Habitation

Examples

• No, no, a more genial atmosphere, a lovelier habitation was surely hers! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Eustacia, though living within two miles of the place, had never seen the interior of this quaint old habitation. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It was not the long, bleak sunny days of spring, nor yet was it that time was reconciling her to the town of her habitation. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The scene is a pretty one, and yet desolate--for in that wide plain no man can live, and in it is no human habitation. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• There are two or three small clusters of Bedouin tents, but not a single permanent habitation. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• This I reached about morning and entering the first enclosure I came to I searched for some evidences of a habitation. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• But, in order to profit by the produce of the water, they must have a habitation upon the neighbouring land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Dreary and solemn the old house looks, with so many appliances of habitation and with no inhabitants except the pictured forms upon the walls. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• As soon as I was convinced that no assistance could save any part of the habitation, I quitted the scene, and sought for refuge in the woods. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• For they had called me mad; and during many months, as I understood, a solitary cell had been my habitation. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes, or habitation. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The nearer I approached to your habitation, the more deeply did I feel the spirit of revenge enkindled in my heart. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The old men, the women and children, at least, must remain at home, to take care of the habitation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Agriculture, even in its rudest and lowest state, supposes a settlement, some sort of fixed habitation, which cannot be abandoned without great loss. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• There was not at that time a single habitation from Corpus Christi until the Rio Grande was reached. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• You propose, replied I, to fly from the habitations of man, to dwell in those wilds where the beasts of the field will be your only companions. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Twenty were opened in the country near Arbois free from human habitations. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• It is as closely packed at its outer edges as it is in the centre, and then the habitations leave suddenly off and the plain beyond seems houseless. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• This strip of land from ocean to ocean abounded in disease-breeding swamps and filthy habitations unfit for human beings. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Our habitations were palaces our food was ready stored in granaries--there was no need of labour, no inquisitiveness, no restless desire to get on. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Our empty habitations remained, but the dwellers were gathered to the shades of the tomb. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Human being there was none to reply; and the inclemency of the night had driven the wandering animals to the habitations they had usurped. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• During one of my rambles through the habitations of Rome, I found writing materials on a table in an author's study. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Habitations, fences, domesticated animals, men, women, children, and the soil that bore them--all worn out. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

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