Deserves
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Examples
- They will recompense him now, I hope, as he deserves. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The subject well deserves to be discussed at great length, but I will here take only a single case, that of working or sterile ants. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Whenever she is with us, Mrs. Cole does not know how to shew her kindness enough; and I must say that Jane deserves it as much as any body can. Jane Austen. Emma.
- A young man really well deserves constant support and patronage,' looking at the Doctor, 'who makes such sacrifices. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The effect of this situation in crippling the teacher's sense of humor has not received the attention which it deserves. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Not the least curious of the smaller contrivances is an apparatus which deserves notice as a useful application of magnetism to manufacturing purposes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- If he knew them better, he would value their society as it deserves; for they are in fact exactly the sort of people he would like. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- In educating the youth of both sexes, their method is admirable, and highly deserves our imitation. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- But a person of a fine ear, who has the command of himself, can separate these feelings, and give praise to what deserves it. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- So it seems, my love, for you have as good as refused the pick of them; and if there's better to be had, I'm sure there's no girl better deserves it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Your memory does me more honour than my insignificance deserves. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Of course if a woman accepts the wrong man, she must take the consequences, and one who does it twice over deserves her fate. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I think, Charles, poor Mr. Carton deserves more consideration and respect than you expressed for him to-night. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- This argument deserves to be weighed, as being, in my opinion, entirely decisive. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Though the honor of inventing the art of wireless telegraphy is generally ascribed to Marconi, this is to give him more credit than he deserves. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Another important plant of this period deserves special mention, as it was the pioneer in the lighting of large spaces by incandescent lamps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She in all respects deserves it, says my Lady. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This view deserves examination. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It deserves note that at Chicago regular railway tickets were issued to paying passengers, the first ever employed on American electric railways. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This latter deserves special mention, not only because of its arrangement for thorough lubrication, but also on account of the resultant economy affecting the cost of manufacture. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I will give one other instance: for this subject of the same end being gained by the most diversified means well deserves attention. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- If this be the case, he deserves you. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The author had a consciousness of his own worth, and deserves the name Tycho the Magnificent. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In my future work this subject will be treated, as it well deserves, at greater length. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It deserves to be pointed out that the phonograph has changed little in the intervening years from the first crude instruments of 1877-78. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Barkis, she deserves, and more! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Bring a bucket, and throw it all over her; it'll do her good, and she richly deserves it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In the commercial application of chemistry the work of Louis Pasteur in _fermenting_ and _brewing_ deserves special notice as making a great advance in this art. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- She does seem a charming young woman, just what he deserves. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Such a place as Sotherton Court deserves everything that taste and money can do. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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