There was scarcely a soul in the street but the laquais de place, the garçons, and the chambermaids of the public hotels, that abound in this quarter.
This was not the first time I have had occasion to see the necessity of being guarded how one speaks, lest he offend some political sensibility or other in this quarter of the world.
Passing by the Rue de Rivoli, I went to see an English lady of our acquaintance, who resided in this quarter of the town.
Ay, that is such surf as we have in this quarter of the world," Pathfinder answered.
And yet women have often done such things inthis quarter of the world, girl, as our friend, the Pathfinder here, will tell you.
Mason Stolpe wanted to have the young couple to live out by the North Bridge, "among respectable people," but Pelle had become attached to this quarter.
These riflemen, flung far forward of the main Chinese positions in this quarter, lay very silent, hardly moving hour after hour.
This has apparently had a chilling effect on the policy of open charges in this quarter, and now the Chinese commanders are advancing their lines by means of ingenious parallels and zig-zag barricades, which will take some time to construct.
A few stray shots pecked at us, but in this quarter, so strange that it appeared unreal, the enemy gave hardly a sign of life.
It is not understood that any breach of treaty or aggression whatsoever on the part of the United States or their citizens is even alleged as a pretext for the spirit of hostility in this quarter.
The Porta Settimiana at the end of the Lungara preserves in its name a recollection of the gardens of Septimius Severus, which existed in this quarter.
It appears to have been built on the site of an ancient circular building, and to have belonged to the great victual market--Macellum Magnum--erected by Nero in this quarter.
Tacitus speaks of the unwholesome air of this quarter.
He thus completely re-established the power of Assyria in this quarter, once more recovering to the Empire the entire tract between the coast and the desert from Mount Amanus on the north to the Red Sea and the confines of Egypt.
When it was known that the Confederates were marching into Kentucky from the south and east, the squadron was sent to take part in the operations in this quarter.
The commander inquired particularly for the news from the seat of war in this quarter.
The greater part of them originally belonged to Temiscamingue, and were drawn to this quarter by Mr. Godin.
Trade is carried on in this quarter solely by barter, which secures the Company from loss, and is apparently attended with no inconvenience to the natives, who used formerly to take their supplies on credit.
The natives of this quarter speak a jargon of Cree and Sauteux, which sounds very harshly.
On the left in this quarter a strong artillery line had gradually been formed, which by half-past eight o'clock amounted to twelve batteries.
So about six o'clock the infantry engagement came to a stand for a time in this quarter.
There are queer little barber shops and drinking houses, too, in this quarter; and abundance of crazy old tenements, with blinking casements, such as may be seen in Flanders.
The Tombs, the city prison, famous in the criminal history of New York, is located in the midst of this quarter, on Centre street, occupying an entire block.
The Grand Arbeiter and Turner Halls are distinctive features of this quarter of the city, and specially worthy of a visit.
In fact, having once satisfied themselves that no egress could have been made in this quarter, they would naturally bestow here a very cursory examination.
It was late in the afternoon when we reached it; as this quarter is at a great distance from that in which we resided.
The wind, which had nearly always been in this quarter, had often been very painful to our cracked faces; now we should always have it at our backs, and it would help us on our way, besides giving our faces time to heal.
The temperature was as usual, with the wind in this quarter; -11.
It cannot be denied that at this juncture I began to entertain a certain doubt of the existence of bare land in this quarter.
John in Petra, situated in this quarter of the city, was distinguished (Du Cange, iv.
Whatever may have been the Company's real motives in forming a settlement in this quarter, the profits derived from it added but little to the dividends; the substance that glittered at a distance like gold proved to be but base metal.
Many of the Esquimaux referred to in a preceding page passed the winter in this quarter, not daring to return in consequence of an hostile rencontre they had had with some of their own tribes on their way hither.
It is remarkable that the severest cold in this quarter is invariably accompanied by stormy weather; whereas, in the interior of the continent, severe cold always produces calm.
At one place in this quarter a machine gun was stationed in the angle of a trench when the German rush took place.
The services rendered by our troops in this quarter cannot at present be estimated, for their full significance will only be realized in the light of future events.
During Saturday they employed stupefying gas on several occasions in this quarter, but did not press on very quickly.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "this quarter" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
