Conquests

Examples

• The Turkish conquests and the expansion of the known world robbed the Roman Empire of its former prestige of universality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Now this story of Mongolian conquests is surely the most remarkable in all history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He felt that science is of no country and that its conquests belong to mankind, but tha t the scientist must be a patriot in the service of his native lan d. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• During the same period the Moslems were also pressing their conquests further and further into Central Asia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The one seeks violent conquests, the other the relief of humanity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Many conquests, sir? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He was left in the air, incapable of conducting sieges or establishing conquests. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Both in England and on the Continent the ascendant rulers seized upon Christianity as a unifying force to cement their conquests. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Many stories of his prowess and of his conquests were in circulation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Nevertheless she was a great favourite with the men, and would make fifty conquests while Julia was bungling with one. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• They were victorious at last and divided their conquests equably among their great patrician families. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But I doubt whether our conquests in the countries I treat of would be as easy as those of Ferdinando Cortez over the naked Americans. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• The conquests of Alexander the Great cannot compare with them in extent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As to admirers, you hardly know what they are; you can't even talk on the subject: you sit dumb when the other teachers quote their conquests. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The greater part of his Italian conquests was lost to the Lombards. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He abandoned these new eastern conquests of Trajan's, and he also abandoned North Britain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There was material enough in the picture for twenty new conquests. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• In those days how often did I hear of his attractions, his wide spread conquests, his wit, his refined manners. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She was evidently jealous of Philip's conquests; she hated his fame. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was destined to survive through a long series of conquests and changes that now began in the valley of the two rivers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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