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Usage examples of tells.

After a short silence, the charming child tells me that my tears make her very unhappy, and that she had never supposed that she could cause them.

A liar is a person who tells falsehoods intentionally, while if Pittoni told lies it was because he had forgotten the truth.

The abbess tells me that from that day she has heard nothing about him, but that all Lisbon is talking over the affair, but in a wholly distorted manner.

A man in love is provided with a kind of instinct which tells him that the surest way to success is to provide the beloved object with pleasures that are new to her.

The magistrate tells me that I can go and see you at Pisa, but I fear such a step would seem a hardy one to a prince, who should hear what a man has to say before he condemns him, and not afterwards.

Love only laughs when two are present, and thus it is that the ancient mythology tells no story of the loves of the Graces, who were always together.

Half an hour afterwards, he returns, gives Bellino his passport, saying that he can continue his journey, but tells me that his orders are to escort me to the commanding officer, and I follow him.

It also tells you how you may distribute copies of this etext if you want to.

It has been specially loth to believe that he is telling the truth when he tells us about his adventures with women.

An ancient author tells us somewhere, with the tone of a pedagogue, if you have not done anything worthy of being recorded, at least write something worthy of being read.

In my turn, I want to know what causes this general laughter, and at last Nanette, putting on an air of anxiety, tells me that they have no more candle, and that in a few minutes we shall be in the dark.

The keeper, seeing how sincerely I felt for his misery, tells me that this great misfortune befell them only a week before my arrival.

He tells me to come and have a look at them, but I am very modest, and decline the invitation.

He then tells us that the alarm has been caused by a German detachment attacking suddenly the Spanish troops in the city, and that the Spaniards are running away.

He is warning us of the approach of some profane person, and tells us to seek some other retreat to renew our pleasures.