Specimens

Examples

• I'm glad you're going to keep one or two vanities, just by way of specimens of the old Adam. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• If they are really good specimens--Great heavens, is it you? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• We entered, and the pilgrims broke specimens from the foundation walls, though they had to touch, and even step, upon the praying carpets to do it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• These camels are very much larger than the scrawny specimens one sees in the menagerie. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Each age has handed down to us from many countries specimens of glass ware which will compare favourably in beauty and finish with any that can be made to-day. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This seemed to be true, so long as a genus was imperfectly known, and its species were founded upon a few specimens, that is to say, were provisional. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The color is a yellowish gray on the back, spotted with yellow and brown; the belly white or red, with golden spots in young specimens. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The officer drew a powerful glass from his desk and examined all three specimens carefully, making notations meanwhile upon a pad of paper. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• As early as 1747 he had been interested in geology and had seen specimens of the fossil remains of marine shells from th e strata of the highest parts of the Alleghany Mountains. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I have given two fair, average specimens of the character of the testimony offered by the majority of the writers who visit this region. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They are of course unpolished, but the best specimens are as thin as steel blades and almost as sharp. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I now wish to draw your attention to a parcel from Jamaica, which has just arrived, and from which I am able, I am happy to say, to show you specimens which must be of interest. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• He collected a large number of specimens, which were subsequently sent to Orange for Edison's examination. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• They rest on one side--in the greater number of species on the left, but in some on the right side; and occasionally reversed adult specimens occur. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The table is usually pretty well filled with specimens or data of experimental results which have been put there for his examination. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• With regard to preserving morbid specimens he thought it would answer perfectly well. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• He has very many extensive experiments under way and has nearly 3,000 distinct botanical specimens in his plantation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Our pilgrims broke off specimens. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Six thousand specimens of bamboo were carbonized, and he found three kinds of bamboo and one of cane that gave almost the result he wanted. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The prophetic books of the Bible can be but specimens of the prophesyings of that time. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There's the Miscellanies of several human specimens, in the lovely compo-one behind the door'; with a nod towards the French gentleman. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I have made it my business to examine some specimens of the writing of Doctor Manette. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• T he varieties of man seem to act on each other in the same way as different specimens of animals--the stronger always extirpating the weaker. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I have specimens to show the effect of boroglyceride on fish. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• A great variety was found, and over five hundred boxes of specimens were shipped to the laboratory from time to time, but none of them tested out with entirely satisfactory results. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I shall this evening show you specimens. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Similar results were obtained with regular basalts and different specimens of igneous rock. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I have no doubt at all that a family mannerism can be traced in these two specimens of writing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I have several specimens showing clearly that they can do this. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The incorrigible pilgrims have come in with their pockets full of specimens broken from the ruins. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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