Flanders

Examples

• Then, havi ng inherited land in Berwickshire, he studied husbandry in Norfolk and took interest in the surface of the land and water-courses; later he pursued these studies in Flanders. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• But this great consumption is almost entirely supplied by France, Flanders, Holland, and Germany. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Presently the loyal Flanders regiment appeared at Versailles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They came by diverse routes from France, Normandy, Flanders, England, Southern Italy, and Sicily, and the will and power of them were the Normans. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The manufactures of Flanders were carried on chiefly with Spanish and English wool. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He said the offensive in Flanders was going to the bad. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• His mantle and hood were of the best Flanders cloth, and fell in ample, and not ungraceful folds, around a handsome, though somewhat corpulent person. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The civil wars of Flanders, and the Spanish government which succeeded them, chased away the great commerce of Antwerp, Ghent, and Bruges. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• In 1697, the Ehglish prohibited the importation of bone lace, the manufacture of Flanders. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He visited the chief provinces of France, saw something of Burgundy and Flanders, and stayed for a time on the banks of the Rhine. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Venice took much of the coasts and islands of the empire, and a Latin, Baldwin of Flanders, was set up as emperor in Constantinople. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The greater part of the apples, and even of the onions, consumed in Great Britain, were, in the last century, imported from Flanders. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Jos accompanied the ladies in the public boats; the which all old travellers in Flanders must remember for the luxury and accommodation they afforded. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But Flanders still continues to be one of the richest, best cultivated, and most populous provinces of Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Galileo wrote out statements of his discoveries, and sent these, with his new telescopes, to the princes and learned men of Italy, France, Flanders, and Germany. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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