| 1. | I will now cede the privilege of speech to a letter which lies before me, a letter written five and twenty years ago by an old pupil, now Madame la Duchesse de----one of the most elegant women in Paris. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 2. | About this time Miss Frankland, who had become a great favourite with mamma, obtained permission to take possession of the spare bedroom, with an understanding that she was to cede it to any visitor who might come. - from The Romance of Lust by Anonymous |
| 3. | of the ceded islands......................... - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith |
| 4. | Her father, who came over to take her home after the advent, ceded the dear little object of my connection with her mother to my wife's prayers. - from The Romance of Lust by Anonymous |