Moors

Examples

• The Moors have some small silver coins and also some silver slugs worth a dollar each. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Moors and Spaniards are foes forever now. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Condé, in his history of the Moors in Spain, speaks of them as used in that country as early as 1118. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• On the contrary, the Moors reverence cats as something sacred. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Spain is the only nation the Moors fear. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Shirley said she liked the green sweep of the common turf, and, better still, the heath on its ridges, for the heath reminded her of moors. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Hundreds of Moors come to Tangier every year and embark for Mecca. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He took the way over the misty moors in the direction of Whitcross--there he would meet the coach. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• However, what was honourable in Moors may not be a rule to us; for we are Christians! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It was very beautiful, but the Moors curse his memory to this day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Why did they send me so far and so lonely, Up where the moors spread and grey rocks are piled? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Spain chastised the Moors five or six years ago, about a disputed piece of property opposite Gibraltar, and captured the city of Tetouan. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The Phoenicians, the Carthagenians, the English, Moors, Romans, all have battled for Tangier--all have won it and lost it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Like the Moors. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• There are great moors behind and on each hand of me; there are waves of mountains far beyond that deep valley at my feet. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I can talk to you of the Moors. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Few Moors can ever build up their fortunes again in one short lifetime after so reckless an outlay. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• If they send Moors to hunt us out, they will find us and we must go. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• A tribe of stalwart Moors are wading into the sea to carry us ashore on their backs from the small boats. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The Moors, like other savages, learn by what they see, not what they hear or read. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• While the Moors governed there, and the Spanish mixed with them, a Spanish cavalier, in a sudden quarrel, slew a young Moorish gentleman, and fled. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• She surveyed the dusk moors, where bonfires were kindling. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This northern air is invigorating and pleasant, so I propose to spend a few days upon your moors, and to occupy my mind as best I may. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The proprietors of those moors profit by it, and raise the rent of their land in proportion to the price of their cattle. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Many of the Negroes are held in slavery by the Moors. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The Moors were always brave. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She had seen moors when she was travelling on the borders near Scotland. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Unless the Moors are Negroes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• From the Saracens this same custom obtained among the Moors of Africa; was by them brought into Spain, and there long sacredly observed. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Ferdinand, in 1309, took Gibraltar from the Moors by cannon, and in 1346 the English used them at the battle of Crécy, and from that time on they became a common weapon of warfare. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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