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Example sentences for "short account"

  • I spent many an hour watching their proceedings; a short account of the habits of some of these busy creatures may be interesting.

  • I will now give a short account of Cameta, the principal town on the banks of the Tocantins, which I visited for the second time, in June,1849.

  • I will now give a short account of the blind species of Eciton.

  • A short account of the expedition against Quebec .

  • Short account of the English plantations in America, about 1690, MS.

  • A literary history of the gospels, showing the state of the text, and the grammatical peculiarities of their idiom, and containing a short account of the early versions, would be an invaluable work.

  • Besides the principal saint for each day, in this collection is added a short account of some others who were very remarkable in history, or famous among our ancestors.

  • To answer the title and design of this work, a short account is given of those fathers whose names are famous in the history of the church, and in the schools, but who have never been honored among the saints.

  • A short account of them was given by Venturi, who designed to have published a part; but, having relinquished that intention, the fragments he has made known are the more important.

  • Raynouard has given a short account of one that he had seen in the Journal des Savans for 1826.

  • A short account of their generalizations respecting organic science, will be a fitting sequel to the notices I have already given of what was done by their countrymen for inorganic science, during the same period.

  • Give a short account of the labours of any two of the great Roman grammarians, and estimate their value.

  • As we shall have occasion to mention him again, we shall pass him over here, and conclude the chapter with a short account of the earliest Augustan poet whose name has come to us, L.

  • The second poem is the most successful of all, and a short account of it may be given here.

  • The Annales, though not literature in the proper sense, were so important, as forming materials for it, that it may be well to give a short account of them.

  • In the evening I will, my dear; but at present, I wish to give you a short account of the contents of the books contained in the sacred volumes.

  • Perhaps a short account of its origin will be entertaining to you.

  • Thus, my dear, I have given you a short account of all the books contained in the sacred volumes.

  • The Teutonic Order is the great Order of Germany, of which I send you inclosed a short account.

  • Wherever you are, I would advise you to inquire into the respective orders of that country, and to write down a short account of them.

  • In the days of the first Nephite king, called Mosiah, who reigned in the land of Zarahemla, there was a stone brought to the city of Zarahemla, on which was engraved a short account of the Jaredites; Omni 1.

  • At the time of writing it, approximately one thousand years had passed away since the people, of whom it gives a short account, were destroyed by a civil war which was carried to the extreme of extermination.

  • The Book of Mormon gives us a short account of another prophet, the brother of Jared, who lived about one hundred years after the flood.

  • He did print a short account of the Prince's adventures at a later date, copies of which he sent to the Prince and others abroad; but this was only a trifle in comparison with what he had collected.

  • I will now give you a short account of the discovery of this ocean.

  • At this crisis, when all was given up for lost, Columbus had presence of mind enough to retire to his cabin and to write upon parchment a short account of his voyage.

  • At the termination of the American war, of which I have just given you a short account, the United States of America, which had been called by England her American Colonies, ceased to be any longer subject to Great Britain.

  • I will now give you a short account of Columbus, who was one of the greatest men the world ever produced.

  • Domien, a traveller, short account of, i.

  • Meredith, Hugh, companion of Franklin, short account of, i.

  • Albany plan of union, short account of, i.

  • I will now lay before my readers a short account of some of the Abbots.

  • I will, however, here give a short account of his life, which I trust will prove entertaining to many of my readers, and plainly show that “he was not in the roll of common men.

  • I purpose next to give a short account of the river, and passing Llangollen Bridge, continue my route to Glyndyfrdwy and Sycharth, once the residence of Owen Glyndwr.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    been discovered; best beloved; discover whether; pure and; sent postpaid; short circuit; short circuited; short circuits; short duration; short form; short interval; short laugh; short length; short notice; short order; short period; short piece; short pieces; short prayer; short range; short season; short tail; short vowel; shorten sail; shorter time; your love