Administered

Examples

• Mr. Helstone pushed up his spectacles from his nose to his forehead, handled his snuff-box, and administered to himself a portion of the contents. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She sat, hour after hour, looking at him, now softly arranging his pillow, and, while he had power to swallow, administered his drink. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I administered the fitting remedies, and left my sweet niece to watch beside him, and bring me notice of any change she should observe. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Mr Riderhood got out his bottle, and fetched his jug-full of water, and administered a potation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Spain was administered badly, and settled slowly and with great difficulty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• All the kindness which could be administered to a mind diseased I received from my mother and sister Fanny. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Justice, however, never was in reality administered gratis in any country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It is said on the highest authority that in the Crimean War chloroform was administered 25,000 times without a single death, and ether is even safer than chloroform. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• But you said, Lizzie,' observed Bella, returning to her subject when she had administered this chastisement, 'that you would lose, besides. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She administered to all my wants, and never slept nor rested. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• However, at the request of the house-breaker's counsel, she was allowed to speak, although I don't think the oath was administered to her. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I merely administered one of Inglish's excellent aperient Scott's pills to the dear infant, Paragon replied, calmly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Amelia seeing this propensity, laughingly encouraged it and looked exceedingly roguish as she administered to him cup after cup. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As to his religious notions--why, as Voltaire said, incantations will destroy a flock of sheep if administered with a certain quantity of arsenic. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I administered it to a near relation for six weeks, and the juice was preserved good by my material. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The true religion, properly administered, as the good Mother Church used to administer it, is very, very soothing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The movement for the democratic idea inevitably became a movement for publicly conducted and administered schools. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The meek man supposed he did, but supposed that had absolutely nothing to do with it, if its laws were well administered. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The remedy was to be administered at stated times on that day and on the day after. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She called Adrian; my couch was quickly surrounded by friends and assistants, and such medicines as were judged fitting were administered. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Large currant buns and hot, well-sweetened tea were then administered in the proper spirit of liberality. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He half feared to displease him; but he trusted that his generous kindness would be administered so delicately, as not to excite repulse. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The drought which Reuben administered was of a sedative and narcotic quality, and secured the patient sound and undisturbed slumbers. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• In vain Amy telegraphed the word 'talk', tried to draw her out, and administered covert pokes with her foot. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I felt very glad now, that the drug administered in the sweet draught had filled me with a possession which made bed and chamber intolerable. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It is also possible that I may have administered too large a dose of laudanum. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It is often administered by men who are themselves half-educated, and it is shot through with racial and class prejudice. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• With this, Mr. Claypole administered a kick to Oliver, and entered the shop with a dignified air, which did him great credit. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I had proved my—my system to myself, and I have rigidly administered it; and I must bear the responsibility of its failures. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Would he allow me to wear out life with famine; or was the food administered to me to be medicined with death? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

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