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Example sentences for "perusal"

Lexicographically close words:
perturbing; perty; peruerse; peruke; perukes; perusall; peruse; perused; peruses; perusing
  1. One afternoon he raised his head from the enthralled perusal of "Maiden Sweet" to find that the sands were empty of his charge.

  2. Gloomily the baron resumed his perusal of "Maiden Sweet.

  3. But as it concerned me nearly to remain undiscovered in my character and sentiments, I was under a necessity of mortifying my desire of praise, by confining my works to my own perusal and applause.

  4. Mr. Tesla early began to apply the condenser to alternating apparatus, in just how many ways can only be learned from a perusal of other portions of this volume, especially those dealing with his high frequency work.

  5. As a matter of fact, which a perusal of the paper will establish, Mr. Tesla made no attempt in that paper to describe all his work.

  6. After the perusal of the note, and the reflections which I have just made, a crowd of ideas, one more disagreeable than another, presented themselves to my mind.

  7. After the perusal of the foregoing Memoirs, it will be interesting to turn to the account which Catherine has given of the revolution which placed her on the throne.

  8. At his lodgings in Vincent Square a letter from Pauline awaited his return, and with a shock he realized half-way through its perusal that he was reading it listlessly.

  9. My own descent to skepticism was attributable in some measure to my intercourse with them, and to a perusal of their works, while in England.

  10. Yet a careful and long-continued perusal of the Scriptures left the impression on my mind, that this was really the case.

  11. It has to be noted that Mr. Harrison's list of the books which deserve perusal would seem to indicate that in his opinion, the pleasures to be derived from literature are chiefly pleasures of the imagination.

  12. The eminent English critic Matthew Arnold was found on the morning after the death of his eldest son engaged in the perusal of his favorite Marcus Aurelius, wherein alone he found comfort and consolation.

  13. The reader who rises unaffected from a perusal of 'Eugénie Grandet' would be unmoved by the grief of Priam in the tent of Achilles, or of Othello in the death-chamber of Desdemona.

  14. At that time of life you no more think of a future consequence--of the remote, the very remote possibility of deriving knowledge from the perusal of a book, than you expect so great a result from spinning a peg-top.

  15. We rise from the perusal of his own record of his journey with a sentiment of astonishment that he ever reached his destination.

  16. They are more especially intended for the young, but those of mature years may derive much profit by a perusal of many of these works, and even the naturalist may read them with pleasure and instruction.

  17. That Kreuser's style is deficient in grace and harmony we will not dispute, still much benefit may be derived from the perusal of his works.

  18. To be opened immediately after my death, and before the perusal of my will.

  19. And one rises from their perusal as if returned from a circumnavigation of the globe of knowledge, human and divine.

  20. The spirit and movement of an age are embodied in his books, and one reads with a growing reverence at every perusal of the mind that saw and has portrayed the world-spirit so well.

  21. A perusal of them refreshes and restores the old faith in persons and the possibilities of friendship.

  22. The feelings of Margaret, in making the concessions required of her, may be gathered from the perusal of her private correspondence with her brother.

  23. Yet the historian of the nineteenth century is admitted to the perusal of many an authentic document revealing the royal purpose, which never came under the eye of the courtier of Madrid.

  24. A candid perusal of their despatches dispels all mystery,--or rather, proves there never was any cause for mystery.

  25. But that sagacious inquirer, after a careful perusal of the papers, pronounces Montigny's answers to be "a victorious refutation of the charges of the attorney-general.

  26. Why land is cheap and labour badly rewarded may easily be seen on a perusal of the following passages:-- "'Chickuns are about 5d.

  27. Nares went below, fetched up his binocular, and fell into a silent perusal of the sea-line: I also, with my unaided eyesight.

  28. On the second perusal of this ominous document Suzanne felt the strangling rush of dread, the breathless contraction of the heart, that had seized her when she first read it.

  29. She would have to have the letter to show him, and Larkin, after a last, careful perusal of it, handed it to her.

  30. Years afterwards, Bettine relates the story in a letter to Goethe, the perusal of which has made many a gentle heart ache.

  31. She published the two hundred letters he had written to her, "noble letters, written in profound secrecy, never intended to see the light, but worthy of exposure to the perusal of the whole world.

  32. Each of these classes will find their interests consulted in the work before them, while the general reader may profitably proceed from the perusal of such a volume to those which describe events and details more minutely.

  33. A thorough perusal of a work thus constructed will secure, it is believed, a more competent and permanent knowledge of the history of a country, than some half-dozen readings of that history, written on the ordinary plan.

  34. The effect of the perusal is to give a kind of whirl to the brain, more like distraction than pleasure; and something analogous to the sensation produced, when the end of the finger is rubbed against the parchment of the tambourine.

  35. That he has the seedlings of poetry in his composition no one can deny, after the perusal of many of our extracts; that he employs them worthily, is more than can be advanced.

  36. If the perusal of these and the preceding verses should tempt any of our readers to purchase Mr. Southey's volume, we can warrant equal entertainment in all its other parts, and shall heartily wish the gentleman all happiness with his poet.

  37. A perusal of the following tales will show that a surprisingly large number of them are attempts to explain some natural phenomenon, or to exemplify some simple precept.

  38. In the winter of 1827, while engaged in his course of lectures in New York, an incident occurred which led him to a candid perusal of the New Testament.

  39. By such an examination as may be there obtained, he may derive more knowledge than by frequent perusal of the most eloquent writings, and perhaps observe circumstances which the learned authors are utterly ignorant of.

  40. A perusal of the gospels, in a spirit of real inquiry after a direction how to act, will certainly teach the way.

  41. The most cursory perusal of these will satisfy us that he had a mind of the highest order; grand by nature, and cultivated by the assiduous study of a lifetime.

  42. There is a spirit of natural poetry in every throb of her muse, and one can hardly rise from a perusal of this little volume without having imbibed pleasure and instruction.

  43. No one can rise from the perusal of this little volume without feeling deeply interested in the lovely character of the dear Addie.

  44. It may be very profitably meditated upon by the sick; and young clergymen will not lay it down after perusal without having derived some instruction.

  45. Its perusal is almost a duty for the clergy, and will not be without interest for the laity.

  46. Days could be spent in a study of the places whose names have been made familiar to us by a perusal of the Old and New Testaments.

  47. A perusal of the Bible, especially of those portions describing Jerusalem, would not prove at all injurious.

  48. And the perusal was so satisfactory, that he turned with a tone of injured, but patient innocence, and bade Richart read on.


  49. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "perusal" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    application; contemplation; drill; examination; exercise; grind; grinding; inspection; overhaul; perusal; practice; reading; review; scan; scrutiny; search; study; subject; survey; visitation