1 Demi paused to consider the new relationship before he compromised himself by the rash acceptance of a bribe, which took the tempting form of a family of wooden bears from Berne.
2 I sought in her countenance and features a likeness to Mr. Rochester, but found none: no trait, no turn of expression announced relationship.
3 It was not known that Wickham had a single relationship with whom he kept up any connection, and it was certain that he had no near one living.
4 Elizabeth honestly and heartily expressed her delight in the prospect of their relationship.
5 Sincerely wish you happy in your choice, and it shall not be my fault if we are not always good friends, as our near relationship now makes proper.
6 I was very much surprised that Mr. Peggotty was not Ham's father, and began to wonder whether I was mistaken about his relationship to anybody else there.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE 7 She might be firm, but only by relationship, and in an inferior and tributary degree.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE 8 And immediately this glance established a living relationship between living men.
9 Eustacia remained silent for a minute, and she said, "We are in a strange relationship today."
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian 10 This gaudy relationship did him little good at school.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty 11 The two species that had resulted from the evolution of man were sliding down towards, or had already arrived at, an altogether new relationship.
12 So began the relationship that at first startled Atlanta.
13 He had with him a daughter between five and six years of age, together with a lady who seemed to claim relationship to both, and to have the little one especially under her charge.
14 Madame," replied Villefort "I can truly say that I have always entertained a high respect for my father, because, to the natural feeling of relationship was added the consciousness of his moral superiority.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 60. The Telegraph. 15 One would hardly have guessed the close relationship that existed between them.