All 6 Uses of
illustrate
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- The trade signs (and they were almost as many as the shops) were, all, grim illustrations of Want.†
Chpt 1.5
- Altogether, the Old Bailey, at that date, was a choice illustration of the precept, that "Whatever is is right;" an aphorism that would be as final as it is lazy, did it not include the troublesome consequence, that nothing that ever was, was wrong.†
Chpt 2.2
- But, Mr. Stryver replied to my Lord, no; but he would ask the witness to tell him whether what happened once, might happen twice; whether he would have been so confident if he had seen this illustration of his rashness sooner, whether he would be so confident, having seen it; and more.†
Chpt 2.3
- The fashion of the last Louis but one, of the line that was never to break —the fourteenth Louis—was conspicuous in their rich furniture; but, it was diversified by many objects that were illustrations of old pages in the history of France.†
Chpt 2.9
- We will say, to put a case and for the sake of illustration, that he had been used, in his bad time, to work at a little forge.
Chpt 2.19 *illustration = to clarify or demonstrate
- He looked like his illustration, as he raised his eyes to Mr. Lorry's face.†
Chpt 2.19
Definition:
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(illustrate as in: as illustrated by this example) to help make clear -- typically by example