setting-out
Example Sentences
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Many of the Erisaig people would still be watching their setting-out; and was it to be supposed that they had taken this doited old body as one of the crew?
From The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by Black, William
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
The news of his Sister's setting-out relieved him of a great and continual anxiety.
From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Carlyle, Thomas
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
Of course the setting-out of the city is half the game.
From Floor Games; a companion volume to "Little Wars" by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
