Dwells
[dwelz]
Examples
- Falsehoods and illusions ascend to take their place; the prodigal goes back into the country of the Lotophagi or drones, and openly dwells there. Plato. The Republic.
- He dwells upon the pleasure of an open fire, and the destruction of this pleasure by the use of the closed stoves. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- And, fled from monarchs, Mount Charles, dwells with thee! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Yes—in Constantinople; a daughter of the old Byzantine nobles, a Fanariot beautiful as the dawn, who dwells at Phanar. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- At this early date no drawings were attached to patents, and the specification dwells more on the function of the machine than the instrumentalities employed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Take her as the visionary nursling of your own fancy; and she will grow upon you, all the more clearly, as the living woman who dwells in mine. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In the neighbouring court, where the Lord Chancellor of the rag and bottle shop dwells, there is a general tendency towards beer and supper. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But first he dwells on the difficulty of the problem and insists on restoring man to his natural condition, before he will answer the question at all. Plato. The Republic.
Editor: Rae