Comprehended

Examples

• They have become the forms under which all things were comprehended. Plato. The Republic.
• He sees no hope of happiness or peace for mankind until all nations of the earth are comprehended in a single empire. Plato. The Republic.
• The hint, though conveyed thus tenderly and modestly (as Caroline thought), was felt keenly and comprehended clearly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Rosa Dartle's keen glance comprehended all of us. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It was the life as well as the light of the world, all knowledge and all power were comprehended in it. Plato. The Republic.
• I regret to state that I was not afraid of telling the enormous lie comprehended in the answer No. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• When the machine is pushed through the standing corn all the ears are comprehended by the teeth and cut off by them from the straw and drop into the machine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Those who listened by degrees comprehended its extent. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I cannot argue where I cannot be comprehended, was again the answer. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The girl clearly comprehended it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• This time Moore caught and, it appeared, comprehended his demonstrations. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This was a courage that Madame Defarge so little comprehended as to mistake for weakness. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I know I speak in an unknown tongue; but I feel indifferent whether I am comprehended or not. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Among those commodities would be comprehended all the necessaries of life, and all the materials of manufacture. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It will be manifest, therefore, that no single office and no single brain had ever comprehended the British Empire as a whole. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Now in ancient writings, and indeed in literature generally, there remains often a large element which was not comprehended in the original design. Plato. The Republic.
• I believed that she had read, or partly read, my thoughts that night; and that she fully comprehended why I gave mine no more distinct expression. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Africa, however, as well as several of the countries comprehended under the general name of the East Indies, is inhabited by barbarous nations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Shirley caught and comprehended the expression. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But Caroline comprehended. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He comprehended at last that I wanted to see a grisette. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Is any better than the old-fashioned sort which is comprehended under the name of music and gymnastic? Plato. The Republic.
• At last, however, he comprehended the fact that such were my orders, and that duty enjoined their literal fulfilment. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• To evince these sentimentshowever, required a thorough comprehension of his nature; and his nature was of an order rarely comprehended. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It is an abstraction under which no individuals are comprehended, a whole which has no parts (AriSt., Nic. Plato. The Republic.
• My credentials, entries, and memoranda, are all comprehended in the one line, 'Recalled to Life;' which may mean anything. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• In this danger Kitty also is comprehended. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• His lady was denied admittance to him, even during his sickness; consequently, his punishment comprehended an additional sentence of divorce. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Little Oliver's blood ran cold, as he listened to the Jew's words, and imperfectly comprehended the dark threats conveyed in them. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Under this denomination were comprehended timber fit for masts, yards, and bowsprits; hemp, tar, pitch, and turpentine. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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