1 On the strength of Darcy's regard, Bingley had the firmest reliance, and of his judgement the highest opinion.
2 His diffidence had prevented his depending on his own judgment in so anxious a case, but his reliance on mine made every thing easy.
3 Jane was not deceived, but she was affected; and though feeling no reliance on her, could not help writing her a much kinder answer than she knew was deserved.
4 That you may begin, in a small way, to have a reliance upon yourself, and to act for yourself,' said my aunt, 'I shall send you upon your trip, alone.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY 5 I encouraged him to talk about Sophy, on the way; which he did with a loving reliance on her that I very much admired.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 41. DORA'S AUNTS 6 But her abiding reliance was on Mr. Dick.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS 7 It may be all right, sir, but I have no overweening reliance on the faith of these marquesses, or marquis, as they call themselves.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 16 8 There was about him now a fine reliance.
9 Master George Shelby, who, in the interval, had changed from a boy to a tall young man, was her constant and faithful assistant, and her only reliance in superintending his father's affairs.
10 There was therefore no hope but in passive fortitude, and in that strong reliance on Heaven natural to great and generous characters.
11 Her mind, disposition, opinions, and habits wanted no half-concealment, no self-deception on the present, no reliance on future improvement.
12 I have placed reliance upon you, my friend.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 55 CAPTIVITY: THE FOURTH DAY 13 Thyself art my witness what a sudden stir she raised of late on the Libyan waters, flinging all the seas to heaven in vain reliance on Aeolus' blasts; this she dared in thy realm.
14 The influence of ancestry, however, is important in helping forward any individual or race, if too much reliance is not placed upon it.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter II.