Councils

Examples

• The councils, which, in the colony legislatures, correspond to the house of lords in Great Britain, are not composed of a hereditary nobility. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• No, not as an individual; but, let me go and form part of a nation, which shall have a voice in the councils of nations, and then we can speak. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He gathered diets and councils in futile attempts at reconciliation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The members of those councils, however, had been bred to professions very different from war and politics. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Meanwhile, councils went on in the kitchen at home, fraught with almost insupportable aggravation to my exasperated spirit. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• If we had been assured that we should secure the lives of our present numbers, there would have been more vivacity and hope in our councils. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• For nine years I served in the councils and fought in the armies of Helium as a prince of the house of Tardos Mors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• It is from this period, according to the French antiquarians, that we are to date the institution of the magistrates and councils of cities in France. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• To that intent, we must introduce some clear, calm, practical sense into our councils. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Dick had regularly assisted at our councils, with a meditative and sage demeanour. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Having frequent occasions to hold public councils, they have acquired great order and decency in conducting them. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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