Marseille

Examples

• In Marseilles that day there was a villainous prison. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Almost as much a stranger here as you, though born here, I came from Marseilles a little while ago. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Building away with all his might, but reserving the plans of his castle exclusively for his own eye, Mr Dorrit posted away for Marseilles. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I have been carted out of Marseilles in the dead of night, and carried leagues away from it packed in straw. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• There are some such even in the provinces which are said to be treated as foreign, particularly in the city of Marseilles. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• They showed us a miniature cemetery there--a copy of the first graveyard that was ever in Marseilles, no doubt. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They founded the town of Marseilles on the site of an earlier Ph?nician colony. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Because I count on you to ring up the Cunard office first thing tomorrow; and you'd better book a return on a boat from Marseilles. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Sun and Shadow Thirty years ago, Marseilles lay burning in the sun, one day. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Fine kid boots are worth eight dollars in Marseilles and four dollars here. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Leaving all that aside, gentlemen, it was because the man was acquitted on his trial that people said at Marseilles that the devil was let loose. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Subsequently they established colonies along the French Riviera and founded Marseilles upon the site of an older Phoenician colony. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We came near going to Geneva, but have concluded to return to Marseilles and go up through Italy from Genoa. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• These are Alsace, the three bishoprics of Mentz, Toul, and Verdun, and the three cities of Dunkirk, Bayonne, and Marseilles. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The German army invaded France, failed to take Marseilles, fell back into Italy, lost Milan, and was besieged in Pavia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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