Affords

Examples

• Barren timber for building is of great value in a populous and well-cultivated country, and the land which produces it affords a considerable rent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Human food seems to be the only produce of land, which always and necessarily affords some rent to the landlord. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• At the same time it affords a simple method of school instruction. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• If it affords at any time much less than this, other trades will soon draw so much capital from it as will again raise that profit. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It is this impression, then, or determination, which affords me the idea of necessity. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• It affords me the greatest pleasure to record now my agreeable disappointment in respect to his character. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The first is that portion which is reserved for immediate consumption, and of which the characteristic is, that it affords no revenue or profit. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• But acknowledging his guest to be such a good fellow as has seldom graced his board, the holy man at length produces the best his cell affords. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• From Millen to Savannah the country is sandy and poor, and affords but very little forage other than rice straw, which was then growing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• All the rest of the neighbourhood, however, by far the greatest number, profit by the good market which his expense affords them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• 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.
• This affords the maximum of riding comfort by the elimination of all jar and jolt occasioned by an uneven roadway. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The river near the bottom of your garden affords a most convenient place for the purpose. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The precarious subsistence which the chace affords, could seldom allow a greater number to keep together for any considerable time. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• In many parts of Scotland and Wales it affords none. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• All these waterways are of about the same nature so far as navigation is concerned, until the Sunflower is reached; this affords free navigation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• See ye how dexterously they avail themselves of every cover which a tree or bush affords, and shun exposing themselves to the shot of our cross-bows? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• For sins of omission a lack of space affords a reasonable excuse, and for those of commission the great scope of the work is pleaded in extenuation. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• If birth and quality enter for a share, this still affords us an argument of the same kind. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• This affords charming food for contemplation. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Life has been miserable--miserable, at least, of late--but I will not cast away the gift of God, while he affords me the means of defending it. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• It affords good, active exercise, hilarity, and consuming excitement. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• This tax is levied by a much smaller number of officers than any other which affords nearly the same revenue. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The table herewith given summarizes the figures that have just been presented, and affords an idea of the totals affected by the genius of this one man. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The same reasoning affords us an answer to the second question. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• A flanged ridge around each aperture forms a ring and affords a track for a little steel hoop called a traveller, which is sprung over the ring. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• As a legislator, he affords a bright example of a genius soaring above corruption, and continually aiming at the happiness of his constituents. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The history of the steam engine affords a striking example of the gradual development of an invention from vague and chimerical notions, into an accomplished fact of astonishing magnitude. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• It affords a unique approach to the study of philosophy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• This early shop affords an illustration of the manner in which Edison has made a deep impression on the personnel of the electrical arts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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