Citations:substance


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * The Lord, the Governor of the country, hath recorded that in this book; the substance of which is, If we be truly willing to have it, he will bestow it upon us freely.
 * Now the substance of these laws this rebel has broken, not only in thought, (which is not to be borne), but also in word and deed; which must therefore needs be intolerable.
 * Heathens; for when Hamor and Shechem had a mind to the daughter and cattle of Jacob, and saw that there was no way for them to come at them, but by becoming circumcised, they say to their companions, If every male of us be circumcised, as they are circumcised, shall not their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs, be ours?


 * 1813 — Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
 * Elizabeth was forced to give into a little falsehood here; for to acknowledge the substance of their conversation was impossible.