Dispositions

Examples

• This signifies the capacity to acquire habits, or develop definite dispositions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The king, who was a man of excellent dispositions, but easily led, had now become a willing disciple of his imperious consort. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The other point is persons modify one another's dispositions only through the special use they make of physical conditions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• At eight o'clock Warren was ordered up again, but was so slow in making his dispositions that his orders were frequently repeated, and with emphasis. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We discussed his chances, the merits of the other candidates, and the dispositions of the voters. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Then if the constitutions of States are five, the dispositions of individual minds will also be five? Plato. The Republic.
• It is curious what patches of hardness and tenderness lie side by side in men's dispositions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Our dispositions are not compatible. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The humours and dispositions of the Laputians described. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• They hung about on the flanks of the herd, and became very wise about its habits and dispositions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They developed mental dispositions and traditions and attitudes of thought one to another. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Edmund, I consider, from his dispositions and habits, as much more likely to marry early than his brother. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Savage groups mainly rely for instilling needed dispositions into the young upon the same sort of association which keeps adults loyal to their group. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The very difference of our dispositions gave zest to these conversations. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Golz had been up to inspect the dispositions for the attack and was on his way to an observation post. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Miss Brooke argued from words and dispositions not less unhesitatingly than other young ladies of her age. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Let us repeat the experiment in all the dispositions, of which the mind is susceptible. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I could mention innumerable instances, which, although slight, marked the dispositions of these amiable cottagers. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Hancock was in a position to reinforce speedily, and was the soldier to do it without waiting to make dispositions. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Then we will make the dispositions for the rest. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• There has been no abnormal movement on the road and I know the dispositions and the habits of this post at the sawmill across the road. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Thomas's dispositions were deliberately made, and always good. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• About four in the afternoon I sent for the corps commanders and directed the dispositions to be made of their troops. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Did we form ourselves, choosing our dispositions, and our powers? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He requested me in the meantime to ride through the camp, and to observe and report to him the dispositions of the soldiers; he then left me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It is so, with testamentary dispositions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• His younger brothers and sisters are also all promising, appearing to have good tempers and dispositions, as well as good constitutions. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• This means power to modify actions on the basis of the results of prior experiences, the power to develop dispositions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• These dispositions, he said, faithfully sustained, insured the enemy's speedy evacuation of Chattanooga for want of food and forage. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The changes considered are in outer action rather than in mental and emotional dispositions of behavior. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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