Wonders

Examples

• We were growing accustomed to encomiums on wonders that too often proved no wonders at all. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He wonders where he is. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• How insignificant compared with the wonder wrought by this one machine seems indeed any of the old seven wonders of the world! William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Suddenly the man hastened from the shelter only to return a few minutes later with several pieces of bark and--wonder of wonders--a lead pencil. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• My mother often wonders that I can make it out so well. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Here it was that Emmy found her delight, and was introduced for the first time to the wonders of Mozart and Cimarosa. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I am young and earnest, and energy and determination have done wonders many a time. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The Seven Wonders of the ancient world have often been compared with the wonders of invention of this present day. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Draper was also the first in America to reveal the wonders of the spectroscope; and he was first to show that each colour of the spectrum had its own peculiar chemical effect. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is such tremendous trifles, not the climbing of mountains and the bridging of chasms, that make the transcontinental line one of the wonders of the ages. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Rome took all the vanity out of me, for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Wonders 'ull never cease,' added Sam, speaking to himself. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Did I not tell you it was the Island of Fantasy, and therefore full of wonders? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The Infant Prodigy performed wonders. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The wonderful Bank, of which he was the chief projector, establisher, and manager, was the latest of the many Merdle wonders. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Every conversation of the cottagers now opened new wonders to me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• In his public demonstrations, he could do wonders with the machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I am sure there was an influence in the placid face of Agnes, and in the very touch of her hand upon his arm, that did wonders for him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He could tell her nothing new of the wonders of his presentation and knighthood; and his civilities were worn out, like his information. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• We spoke, with some approach to cheerfulness, of Mr. Peggotty's growing rich in a new country, and of the wonders he would describe in his letters. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• And yet what are these things to the wonders that lie buried here under the ground? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He says there ain't a bit of the original boot left, and he wonders you expect it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• No, said Rosamond, reflectively; one wonders what such people do, without any prospect. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I have done wonders with murderesses--I have never advanced an inch with Aunt Ablewhite. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Into the very midst of these wonders Mr. Thornton came, bringing another offering of fruit for Mrs. Hale. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• In place of these, he was equipped with a sword of lath, resembling that with which Harlequin operates his wonders upon the modern stage. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Love, open-air life, and responsibility have wrought wonders. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The Seven Ancient Wonders and the Seven Modern Wonders. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Most of these details I noted later, for I was given but little time to speculate on the wonders of my new discovery. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• But she soon cheered up, and we did wonders with it before we went to bed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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