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Examples
- The fighting on the Bainsizza plateau was over and by the middle of the month the fighting for San Gabriele was about over too. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Between St. Augustin Tlalpam and the city lie the hacienda of San Antonio and the village of Churubusco, and south-west of them is Contreras. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On the 29th Vera Cruz and San Juan de Ulloa were occupied by Scott's army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Steamers plied daily between San Francisco and both Stockton and Sacramento. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Another heading was Argentine, another Costa Rica, and another San Paulo, each with pages of signs and figures after it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Italy has not as many telephones as San Francisco, and all Russia, fewer than Chicago. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Watson, in San Francisco, over a wire stretching 3,400 miles across the continent. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There was no way of reaching Humboldt at that time except to take passage on a San Francisco sailing vessel going after lumber. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I always expect her to sheer off to Damascus or San Francisco; she's a bird of paradise. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We four drove out to San Siro in an open carriage. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I was on the road to San Cosme, and witnessed most that took place on that route. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I watched the flashes on San Gabriele. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It is in Greco and in San Juan de la Cruz, of course, and in the others. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Corpo di San Marco, what are you thinking of? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Even if they took all the Bainsizza and Monte San Gabriele there were plenty of mountains beyond for the Austrians. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- San Antonio was about equally divided in population between Americans and Mexicans. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- From San Francisco to Buenos Aires, via Valparaiso and Magellan, is approximately 7,610 miles, which is shorter than the route through the canal, by which the distance is 8,941 miles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I was in San Francisco again in 1854. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In San Francisco, a year ago. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The distance from Corpus Christi to San Antonio was then computed at one hundred and fifty miles. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In 1880 Muybridge produced, in San Francisco, the ‘Zoopraxiscope,’ which projected pictures (on glass positives) on a screen. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- General Worth commanded the column against San Cosme. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It reminded me too painfully of that San Francisco undertaker who used to go to sick-beds with his watch in his hand and time the corpse. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- What if we take San Gabriele? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The railroad crossed it near San Dona going up to the front. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- We were not more than two or three hundred yards from San Cosme. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- An anarchist who was invited to address Congress would be a mild person compared to the man forbidden to speak in the streets of San Diego. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It is equivalent to our phrases from Maine to Texas --from Baltimore to San Francisco. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Contreras is situated on the side of a mountain, near its base, where volcanic rocks are piled in great confusion, reaching nearly to San Antonio. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It's all they captured on San Gabriele. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Edited by Charlene