Borders

Examples

• My first visit would be to my sister, who inhabited a little cottage, a part of Adrian's gift, on the borders of Windsor Forest. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Nor can we keep to the problem within our borders. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• To the scientists it would be a challenge--to bring these facts under the light of their researches, to extend these researches to the borders of those facts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• A grass plat and borders fronted the cottage. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• For the most part this was a mere raiding of the borders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They were on the borders of Oxfordshire, so far had poor old Betty Higden strayed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Yes, sir, near Farnham, on the borders of Surrey. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But manifestly just as the political structure of the Union was a new thing in the world, so too were its relations with the world beyond its borders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They were formerly used in the waters around Mexico, and may be seen in Persia, India, and on the borders of Tibet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• My aunt was walking up and down the room when I returned, crimping the borders of her nightcap with her fingers. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Then we must enlarge our borders; for the original healthy State is no longer sufficient. Plato. The Republic.
• The beck wandered down to the Hollow, through a silent district; no wind followed its course or haunted its woody borders. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I am a very matter-of-fact, plain-spoken being, and may blunder on the borders of a repartee for half an hour together without striking it out. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It had no existence in the Slave States except at points on the borders next to Free States. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• You suffer him to rest his head on your perfumed lap; you let him couch on the borders of your satin raiment. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• There was a common script, a common civilization, and a common enemy in the Huns of the north-western borders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Some perverse will made him watch his father drawn over the borders of life. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It is a little place near the borders of Oxfordshire, and within seven miles of Reading. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Not until we reach the extreme confines of life, in the Arctic regions or on the borders of an utter desert, will competition cease. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Never shall I forget being told how he brought some lady friend a book to read, called 'Footprints on the Borders of Another World. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• She had seen moors when she was travelling on the borders near Scotland. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Now, Miss Violet, what has happened to you, near Farnham, on the borders of Surrey? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• All the bells in the city were muffled, and the very newspapers were published with black borders. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I come from a place farther north, quite on the borders of Scotland. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The free blacks, one sees, might easily become a nuisance; indeed the free state of Massachusetts presently closed its borders to their entry. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• For a week I and my people waited, encamped on the borders of a desert. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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