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Example sentences for "thencourt"
Lexicographically close words:
thence
;
thencefoorth
;
thenceforth
;
thenceforward
;
thenceforwards
;
thend
;
thende
;
thenk
;
thenke
;
thenken
The Béthencourt account was
first
published in Paris, 1630, with different imprints, as Histoire de la première descovverte et conqueste des Canaries.
D’Avezac’s account
of
the preservation of the Béthencourt manuscript.
De Béthencourt died in 1425, and it
is
quite needless to follow out at length the stories, however interesting, of sporadic navigation in
other parts
of the European Seas.
But all this is
more than
doubtful, and the genuine Norman voyage of De Béthencourt in 1402
shows
us nothing but the Canaries and the north-west coast of Morocco.
To stop this intrigue they,
the
"thirteen Christian brothers" whose testament reached Béthencourt
twelve years
later, were all massacred.
After six weeks
of
skirmishing, Béthencourt left Palma, and went to Ferro for three months, a
large island
twenty-one miles long and fifteen broad.
He was grieved at Berneval's conduct
towards
the poor islanders whom Béthencourt and he had sworn to protect.
Béthencourt was so elated with these happy results, that he arranged to revisit his own country, leaving Courtois
as
governor during his absence.
While all this was happening at Lancerota, Béthencourt arrived at Cadiz,
where
he took strong measures against his mutinous crew, and had the ringleaders imprisoned.
When Béthencourt had landed he set to work at once to
conquer
the island.
He went by way of Spain,
taking
with him some
letters from
Béthencourt to the king.
In spite of all this the combats began again, and
many
of the islanders fell, among others a giant of
nine feet
high, whom Béthencourt would have liked to have made prisoner.
The first days
of
the installation of Béthencourt were far from peaceful; skirmishes were of constant occurrence, the natives even destroying the fortress of Richeroque, after burning and pillaging a chapel.
Suffice it to say that Béthencourt
met
with fully the usual difficulties, distresses, treacheries, and disasters that
attach themselves
to this race of enterprising men.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thencourt" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
