Britons
[brɪtnz]
Examples
- Times are altered at Ostend now; of the Britons who go thither, very few look like lords, or act like those members of our hereditary aristocracy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It is from the well of St Dunstan, said he, in which, betwixt sun and sun, he baptized five hundred heathen Danes and Britons--blessed be his name! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The respect in those happy days of 1817-18 was very great for the wealth and honour of Britons. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In a practical point of view, they listlessly abandoned the matter, as being the business of some other Britons unknown, somewhere, or nowhere. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A few bilious Britons there were who would not subscribe to this article of faith; but their objection was purely theoretical. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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