Citations:appeared

English citations of appeared

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• 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.

  True, they have often fled, both they and their master, when Great-grace hath but appeared; and no marvel; for he is the King's champion.

• 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.

  But there was nothing like this appeared; but as we made nearer and nearer the shore, the land looked more frightful than the sea.

  There appeared before me a little opening of the land, and I found a strong current of the tide set into it; so I guided my raft as well as I could, to keep in the middle of the stream.

  Then I called a council—that is to say in my thoughts—whether I should take back the raft; but this appeared impracticable: so I resolved to go as before, when the tide was down; and I did so, only that I stripped before I went from my hut, having nothing on but my chequered shirt, a pair of linen drawers, and a pair of pumps on my feet.

• 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.

  Even the blind men's dogs appeared to know him; and when they saw him coming on, would tug their owners into doorways and up courts; and then would wag their tails as though they said, "No eye at all is better than an evil eye, dark master!"

  They walked along the road, Scrooge recognising every gate, and post, and tree; until a little market-town appeared in the distance, with its bridge, its church, and winding river.

  A terrible voice in the hall cried, "Bring down Master Scrooge's box, there!" and in the hall appeared the schoolmaster himself, who glared on Master Scrooge with a ferocious condescension, and threw him into a dreadful state of mind by shaking hands with him.

• 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:

  Hussey soon appeared, with a mustard-pot in one hand and a vinegar-cruet in the other, having just broken away from the occupation of attending to the castors, and scolding her little black boy meantime.