Chiefs

Examples

• And a man discovered by the chiefs is dead. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The magicians usually believed more or less in their own magic, the priests in their ceremonies, the chiefs in their right. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Confusedly in response to that demand, bold men, wise men, shrewd and cunning men were arising to become magicians, priests, chiefs, and kings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Chanted originally to the chiefs and leading men in hall, they were now recited at the public festivals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The subalterns receive orders from their chiefs; they are in a good state of discipline; no blow is struck without mature deliberation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And he made acquaintance with the ministers, and the chiefs of his party, determining to rank as one of them before many years were over. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• At the meeting of the chiefs, this plan was finally concluded upon. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• They buried the ashes of their chiefs and important people in round barrows. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Both the Saxon chiefs were made prisoners at the same moment, and each under circumstances expressive of his character. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• They are presented as patriarchal Bedouin chiefs, living the life of nomadic shepherds in the country between Babylonia and Egypt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Make all requisitions upon the chiefs of their respective departments in the field with me at City Point. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She knew the story as well as if she had read it in one of her favourite novel-books--Fatherless Fanny, or the Scottish Chiefs. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• A man who has been false to the Brotherhood is discovered sooner or later by the chiefs who know him--presidents or secretaries, as the case may be. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Originally, both the sovereign and the inferior chiefs used to exercise this jurisdiction in their own persons. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• How far their chiefs are good judges in peace, or good leaders in war, is obvious to the observation of almost every single man among them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The chiefs of such communities must be chiefs who are followed, not masters who compel. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It buried its chiefs and important people in megalithic chambers--_i. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Nor was it with the chiefs of the family alone that Miss Sharp found favour. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• His voice was at length heard, and obeyed; the crowd fell back; the chiefs alone rallied round him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

Typist: Rosanna