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Example sentences for "distant from"

  • The towne is distant from Coliton, about fiue miles.

  • This city is large and populous, lying to the west of Rome, in Tuscany, distant from it about two hundred and eighty stades.

  • Accordingly, when they heard that Naples had been captured, they began immediately to make all these charges against him openly and gathered at a place two hundred and eighty stades distant from Rome, which the Romans call Regata.

  • For Narnia is only three hundred and fifty stades distant from Rome.

  • Hence nothing is distant from Him, as if it could be without God in itself.

  • But things are said to be distant from God by the unlikeness to Him in nature or grace; as also He is above all by the excellence of His own nature.

  • C represent the centre of the mandrel, and D a centre provided in each end of the mandrel, distant from C to one half the amount the work is required to be eccentric.

  • Mark the length of the taper to be turned on the line A G and draw the line G D distant from A B equal to the diameter of the large end of the hole to be bored.

  • Parallel to the edge B C, mark the line A D, distant from B C to an amount equal to the required depth of tooth.

  • It is distant from Palæpaphus 60 stadia by land.

  • Zama is distant from Carthage a five days' journey.

  • Delium is a temple of Apollo, standing over the sea five miles distant from Tanagra; and the passage thence, to the nearest part of Euboea, is less than four miles.

  • York River is distant from Rapahanack in some places not past ten or twelve Miles, Rapahanack from Potomack not past seven Miles in one place, tho' it may be sixty in others.

  • At this time the Extreams of the Land extended from North-East by East to West by South 1/2 South; this last was a low point, distant from us about 3 Leagues.

  • They are in latitude 43° 30', distant from four to five leagues from the main land, or Cape Sable.

  • This Iland of Zante is distant from Cephalonia, 12 or 14 miles, but the towne of Cephalonia, from the towne of Zante, is distant fortie miles.

  • Agerut is distant from Suez a port of the red sea eight miles, where are alwayes resident fiue and twentie gallies of the Grand Signior for the keeping of that Sea.


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