Damascus, and is almost entirely drained by water-courses; for it supplies with water a large tract of country, with a very deep soil.
For when everything had fallen under the power of the sons of Atreus, Agamemnon, the elder, assumed the sovereign authority, and by good fortune and valour annexed to his possessions a large tract of country.
These mountains rise to a considerable height, but do not encompass a large tract of country, but terminate in the plains.
The British Government being largely indebted to his father, Admiral William Penn, the son found little difficulty in obtaining a grant for a large tract of land in America, upon which to found a colony.
It was first settled in 1631 and the site formed part of a large tract of land bought from the Indians by agents of Killiaen Van Rensselaer.
In 1802 three Maryland proprietors, Charles Carroll, William Fitzhugh and Nathaniel Rochester acquired a large tract of land which included the site of the present city.
Herkimer was settled about 1725 by Palatine Germans, who bought from the Mohawk Indians a large tract of land, including the present site of the village.
On his return, and in acknowledgement of the services rendered by him to the colonial authorities, he obtained a grant of the seigniory of Beauport, together with a large tract of land, on the River St. Charles.
He had recently added to his domain, by purchase, a large tract of land from the adjoining property, the De Salaberry homestead, where H.
A successful gold digger by the name of Sinjohn purchased in the year 1862 a large tract of the farm fronting the St. Louis road with Thornhill as its north eastern and Mr. Stuart's new road as its south-western boundary.
He purchased a large tract of land there upon which he lived many years before the Revolution.
Johannes Snyder started a small settlement in the vicinity of Searsville, where he bought a large tract of land on both sides of the Dwaarskill.
In 1677 their chief deeded a large tractof land lying along the Hudson in Ulster and Orange Counties and extending back to the Rochester hills, to the English Government.
Samuel Sandford, who had been some time resident in Accomac County: by his will, dated at London in this year, he leaves a large tract of land, the rents and profits to be appropriated to the education of the children of the poor.
The Nottoway Indians (1734) still possessed a large tract of land on the river of that name, in Isle of Wight County.
Quieted for a time by the sword, insurrection again burst forth in the second year of James the First, and repeated rebellions crushed in 1605, left a large tract of country desolate, and fast declining into barbarism.
In April, 1663, George Cathmaid claimed from Governor Berkley a large tract of land on the borders of Albemarle Sound, in reward of having colonized a number of settlers in that province.
The result has been to render available for settlement a large tract of land on the Island, much of which is now occupied by a prosperous and thriving population.
The Caledonians at length yielded to the powerful and obstinate attack, sued for peace, and surrendered a part of their arms, and a large tract of territory.
From these successful inroads the Romans derived no real or lasting benefit; nor did they attempt to preserve such distant conquests, separated from the provinces of the empire by a large tract of intermediate desert.
Besides the less invidious possession of a large tract of the most fertile lands of Media, [18] they levied a general tax on the fortunes and the industry of the Persians.
There is not any where upon the globe a large tract of country, which we have discovered destitute of inhabitants, or whose first population can be fixed with any degree of historical certainty.
Senor Rivas owned a large tract of land in the neighborhood, but lived with his family in the Cuban camp at La Gloria.
He left money to have a large tract of land cleared and cultivated.
While this contest was going on, the United States bought of Spain a large tract of land admirably suited to negro slavery.
But she reserved a large tract of land directly west of Pennsylvania.
As Charles seldom had any money, he was very glad to give Penn instead a large tractof land in America.
After proceeding about a mile they had the good luck to hit upon a large tract of forest land.
From first to last he hardly ever had the good luck to hit upon a large tract of fine country, the Alexandrina district excepted.
The Cloncurry goldfield includes a large tract of country, extending eastwards to the Williams River, and southwards to an equal extent.
He returned to New South Wales from Cleveland Bay, and in 1856 took up a large tract of country on the upper waters of the Dawson.
As a recompense for this misfortune Soulanges received the grant of a large tract of land at the Jemseg, two leagues in depth and extending a league on each side of the fort.
It included a large tract at the mouth of the River St. John, on the west side of the harbor, extending six leagues up the river from Partridge Island (Isle de la Perdrix) and six leagues in depth inland.
He conceived the idea of obtaining a grant of a large tract of land, and of settling it with emigrants of his own choosing, with himself as a sort of feudal proprietor at their head.
He had received a grant of a large tract of land in this neighbourhood, and he built a homestead there in or about the year 1800.
After some delay he succeeded in obtaining a grant of a large tract of land forming part of the present Township of Whitchurch, in the County of York.
They offered the Mohawks a large tract of their own territory, but the Mohawks were determined to live only under British rule.
Stress has been laid upon the impregnation with mineral matter of certain volcanic strata,--a phenomenon that occurs throughout a large tract of country.
They own a large tract of land there, containing three seams of coal, four, nine, and five feet in thickness.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "large tract" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
