Consented

Examples

• She readily consented to go with Adrian. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Gutenberg consented, and the next day the woman sent the money for the St. Christopher. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• You _have_ consented? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He consented to try the practice if I would keep him company: I did so, and we held it for three months. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• So he forgave young Bullock and consented that the marriage should take place. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• If Ellen had consented to come and live with her grandmother it must surely be because she had recognised the impossibility of giving him up. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Lord Raymond requested permission to accompany her to Windsor Castle, to which she consented, and they quitted the cottage together. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Finally they consented to go on. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I wonder you consented, Amy, they only want you to work. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Zara replied and, after a musical dialogue, consented to fly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• You never shall go: you have not consented, have you, Jane? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• They asked Pat to join them in signing the pledge, and he consented. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I consented. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• And Mrs. Shelby had readily consented to humor her in the requeSt. He won't know Polly,--my old man won't. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She thinks herself wrong, then, for having consented to a private engagement? Jane Austen. Emma.
• She obligingly consented to act as mediatrix in the matter. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He knew the power she would put in his hands if she consented; there would be no difficulty then in persuading her not to go back to her husband. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He consented, and I immediately stripped myself stark naked, and went down softly into the stream. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Whatever the Count may have done, Sir Percival has consented to the conspiracy against Laura from another motive besides the motive of gain. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• George very readily consented, for your boy is always ready for anything that makes him of importance. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Upon hearing this he appeared satisfied, and consented to come on board. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The youth consented with good-nature; but, after having stood stock still for a quarter of an hour, he declared that he could not bear it any longer. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I consented at once, and when Laura and I went out for our walk, we took the little girl (who is just eleven years old) to the school that very day. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She consented to leave the room in a weary, absent manner. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• After musing on it for a moment, he asked me if I were about to return to London, and if I would accompany him: I consented. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Darcy professed a great curiosity to see the view from the Mount, and Elizabeth silently consented. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Some natural tears she shed on being told this; but as I began to look very grave, she consented at last to wipe them. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I, of course, consented, the moment that I saw that she had set her heart upon this step. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The young ladies put it off at first; but their mother grew so restless, and said, 'Jane, Jane,' so many times, that at last they consented. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She has consented: she has pledged her word. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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