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Lexicographically close words:
principios; principis; principium; principle; principled; principum; pring; prink; prins; print
  1. In the case of the Judiciary, therefore, I would so far as the fundamental law is concerned abide by the older and better considered principles of the framers.

  2. The other consists of many secrets, caught While bent on nobler prize,--perhaps a few Prime principles which may conduct to much: These last I offer.

  3. Devices employed for the public good, if predicated on the principles that maintain all men dishonest and are themselves deceptive, both in theory and practice, cannot be considered either honorable or complimentary to our public men.

  4. The first question involves the consideration of principles of some extent, and to decide correctly on the second it may be necessary to state them generally.

  5. The postal business must be conducted, if successful, upon the same principles which control the operations of the upright and sagacious man of business.

  6. I did as Asael advised, and that evening Joseph explained to me the principles of "Mormonism," the truth of which I have never since denied.

  7. I then proceeded to relate the substance of what is contained in the Book of Mormon, dwelling particularly upon the principles of religion therein contained.

  8. You've slain the Prophets of the living God, Who've borne oppression from their early youth, To plant on earth the principles of truth.

  9. We soon fell into conversation, in which I explained to her, as clearly as I could, the principles of the gospel.

  10. Son of Man, that we may be a comfort to each other, and instil into the tender and noble minds of our children, principles of truth and virtue, which shall abide with them for ever, is my constant prayer.

  11. When we've assimilated the foreigners we got here now and learned 'em the principles of Americanism and turned 'em into regular folks, why then maybe we'll let in a few more.

  12. Ethics of the business-broker ought to strictly represent his principles and not get in on the buying," he said to Thompson.

  13. It is not strange, in view of the fact that the great leaders of football have not taken more kindly to the forward pass, that its underlying principles have not been more thoroughly worked out and organized.

  14. Spread formations somewhat modified from the above are still proving very successful, the following serving to again illustrate the principles of the preceding chapter (Fig.

  15. The previous chapter attempted a general statement of the fundamental principles upon which a successful forward passing game may be built.

  16. Signs are not lacking, however, to indicate a greatly increased use of the passing game, an improved understanding and appreciation of its fundamental principles and a much greater degree of success for it.

  17. The formations outlined will doubtless sufficiently illustrate the principles discussed.

  18. Helena has the principles of Jezebel, and the temper of Lady Macbeth.

  19. When we address expressions of condolence to bereaved friends, the principles of popular hypocrisy sanction indiscriminate lying as a duty which we owe to the dead--no matter what their lives may have been--because they are dead.

  20. I had no wish to be a witness of the shameful and sinful dancing which goes on (I am told) at the opera; but I did feel my principles shaken when I thought of the wonderful singers and the entrancing music.

  21. Skill in logic and in the accurate statement of one's principles may be very slight, and yet the successful application of these misstated or absurd principles may be a fact and a blessing.

  22. Some of them thought that Bismarck's conversion to liberal principles was really sincere.

  23. He spent some years in a soldiers' home, but it was against his principles to die in such a tame institution.

  24. To their representations he answered, disposing of their arguments by assuming practically that he was only the agent of the Church in enforcing the well-known principles of the canons.

  25. Parliamentary discussion had doubtless been warm and freedom of debate and legislation was contrary to the principles of the Holy Office.

  26. Dana, Characteristics of Volcanoes, with Contributions of Facts and Principles from the Hawaiian Islands.

  27. A clearly-written and connected sketch of what is known about electricity and magnetism, the more prominent modern applications, and the principles on which they are based.

  28. This view occurred to myself when examining the region of the North-east of Ireland, but I was not then aware that it had been dealt with on mathematical principles by so eminent a mathematician.

  29. Illustration of the mode of propagation of earthquake shocks will be found in Lyell's Principles of Geology, vol.

  30. The principles to be learned in skeleton-scraping are comparatively few and simple.

  31. Let us learn the principles of it by making a waste mould and cast of a human hand.

  32. An ostrich or emu requires a manikin constructed on the same principles as that built for the tiger, except that each leg-rod should have two iron squares instead of one.

  33. The front foot is articulated on the same principles as the hind foot.

  34. The principles involved in carving skulls apply equally to carving leg bones, except in this work there is much to be done with the draw-shave and spoke-shave.

  35. This will embody all the general principles involved, and after having laid this foundation we will proceed to consider exceptional cases, and describe the manner in which they must be met.

  36. The fundamental principles to be observed in skinning a large mammal are, in general, precisely the same as those which govern the same process in small mammals, and which have been recorded in detail in the preceding chapter.

  37. Having fully considered the various principles involved in making ordinary bird skins, it is now necessary to note the exceptional cases, and state how each is to be disposed of.

  38. To this end the present chapter will be devoted to setting forth the leading principles involved, which are most easily learned from small specimens.

  39. Until you have fully learned the principles of manikin-making, do not attempt to mount by this process a skin that has come to you with no measurements nor leg bones.

  40. In this manner, as from a height of observation, we are able to look back beyond recorded history, and to trace the principles of historic development.

  41. Herbert Spencer, in his Principles of Sociology, vol.

  42. All his wives were virgins; for he has declared that he thought it gross and indelicate to be a second husband: upon what other principles his choice was made cannot now be known; but marriage afforded not much of his happiness.

  43. But combinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world by the advantage which licentious principles afford, did not those, who have long practised perfidy, grow faithless to each other.

  44. It is difficult to discover, from Mr. Cotton's own account of his principles published ten years afterwards, in his answer to Bailey, wherein he differed from her.

  45. Apparently, however, the Puritan found no difficulty in believing that the future existence entailed an entire change in the principles of love and in the emotions of sympathy and pity.

  46. He [Schuyler] desired me to think no more about it; said the occasion justified it, according to the rules and principles of war, and he should have done the same.

  47. If as much depends as is allowed upon the early education of youth and the first principles which are instilled take the deepest root great benefit must arise from the literary accomplishments in women.

  48. They established a form of social etiquette and an insistence on certain principles of high-bred procedure genuinely needed in a country the tendency of which was toward a crude display of raw, hail-fellow-well-met democracy.

  49. The principles of Quakerism have a direct tendency to make a man the quiet and inoffensive subject of any, and every government WHICH IS SET OVER HIM.

  50. These very principles instruct you to wait with patience and humility, for the event of all public measures, and to receive that event as the divine will towards you.

  51. Wherefore, this epistle is not so properly addressed to you as a religious, but as a political body, dabbling in matters, which the professed Quietude of your Principles instruct you not to meddle with.

  52. Yet his electors could have no idea of giving hereditary right to his descendants, because such a perpetual exclusion of themselves was incompatible with the free and unrestrained principles they professed to live by.

  53. And the Speech, instead of terrifying, prepared a way for the manly principles of Independance.

  54. The position and principles of the Emperor-King made him the champion of the old order of things in Europe as against the Reformation, which added immensely to his power.

  55. We neglect to consider it in a most serious way when we adopt principles contrary to the general consensus of opinion accredited in the environment in which we are living.

  56. It is first from books, then from the lessons of life that physicians learn the principles underlying their knowledge of disease and its healing remedies.

  57. Perhaps; but to reason, following the principles of justice and truth, is an operation which can only be performed by minds endowed with common sense.

  58. It is not necessary to abandon one's convictions in order to reflect principles which, without contradicting them, give them a favorable color.

  59. A few pages further on we find a reflection which the Shogun, always faithful to his principles of high morality, specially addresses to those who make a profession of humility.

  60. An idea can be rejected or accepted by common sense without violating the principles of logic in the least.

  61. It is only," said he, "where we are sufficiently permeated with all the principles of judgment that we shall be able to think of acquiring this quality, so necessary to the harmony of life.

  62. Common sense compels reason to admit principles whose justice it has already recognized, and, at the same time, incites reason to reject those whose absurdity it has demonstrated.

  63. His efforts will be limited, then, to evoking common sense, by employing practical sense, so far as what refers to the application of principles which he desires to apply successfully.

  64. It consists of determining the production of a phenomenon whose existence will aid us in establishing the underlying principles of an observation which interprets the event.

  65. We must stick to American principles concerning the rights of neutrals,' he continued.

  66. So he applied the principles of law to the transactions of men with great clearness and precision.

  67. Perhaps the secret of this lies in part in the fact that he was accustomed to ponder deeply upon the ultimate principles of government and society, and strove to base his discussions upon the firm ground of ethical truth.

  68. The declaration of principles and sentiments which accompanies your letter meets my approval, and it shall be my care not to violate it, or disregard it in any part.

  69. He was to them an odious embodiment of the abhorred principles of Abolitionism.

  70. A new platform was demanded, one that would admit the great principles and issues growing out of the slavery agitation.

  71. We firmly adhere to the principles which directed our votes in your favor.

  72. The National convention of the Republican party met at Philadelphia in June, 1856, and adopted a declaration of principles substantially based upon those of the Bloomington convention.

  73. But, at least they did have many willing workers, men and women, who were ready to sacrifice something for the advancement of the principles for which they stood.

  74. He was no longer the athlete, whom "prize fighting" had inculcated with principles of manliness and fair play as well as a strong body.

  75. How shall it be safe for some nations to guide themselves by these fine sounding principles when others are but lying in wait to attack them when they are unready?

  76. And when it comes to all this talk of Bolshevism, I'm wondering how the ones that are for it would like it if their principles were really applied consistently to everything?

  77. It is to be added, that they transmitted their principles to their children, and that, peopled by such a race, our country was always free.

  78. Each of these races ought to be governed according to its own usages and individual creed; there should be uniformity in the principles of administration, but diversity in the application.

  79. And yet, is not this precisely what will be done if you abandon the principles of protection?

  80. Duncan stood to hear no more; if he had formerly admired Catherine for her beauty, he now respected her for the principles upon which she acted, and he wished for an opportunity to convince her that he too could act a disinterested part.

  81. We will not say that he had exactly imbibed the principles of a libertine, but it is well known that he was a gallant in the most liberal signification of the term, and that his amours extended to all ranks.

  82. His principles of art are rigorous, I had almost said exclusive, but he is convinced of their correctness.

  83. For with all their ignorance of physical causes, which led them into many mistakes, their main principles were both true and vitally important, and were wholly unknown to Thucydides and Tacitus.

  84. All the principles are conceded him in the outset, and the slightest logical pressure suffices to force out the necessary conclusions.

  85. It appears from what we have seen of it to have been written with great care, and to be a profoundly philosophical work on the principles of government, and especially on the constitution of the United States.

  86. And the modern who assumes, whether explicitly or implicitly, that the course of the world is modified and governed only by the passions and deeds of man, is in his first principles fundamentally wrong.

  87. Always prepared to speak, he boldly upholds the principles which he deems correct.

  88. For more than a hundred years, therefore, aesthetics have been cultivated with more or less zeal, but with very little success; the science seems to stagnate because the principles on which it is based are unsound.

  89. With surpassing ability he defended the principles of the Church, triumphantly he came forth from the contest, and many were prevailed upon to adopt his views.

  90. He must, therefore, implant sound principles in the popular mind, and, standing above the reach of paltry prejudice, unite in himself a high degree of intelligence and true devotion to the eternal laws of the Church.

  91. The musical tone of a bell unquestionably depends on the scientific principles of acoustics as applied to music.

  92. To some extent this, I believe, has already been done, but the teachers themselves evidently need to be taught some elemental principles to instruct effectively.

  93. Pudd’nhead Wilson” A story illustrating the principles of Finger-Print Identification.

  94. Here, then, the great balancing principles of variation and heredity come into operation.


  95. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "principles" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    alphabet; belief; character; code; conscience; course; creed; decalogue; decency; element; elements; ethos; fairness; fundamental; generality; goodness; grammar; honesty; honor; hornbook; ideal; ideology; induction; integrity; justice; line; moral; morality; morals; nobility; norm; outline; platform; policy; polity; primer; principle; principles; procedure; purity; rectitude; righteousness; rudiment; rudiments; school; standard; virtue