Statement

Examples

• Now, Mr. Hilton Cubitt, please continue your most interesting statement. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• This statement needs to be rendered more specific by connecting it with the materials of school instruction, the studies which make up the curriculum. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Any of the staid, respectable, aged people who were there that night can testify to the truth of that statement. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He is a vagabond on his own statement,--is he not, Mr. Jinks? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The possession of a grey garment was a third point which, granting the son's statement to be correct, was a certainty. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• John Spargo quotes this statement in his Life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• A very clear statement said Holmes, rising and lighting his pipe. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• You remember in her statement she said that her sister could smell Dr. Roylott's cigar. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• My lady informed him that he might continue his statement. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But it is time for a positive statement. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• We have already told something of the first appearance of the free intelligence, the spirit of inquiry and plain statement, in human affairs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The partial statement of natural development takes the primitive powers in an alleged spontaneous development as the end-all. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• This event was copied into the London papers, out of which Miss Briggs read the statement to Miss Crawley, at breakfast, at Brighton. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Let us run through the main points of your statement and see what they are worth. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It is the statement of missionaries, that, of all races of the earth, none have received the Gospel with such eager docility as the African. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• As I had had some previous experience with the statements of mining men, I concluded I would just send down a small plant and prospect the field before putting up a large one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• His satisfaction was not removed by Rebecca's own statements, behaviour, and conversation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• His opponents tried to badger him in every way they could, and ridicule even his modest statements. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Although many statements may be found in works on natural history to this effect, I cannot find even one which seems to me of any weight. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It is not to be inferred, however, from some of the preceding statements that the boy was of an exclusively studious bent of mind. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Hence it was necessary to maintain a constant vigilance to defeat the insidious attacks of carping critics and others who would attempt to injure the Edison system by misleading statements. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Two conclusions emerge from these general statements. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The statements may help a teacher to a larger vision of the possible results to be effected by instruction in mathematical topics. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The reader must keep in mind that we are endeavouring to give him plain statements that he can take hold of comfortably. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mr. Winsor's absurd statements--in the truth of which he potently believed--and the wild, random manner of making them known, excited much ridicule and opposition. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Then it operates to call out mechanical reactions, ability to use the vocal organs to repeat statements, or the hand to write or to do sums. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The achievement of this aim gives logical character to the statements. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Now it will be evident that most of these fundamental statements are very questionable statements. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A great deal of this narrative is given in Mr. Edison's own language, from oral or written statements made in reply to questions addressed to him with the object of securing accuracy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• These statements are all well authenticated in many legends that are among the most trustworthy legends the good old Catholic monks preserve. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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