1 It came vividly to Selden on the Casino steps that Monte Carlo had, more than any other place he knew, the gift of accommodating itself to each man's humour.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 2: Chapter 1 2 For many days Cassy had been unusually gracious and accommodating in her humors; and Legree and she had been, apparently, on the best of terms.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher StoweGet Context In CHAPTER XXXIX 3 But these fears proved groundless, for Paul Ivanovitch displayed an extraordinary aptitude for accommodating himself to his new position.
Dead Souls By Nikolai GogolGet Context In PART 2: CHAPTER I 4 'The arbour there has done well,' he added, 'because it's acacia and lilac; they're accommodating good fellows, those trees, they don't want much care.'
Fathers and Children By Ivan TurgenevGet Context In CHAPTER IX 5 The friendliness of his disposition made him happy in accommodating those, whose situation might be considered, in comparison with the past, as unfortunate.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane AustenGet Context In CHAPTER 7 6 On quitting the Cobb, they all went in-doors with their new friends, and found rooms so small as none but those who invite from the heart could think capable of accommodating so many.
7 In my ignorance I supposed that the little hotel existed for the purpose of accommodating the passengers who travelled on the stage-coach.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonGet Context In Chapter III. 8 That done, we gradually began to settle down and to accommodate ourselves to our new surroundings.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleGet Context In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION 9 I hope I have learnt how to accommodate myself to the changes of life.
Hard Times By Charles DickensGet Context In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V 10 The carriage would not accommodate so many.
11 Had Fabius, therefore, been King of Rome, he might well have caused the war to end unhappily, not knowing how to accommodate his methods to the change in the times.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliGet Context In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX. 12 As we then had no room large enough to accommodate all who would be present, the place of meeting was under a large improvised arbour, built partly of brush and partly of rough boards.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonGet Context In Chapter XII. 13 They preferred taking it out of doors, under the trees, and I set a little table to accommodate them.
Wuthering Heights By Emily BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXXIV 14 When my mother removes into another house my services shall be readily given to accommodate her as far as I can.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane AustenGet Context In CHAPTER 2 15 For truly, the Right Whale's mouth would accommodate a couple of whist-tables, and comfortably seat all the players.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 83. Jonah Historically Regarded.