Elias
[ɪ'laɪəs]
Examples
- My uncle Elias emigrated to America when he was a young man and became a planter in Florida, where he was reported to have done very well. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Five was all I could get from Elias and Alejandro, Pablo said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He showed it to a man named William Thomas, who became interested in it, offered $1,250 for it, and also offered to employ Elias Howe in his business of umbrella and corset maker. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- What about the people of Elias? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I have five from the bands of Elias and Alejandro above with their horses. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The wheel of fortune has turned quickly for many inventors, but perhaps never more completely than it did for Elias Howe. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- You must know that my grandfather had two sons--my uncle Elias and my father Joseph. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- His father had been a miller in the small Massachusetts town of Spencer, where Elias was born in 1819. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The great epoch of the sewing machine, however, begins with Elias Howe and the sewing machine patented by him Sept. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was so with Elias Howe, who built the first sewing-machine. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Edited by Jeffrey