Habitations
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Examples
- You propose, replied I, to fly from the habitations of man, to dwell in those wilds where the beasts of the field will be your only companions. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Twenty were opened in the country near Arbois free from human habitations. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is as closely packed at its outer edges as it is in the centre, and then the habitations leave suddenly off and the plain beyond seems houseless. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This strip of land from ocean to ocean abounded in disease-breeding swamps and filthy habitations unfit for human beings. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Our habitations were palaces our food was ready stored in granaries--there was no need of labour, no inquisitiveness, no restless desire to get on. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Our empty habitations remained, but the dwellers were gathered to the shades of the tomb. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Human being there was none to reply; and the inclemency of the night had driven the wandering animals to the habitations they had usurped. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- During one of my rambles through the habitations of Rome, I found writing materials on a table in an author's study. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Habitations, fences, domesticated animals, men, women, children, and the soil that bore them--all worn out. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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