1 He listened in silence, and finally promised to confer with the physician.
2 You pretend to have bought it for yourself, but you have really done so to confer a benefit on him.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE 3 If, on the eve of such a departure, you will accompany our mutual friend, Mr. Thomas Traddles, to our present abode, and there reciprocate the wishes natural to the occasion, you will confer a Boon.
4 'In the meantime, confer with Miss Trotwood, or with any person with any knowledge of life,' said Mr. Spenlow, adjusting his cravat with both hands.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 38. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP 5 Nevertheless, it is your undoubted prerogative to confer on whom you please this crown, by the delivery of which to the lady of your choice, the election of to-morrow's Queen will be formal and complete.
6 We shall then have your willing sanction, good Cedric," said Prince John, "to confer this fief upon a person whose dignity will not be diminished by holding land of the British crown.
7 They do everything to confer happiness, I am sure.
8 For it is the nature of men to be bound by the benefits they confer as much as by those they receive.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In CHAPTER X — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF A... 9 And these are the kind of improvements which confer reputation and power upon a new prince.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In CHAPTER XXVI — AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE ... 10 My Dear Sir: Harvard University desired to confer on you at the approaching Commencement an honorary degree; but it is our custom to confer degrees only on gentlemen who are present.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter XVII. 11 So Van Helsing has gone to confer with Mrs. Harker and Harker; Quincey and Art are all out following up the clues as to the earth-boxes.
12 Under the circumstances we agreed, by a questioning look and answer, with finger on lip, to preserve silence in our suspicions, until we should have been able to confer alone again.
13 I know no one in Paris, Morrel, on whom I could confer that honor besides you and your brother Emmanuel.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 88. The Insult. 14 You forget, dear sir, that we confer with an officer, distinguished alike in Europe and America for his deeds.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 16 15 The animals decided unanimously to create a military decoration, "Animal Hero, First Class," which was conferred there and then on Snowball and Boxer.