Conferred

Examples

• His father had never conferred a favour or shewn a kindness more to his satisfaction. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Certainly, if years of residence may establish a claim to so--ha--honourable a title, I may accept the--hum--conferred distinction. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• But as one invention has succeeded another people have grown wiser, and realized that each has conferred a benefit rather than taken away a right. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The solitary woman felt an interest in the ambitious girl, and kindly conferred many favors of this sort both on Jo and the Professor. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He was indeed an officer and a gentleman--a title conferred on many, but deserved by so few. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• She was not sure if she would go where permission was given so like a favour conferred. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• It looked an insignificant thing to have conferred upon the world of science and mechanics such a mighty extension of their dominions as it has. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• This benefit conferred gives you an unlimited claim on my gratitude, and a claim, to a certain extent, on my confidence. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• In 1874 the Government conferred upon Pasteur a life annuity of twelv e thousand francs, an equivalent of his salary as Professor of Chemistry at the Sorb onne. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• They converted what they could of the conquered people to Islam; the Christians they disarmed, and conferred upon them the monopoly of tax-paying. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I do not mean to be conferred in Baptism upon our children, but to be inscribed on Bills of Exchange, and negotiated in the Money Market. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• To this I replied: Mr. President, I accept the commission, with gratitude for the high honor conferred. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The representatives of New York could with justice drink the health of the young inventor, whose system is one of the greatest boons the city has ever had conferred upon it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In such cases, though the individual merit of the inventor is small, the benefit conferred may be important, and may operate influentially in promoting the progress of civilization. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The last police-officer with whom he had conferred was standing silently behind us. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• By this authority I conferred the rank of brigadier-general upon Upton on the spot, and this act was confirmed by the President. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This artful allusion to benefits conferred brought Tupman to his feet, looking as if he had quite made up his mind. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He asked me, first of all, whether I conferred a charm and a distinction on London by residing in it? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Without turning his head, he conferred with her a few moments, and vanished. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Had they conferred together? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• They had conferred together until the last moment, when it was necessary for the French gentlemen to be landed in their boat. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He liked the ease and glitter of the life, and the lustre conferred on him by being a member of this group of rich and conspicuous people. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• They conferred earnestly with each other, looking often upon me. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• They were conferred in consideration of my improvements and discoveries in the electric branch of Natural Philosophy. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• A high title of honour is conferred upon him. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• The University of St. Andrew, in Scotland, conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• On you he conferred his whole treasure of beauties, nor added to them one dark defect. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Well, in spite of the benefits conferred, it is to be hoped Hephaistos won't interfere this time with his earthquakes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• If she wore angels' wings, I knew whose poet-fancy conferred them. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Scientists were very much interested in the invention at the time, and the John Scott medal for meritorious inventions was conferred upon Mr. Baldwin by the Franklin Institute. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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