I have been galloping at least two leagues in pursuit of a fellow who engaged to guide me to Finisterre, but who deserted me in a most singular manner; so much so, that I almost believe him to be a thief, and no true man.
The first village at which I made an attempt was Cobeña, about three leagues from Madrid.
It was near daybreak when I awoke; we were then about two leagues from San Lucar.
On our way thither we stopped at Naval Carnero, a large village five leagues to the west of Madrid, where I remained three days, sending forth Victoriano to the circumjacent hamlets with small cargoes of Testaments.
Last night I slept in an empty hog-sty about two leagues from here, and ere I left it, I fell down on my knees and prayed to God that I might find you, lieber Herr, for you were my last hope.
Leaving San Vicente behind us, we travelled for some leagues on the seashore, crossing occasionally a narrow inlet or firth.
We ascended the mountains by the pass called Peña Cerrada, which lies about three leagues to the eastward of that of Guadarrama.
Take my advice, spur on the jaca, for you see it is getting late, and it is twelve long leagues from hence to Corcuvion, where you must pass the night; and from thence to Finisterre is no trifle.
I therefore departed for Ocaña, {204} distant three leagues from Aranjuez.
This was wise; for hardly had I put Valladolid two leagues behind me, than I felt better, and the fever left me.
When Isabella Gonzales received this note on the following day, its author was nearly a dozen leagues at sea, bound for the port of Cadiz, Spain!
It continued at that point till we were blown fifty leagues back, and kept at sea so much longer than we had reckoned upon, that we were obliged to reduce our daily allowance of provisions and water to a most painfully small quantity.
Whereas, if she once gets the Lizard Light some fifty leagues astern of her, all these worrying distractions may be considered at an end.
An arm of the sea, however, some twelve leagues wide, opened on the south, and by it the explorers hoped to find a passage less encumbered with ice.
Yet in this voyage of more than 1500 leagues but one man was lost, a sailor who fell a victim at the beginning of the journey to the natives of Tofona.
Bougainville turned the delay necessary for the revictualling of his division to account by paying a visit to Santiago, the capital of Chili, thirty-three leagues inland.
Wellington Channel, about eight leagues wide, entirely free from ice and apparently not bounded by any land.
Freycinet had already established the fact of its flowing at the rate of two miles and a half an hour, at a distance of a hundredleagues to the east of Monte Video.
A few years later Edward Rüppell devoted seven or eight years to the exploration of Nubia, Sennaar, Kordofan, and Abyssinia in 1824, he ascended the White Nile for more than sixty leagues above its mouth.
The lake is situated between the Himalayas and the Cailas chain, and is of irregular oblong shape, five leagues long by four wide.
Some leagues beyond are the ruins of Abil or Abila.
On their return from an arduous excursion, a few leagues from Valparaiso, the marines were astonished at being arrested as they rode into the town, by a patrol, who in spite of their remonstrances compelled them to dismount.
Robin asked to be taken up into the highest tower of the palace, and there, looking leagues and leagues away to Ogre Castle, he saw with his Eagle sight the amulet, glowing like sunlight imprisoned in a ruby.
He looked over to the cottage, leagues and leagues away.
The next day a cavalcade of heralds set out from the palace gates, bearing posters which were hung in the market-place of every village for leagues about.
And oh, 't was but a little lad Had never been before So many leagues from kin and friends, And from his father's door!
All seemed deeply impressed with the appearance of these brave men, whom the sun of Italy had tanned, and who had traveled nearly two hundred leagues in twenty days.
It was then I learned that the Emperor had gone from Troyes to Montereau in two hours, having made the journey of ten leagues in that short space of time.
It is said that subterranean and atmospheric thunders were heard at a distance of 300 leaguesfrom the volcano, and that the winds carried the ashes to incredible distances.
From an eruption at Buhayan, sixty leagues from Zamboanga, in the island of Mindanao, in 1640, large masses of stone were flung to a distance of two leagues.
Though its surface is 3,200 square leagues in extent, the Spaniards do not occupy one-tenth of the whole.
There is also south of the Chaudière (River), five leagues from Quebec, a large village of Christian Abenakis.
The said lake is 500 leagues long in a straight line, from point to point, without going around coves nor the bays of Michipicoten and Kaministiquia.
The western stream was broken forleagues by terrible rapids walled in with impassable precipices.
Through them we have become acquainted with several Indian's names we knew not, and 4 and 500 leagues farther away, there are other indians unknown to us.
In lake Huron, 200 leagues from Montreal, the Mississagues and Amikoués: Algonquins.
From the Indians of the bay, Radisson heard of another lakeleagues to the north, whose upper end was always frozen.
As a matter of fact, he was on the sources of the Fraser, that winds for countless leagues south through the mountains before turning westward for the Pacific.
The Sakis, 3 leagues from the Bay, and Pottewatamis, about 200 warriors.
And Monsieur Marneffe seemed at a thousand leagues from suspecting that the Jupiter of his office intended to descend on his wife in a shower of gold; he was his august chief's humblest slave.
I am Czar; my subjects are mine by purchase, and no one can escape from my kingdom, which is a hundred leagues from any human settlement, hemmed in by savages on the interior, and divided from the sea by a wilderness as wide as France.
My uncle left me ten leagues square of entailed estate; that is how I still have that house and home.
I had walked six long leagues from our village that day, asking everywhere for work in vain; and here, at bedtime, I found a bed and a supper!
Last comes Brundusium: there the lines I penned, The leagues I travelled, find alike their end.
Yesterday we looked down from Rosebury on the last two or three leagues of its outfall; to-day if all go well we shall see the summit from which it springs.
It is nearly forty miles long, with a width of more than two miles down to about three leagues from the lighthouse, where it widens to six or seven miles, offering a capacious entrance to the sea.
Besides, it is three thousand leagues from here to Candaya,--what if the horse should tire upon the road, or the giant be fickle and change his mind?
A fine world it is truly, when a poor pedant, who has seen no more of it than lies within twenty or thirty leagues about him, shall take upon him to prescribe laws to knight-errantry, and judge of those who profess it!
Sarsar, the modern Abu-Ghurayb, leaves the Euphrates three leagues lower down and enters the Tigris between Bagdad and Ctesiphon.
Ride on, ride on: we have still three leagues to go.
Loge, and there was as good red wine of Fay Moreau; for the age of hot stops had not yet arrived, and Noah's discovery blessed the land within tenleagues of them.
Zach, on the Brocken, used a few ounces of gunpowder as a signal, the flash of which was visible from the Klenlenberg, sixty leagues off, although these mountains are invisible from each other.
A carefuler in peril did not breathe For leagues along that breaker-beaten coast Than Enoch.
From belt to belt of crimson seas, On leagues of odor streaming far, To where in yonder Orient star A hundred spirits whisper 'Peace.
I considered," he informs us, "the bottom of this sound to be about eighteen leagues distant, but its entrance was completely blocked up by ice.
To the south of Portugal is Seville, on the Guadalquiver, sixteen leagues from the sea; large vessels can ascend to this city, but its commerce was nearly destroyed by the transfer of the colonial trade to Cadiz.
The sovereigns, for their mutual benefit, allowed it to 370 leagues west of the Cape Verd islands: all the countries to the east of this line were to belong to Portugal, and all those to the west of it to Spain.
With respect to the south coast, at least 250 leagueswere unexplored.
The schools cannot do better than follow this example, and those leagues which have throwing the baseball, standing high jump, standing broad jump, and other acrobatic feats on their lists will do well to start in on sweeping reforms.
Worn by months of sledge-pulling over weary leagues of snow and ice, their trials only increased as the tedious journey progressed.
To effect this, after a hard March of three long Spanish Leagues in the heat of the Day; he appears a little after Noon in the face of the Enemy with his fatigu'd Forces.
Two small Leagues from Ocanna we arrived at Aranjuez, a Seat of Pleasure, which the Kings of Spain commonly select for their place of Residence during the Months of April and May.
On the other Hand, the Enemy without were upwards of seven Thousand, with a Body of four Thousand more, not fifteen Leagues off, on their March to join them.
Accordingly, at Night he put out to Sea in his open Felucca, all which he spent five Leagues from Shore, with no other Company than one Captain and his Rowers.
The shore between them forms a bay, within which lies Poverty Bay, at the distance of four leagues from the head-land, and eight from the Cape.
Our soundings in the night, were from forty-eight to sixty-two fathom, at the distance of between three and four leagues from the shore, which made in two hillocks.
At noon, we were about three leaguesfrom the shore, in latitude 25° 84' S.
At noon, we were about two leagues from the land, and by observation, in latitude 27° 46' S.
At noon we were about two leaguesfrom the main, and four from the islands without us.
From one league to four leagues north of Cape Saunders, the shore forms two or three bays, in which there appeared to be good anchorage, and effectual shelter from the S.
At day-break, we found our conjecture to be true, being within little more than twoleagues of it.
We found the island, which is visible at twelve leagues distance, to be about eight leagues in circumference, and in general very rocky and barren.
At eight in the evening, being about two leagues from the main land, we anchored in eleven fathom, with a sandy bottom, and soon after we found the tide setting with a slow motion to the westward.
On the 22d, at noon, we had no observation, but by the land judged ourselves to be about three leagues farther north than we had been the day before.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "leagues" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
