Pilgrims

Examples

• Lest any man think I mean to be ill-natured when I talk about our pilgrims as I have been talking, I wish to say in all sincerity that I do not. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• All the pilgrims visit Simon the Tanner's house. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Our pilgrims compress too much into one day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• We entered, and the pilgrims broke specimens from the foundation walls, though they had to touch, and even step, upon the praying carpets to do it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The pilgrims took what was left of the hallowed ruin, and we pressed on toward the goal of our crusade, renowned Jerusalem. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I record it here as a notable but not discreditable fact that not even our pilgrims wept. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• We have given the pilgrims a good many examples that might benefit them, but it is virtue thrown away. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Rather a rough road for you to travel, my little pilgrims, especially the latter part of it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• In 1300 he held a jubilee, and a vast multitude of pilgrims assembled in Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In 1639, nineteen years after the landing of the Pilgrims on the bleak rock at Plymouth, they set up a printing press at Cambridge, Mass. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Thirty or forty pilgrims had arrived from the ship, by the short routes, and much swapping of gossip had to be indulged in. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Now, my little pilgrims, suppose you begin again, not in play, but in earnest, and see how far on you can get before Father comes home. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It is covered with a marble slab which has been much worn by the lips of pilgrims. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The preventative did not work well in the cases of our tallest pilgrims, however. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But they did do it, though--and it did them a world of good to hear the pilgrims abuse each other, too. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The breach of the pilgrims' trace that led to the battle of Badr is the blackest mark against early Islam. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Possibly there were a few mendicants, and, in some restricted regions, religious pilgrims. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It puts melodramatic nonsense into the pilgrims' heads. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Our pilgrims broke off specimens. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• What the pilgrims said at Cesarea Philippi surprised me with its wisdom. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It was necessary because our three pilgrims would not travel on the Sabbath day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I'll try to sing the song of the shepherd boy which the Pilgrims heard. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• How the pilgrims abused each other! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Speaking of our pilgrims reminds me that we have one or two people among us who are sometimes an annoyance. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• His citizens would not have acquired that knowledge which in the vision of Er is supposed to be gained by the pilgrims from their experience of evil. Plato. The Republic.
• Let us average the ages of the Quaker City's pilgrims and set the figure down as fifty years. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• And do I not include Church every time I abuse the pilgrims--and would I be likely to speak ill-naturedly of him? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It is polished with the kisses of many generations of worshiping pilgrims. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Those pilgrims had been reading Grimes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• For the fun of it we bring our things in these bags, wear the old hats, use poles to climb the hill, and play pilgrims, as we used to do years ago. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

Edited by Guthrie