Circles

Examples

• The royal crown of France is a circle ornamented with eight fleur-de-lis, from which rise as many quarter-circles closing under a double fleur-de-lis. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The lines, she said, were waterways; the circles, cities; and one far to the northwest of us she pointed out as Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Every one in polite circles knew that, in America, a gentleman couldn't go into politics. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• In great circles the air craft of the marauders swept lower and lower toward the defending forces of the therns. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It circled (owing to the guys of one wing being loose) to the right, completing two circles and beginning a third as it advanced; so that the whole course had the form of a spiral. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• As we descended in great circles toward the navy docks a mighty multitude could be seen surging in the streets beneath. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• He saw the twin circles of light where the sun shone on the propellers as they came. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• But Akbar, like all men, great or petty, lived within the limitations of his period and its circles of ideas. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Half a million years ahead it may be a winterless world with trees and vegetation even in the polar circles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We did not have a strike though we saw some circles on the water from rising fish. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• There has been an event, sir, in the police-circles, since you went away. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Delightful, charming, superior, first circles, spheres, lines, ranks, every thingand Mrs. Elton was wild to have the offer closed with immediately. Jane Austen. Emma.
• They gave her SUCH pleasure, as they lay, the three circles, with their knotted jewels, entangled in her palm. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It is evident that you belong to the first circles. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• As a rude Roman soldier approached, Archimedes cried, Don't sp oil my circles, and was instantly killed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The dark circles deepened, the lips quivered and contracted, and she became insensible once more. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• A continuous line of impregnable fortifications circles the outer slopes of the Mountains of Otz. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• But some say, history moves in circles; and that may be very well argued; I have argued it myself. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Seven separate and distinct masses of humanity--six great circles and a monster parquette. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It is immensely received in turf-circles. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Then the airship began to descend, taking the circles easily, and finally skimming down to the ground. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In Rome he wrote a sonnet to the sculptor Canova, and the literary circles of Italy proclaimed him a poet after their own heart. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Well, Miss Clack, what's the last news in the charitable circles? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The cubic feet of oxygen yearly swallowed by a full-grown man--what a shudder they might have created in some Middlemarch circles! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• One might suppose I was a-moving in the fashionable circles and getting myself up for almac's, says Mr. Bucket. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He felt thrust to a new distance from her, amongst the circles of Middlemarchers who made no part of her life. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Now, he drew two large wheels with circles around them and a short line for a gun barrel. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I'm wery sorry, Sammy,' said the elder Mr. Weller, shaking up the ale, by describing small circles with the pot, preparatory to drinking. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Of course, it is unknown in the fashionable circles,' she continued, scornfully. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• It is formed of rough stones, selected with care, and laid in courses or circles, with much compactness, but without cement of any kind. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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