Excursions

Examples

• He used to add, that he believed he was the only living person who had ever been taken as a passenger on one of these excursions. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Amelia was not seldom by his side on these excursions, when also Major Dobbin would be seen in the back seat of the carriage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Mr. Jos did not much engage in the afternoon excursions of his fellow-travellers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Holmes had sat down again after one of these excursions, when he suddenly sprang out of his chair with a loud exclamation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• After all, our little piratical excursions are very innocent—no bloodshed—no violence—no burning of houses; we—we only levy toll, so to speak. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• After that the railroad company began to advertise these excursions, and the receipts each year paid for the observatory. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But this was the origin of a series of Sunday excursions that these two curious companions made together. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• However, since Woola accompanied them on all their excursions, and as Sola was well armed, there was comparatively little cause for fear. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Being the professor's sole companion in his botanical excursions, I almost forgot that I had ever been afloat, and became quite learned. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The evenings which followed the sketching excursions of the afternoon varied, rather than checked, these innocent, these inevitable familiarities. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We had as yet only acquired a bowing acquaintance with it, through pleasure excursions to Scutari and the regions round about. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• At other times we made excursions of many days' duration, and crossed the country to visit any spot noted for beauty or historical association. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

Editor: Lucius