Crosses

Examples

• They began to fear that possibly they had fallen upon the wrong crosses, and that the true cross was not with this number at all. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Woe to a dog if he crosses the line! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In the summer of 1852 the Panama railroad was completed only to the point where it now crosses the Chagres River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• From the top of the crosses rise imperial arches, closing under a mound and cross. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• On the 23d Hancock's corps was moved to the wooden bridge which spans the North Anna River just west of where the Fredericksburg Railroad crosses. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It crosses thirteen states; it is carried on 130,000 poles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• On the day when Mr. Hartright crosses that path, he is a lost man. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Again and again he crosses and obscures the disc I want always to see clear; ever and anon he renders me to you a mere bore and nuisance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It honours the lips it crosses, and I wish to the gods it may purify them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The sterility of first crosses and of their hybrid progeny has not been acquired through natural selection. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The crosses and garlands looked strange, but the hills and woods of this landscape look still stranger. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She had taken a crayon from the tutor's desk, and was drawing little leaves, fragments of pillars, broken crosses, on the margin of the book. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He crosses with her and begs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• As in reciprocal crosses, the facility of effecting an union is often very far from equal, so it sometimes is in grafting. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• As at present existing, the crown of England is a gold circle, adorned with pearls and precious stones, having alternately four Maltese crosses and four fleur-de-lis. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Doubtless they knew crosses, disappointments, difficulties; but these were well borne. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Stone crosses like these are not unfamiliar to you, nor are these dim garlands of everlasting flowers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• If he crosses to the other side of the lines they will take his horses and make him go in the army, the gypsy said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• She may never cross my path again, but if ever she crosses yours, make better use of the opportunity, Miss Halcombe, than I made of it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Near the High Bridge the stage road from Petersburg to Lynchburg crosses the Appomattox River, also on a bridge. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The fertility, both of first crosses and of hybrids, is more easily affected by unfavourable conditions, than is that of pure species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• See it engraved on the plate of crosses for this volume, plate 14. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• We will now look a little closer at the probable nature of the differences between species which induce sterility in first crosses and in hybrids. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Thus will Dejah Thoris die, and her fate will be sealed by the first alien foot that crosses the threshold of Issus. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It was probably one of the rude crosses not uncommon in churchyards in this county. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• In the case of first crosses it seems to depend on several circumstances; in some instances in chief part on the early death of the embryo. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It is plainly parted and drawn back over her ears, and the line of it ripples naturally as it crosses her forehead. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• This crosses all three streams at once, and leaves us still where we can draw supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There is often the widest possible difference in the facility of making reciprocal crosses. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• And he crosses himself devoutly. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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