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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "It will be no use to us, if twenty such should come, since you will notvisit them.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) The idea of Mr. Collins, with all his solemn composure, being run awaywith by his feelings, made Elizabeth so near laughing, that she couldnot use the short pause he allowed in any attempt to stop him further,and he continued:"My reasons for marrying are, first, that I think it a right thing forevery clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the exampleof matrimony in his parish; secondly, that I am convinced that it willadd very greatly to my happiness; and thirdly--which perhaps I oughtto have mentioned earlier, that it is the particular advice andrecommendation of the very noble lady whom I have the honour of callingpatroness.<>
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First, that you will allow me the free use of my understanding on thepresent occasion; and secondly, of my room.<>
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You have sense, and we allexpect you to use it.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "And what arts did he use to separate them?""He did not talk to me of his own arts," said Fitzwilliam, smiling.<>
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As that was thecase, neither Jane, to whom I related the whole, nor I, thought itnecessary to make our knowledge public; for of what use couldit apparently be to any one, that the good opinion which all theneighbourhood had of him should then be overthrown? And even when it wassettled that Lydia should go with Mrs.<>
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She was of great use and comfort to us all.<>
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AndLady Lucas has been very kind; she walked here on Wednesday morning tocondole with us, and offered her services, or any of her daughters', ifthey should be of use to us.<>
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But at last your unclewas forced to yield, and instead of being allowed to be of use to hisniece, was forced to put up with only having the probable credit of it,which went sorely against the grain; and I really believe your letterthis morning gave him great pleasure, because it required an explanationthat would rob him of his borrowed feathers, and give the praise whereit was due.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) Mary petitioned for the use of the library at Netherfield; and Kittybegged very hard for a few balls there every winter.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "It ought to be so; it must be so, while he retains the use of hisreason.<>
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What a study for an artist did that exciting scene present!The eloquent Pickwick, with one hand gracefully concealed behindhis coat tails, and the other waving in air to assist his glowingdeclamation; his elevated position revealing those tights and gaiters,which, had they clothed an ordinary man, might have passed withoutobservation, but which, when Pickwick clothed them--if we may use theexpression--inspired involuntary awe and respect; surrounded by the menwho had volunteered to share the perils of his travels, and who weredestined to participate in the glories of his discoveries.<>
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Pickwickian would withdraw theexpression he had just made use of.<>
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Doyou object to use them?Certainly not,' replied Mr. Snodgrass.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Much use that,' growled the fat gentleman.<>
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What thedevil's the use of his saying he isn't dead?No, no, I am not,' said Mr. Tupman.<>
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When everybody had eaten as muchas possible, the cloth was removed, bottles, glasses, and dessert wereplaced on the table; and the waiters withdrew to 'clear away,'or inother words, to appropriate to their own private use and emolumentwhatever remnants of the eatables and drinkables they could contrive tolay their hands on.<>
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) Every gentleman who hears me, is probably acquaintedwith the reply made by an individual, who--to use an ordinary figure ofspeech--"hung out" in a tub, to the emperor Alexander:--"if I were notDiogenes," said he, "I would be Alexander.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'With which view,' continued Mr. Pickwick, 'I made use of the argumentwhich my experience of men has taught me is the most likely to succeedin any case.<>
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Hold still, Sir; wot's the use o' runnin' artera man as has made his lucky, and got to t'other end of the Borough bythis time?'Mr. Pickwick's mind, like those of all truly great men, was opento conviction.<>
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After half an hour's tumbling about, he came to the unsatisfactoryconclusion, that it was of no use trying to sleep; so he got up andpartially dressed himself.<>
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Bardell, which may be of material use tome.<>
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It was of no use a little man likeNathaniel Pipkin pulling the door inwards, when a great strong fellowlike old Lobbs was pulling it outwards.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Well, it's no use talking about it now,' said Sam.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'It cert'nly seems a queer start to send out pocket-'ankerchers topeople as don't know the use on 'em,' observed Sam.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Ay,' replied Mr. Weller, 'there was three quarters owin', and theshepherd hadn't paid a farden, not he--perhaps it might be on accountthat the water warn't o' much use to him, for it's wery little o' thattap he drinks, Sammy, wery; he knows a trick worth a good half-dozenof that, he does.<>
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"Well, ma'am," says he, "then I've just looked in to say that me andmy family ain't a-goin' to be choked for nothin'; and more than that,ma'am," he says, "you'll allow me to observe that as you don't use theprimest parts of the meat in the manafacter o' sassages, I'd think you'dfind beef come nearly as cheap as buttons.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'You don't think it would be of any use my waiting for him?' said thestranger, looking wistfully into the office.<>
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But will you have the goodness just to call methat again, sir?I didn't make use of the word in any invidious sense, ma'am,' repliedMr. Benjamin Allen, growing somewhat uneasy on his own account.<>
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Not to any young 'ooman, I hope,Sammy?Why, it's no use a-sayin' it ain't,' replied Sam; 'it's a walentine.<>
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Finding that it was of no use todiscuss the matter further, Sam changed the subject, and inquired whatthe second topic was, on which his revered parent wished to consult him.<>
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I shall show you that, on manyoccasions, he gave halfpence, and on some occasions even sixpences, toher little boy; and I shall prove to you, by a witness whose testimonyit will be impossible for my learned friend to weaken or controvert,that on one occasion he patted the boy on the head, and, after inquiringwhether he had won any "ALLEY TORS" or "COMMONEYS" lately (both of whichI understand to be a particular species of marbles much prized by theyouth of this town), made use of this remarkable expression, "How shouldyou like to have another father?"<>
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You were on thestaircase, and didn't distinctly hear; but you will not swear thatPickwick did not make use of the expressions I have quoted? Do Iunderstand that?No, I will not,' replied Mr. Winkle; and down sat Mr. Skimpin with atriumphant countenance.<>
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'You are the gentlemanresiding on Clapham Green,' resumed Bantam, 'who lost the use of hislimbs from imprudently taking cold after port wine; who could not bemoved in consequence of acute suffering, and who had the water from theking's bath bottled at one hundred and three degrees, and sent by wagonto his bedroom in town, where he bathed, sneezed, and the same dayrecovered.<>
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Mingled with these groups, were three or four match-makingmammas, appearing to be wholly absorbed by the conversation in whichthey were taking part, but failing not from time to time to cast ananxious sidelong glance upon their daughters, who, remembering thematernal injunction to make the best use of their youth, had alreadycommenced incipient flirtations in the mislaying scarves, putting ongloves, setting down cups, and so forth; slight matters apparently,but which may be turned to surprisingly good account by expertpractitioners.<>
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Here there was a loud cry of 'Order,' and Mr. John Smauker, as thegentleman who had introduced Mr. Weller into that company, begged toinform him that the word he had just made use of, was unparliamentary.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'I feel a great delicacy, gentlemen, in coming for'ard,' said the man inthe long coat, 'having the misforchune to be a coachman, and being onlyadmitted as a honorary member of these agreeable swarrys, but I dofeel myself bound, gentlemen--drove into a corner, if I may use theexpression--to make known an afflicting circumstance which has cometo my knowledge; which has happened I may say within the soap of myeveryday contemplation.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'I hope not,' replied Bob Sawyer, 'else where's the use of appearances,eh? But what will you take? Do as we do? That's right.<>
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Thus encouraged, Mr. Pickwick made the very best use of his legs.<>
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Oh, you use the word in that sense.<>
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If it ain't ready-money, were's the use on it?It's a law term, that's all,' said the cobbler.<>
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There he lay, stunned, and so cut about the face with somegravel which had been heaped up alongside it, that, to use my uncle'sown strong expression, if his mother could have revisited the earth,she wouldn't have known him.<>
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He CRAMMED for it,to use a technical but expressive term; he read up for the subject, atmy desire, in the "Encyclopaedia Britannica.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'My DEAR SAMMLE,'I am werry sorry to have the pleasure of being a Bear of ill news yourMother in law cort cold consekens of imprudently settin too long on thedamp grass in the rain a hearing of a shepherd who warnt able to leaveoff till late at night owen to his having vound his-self up vith brandyand vater and not being able to stop his-self till he got a little soberwhich took a many hours to do the doctor says that if she'd svallo'dvarm brandy and vater artervards insted of afore she mightn't have beenno vus her veels wos immedetly greased and everythink done to set heragoin as could be inwented your father had hopes as she vould havevorked round as usual but just as she wos a turnen the corner my boy shetook the wrong road and vent down hill vith a welocity you never see andnotvithstandin that the drag wos put on directly by the medikel manit wornt of no use at all for she paid the last pike at twenty minutesafore six o'clock yesterday evenin havin done the journey wery muchunder the reglar time vich praps was partly owen to her haven taken inwery little luggage by the vay your father says that if you vill comeand see me Sammy he vill take it as a wery great favor for I am werylonely Samivel n.<>
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He will be here, in time, if he means to come; andif he does not, it's of no use waiting.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Dear, dear,' said Arabella, taking up the defence, 'what is the use ofasking all that now, especially when you know you had set your covetousold heart on a richer son-in-law, and are so wild and fierce besides,that everybody is afraid of you, except me? Shake hands with him, andorder him some dinner, for goodness gracious' sake, for he looks halfstarved; and pray have your wine up at once, for you'll not be tolerableuntil you have taken two bottles at least.<>
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Mr. Pell drew out a pocket-handkerchief, when he came to the word weep,but he made no further use of it than to wipe away a slight tinge of rumwhich hung upon his upper lip.<>
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For vich reasons,' continued Sam, plucking nervously at the brim of hishat--'for vich reasons, he's drawn it out to-day, and come here vith meto say, leastvays to offer, or in other vords--To say this here,' said the elder Mr. Weller impatiently, 'that itain't o' no use to me.<>
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But what do these men mean, nine times out often,when they use it nowadays? When they say detection is a science? Whenthey say criminology is a science? They mean getting outside a man andstudying him as if he were a gigantic insect: in what they would call adry impartial light, in what I should call a dead and dehumanized light.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Then why didn't he use the garden door?" demanded the cross-examiner.<>
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Sir Matthew Blake also madeeffective use of the mystery that still rested upon the motive for themurder.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "But what is the use of all this tirade?" asked the actor, who hadhardly ever heard his clerical friend, make so long a speech before.<>
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"But shedidn't need to use any witchcraft in this case.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "But," objected the lawyer, "if you want to find out about him, whydon't you go after him? Why should you hang about in this desolate holewhere he hardly ever comes?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "What would be the use of my going after him?" asked the other.<>
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I shall always remember the very remarkablepowers you really possess, and how harmlessly you use them.<>
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