setting-out
Example Sentences
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The first preparation for our setting-out was, that the captain's half-pike was placed near the coachman, and a drum behind the coach.
From Days with Sir Roger De Coverley by Steele, Richard, Sir
It was not until they were at the mouth of the harbour that something occurred which seemed likely to turn this brave setting-out into ridicule.
From The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by Black, William
Miss Twitchel and Miss Jones were talking about it; and they all say that there would be the best setting-out got for her that was ever seen in Newport, if it should happen.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 by Various
Therefore it is best to adhere to the dear old rules for the dear old game, and only thank Fate with special reverence when sea-breezes or country zephyrs float around one's own personal setting-out.
From In a Mysterious Way by Warner, Anne
On the morning of Baldassare's setting-out for the Mantuan road, La Testolina—at that time much and unhealthily in Fra Battista's hire—came breathless to the Via Stella.
From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
