Isle

Examples

• Dare not on this isle to stay. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The man you may return to the Isle of Shador which lies against the northern shore of the Sea of Omean. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Bereft of man, O little isle! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She thinks of nothing but the Isle of Wight, and she calls it _the_ _Island_, as if there were no other island in the world. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The spring which moved my energies lay far away beyond seas, in an Indian isle. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• By a latent vein from Alcinous' line, her father hailing from Phaeacia's isle? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Weeks were spent in this paradisiacal isle. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I walked about the isle like a restless spectre, separated from all it loved, and miserable in the separation. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Lead us to some sunny isle, Yonder in the western deep; Where the skies for ever smile, And the blacks for ever weep, &c. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I am just returned from the Isle of Wight. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• From the island of the submarine we were transported on a small cruiser to the distant Isle of Shador. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It is about one third as large as the Isle of Wight, and extremely fruitful: it is governed by the head of a certain tribe, who are all magicians. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• I started in the rain for the Isles Borrom閑s carrying my bag. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Come with me to the isles of Greece, and you will be so fascinated with the free, wild life that you will never return to your prison-house. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Next followed Luttrell, Nugent, Lord William Russell, Clanronald, Macdonald, Lord of the Isles, &c. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• They put out to sea to the west and found the Canary Isles, Madeira, and the Azores. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In his vacations from London he went to the farthest regions of the British Isles, spending considerable time in the north of Ireland and the Hebrides. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Because this Count does come from the isles of Greece. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The poet was evidently inspired by Byron, remarked Crispin, idly fingering the piano keys; I expect he wrote it after the 'Isles of Greece,' song. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Christianity was twice planted in the British Isles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The British Isles were on the verge of civil war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I know the isles of Greece very well. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The Grand-Hotel & des Isles Borrom閑s was open and several small hotels that stayed open all the year. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• We will, if you can bear a sea-voyage, go to the Isles--the Hebrides, the Shetland, the Orkney Islands. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Under a Suy monarch the Lu-chu isles were annexed to China, and there was a phase of great literary activity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We spent one pleasant day skirting along the Isles of Greece. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• At the time of its greatest extent (477) this Vandal kingdom included also Corsica, Sardinia, and the Balearic Isles, as well as much of North Africa. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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