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• By degrees the anarchy finds a way into private houses, and ends by getting among the animals and infecting them. Plato. The Republic.
• Who was the poet who said that Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The first night that finds a small craft moored near the shore of Shador, I replied. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Scattered over the country one still finds isolated charcoal kilns, crude earthen receptacles, in which wood thus deprived of air was allowed to smolder and form charcoal. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• She finds compensations, no doubt--I know she borrows money of Gus--but then I'd PAY her to keep him in a good humour, so I can't complain, after all. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• During the last year or two, things have gone against him--secret speculation, I think--and he finds himself in a bad way. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Franklin's arrival in Philadelphia finds its parallel in the very modest debut of Adams's friend in Boston. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A knife and some odd halfpence are all he finds. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Baxter's the keeper, and when he finds strange dogs hunting about, he takes and shoots 'em. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• From the delicate hair spring of a watch to the massive armor plate of a battleship, it finds endless applications, and is nature’s most enduring gift to man--abundant, cheap, and lasting. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• This is confirmed as one enters the door and finds that the entire building is devoted to chemistry. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The observer holds this up between himself and the sky, turning it gradually round till he finds the tint of the instrument exactly corresponding to the tint of the sky. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The man buys it, of course, and finds nothing in it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Thus, with a thoughtful face, he finds his hat and cloak, unseen of the Analytical, and goes his way. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You have all so much more _heart_ among you than one finds in the world at large. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• If he finds out that I am not worthy to be his cousin, let him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• If he finds it out he must surely kill me, for nothing else will be in proportion to his feelings now. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I suppose that everyone finds his first independent start in business a dreary experience. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He finds that nothing agrees with him so well as to make little gyrations on one leg of his stool, and stab his desk, and gape. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The connoisseur, accustomed to the possession of jewels, finds in its soft luster a grandeur above that of all the sparkling stones. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They still live with their old servants, who probably know so much of Rucastle's past life that he finds it difficult to part from them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• This type of two-wheeler, however, finds favor among those who like power and speed but in modified form. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He finds that all unite in equal bulks, or two bulks of one to one of another, or three bulks of one to one of another. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• One often finds it inconvenient, when traveling, to obtain hot water whenever needed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He finds time to look in between-whiles, when anybody else with half his work to do would be thinking about not being able to come. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Our sermon books are shut up when Miss Crawley arrives, and Mr. Pitt, whom she abominates, finds it convenient to go to town. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Now it is a matter of fact that in the gospels all that body of theological assertion which constitutes Christianity finds little support. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In it, however, the electrician finds a most interesting combination of metal and magnetism. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Acetylene gas finds its principal uses for isolated plants, and in country houses. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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