All 34 Uses
assent
in
Little Dorrit
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- ' The other, not unmoved, assented.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- Mrs Clennam signified assent; then added, 'No more of business on this day,' and then added, 'Affery, it is nine o'clock.'†
Chpt 1.3
- 'Yes!' the Father of the Marshalsea assented.†
Chpt 1.8
- 'Yes, it's pretty fresh,' assented Pancks.†
Chpt 1.13
- 'But it is of no use saying yes, yes, my dear Frederick,' the Father of the Marshalsea in his mild wisdom persisted, 'unless you act on that assent.†
Chpt 1.19
- But he did not receive it with unqualified assent; on the contrary, he said, No, gentlemen, no; let them not misunderstand him.†
Chpt 1.19
- 'I think, the very words, Miss Dorrit,' assented Mrs Merdle.†
Chpt 1.20
- 'Well, Miss Dorrit,' assented Mrs Merdle, 'perhaps I might have mentioned that before.†
Chpt 1.20
- Young John assenting, Pancks dealt him his card, and consulted his hand again.†
Chpt 1.25
- 'Quite so,' assented his partner.†
Chpt 1.26
- The old lady with the high nose assented; but added that if Augustus Stiltstalking had in a general way ordered the cavalry out with instructions to charge, she thought the country would have been preserved.†
Chpt 1.26
- The noble Refrigerator assented; but added that if William Barnacle and Tudor Stiltstalking, when they came over to one another and formed their ever-memorable coalition, had boldly muzzled the newspapers, and rendered it penal for any Editor-person to presume to discuss the conduct of any appointed authority abroad or at home, he thought the country would have been preserved.†
Chpt 1.26
- The lady placidly assented.†
Chpt 1.26
- 'Odd enough,' assented Clennam in the same tone, 'but we have succeeded; that's the main point.†
Chpt 1.27
- 'True,' assented Jeremiah.†
Chpt 1.30
- Mr Blandois proposed having the largest glasses in the house, to which Mr Flintwinch assented.†
Chpt 1.30
- 'No, to be sure,' he assented.†
Chpt 1.31
- 'Ha—no,' assented Mr Dorrit.†
Chpt 2.5
- 'Martigny,' assented her brother, with a slight nod and a slight wink; in acknowledgment of which, Miss Fanny looked surprised, and laughed and reddened.†
Chpt 2.5
- 'I ran out,' assented Mrs Tickit, 'as fast as ever my feet would carry me; and if you'll credit it, Mr Clennam, there wasn't in the whole shining Heavens, no not so much as a finger of that young woman.'†
Chpt 2.9
- Arthur assented, and said once more with new expression, 'If you would be so good as to give me the address.'†
Chpt 2.9
- 'Truly,' assented the Patriarch, with a shining face as he philanthropically smiled at the fire, 'none at all, sir.†
Chpt 2.9
- 'We shall see,' she assented.†
Chpt 2.10
- 'Why—yes—I believe so,' assented Mr Merdle, putting the spoon aside, and clumsily hiding each of his hands in the coat-cuff of the other hand.†
Chpt 2.12
- 'Not a bit,' assented Clennam.†
Chpt 2.13
- 'Quite so, my dear,' assented Fanny, as she dried her eyes.†
Chpt 2.14
- Little Dorrit thought of the competition that was to be entered upon, and assented very softly.†
Chpt 2.19
- 'Having no authority, or influence—yes,' assented Clennam.†
Chpt 2.20
- Mr Sparkler was going to say 'No?' interrogatively, but he saw his danger and said it assentingly, 'No, Oh dear no; she wouldn't do here alone.'†
Chpt 2.24
- 'Not,' assented Mr Merdle, after having examined the cornice of all that part of the room which was within his range: 'not that it is of any consequence.'†
Chpt 2.24
- John assented, and he crept back in the shadow of the wall to his own lodging.†
Chpt 2.27
- 'Without giving an unqualified assent to what you say,' returned Arthur, gloomily, 'I am much obliged to you for your interest in me.'†
Chpt 2.28
- She signified her assent, and he unlocked a door and conducted her up a side staircase into a dwelling-house above.†
Chpt 2.31
- 'Why, of course, of course,' assented Mr Meagles.†
Chpt 2.34
Definitions:
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(1)
(assent) to express agreement -- especially with a statement or proposal to do something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)