Florence
['flɔrəns]
Definition
(noun.) a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center.
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Definition
(n.) An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six shillings sterling value.
(n.) A kind of cloth.
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Examples
- I wish to express my gratitude also to Miss Florence Bonnet for aid in the correction of the manuscript. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- As a result he was soon after made First Mathematician of the University of Pisa, and also Philosopher and Mathematician to the Grand Duke’s Court of Florence. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Florence loves to have that said. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They have a grand mausoleum in Florence, which they built to bury our Lord and Saviour and the Medici family in. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Plate printing is a very old art, the plate printing press having been ascribed to Tomasso Finiguerra, of Florence, in 1460. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Louis XIV set up an academy of sciences in rivalry with the English Royal Society of Charles II and the similar association at Florence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But by that time the Bride was near the end of the first day's journey towards Florence. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He was buried in the church of Santa Croce, the Pantheon of Florence, under the same roof with his great fellow countryman, Michael Angelo. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I could not rest under the imputation that I visited Florence and did not traverse its weary miles of picture galleries. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Florence Scape, Fanny Scape, and their mother faded away to Boulogne, and will be heard of no more. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- So he looked about for some other position that would give him greater leisure, and finally stated his wishes to Cosimo II, Duke of Florence. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Some of them, indeed, such as Florence, have, in the course of many ages, and after the fall of the mother city, grown up to be considerable states. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I might enter Florence under happier auspices a month hence and find it all beautiful, all attractive. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- My experiences of Florence were chiefly unpleasant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They sat in their equipage of state, with Mrs General on the box, for three weeks longer, and then he started for Florence to join Fanny. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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