Dictated

Examples

• In 1639 Galileo, then old and blind, dictated to his son one of his books in which he discussed the isochronal properties of oscillating bodies, and their adaptation as time measures. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Whether it was the heart which dictated this new system of complaisance and humility adopted by our Rebecca, is to be proved by her after-history. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• From the outset, an innate recognition of system dictated the desirability and wisdom of preserving records of his experiments and inventions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Apart from the simple organization dictated by that common will, France was a mosaic of practically independent nobles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He said a man was not to be dictated to. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He dictated again. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Emmy defended her conduct and showed that it was dictated only by the purest religious principles; that a woman once, &c. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As to being dictated to by you, or any Jack, Jem, or Jonathan on earth, I shall not suffer it for a moment. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• After some changes dictated by experience, this artificial filament was adopted in the manufacture of lamps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was a crushing and exorbitant peace, dictated with the utmost arrogance of confident victors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Whether unbridled curiosity, or ungovernable dread, dictated Miss Verinder's questions I do not presume to inquire. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• They are as wise, however, as if they had all been dictated by the most deliberate wisdom. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• These feelings dictated my answer to my father. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Mrs. Yorke was not irritated at the reproof, worded with a severity so simple, dictated by a pride so quiet. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• New books, for instance, were dictated to rows of copyists in the factories of the booksellers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They are dictated by a sense of duty. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Sir Thomas was satisfied; too glad to be satisfied, perhaps, to urge the matter quite so far as his judgment might have dictated to others. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I cannot be dictated to by a watch. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Say good-morning to the young lady, dictated Harriet. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• His will began and ended in three clauses, which he dictated from his bed, in perfect possession of his faculties. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The choice of Captain Vye's fuelhouse as the scene of rehearsal was dictated by the fact that his dwelling was nearly in the centre of the heath. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• You mustn't say anything not dictated to you, sir. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mrs. Jellyby, sitting in quite a nest of waste paper, drank coffee all the evening and dictated at intervals to her eldest daughter. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Moreover, all his activities were dictated by patriotic motives. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

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