Read full poem →Trick. Admirers-! if the frames were not gilded, the pic*
tures would be intolerable ; as for instance — Abel Drugger,
whose formality of phiz, and shallowness of scull, might for
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Poetry examples for “for instance”
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Read full poem →contrived to make them play upon each other, and
set them off by contrast : as, for instance, Bobadil
with Matthew, Kno’vvell with Master Stephen, Kitely
Read full poem →little--somebody who is obsessed by Making. Like all obsessions, the
Making obsession has disadvantages; for instance, my only interest in
making money would be to make it. Fortunately, however, I should prefer
Read full poem →"Well, it's life," Arabel.
"There's the story of Hamlet, for instance," I added.
Then fell into silence.
Read full poem →method of argument. A logical set of premises would be ¢
built up and an oblique conclusion drawn. For instance,
it was argued: England and Ireland never got
Read full poem →much as its antiquarian interest, that I should base a justification of
this reprint. Take, for instance, such a line as the eleventh of Comus,
which Prof. Masson gives as:--
Read full poem →Many poets--Wordsworth, for instance--have been conscious in their old
age that an interest attaches to the circumstances of the composition of
Read full poem →With the exception of the _Eclectic_ (March, 1817, N.S., vol. vii. pp.
298-304), the lesser reviews were unfavourable. For instance, the
_Critical Review_ (December, 1816, Series V. vol. iv. pp. 567-581)
Read full poem →get it by asking “Information.” Then say to
your local operator, for instance, “I want
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lehigh 9375.”
Read full poem →To make a person-to-person call, call “Long
Distance” and say, for instance, “I want
Mr. James Grove at Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-