Sentence Examples

1. As a magistrate, he had generally some point of law to consult John about, or, at least, some curious anecdote to give and as a farmer, as keeping in hand the home-farm at Donwell, he had to tell what every field was to bear next year, and to give all such local information as could not fail of being interesting to a brother whose home it had equally been the longest part of his life, and whose attachments were strong.
2. The deputy procureur was, therefore, the first magistrate of Marseilles, when one morning his door opened, and M.
3. A carriage awaited him at the door he got in, followed by two soldiers and the magistrate, and the vehicle drove off towards Marseilles.
4. The sun apparently had got up early to witness the sacrifice, and with his light they resumed their journey, discussing the deception practised on Don Álvaro, and saying how well done it was to have taken his declaration before a magistrate in such an unimpeachable form.
5. de Villefort was not only a magistrate, he was almost a diplomatist.
6. One only chance was left me, that of beseeching the magistrate before whom I was taken to cause every inquiry to be made for the Abbé Busoni, who had stopped at the inn of the Pont du Gard on that morning.
7. It was a long time since the magistrate had heard a paradox so strong, or rather, to say the truth more exactly, it was the first time he had ever heard of it.
8. Fogg and his two companions took their places on a bench opposite the desks of the magistrate and his clerk.
9. What magistrate would find, or even venture to insinuate, anything against this?
10. He saw before him an officer delegated to enforce the law, and perfectly well knew that it would be as unavailing to seek pity from a magistrate decked with his official scarf, as to address a petition to some cold marble effigy.