, arm-in-arm with Miss Creakle, was one of the great sights of my life. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• We are surfeited with sights. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• No one ventured on board the vessel, and strange sights were averred to be seen at night, walking the deck, and hanging on the masts and shrouds. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The misery of a weak, helpless, dumb creature is surely one of the saddest of all the mournful sights which this world can show. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It was an evening of sights and sounds never to forget. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Among the sights of Europe, that of Rome has ever been held one of the most striking and in some respects edifying. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Such sights as I saw, my dear! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• My senses were gratified and refreshed by a thousand scents of delight, and a thousand sights of beauty. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Sights, sir,' resumed Mr. Weller, 'as 'ud penetrate your benevolent heart, and come out on the other side. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The far-reaching orange groves surrounding Riverside are one of the most beautiful of all beautiful sights in Southern California, and the fragrance of the blossoms is subtlest witchery. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Those who came from earth wept at the remembrance of their sorrows, but the spirits from above spoke of glorious sights and heavenly bliss. Plato. The Republic.
• Strange sights are seen on the Fourth of July when variously colored fireworks are blazing. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Over the gun sights, at this range, it makes them twice the size of men. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• It is the same with all these new countries and wonderful sights. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• No doubt you will find some sights to amuse you in this venerable city, and I hope to bring back a more favourable report to you before evening. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He felt of it from end to end, peered down the black depths of the muzzle, fingered the sights, the breech, the stock, and finally the trigger. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• But of all the ridiculous sights I ever have seen, our party of eight is the most so --they do cut such an outlandish figure. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Are the lovers of sights and sounds, who let out their ears to every chorus at the Dionysiac festivals, to be called philosophers? Plato. The Republic.
• Why no, not so, for my carriage is ordered at ten in the morning, and I shall be out the whole of the day, with a French party, seeing sights. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• What a shame to our country that such sights are to be seen! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The observation was made through one of two sights that were attached to the graduated arc and could be moved from point to point on it. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The young are to be brought up in happy surroundings, out of the way of sights or sounds which may hurt the character or vitiate the taste. Plato. The Republic.
• The lines of her face were hard and rude, like that of persons accustomed to see without sympathizing in sights of misery. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• One can gorge sights to repletion as well as sweetmeats. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But, no Hundreds of people came to see the sights, and Mr. Lorry looked in vain for the fulfilment of Miss Pross's prediction. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• These were all the sights and sounds of life that encountered me when I entered the square. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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