1 Let a commonwealth, then, be constituted in the country where a great equality is found or has been made; and, conversely, let a princedom be constituted where great inequality prevails.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER LV. 2 Kennicott, Sam Clark, Jackson Elder, young Dr. McGanum, and James Madison Howland, teetering on their toes near the stove, conversed with the sedate pomposity of the commercialist.
3 In fact, the artist's design seemed this: a final theory of my own, partly based upon the aggregated opinions of many aged persons with whom I conversed upon the subject.
4 His companions, who conversed apart in the language of their tribe, heeded not this sudden and earnest appeal.
5 Hawkeye and the Mohicans conversed earnestly together in Delaware for a few moments, when each quietly took his post, in order to execute the plan they had speedily devised.
6 The warriors had reassembled, and were now calmly smoking, while they conversed gravely on the chief incidents of their recent expedition to the head of the Horican.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 24 7 The warriors were lounging in groups, musing more than they conversed and when a few words were uttered, speaking like men who deeply weighed their opinions.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 28 8 The youth, on guard duty one night, conversed across the stream with one of them.
9 He conversed with the men in blue, studying their faces with his bright and keen eyes.
10 Bois-Guilbert," answered the Jewess, "thou knowest not the heart of woman, or hast only conversed with those who are lost to her best feelings.
11 As they thus conversed, the heavy bell of the church of Saint Michael of Templestowe, a venerable building, situated in a hamlet at some distance from the Preceptory, broke short their argument.
12 They conversed for some time in whispers.
13 The two other gentlemen hurried in and out with anxious faces, and, during the short intervals when they were present, conversed apart.
14 While the furze-gatherers had desultorily conversed thus Eustacia's face gradually bent to the hearth in a profound reverie, her toe unconsciously tapping the dry turf which lay burning at her feet.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 2: 1 Tidings of the Comer 15 Whether this romantic martyr to superstition and the melancholy mummer he had conversed with under the full moon were one and the same person remained as yet a problem.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 2 The New Course Causes Disappointment