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• And then commenced a train of thought quite new to me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• I started in to make a number of these lamps, but I soon found that the X-ray had affected poisonously my assistant, Mr. Dally, so that his hair came out and his flesh commenced to ulcerate. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The parts being thus distributed to the leaders, they commenced the first assault, of which the reader has already heard the issue. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• You heard the report and then the shriek commenced almost instantly. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He was dined at the H?tel de Ville, given the Legion of Honor, and money was subscribed for a monument to mark the place near Calais where he commenced his flight. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In a moment they saw him, and then me; but scarcely had they discovered me than I commenced firing, lying flat upon my belly in the moss. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• And with that I commenced to bend him back across my knee and tighten my grip upon his throat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Seeing a soldier in blue on this log, I rode up to him, commenced conversing with him, and asked whose corps he belonged to. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We came to a full stop, and then commenced to rise swiftly toward the surface. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• On the morning of the 3d pursuit was commenced. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Ere the distribution of good things commenced, a brief grace was pronounced by Mr. Hall and sung by the children. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• During the night, however, Beauregard fell back to the line which had been already selected, and commenced fortifying it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Then I commenced to question him, but he would give me no information as to your whereabouts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Then in the latter part of the eighteenth century Broadwood and Clementi of London and Erard of Strasburg and Petzold of Paris commenced the manufacture of their fine instruments. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Miss Ophelia commenced opening a set of drawers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Near the center of the clearing, and not far from the drum, or altar, he commenced to dig. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Shortly after the discovery of yeast in the nineteenth century, man commenced his attempt to cultivate the tiny organisms. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• He then commenced ascending the mountain directly in his front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Then he commenced groping his way about the floor of the dark chamber searching for the trap that led to the corridors beneath. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It was at this point that invention commenced, in order to produce a concrete mixture which would overcome this crucial difficulty. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The Britannia Bridge was commenced in May, 1846, and the first of the main tubes was completed in June, 1849. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The singing again commenced, and rang through the high-roofed rooms, while we silently ascended the stair-case. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The coachman instantly drove off as soon as he had got his fare: the watermen commenced a struggle for me and my trunk. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He commenced to construct an automatic calculating machine, which he called a difference engine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• March the 26th my headquarters were, as stated, at Culpeper, and the work of preparing for an early campaign commenced. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• As we got nearer, the cannon balls commenced going through the ranks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On the night of the 7th, the march was commenced towards Spottsylvania Court House, the fifth corps moving on the most direct road. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• To return to the Army of the Potomac: The 2d corps commenced crossing the James River on the morning of the 14th by ferry-boats at Wilcox's Landing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Livius's piece commenced almost as soon as we were quietly seated again. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• We're going in,' they commenced to shout. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.

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