Derbyshire
[dɑ:biʃiә]
Examples
- About ten or a dozen years ago, before her marriage, she had spent a considerable time in that very part of Derbyshire to which he belonged. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- His behaviour to us has, in every respect, been as pleasing as when we were in Derbyshire. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Mrs. Straker tells us that Derbyshire was a friend of her husband's and that occasionally his letters were addressed here. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- From what I can collect, he left Derbyshire only one day after ourselves, and came to town with the resolution of hunting for them. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I did not find coal mines under the calcareous rocks in Derbyshire. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A small part of Derbyshire is all the present concern. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- This other is a milliner's account for thirty-seven pounds fifteen made out by Madame Lesurier, of Bond Street, to William Derbyshire. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was not seated by her; perhaps that was the reason of his silence; but it had not been so in Derbyshire. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Madam Derbyshire had somewhat expensive tastes, remarked Holmes, glancing down the account. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- There is not a finer county in England than Derbyshire. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- BREADALBY Breadalby was a Georgian house with Corinthian pillars, standing among the softer, greener hills of Derbyshire, not far from Cromford. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mrs. Gardiner went away in all the perplexity about Elizabeth and her Derbyshire friend that had attended her from that part of the world. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I should be sorry, you know, to think ill of a young man who has lived so long in Derbyshire. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- About a month, said Elizabeth; and then, unwilling to let the subject drop, added, He is a man of very large property in Derbyshire, I understand. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- With the mention of Derbyshire there were many ideas connected. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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