B

Examples

• It is not until the last thousand years B.C. that we begin to find mounted soldiers, as distinct from charioteers, playing a part in warfare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In 73 B.C. all Italy was terrified by a rising of the slaves, and particularly of the gladiators, led by a gladiator from Thessaly, Spartacus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He entered the town (538 B.C.), probably as we have already suggested, with the connivance of the priests of Bel. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is even related that in the third century B.C. Buddhist missionaries came from the court of King Asoka in India. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Ah, to be sure; and a valuable one, 'a b'lieve. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He sent for his things, and I wouldn't let 'em go, although Mr. Raggles would; and I don't b'lieve he's no more a Colonel than I am. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The buzzer, R, is maintained in rapid vibration by its independent auxiliary battery, B<1S>. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A refrigerating chamber _b_, submerged in the water, is charged internally with some volatile liquid, such as ether. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Whereupon Hannibal marched straight through the south of Gaul, and crossed the Alps (218 B.C.) into Italy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Ay, 'a b'lieve she was. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• A photograph at _a_ receives four times as much light as when held at _b_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• To speak truth, I was beginning to fancy that the old priest resembled that Père Silas, before whom I had kneeled in the church of the Béguinage. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He entered the Academy at Athens about 367 B.. and st udied there till the death of Plato twenty years later. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I b'lieve my heart, I could get along and snake through, even if justices were more particular than they is. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• They took and sacked Rome (390 B.C.). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Joe pronounced this word, as if it began with at least twelve capital Bs. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

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