Victories

Examples

• Chief among the bicycle manufacturers who took up the making of the motor-paced tandem was Oscar Hedstrom, a racer with many notable victories to his credit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They recited the verses which they had composed, to celebrate his valour and his victories. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Congress also gave him a vote of thanks for the victories at Chattanooga, and voted him a gold medal for Vicksburg and Chattanooga. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Particulars then followed; and after the announcement of the victories came the list of the wounded and the slain. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• These pictures are all battle scenes, and only one solitary little canvas among them all treats of anything but great French victories. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Yet divided and disabled as she was, she could yet count some notable victories to her credit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Austrian army was created to give Napoleon victories; any Napoleon. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The next year there were many victories. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He could not be relieved from duty in the field where all his battles had been victories: the design would have been too transparent. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• No victories of the Cretans are allowed to be printed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• At Plassey (1757) and at Buxar (1764) their armies gained striking and conclusive victories over the army of Bengal and the army of Oudh. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Army of the Tennessee had won five successive victories over the garrison of Vicksburg in the three preceding weeks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Donelson and Henry were such victories. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Life covers customs, institutions, beliefs, victories and defeats, recreations and occupations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• They celebrate the anniversaries of Chapultepec and Molino del Rey as of very great victories. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Hence, Antietam, Gettysburg, and all the other battles that had been fought, were by them set down as failures on our part, and victories for them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I forgot him, as I swiftly darted through the open portal, and up the majestic stairs of this castle of victories--heard Adrian's voice--O fool! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The victories in Mexico were, in every instance, over vastly superior numbers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Both Philip's and his son's victories followed, therefore, with variations, one general scheme of co-operation between these two arms. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Cornelius Scipio, had the strategic sense to take a course that robbed all Hannibal's victories of fruit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He did not deny that he had been concerned in those victories--that he had been with the army and carried despatches for the Duke of Wellington. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Germany had never been so strong, never so ready for a new great adventure and another harvest of victories. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It might, therefore, be natural to ask how far Edison or his companies have benefited pecuniarily by reason of the many belated victories they have scored in the courts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He gained two great victories in North Italy, and won over the Gauls to his side. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He was restive under these victories and often asked: What did that pirate say? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Theseus, or Siegfried, or any knight of the fairy books might envy the victories of Edison's irresistible lieutenant. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• General Scott was also known to have political aspirations, and nothing so popularizes a candidate for high civil positions as military victories. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The war was practically over before their victories were gained. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was with this system that this same young officer won his first brilliant victories in Italy. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The Germans won the victories. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.

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