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Example sentences for "century since"

  • Thirty of these burial-mounds were seen here by Bartram, more than a century since, covering an area of two or three acres.

  • The present Caerhayes House, beautifully situated at the head of Porthluney Cove, is the successor of the old Trevanion mansion, and was built about a century since by Nash, the architect of Buckingham Palace and Regent Street.

  • This was done about half a century since, but the kistvaen that was found only contained some prehistoric ashes, of far earlier date than Geraint; the gold boat and silver oars were not visible.

  • A century since, the doctor's lancet and the duellist's pistol were rivals in slaughter, and all but fanatics thought their abolition impossible.

  • Such was the suburban rural enjoyment of a century since on the borders of Marylebone Park.

  • Fishermen he never molested at all; and, on the whole, he carried on a marine warfare, a century since, in a way that some of his successors might have imitated to advantage in our own times.

  • Half a century since, Ireland had a highly cultivated society, with a press that sent forth large editions of the most valuable and expensive books produced in England, and now her people are decimated by famine and pestilence.

  • Iron ore, a century since, was a drug, and leases were granted at almost nominal rents.

  • This was, however, no more than was common, a century since.

  • Heathcote, who died more than a century since, at Mamaroneck, West Chester Co.

  • The Dutch, like the Germans, appear to have been prone to this species of superstition; from which, even the English of education were far from being free, a century since.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    bearing trees; begged him; central authority; century and; century church; century earlier; century glass; century later; century since; century were; century work; cold chisel; devoted himself; distinct idea; escape from; feeling rather; great actor; late hour; let her; often necessary; pay him; rode over; slice them; time like; what prompted; wide range