By a thing which is causa sui, its own cause, I mean a thing the essence of which involves the existence of it, or a thing which cannot be conceived except as existing.
And then I knew who it was they were come on purpose to murder--a thing which I might have guessed long before, but for terror and cold stupidity.
Here too may the explanation of a thing which seemed to be against the laws of human nature, and upon which I longed, but dared not to cross-question Lorna.
But first she had done a thing which I could not in the least approve of: for she had gone up to my mother, and thrown herself into her arms, and begged to be allowed to return to Glen Doone.
Then I say that to destroy a thing which is distinctly affirmed and supported by the supreme law of the land, even by a State constitution or law, is a violation of that supreme law, and there is no escape from it.
Its programme was faithfully carried out--a thing which surprised me, for great enterprises usually promise vastly more than they perform.
We took first-class passage, not because we wished to attract attention by doing a thing which is uncommon in Europe but because we could make our journey quicker by so doing.
And is this a sort of thing which is of the nature of the holy, or of the nature of the unholy?
And I will now endeavour to show further that they do not conceive this virtue to be given by nature, or to grow spontaneously, but to be a thing which may be taught; and which comes to a man by taking pains.
Did you never hear that the thing which is shameful ought to be blamed, and that which is blamable is worthy of blame?
So long as he may allow you, take care of it as a thing whichbelongs to another, as travellers do with their inn.
Affliction is a thing whichdepends on the will: it is an evil.
But to make libations and to sacrifice and to offer first-fruits according to the custom of our fathers, purely and not meanly nor carelessly nor scantily nor above our ability, is a thing which belongs to all to do.
He washed down his cheese with a small bottle of burgundy, had his after-dinner cup of coffee, a thing which he rarely took, and finally a little pony of brandy.
That day Monsieur Leras stood by the door, dazzled at the brilliancy of the setting sun; and instead of returning home he decided to take a little stroll before dinner, a thing which happened to him four or five times a year.
She was exclaiming over the blindness of deceived husbands, a thing which he doubted and which she affirmed with such airs of personal contempt that he finally grew angry.
It is not to be denied, but his Part and that of the Maid whom he makes Love to, are excellently well performed; but a Thing which is blameable in it self, grows still more so by the Success in the Execution of it.
It is very natural to take for our whole Lives a light Impression of a thing which at first fell into Contempt with us for want of Consideration.
And a thing which happened in our own time will make all these credible.
But Antony, first of all, in marrying two wives at once, did a thing which no Roman had ever allowed himself; and then he drove away his lawful Roman wife to please the foreign and unlawful woman.
Who would unjustly detain or take by force, or accept as a bribe, a thing which it was not easy to hide, nor a credit to have, nor indeed of any use to cut in pieces?
But Vedânta objects to this, and asks how there can be non-distinction between a thing which is clearly perceived and a thing which is remembered?
It is regarded as a separate pramâ.na, because by it we can apprehend the similarity existing in a thing which is not perceived at the moment.
But the objection here is that if our percept is only similar to the external object then this similarity is a thing which is different from the presentation, and thus perception becomes invalid.
Colour is visible in a thing which is great (mahat) and compounded.
How say you, Hylas, can you see a thing which is at the same time unseen?
Beside, what can be plainer than that a thing which hath no ideas in itself cannot impart them to me; and, if it hath ideas, surely it must be a Spirit.
It ought simply to mean a convergence of your own experience on a certain result; but most people are quite as much annoyed at your disbelieving a thing which they believe, as at your disbelieving a thing which they know.
It is something outside of us--a law of nature if you like--which we are learning; not merely a thing which we invent for our convenience.
It is just meant to save people from hanging about at the start, a thing which spoils a lot of good writers.
Still less do I mean the sort of thing which is contained in such an expression as 'Dear old boy!
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thing which" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
