65 collocations for abstracts

He could not look out of his window without seeing the glaciers of the Alps, but seemed to be unmoved by their unspeakable grandeur; he did not revel in the glories of nature or art, but gave his mind to abstract ideas and stern practical duties.

To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.

She believed more than ever that Clamp had used Lucy to abstract her papers, and that he now would hold his power over her to bring about the hated marriage.

Thirty hours sufficed to drill through the Crab's foundation-wall, and to abstract the unguarded treasure.

We had been driving at the usual pace, about six miles an hour, and it proves the practised skill and agility of the goojars, who, with such ease, had abstracted the boxes from under the very nose of my servant.

That chambermaid can tell you that Mademoiselle's scarcely left her rooms since then, and it's an absolute mystery to me that any person could get in here, open this box, and abstract its contents.

Another advantage gained in cooking sugar with the fruit at the time of canning, is that the fruit may be cooked for a longer time without destroying its form, as the sugar abstracts the juice of the fruit, and thus slightly hardens it and prevents its falling in pieces.

I abstracted the manuscript begun on a much larger scale in 1856, and completed the volume on the same reduced scale.

He abstracts this one quality from the complex bundle of qualities which constitute the object, and he makes this one stand for the whole.

Then the cat and the otter told the rat that he must collect all the rats of the neighbourhood and they must burrow through the wall and find some way of abstracting the magic ring.

The frown of a prince, and the loss of a pension, have, indeed, been found of wonderful efficacy to abstract men's thoughts from the present time, and fill them with zeal for the liberty and welfare of ages to come.

It seemed that the person who abstracted the diamonds must have cut or scratched his thumb or finger in some way, for there were two drops of blood on the bottom of the safe and one or two bloody smears on a piece of paper, and, in addition, a remarkably clear imprint of a thumb."

They seemed under the conviction that the will was in the bureau; and if they had been men otherwise than merely what, as the world goes, are called honest, they might have abstracted the document; for the generous Rachel never even looked at their proceedings, grieved as she was at the death of her father.

When rung up on a subject of which you know nothing, learn to conduct the conversation so that you abstract the necessary enlightenment from the questioner himself (while appearing to be perfectly conversant with what he is talking about), and, if possible, get him to suggest the answer to his own conundrum.

" From their gross Matter she abstracts the Forms, And draws a kind of Quintessence from things, Which to her proper nature she transforms To bear them light on her celestial wings.

From a market-woman's basket he abstracted thus a fowl!

The reason for pouring boiling water into the tea-pot before the infusion of the tea is made, is, that the vessel being previously warm, may abstract less heat from the mixture, and thus admit a more powerful action.

There was nothing of a devil about him, except that his conscience was not peculiarly attentive to abstract honesty and abstract virtue.

This was the time, when, all things tending fast To depravation, speculative schemes That promised to abstract the hopes of Man 225 Out of his feelings, to be fixed thenceforth For ever in a purer element Found ready welcome.

But Micky refused to be interested, beyond a derisive wiggling of his fingers at his nose, and West, having abstracted all the information possible, made no further effort.

He could hardly be crazy enough to do that, supposing that his lunacy had led him to abstract the jewels.

Similarly, it was Mike who abstracted the key from the door of the next study, though the idea was Psmith's.

His wife and daughter were far away; the convivial associates "who were all very sorry and lamented him very much," were for the moment represented only by "John;" and the shocking tradition goes that the alien hands by which the "dying eyes were closed," and the "decent limbs composed," remunerated themselves for the pious office by abstracting the gold sleeve-links from the dead man's wrists.

I will try to abstract the load of teazing circumstances from the Stories and tell you that I am answerable for Lear, Macbeth, Timon, Romeo, Hamlet, Othello, for occasionally a tail piece or correction of grammar, for none of the cuts and all of the spelling.

Every thing, in short, which tends to abstract a man in any degree, or in any way, from self,from self-admiration and self-interest, has, so far at least, a beneficial influence in forming the character.

65 collocations for  abstracts