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Example sentences for "this circumstance"

  • This circumstance added to the fact, that Mr. Thynne had formerly seduced Miss Trevor, one of the maids of honour to Catherine of Portugal, wife of Charles II.

  • This circumstance is thus alluded to in Sir C.

  • This circumstance is thus alluded to in a letter of Sir Horace Mann's, dated Dec.

  • This circumstance afforded an opportunity of trying the question in the House of Commons with the greatest hope of success.

  • Captain Chaffers again seemed to be all astonishment that I should have known of this circumstance, and to be vexed that I should have mentioned it in such a manner.

  • In addition to this circumstance, they have come out as light as possible, leaving all their baggage, provisions, boas, and bridges at Brunswick.

  • This circumstance, perhaps, determined Congress to abide by Boston as the port of embarkation, and in this their conduct was free from blame.

  • In addition to this circumstance, an opinion had gained ground among the soldiers that their share of service for the campaign had been performed, and that it was time for them to go into winter quarters.

  • The princess, fearing they would betray her, if they had any knowledge of this circumstance, moderated her grief, and forbade her women to say or do any thing that might create the least suspicion.

  • When I went back to my house, I perceived there two black dogs, which came up to me in a very submissive manner: I could not divine the meaning of this circumstance, which greatly astonished me.

  • Except in this circumstance, she was very well satisfied with her success, and posted away to the sultan.

  • This circumstance, with the impression of the seal upon the leaden cover, made him think it inclosed something precious.

  • This circumstance, together with the water being spilt about the edge of the basin, induced her to believe that Behram had carried him off.

  • This circumstance so impressed her illustrious father that he left explicit directions that in case of his death he should be burned.

  • This circumstance, becoming known, rendered him so odious that he had to leave the community in which he practiced, and it is believed that he never entirely recovered from the shock it gave him.

  • Bertherand cites examples of enlarged clitorides in Arab women; Bruce testifies to this circumstance in Abyssinia, and Mungo Park has observed it in the Mandingos and the Ibbos.

  • He was born at Leicester, and gave an elaborate account of shock experienced by his mother shortly before his birth, when she was knocked down by an elephant at a circus; to this circumstance he attributed his unfortunate condition.

  • This circumstance reminds us of the ferocity of these animals, when we were last near this place, and admonishes us to be very cautious.

  • This circumstance induced us to give the name of Image-canoe to the large island, the lower end of which we now passed at the distance of nine miles from its head.

  • This circumstance, remarkable as it is, was not however without examples.

  • The value of this circumstance is shown to have been accurately exemplified in the history of Ignatius Loyola, founder of the order of Jesuits.

  • This circumstance, which is common in the spiritual world, derives its origin from the Lord, who, in this same manner, is present and is conjoined.

  • Indeed, I ought to be ashamed at this circumstance of my conduct; for my finances were sufficient, with good economy, to have maintained me comfortably a whole year.

  • It is difficult to see what probable charge Cæsar could make of this circumstance.

  • In memory of this circumstance, the crest of the family of Kirkpatrick is a hand grasping a dagger distilling gouts of blood; the motto, "I mak sikkar.

  • In consequence of this circumstance, I was made a closer prisoner.

  • This circumstance, together with the singularity of his appearance, awakened her conjectures.

  • But my eyes, after a practice of two or three weeks, accommodated themselves to this circumstance, and I learned to distinguish the minutest object.

  • This circumstance made no material difference in the affair of the accused.

  • To do Spike justice, he was aware of this circumstance, or he might have hesitated about exposing females to the ordinary annoyances of one of these spots.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    abandon ship; this action; this animal; this area; this difference; this district; this expedition; this genus; this here; this history; this incident; this lake; this little; this marriage; this mountain; this our; this parish; this passage; this poor; this process; this regard; this species; this state; this story; this strange; this unexpected