Chooses

Examples

• Let not him who chooses first be careless, and let not the last despair. Plato. The Republic.
• They cannot force a man to take stamps who chooses to do without them. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• There is no law in this country for that; I can't hold you for my wife, if he chooses to part us. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Probably not; but Mr. Darcy can please where he chooses. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He is a brilliant fellow when he chooses to work--one of the brightest intellects of the university; but he is wayward, dissipated, and unprincipled. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Why shouldn't she be conspicuous if she chooses? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• She can have it whenever she chooses to come. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The world is blinded by his fortune and consequence, or frightened by his high and imposing manners, and sees him only as he chooses to be seen. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Where can you stay more properly in London than at the place your uncle himself chooses for you--at your aunt's house? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• If my lord, after being thrashed, chooses to sit still, dammy let him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Sophia ought to chat with you then, since she chooses to favour you with her company. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Ah, there's the difference--a girl must, a man may if he chooses. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• When she is secure of him, there will be more leisure for falling in love as much as she chooses. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Going, Jeffco, wherever the railway chooses to take me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• To remove a man who has committed no misdemeanour, from the parish where he chooses to reside, is an evident violation of natural liberty and justice. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I won't desert you because you have been persecuted, or insult you because--because Major Dobbin chooses to do so. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Of course you know, Archer continued, that if your husband chooses to fight the case--as he threatens to-- Yes--? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• A self-complacent ass, ready to be flattered out of your senses by every petticoat that chooses to take the trouble to do it! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Ah, you think, 'That weak girl--how is she going to get a man to marry her when she chooses? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

Typed by Lillian