A general assent followed the boatswain's proposal; for every one found his own account in these general councils, in which each of the rovershad a free vote.
Why, they are no more like the rovers I have known, than this sloop is to a first-rate.
The four Rovers and their chums walked leisurely through the woods, keeping their eyes open for the possible appearance of their enemies, and also for any game that might present itself.
There seemed nothing to do but to leave the premises, yet the Rovers and their chums were curious to know who the Germans were and what their errand to Tony Duval's shack could be.
Left to themselves, the Roversand Gif watched their chance, and, unobserved, entered the big barn.
The Rovers and their chums, and especially Walt Baxter, kept a close eye on Bill Glutts and his cronies.
The Rovers and their chums had retreated to a distance, and this was wise, for, had Glutts and Carncross been able to get hold of them, there would certainly have been a fight.
Gabe Werner was nowhere to be seen, and the Rovers rightfully conjectured that he had left the town.
Gif and Spouter began preparations for breakfast, and while they were at this the four Rovers appeared, one after another.
All of the Rovers went to church, and there met, not only Mary and Martha, but also Ruth Stevenson, May Powell, and some of the other girls.
Now, as my old readers know, the Rovers and Bill Glutts were by no means on good terms with each other.
The Rovers had a suite of four rooms, one of which was used as a sitting room and for studying.
The six Rovers had had a long and uneventful train ride from Haven Point to the Grand Central Terminal, Forty-second Street, New York City.
Are you the Rovers from Colby Hall--the young men who had so much to do with rounding up those Germans at Camp Barlight and capturing that hidden submarine?
The afternoon spent coasting had given theRovers and their chums good appetites, and they fell to with gusto over the ample supper provided for them.
This, then, was the reason for the massive sea-wall, one of the strongest and oldest of the Spanish fortifications of the New World, which Spain had monopolized and which the sea rovers disputed.
Frank and Jesse James, and Cole, and Jim, and Bob Younger, with their merry companions, had been unusually quiet for quite a long season for these restless rovers and adroit plunderers.
Those border rovers of Mexico who have crossed the path of the boys once and have escaped with their lives, evince no disposition to renew hostilities with the "gringo devils," as they affectionately call the American outlaws.
These rovers of the sea were no more than pirates, of course, but they did a great deal of good.
He had himself experienced their vindictive cruelty, and his story deserves particular citation, as showing the hairbreadth adventures to which these solitary rovers of the wilderness are exposed.
It was amazing to see how quickly the descendants of wild sea-rovers put off their heathen ways and made their new home a Christian land, noted for its churches, monasteries, and schools.
Dark days were those for the honour of Europe, when the Moors inspired terror from the Balearics to the Scilly Isles, and when their rovers swept the seas with such effect that all the powers of Christendom were fain to pay them tribute.
Even while their rovers were the terror of our merchantmen, as has been pointed out, foreign traders were permitted to reside in their ports, the facilities granted to them forming the basis of all subsequent negotiations.
We know what the ships of those Norse rovers were: mere galleys, not larger than a good fishing smack, and far inferior to it in deck and rigging.
In 1719 the rovers returned to Africa, and, beginning at the river Gambia, sailed all down the torrid coast as far as Cape Corso.
The attack upon La Seppa proved a failure, for the Sea Rovers had to row two leagues up a river, where they were soon discovered by the sentinels.
Then, as the train sped westward, the Rovers told their chums about Bud Haddon.
From their home in New York City the young Rovers were sent to a boarding school, as related in the first volume of the Second Series, entitled "The Rover Boys at Colby Hall.
All of the Rovers slept soundly and did not awaken until they heard an unexpected knock on their door some time before the rising bell.
The two boys found the Rovers up in Room 20, which the four cousins used as a sitting room.
The Rovers made a number of other friends, and, likewise, a few enemies, many of whom will be heard of later.
He avoided the Rovers and the others as much as possible, often running away at the sight of them.
At the railroad station the Rovers met Mary and Martha and also some of the other girls, and here many good-byes were said.
The four Rovers were accompanied by half a dozen of their chums and six or eight others, and at the word from Jack the snowballs began to fly at a lively rate, a few landing on the roof of the big barn and the majority hitting the side.
The Rovers exposed a plot against old Uncle Barney and caused the hunter's enemies to leave Snowshoe Island in disgust.
There was a murmur of excited voices in the corridor, and, throwing open the door, the Rovers and their friends came out to see what was up.
The assembled cadets made a passageway, and through this filed the Rovers and their chums with Professor Duke following close on their heels.
Without further ado the four Rovers ran back into the rooms they occupied and began a search of their chiffoniers and the other places where they kept their things of value.
You say the word and Paul and I will take the challenge to the Rovers right away.
We'll settle this with the Rovers and the police, not with you.
With the Rovers had come Fred Garrison, Larry Colby, and several others of their old school chums.
This is only a plot against him -- gotten up by the Rovers and his other enemies.
The Rovers always were too important for their own good, young man.
In 1620 the ridiculously feeble effort already recorded, to check this disgraceful infliction, had been made with no better result than to convince these Mohammedan sea rovers that England was not formidable.
During the reigns of Edward and Mary and the early years of Elizabeth the western sea rovers continued as busy as ever, even when the country was at peace.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rovers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
