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Definition of Pleases

1. please [v] - See also: please

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleases

Literary usage of Pleases

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: Comprising a by Henry John Stephen, Franklin Fiske Heard (1867)
"... he pleases.(w) The principle of this rule is sufficiently clear, for it is evident that where the case of any party is built upon several allegations, ..."

2. An Inquiry Into the Scriptural Views of Slavery by Albert Barnes (1857)
"This possession of property in the slave involves the right to sell him as the master pleases. It is not a right merely to dispose of his service for a term ..."

3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... excepting a few happy passages, are of the kind which chiefly pleases the author. They were printed for private circulation, and are often rare. ..."

4. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: Comprising a by Henry John Stephen, Franklin Fiske Heard (1867)
"... he pleases.(w) The principle of this rule is sufficiently clear, for it is evident that where the case of any party is built upon several allegations, ..."

5. An Inquiry Into the Scriptural Views of Slavery by Albert Barnes (1857)
"This possession of property in the slave involves the right to sell him as the master pleases. It is not a right merely to dispose of his service for a term ..."

6. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... excepting a few happy passages, are of the kind which chiefly pleases the author. They were printed for private circulation, and are often rare. ..."

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