give one an idea
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It has been said, by whom I know not, that “prefaces to books are like signs to public-houses; they are intended to give one an idea of the kind of entertainment to be found within.”
From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Harper, Charles G.
It was quite true that the grains of it were hard and sharp, so as to give one an idea that it would make good eating neither for women nor children.
From Castle Richmond by Trollope, Anthony
All that one hears or reads of the extent of the Amazons and its tributaries does not give one an idea of its immensity as a whole.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various
I have seen a photograph of the Mirror Lake, in California, which, as far as I know, is the only thing that could possibly give one an idea of the marvellous effect of these reflections.
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie
The hills and beautiful lake in the drawing give one an idea of Cumberland.”
From Recollections of the late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath by Lansdown, Henry Venn
