Districts

Examples

• A people called the Cimmerians appear in the districts of Lake Urumiya and Van, and shortly after Aryans have spread from Armenia to Elam. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• When, as in Macedonia, populations are mixed in a patchwork of villages and districts, the cantonal system is imperatively needed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• An invention of such great value to the farmer naturally advertised itself through the country districts. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The total weight of copper for the four quarter districts by the tree system was 803,250 pounds, but when the feeder system was used it was only 128,739 pounds! Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The populations over which Charles Martel and King Pepin ruled were at very different levels of civilization in different districts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They are generally sunk in valley plains and districts where the formation of the ground is such that that below the surface is bent into basin-shaped curves. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In some great districts the Church owns all the property--lands, watercourses, woods, mills and factories. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They were sent up by the minor gentry, freeholders and village elders of their districts as early as 1254, two knights from each shire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Everywhere, young fellows from the outlying districts were making conversation with the girls, standing in the road and at the corners. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Pennsylvania has also large forest reserves in its mountain districts, and many other states have taken similar action. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is called in German an Interessenvertrag--a political representation by trade interests as well as by geographical districts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He soon foresaw that still greater economy would be necessary for commercial success not alone for the larger territory opening, but for the compact districts of large cities. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Intercrossing with the inhabitants of the surrounding districts, will also be thus prevented. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The law was repealed by Henry I in 1100, but the bell continued to be rung in many districts to modern times and probably may still be heard. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The next step was to divide the region into a number of sub-districts and institute a house-to-house canvass to ascertain precisely the data and conditions pertinent to the project. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• To a certain extent--with regard to populous districts, and in the metropolis, said the Doctor. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Both these districts are, by the additional tax, rated at eleven hundred livres each. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Many cities of the east were left vacant, and in several districts of Italy the harvest and the vintage withered on the ground. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Dardanelles to be internationalized, and Ottoman sovereignty to be recognized only in Turkish districts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In the east, Germany was already sinning against that natural map by her administration of Posen and other Polish districts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In some cases it can be shown that widely-different checks act on the same species in different districts. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Vegetables and both shade and fruit trees are being grown in districts where dry farming is practiced. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The iron industry shifted from the wooded country of Sussex and Surrey to the coal districts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In several districts of England the hold of Christianity was by no means firm as yet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They were assembled at the most convenient railroad centres in their respective congressional districts. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This additional tax is rated upon all the different districts subject to the taille according to the old assessment. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Along either side of these conduits, and extending their entire length, lie the cultivated districts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.

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