The incident of the beggar on the quay was another scar. From Wordnik.com. [Long Live the King!] Reference
In a few minutes the quay was a scene of bustle and activity. From Wordnik.com. [A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes] Reference
And once ... twice ... and again, the cannon on the quay are answering. From Wordnik.com. [Spice and the Devil's Cave] Reference
On the quay was a big notice: "All officers to report at once to the M.L.O.". From Wordnik.com. [Simon Called Peter] Reference
But the finest object in this city is the quay, which is unrivalled by any I have seen. From Wordnik.com. [A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779] Reference
He spoke never a word to the footman, who stood by the gate on the quay, which is always open by day. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
Behind the quay is a very noble square, as large as that of Soho in London, in which is kept the Custom. From Wordnik.com. [From London to Land's End and Two Letters from the "Journey through England by a Gentleman"] Reference
Angelus bell rings, a great company of women gathers beside the river, just below the quay, which is rather a high one. From Wordnik.com. [Carmen] Reference
Passing the immense palace, the tourists drove along the Skeppsbron, or quay, which is the principal landing-place of the steamers. From Wordnik.com. [Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark] Reference
Gender is distinguished by the word "quay," either prefixed or added to nouns, to indicate the feminine. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan] Reference
On our arrival alongside a kind of quay, hewn out of the solid rock, a number of Moors rushed into the boats and seized on the ammunition. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
O go you down to Dublin quay. From Wordnik.com. [Spun-Yarn and Spindrift] Reference
As I went down to Dublin quay. From Wordnik.com. [Spun-Yarn and Spindrift] Reference
Here at the quay are the lighters to ferry the men out. ". From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Midshipman Easy]
The "quay" is no longer "rude," as when "The Abbot" was written, and is crowded with the green boats of the Loch Leven Company. From Wordnik.com. [Angling Sketches] Reference
Hotel -- she knew: a big stone facade on the quay. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Almost immediately there are shouts and excitement all along the quay. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
An admirable model of the quay of the copper-mining company of the Rio. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
The crosses, the coffin, the banners, seemed to leap on the deserted quay. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Prerolles a telegram, which had been received the evening before at the quay. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Sidonie shaded her eyes with her hand as she watched the people passing on the quay. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It rushes along in a narrow blue torrent compressed between a quay and a line of houses. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
No sooner, therefore, did I alight at the Inn, than I went down to the quay, and there as. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
He and colleagues on the quay say a Wetherspoon's would be as much a place to eat as drink. From Wordnik.com. [Is Lymington the snootiest town in Britain?] Reference
Susie, Betting, and the children waited on the quay at Havre for the arrival of his steamer. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The vehicle hurried them quickly along toward the quay, crossed the Seine, the Carrousel, and passed before the. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Last month, 74 percent of a new batch of "luxury" flats along the quay were snapped up their first day on the market. From Wordnik.com. [The World's New Culture Meccas] Reference
In the painful monotony of her thought, she listened to the rolling of wagons which at long intervals passed on the quay. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She recognized Robert Le Menil, who, having followed her from the quay, was stopping her at the most quiet and secure place. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
At the corner of the short street which goes to the quay, between two lines of small gardens, Madame Martin walked more slowly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He was walking along the quay, limping, with his hat on the back of his head, his beard unkempt, and dragging an old carpet-bag. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She rides, goes to the races in her carriage, and drives her husband at the same rate as her little phaeton on the quay at Asnieres. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
They were following the stone parapet surmounted by a hedge of boxwood, which entirely hides the ugliness of the buildings on the quay. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It pleased me to leave them alone before the fire, and to go out on the quay to dream, leaning on the parapet and looking at the water. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
These famous promenades, or rather parks under cover, have a frontage of a mile and a half along the quay, with a depth of nearly 500 feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Dominion in 1983] Reference
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