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Example sentences for "sea and"

  • XVII ON THE SAME PLATO Well be with you, O mariners, both at sea and on land; but know that you pass by the grave of a shipwrecked man.

  • Deep solicitude was felt by every one on board for the fate of both expeditions, by sea and land.

  • Such were the leading conditions of this association; we shall now proceed to relate the various hardy and eventful expeditions, by sea and land, to which it gave rise.

  • With a powerful armament by sea and land, he was preparing to repass the Pyrenees, to extinguish in Gaul and Italy the declining kingdoms of the Franks and Lombards, and to preach the unity of God on the altar of the Vatican.

  • From the provinces of Europe and Asia, fourscore thousand soldiers were transported by sea and land to Antioch and Cæsarea: the light troops of the army consisted of sixty thousand Christian Arabs of the tribe of Gassan.

  • But the space of the twenty cubits, is, as it were, sea and land, on which men live, and so this part is peculiar to the priests only.

  • And, above all, from his window as he lay he watched with delight unjaded the spectacle of sea and sky.

  • Dilke had long had the common-sense idea that a single Minister ought to have general charge of all the preparations for war and its conduct by sea and land.

  • I mentioned the prudent management of our treasury; the valour and achievements of our forces, by sea and land.

  • It is easy for us who travel into remote countries, which are seldom visited by Englishmen or other Europeans, to form descriptions of wonderful animals both at sea and land.

  • The states of Italy paid their tribute in military service only, and the vast force, both by sea and land, which was exerted in the Punic wars, was maintained at the expense of the Romans themselves.

  • On every side he was encompassed with a vast extent of sea and land, which he could never hope to traverse without being discovered, seized, and restored to his irritated master.

  • The attractions, fascinations there are in sea and shore!

  • His efforts were successful and the King of France resolved vigorously to assist the Americans both by sea and land.

  • He then sailed out into the West sea and plundered in Scotland, Bretland, Ireland, and Valland, and passed four years more in this way.

  • Good seasons also there were, both by sea and land.

  • Food to the wandering wolf did yield, And then the thief and pirate band Swept wholly off by sea and land-- Good king!

  • The king got up immediately, ordered to sound the call for a meeting of the court, and when the people were assembled he named men to go out to every quarter from the town, by sea and land, to search for Hrorek.

  • To-morrow, Caesar, I shall be furnish'd to inform you rightly Both what by sea and land I can be able To front this present time.

  • With her communication with the sea thus secured, and with a powerful navy at her command, Athens could bid defiance to her foes on sea and land.

  • Many of the crusaders, considering their vows fulfilled, now set out on their return to their homes, some making their way back by sea and some by land.

  • Athens was besieged by sea and land, and soon forced to surrender.

  • That morning with the flood tide we hove anchor and the Happy Despatch stood out to sea and, as she heeled to the freshening wind, Job's stiffening body lurched and swayed and twisted from the main yard.

  • For there, dim-seen 'twixt the immensity of sea and sky, was a speck I knew for the topsails of a ship.

  • In Ireland the petty masters unfortunately were always near; the great one was beyond the sea and not so easily to be got at!

  • I adventured perils by sea and land; went near to starving; eat horse-flesh in Munster, and all to quell that man, who now smileth in peace at those who did hazard their lives to destroy him!

  • The fleet moved on to Bear Island, and tried to anchor there, but the storm increased, the shelter was insufficient, the vessels dragged their anchors, were driven out to sea and forced to return to Brest.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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