Titles
['taɪtl]
Examples
- Men have hitherto thought you magnanimous and wise, will you cast aside these titles? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Law,' replied Mr. Grummer--'Law, civil power, and exekative; them's my titles; here's my authority. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This is the reason why itinerant venders of liniments under various titles such as Wizard Oil, Pain Killer, Instant Relief, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The titles of the two works, one from the name of an individual child, the other from a form of government, should serve to remind us of the purpose and limita tions of each. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The titles on the backs of his books have retired into the binding; everything that can have a lock has got one; no key is visible. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Tracy Tupman was stepping forward to announce his own titles, when the stranger prevented him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mademoiselle, neither titles nor crowned heads excite my modesty; and publicity is very much my element. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Far above their own titles, therefore, they esteemed and envied the title of C?sar. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The State that rivals Virginia as a Mother of Presidents has evidently other titles to distinction of the same nature. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Titles followed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They took a multitude of titles. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Fred gave him the titles. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- What titles I had to her confidence! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- YOU must be rambling a little now, I think, if you don't know that this is the great reason why titles will always last in the land! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- At first sight it may be thought, that this must resolve into some of the preceding titles of authority. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He mentioned the names and titles of all the guests, giving biographical sketches of the principal people. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Other titles came later into general use, the royal or carthorne, carrying 48 pounds; the culverin, 18 pounds; the demi-culverin, 9 pounds; the basilisk, 48; the siren, 60, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Stanley