District

Examples

• In those in which they take place, and are in farm, there are many local duties which do not extend beyond a particular town or district. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Their headquarters lay in the southwest corner of this district, near the crossing of two of the so-called Martian canals. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Prentiss with orders to take command of the district. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In one district several varieties occurred, and of these one alone resembled, to a certain extent, the common Ithomia of the same district. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Boggley Wollah is situated in a fine, lonely, marshy, jungly district, famous for snipe-shooting, and where not unfrequently you may flush a tiger. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Logan's popularity in this district was unbounded. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Organization of the Army of the Valley District. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• See, continued the Vicar, opening several small drawers, I fancy I have made an exhaustive study of the entomology of this district. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• His objections were very simple: We've got the organization in fine shape now--we know where every voter in the district stands. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He figures up what all these taxes ought to amount to in a certain district. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Conductors were run from the station to supply each of the four quarters of the district with light. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• With federal, state, and municipal authorities in existence, with courts, district attorneys, police all operating, they create another arm of prosecution. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• They issued a legislative curse, and called upon the district attorney to do the rest. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• It was late in autumn when I quitted the district where I had so long resided. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• In the New York first district the nearest property available was a double building at Nos. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A people called the Cimmerians appear in the districts of Lake Urumiya and Van, and shortly after Aryans have spread from Armenia to Elam. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• When, as in Macedonia, populations are mixed in a patchwork of villages and districts, the cantonal system is imperatively needed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• An invention of such great value to the farmer naturally advertised itself through the country districts. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The total weight of copper for the four quarter districts by the tree system was 803,250 pounds, but when the feeder system was used it was only 128,739 pounds! Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The populations over which Charles Martel and King Pepin ruled were at very different levels of civilization in different districts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They are generally sunk in valley plains and districts where the formation of the ground is such that that below the surface is bent into basin-shaped curves. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In some great districts the Church owns all the property--lands, watercourses, woods, mills and factories. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They were sent up by the minor gentry, freeholders and village elders of their districts as early as 1254, two knights from each shire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Everywhere, young fellows from the outlying districts were making conversation with the girls, standing in the road and at the corners. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Pennsylvania has also large forest reserves in its mountain districts, and many other states have taken similar action. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is called in German an Interessenvertrag--a political representation by trade interests as well as by geographical districts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He soon foresaw that still greater economy would be necessary for commercial success not alone for the larger territory opening, but for the compact districts of large cities. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Intercrossing with the inhabitants of the surrounding districts, will also be thus prevented. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The law was repealed by Henry I in 1100, but the bell continued to be rung in many districts to modern times and probably may still be heard. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The next step was to divide the region into a number of sub-districts and institute a house-to-house canvass to ascertain precisely the data and conditions pertinent to the project. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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