Successors

Examples

• On the contrary, the cannon was the predecessor of the musket and its successors. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Chief among their critics and successors were Duns Scotus (? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The reformers of science like Galileo, Descartes, and their successors, carried analogous methods into ascertaining the facts about nature. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• In many respects they differed entirely from their successors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This vessel and its successors have bottom doors for the use of divers, as previously stated. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But intellectually and morally their successors at the Lateran and the Vatican[354] were not equal to their opportunities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But these successors had not the artistic instinct or touch of the master. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Their successors have spread throughout the whole world, and number to-day some thirty or forty million of adherents. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As to what it was he feared, we can only deduce that by considering the formidable letters which were received by himself and his successors. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It was taken over and continued by the British when they became the successors of the Mogul emperors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They drew better than any of their successors down to the beginnings of history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She had two successors: an Italian, Giacinta, and a German, Clara; both considered singularly handsome. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The civilisation of to-day would not have been possible if the successors of Tubal Cain had not been like him, instructors of every artificer in brass and iron. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Becquerel and Poitevin, in Paris, in 1855, were the first to experiment in this direction, and Fargier, Swan, and Johnson were successors who made valuable contributions. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The successors of Constantine no longer reigned in Constantinople, and Ivan took possession of the Byzantine double-headed eagle for his arms. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• His first letter was so excessively lively and amusing that she should look with pleasure for its successors. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The law which secures the longest leases against successors of every kind, is, so far as I know, peculiar to Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It started from what was essentially the rationalistic philosophy of Descartes and his French successors. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• His French successors razed away the powers and derived them also from impressions received. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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