Whoever

Examples

• It was very sweet, and I'm much obliged to whoever translated it for me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Whoever forgets that is less than human. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Whoever Colonel Campbell might employ, said Frank Churchill, with a smile at Emma, the person has not chosen ill. Jane Austen. Emma.
• That whoever had one foot in the grave was sure to hold back the other as strongly as he could. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Whatever--whoever you are--be perceptible to the touch or I cannot live! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But whoever imagines, upon this account, that masters rarely combine, is as ignorant of the world as of the subject. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Yer a brave gal, now, whoever ye ar! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The night-watching devolved entirely on me; but whoever else might have watched poor Fanny I would never have quitted her. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I perceive also that whoever addressed the envelope had to go and inquire as to the address. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• At one time he said, Whoever wishes to enjoy peace, and is gifted with great talents, must labor for posterity. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Whoever comes here has to walk single file between those two rocks, in fair range of your pistols, boys, d'ye see? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Because, whoever did, the labouring people did not. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Whoever, after hearing this, shall dare to interfere with me may just take the consequences. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It affords no rent to the landlord, who generally grants the use of it to whoever takes the trouble of asking it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Whoever is not in trade is accused of eating the bread of idleness, of passing a useless existence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Whoever has visited Hull House can see for himself the earnest effort Miss Addams has made to treat sex with dignity and joy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Whoever had paid him the compliment, he very readily accepted the compliment with _his_ compliments, and there was an end of it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The person, whoever it was, had come in so suddenly and with so little noise, that Mr. Pickwick had had no time to call out, or oppose their entrance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• We knew he, at least, was here, whoever might be absent. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Whoever was below had stopped on seeing my lamp, for all was quiet. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Whoever derives his revenue from a fund which is his own, must draw it either from his labour, from his stock, or from his land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Whoever labours for man must often find ingratitude, watered by vice and folly, spring from the grain which he has sown. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I live in her happiness, whoever may contribute to it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Whoever writes to a stranger should observe three points: 1. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Now whoever has followed political theory will have derived perhaps two convictions as a reward. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Make haste, here, whoever you are! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Whoever rang it must have come right up to the desk to do it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Whoever blacks Sergeant Cuff's boots ought to be ashamed of himself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Whoever expects refinement in _me_ will be disappointed. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The word had gone forth that whoever insulted the king should be thrashed, and whoever applauded him should be killed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

Typist: Moira