Expeditions

Examples

• General Taylor encouraged officers to accompany these expeditions. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• From Fort Henry expeditions were to be sent against Eastport, Mississippi, and Paris, Tennessee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We have dealt thus lengthily with the First Crusade, because it displays completely the quality of all these expeditions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• For punitive expeditions particularly, gas was to be recommended. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He carried expeditions into Illyria and as far as the Danube; he also spread his power along the coast as far as the Hellespont. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Both in Switzerland and England the slaves seem to have the exclusive care of the larvae, and the masters alone go on slave-making expeditions. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Most of these expeditions got off finally, but too late to render any service in the direction for which they were designed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• After several Thracian expeditions he turned southward in good earnest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Thereafter these expeditions became more and more an established process, and less and less vital events. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is worthy of remark, and Oliver did not fail to note it at the time, that his morning expeditions were no longer made alone. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• And the monarch also found slaves convenient for his military expeditions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• For your mother's sake, dear Mr. Sedley, she said, for the sake of all your friends, promise NEVER to go on one of those horrid expeditions. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• With the close of Mr. McGowan's and Mr. Ricalton's expeditions, there ended the historic world-hunt for natural fibres. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Of articles collected on his various expeditions, there was such a vast miscellany that it was like the dwelling of an amiable Corsair. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Our cavalry was kept well to the front and frequent expeditions were sent out to watch the movements of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• They went to the river to break the ice, and draw water: they assembled on foraging expeditions, or axe in hand felled the trees for fuel. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• To simplify his fishing expeditions he made a model of a boat propelled by paddles, and later he built such a boat and used it on the Conestoga River. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In these expeditions we were seldom accompanied by Clara or her little charge, but our return was an hour of hilarity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• And they will take them on the safe expeditions and be cautious about the dangerous ones? Plato. The Republic.
• The Pharaohs hunted slaves in Nubia, in order to have black troops for their Syrian expeditions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• On such expeditions rubber gatherers usually go armed with rifles to protect themselves against wild animals, reptiles and savage Indians. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• When Mr. Donne set out on begging expeditions, he armed himself in a complete suit of brazen mail. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This was market-day, and Mrs. Joe was out on one of these expeditions. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

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