Subjects

Examples

• However opinions may differ on a variety of subjects, I should think it would be universally agreed, Sir Leicester, that I am not much to boast of. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Every king and princelet in Europe was building his own Versailles as much beyond his means as his subjects and credits would permit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They said little more; but were company to one another in silently pursuing the same subjects, and did not part until midnight. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Is this Justinian a king, that you talk about his subjects? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The case is the same in other subjects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I am not sufficiently acquainted with such subjects to know whether it is at all remarkable that I almost always dreamed of that period of my life. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Signs of intelligence seemed to pass between them, and Pitt spoke with her on subjects on which he never thought of discoursing with Lady Jane. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Arise, my liegemen, and be good subjects in future. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Mr. Moore began to tell us about the Continent, the war, and Bonaparte--subjects we were both fond of listening to. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• That is true, Socrates; but so little seems to be known as yet about these subjects. Plato. The Republic.
• Great numbers of his most sober and valuable subjects were driven abroad by his religious persecutions, taking arts and industries with them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Nothing more was said on this theme, and Mr. Harthouse was soon idly gay on indifferent subjects. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Colonel Berkeley and I conversed on many subjects; but there was one which was a favourite with us both--plays. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He ought not to wonder that I object to speak to him on painful subjects. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The conversation went on to other subjects, but the artist kept the conclusion he had just stated in mind. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• We have tried two or three subjects already without success, and what we are to talk of next I cannot imagine. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• When Parliament refused supplies, he demanded loans from various subjects, and attempted similar illegal exactions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Is not the noble that which subjects the beast to the man, or rather to the god in man; and the ignoble that which subjects the man to the beast? Plato. The Republic.
• I said a few sympathising words, and we then talked of other subjects on our way back to the house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• His figures, which usually dealt with historical, mythological, or allegorical subjects, were executed in relief, and colored. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Now they will be the best who love their subjects most, and think that they have a common interest with them in the welfare of the state. Plato. The Republic.
• I mentioned, it is true, with fear and trembling, the only authors I had ever read upon those subjects. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• All figures which touch upon sexual subjects are nothing but the roughest guesses. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Agnes was very cheerful; and laughingly predicted that I should soon become too famous to be talked to, on such subjects. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• You must often be weary with the pursuit of subjects in your own track. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He had been talking all day, on many subjects, and with unusual vivacity. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The subjects were terrified from uttering their griefs while they saw the thunder of the Star Chamber pointed at their heads. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• This is one of the most important subjects in the whole round of natural history. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Otherwise, I know it is one of those subjects I shall never hear the last of. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Sir Leicester and Lady Dedlock, my dear, are not fit subjects for joking. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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