Students
['stjʊdnts]
Examples
- He once said that he was educated in a university where all the students belonged to families of the aristocracy; and the highest class in the university all wore little red caps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is perhaps natural for a European writer writing primarily for English-reading students to overrun his subject in this way. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Perhaps he did, having just left a pleasant little smoking-party of twelve medical students, in a small back parlour with a large fire. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The word was taken up by the students of Harvard University, and gradually spread throughout the whole country. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The father of one of his students was engaged in the manufacture of alcohol from beetroot sugar, and Pasteur came to be consulted when difficulties arose in the manufacturing process. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Many of these pioneer students and workmen became afterward large and successful contractors, or have filled positions of distinction as managers and superintendents of central stations. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We flew up, and hid behind the curtains, but sly peeps showed us Fred and the students singing away down below. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She was at home with everybody in the place, pedlars, punters, tumblers, students and all. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Students had to come at great cost to themselves to this crowded centre because there was no other way of gathering even scraps of knowledge. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The students of languages (philologists) tell us that they are unable to trace with certainty any common features in all the languages of mankind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Students of politics are familiar with a check and balance theory of the powers of government. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Where the masters, however, really perform their duty, there are no examples, I believe, that the greater part of the students ever neglect theirs. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Chinese history is still very imperfectly known to European students, and our accounts of the early records are particularly unsatisfactory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Even if all students were embryonic scientific specialists, it is questionable whether this is the most effective procedure. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- With the Volta prize he founded the Volta Laboratory in Washington for the use of students. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I understand you to say that there are three students who use this stair, and are in the habit of passing your door? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Sch?ffer cast a font of Greek type, and used this in printing a copy of Cicero’s De Officiis, which was eagerly bought by the professors and students of the great University of Paris. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Now all this is very natural in students of philosophy such as I have described, and also, as I was just now saying, most excusable. Plato. The Republic.
- Humboldt, R obert Jameson, D'Aubuisson, Weiss (the teacher of Froebel), were among his students. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The more enterprising university students found, marked, and digested the Arabic Aristotle he had made accessible to them in Latin. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They were like students flying a machine with dual controls which the pilot could take over whenever they made a mistake. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Suddenly the dance finished, Loerke and the students rushed out to bring in drinks. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The library of Alexandria drew a far vaster crowd of students than the teachers of the Museum. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then he rose, and went downstairs, to play at chess with one of the students. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The bulk of these new Bible students took what their consciences approved from the Bible and ignored its riddles and contradictions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Men and women will simply become self-educators and individual students and student teachers as they grow older. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Galileo’s fame as a teacher had now spread widely throughout Europe, and students began to flock to Padua to study under him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Relieve their parents from the payment of taxes, and furnish the students with ample means. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- So, at least, one explanation of orientation is found by such students of orientation as Sir Norman Lockyer. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The students were shouting half-articulated words that tailed off in helpless explosions. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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