1 He did not even know whether any one else in the world felt as he did, or whether he was the sole victim of this mournful privilege.
2 My dear Miss Melly, it is always a privilege and a pleasure to be in your home, for you--and ladies like you--are the hearts of all of us, all that we have left.
3 I reckon that's a man's privilege.
4 Uncle Whittier and Aunt Bessie assumed that it was their privilege as relatives to laugh at Carol, and their duty as Christians to let her know how absurd her "notions" were.
5 Starbuck and Stubb both had the start of him; and yet they also have the privilege of lounging in the rear.
6 God only has that right and privilege.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day. 7 Mr. Pontellier had the privilege of quitting their society when they ceased to be entertaining.
8 They were women who idolized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels.
9 The Ratignolles' soirees musicales were widely known, and it was considered a privilege to be invited to them.
10 A wonderful privilege it was to be thus admitted into the soul of a man of genius, to be allowed to share the ecstasies and the agonies of his inmost life.
11 According to an unwritten law, the buying a drink included the privilege of loafing for just so long; then one had to buy another drink or move on.
12 On the present occasion, the aged warrior whose privilege it was to speak, was silent, seemingly oppressed with the magnitude of his subject.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 28 13 I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege.
14 About two months after this, I applied to Master Hugh for the privilege of hiring my time.
15 This amount I was compelled to make up, or relinquish the privilege of hiring my time.