Southampton
[sau'θæmptən;-'hæmp-;-'æmp-]
Examples
- I am sufficiently well off to keep a hundred and fifty ton steam yacht, which is at present lying at Southampton, ready to start when I wish. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Good God, how his heart beat as the two friendly spires of Southampton came in sight. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Almost before they had settled themselves into the car, sent from Southampton to fetch them to the station, they were gone away to return no more. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- As George walked down Southampton Row, from Holborn, he laughed as he saw, at the Sedley Mansion, in two different stories two heads on the look-out. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But having friends down south, and hearing of an opening, he got into business at Southampton. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They've got immense plate-glass windows, larger than Crawford's in Southampton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Mrs. Bute's intentions with regard to Miss Betsy Horrocks were not carried into effect, and she paid no visit to Southampton Gaol. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr. Crawley, you'll make out her committal--and, Beddoes, you'll drive her over in the spring cart, in the morning, to Southampton Gaol. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She left Southampton after your letters, I presume? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She got over yachting men from Southampton, parsons from the Cathedral Close at Winchester, and officers from the barracks there. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Well, Major Dobbin passed through all this from Southampton to London, and without noting much beyond the milestones along the road. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- That was the pith of the information with which Holmes left the office of the Adelaide-Southampton company. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- His father was asleep: his hat was in the hall: there was a hackney-coach standing hard by in Southampton Row. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In summer, when he joined them for a Sunday at Newport or Southampton, he was even more effaced and silent than in winter. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It was a bottle of cherry brandy he broke which we went to fetch for your aunt from Southampton. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And towards post-time the next day, papa set off to walk to Southampton to get the papers; and I could not stop at home, so I went to meet him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He were a Southampton man, in a strange place, or else I should never have been so ready to call cousins with him, a nasty, good-for-nothing fellow. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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