Pultowa, -- was thrown into the list of third-rate nations. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861] Reference
As a boy, I have seen it ranked only as a third-rate seaport. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Old Liverpool] Reference
Pegasus, a third-rate of forty-eight guns, and ordered to the. From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
A few second and third-rate people had made a formal call, or left a card. From Wordnik.com. [The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family] Reference
There are numerous second - and third-rate hotels in the city and suburbs. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
The place wouldn't be classed higher than a third-rate cafe on Earth, but on. From Wordnik.com. [A Spaceship Named McGuire] Reference
I do riot at all want to turn out a generation of third-rate writing amateurs. From Wordnik.com. [Cambridge Essays on Education] Reference
Then a third-rate actress with a fiery temper named Lan Ping came into their orbit. From Wordnik.com. [What I Learned From China's Angelina Jolie] Reference
To you or me he would have looked like what he was, a second or third-rate tragedian. From Wordnik.com. [Cruel Barbara Allen From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference
The street itself is but of third-rate character, and the houses are but of a common stamp. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
In a sense, perhaps, it is true that England was still reckoned as no more than a third-rate. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
But her neighbors tossed their heads, and said they were only third-rate people who went there. From Wordnik.com. [The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family] Reference
I was the fill-in Nation editor at the time of the 'third-rate burglary' that started it all. '. From Wordnik.com. [THE EDITOR'S DESK] Reference
The crowds in the third-rate arenas have thinned, but he still lives for their roar of approval. From Wordnik.com. [A Perfect Casting Call] Reference
But now my arguments seemed hollow to myself, mere rhetoric, and even that of third-rate quality. From Wordnik.com. [A Girl Among the Anarchists] Reference
Most of these second - and third-rate universities have passed away or have been merged in others. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876] Reference
It won't immediately get rid of third-rate principals or make sure your first grader knows how to read. From Wordnik.com. [Give The Pols A Gold Star] Reference
At last they came to a third-rate house, when a rough, common-looking woman opened the door and shutter. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Readings for the Home Circle] Reference
Americas undergraduates will not get a first-rate education as long as their teachers have third-rate jobs. From Wordnik.com. [Where's My Professor?] Reference
IT WAS OBVIOUSLY NEVER just the "" third-rate burglary attempt '' that Richard Nixon's White House first maintained. From Wordnik.com. [The Scandal Last Time] Reference
The good soil would soon be taken up, and in the days of a primitive mode of culture third-rate land would be valueless. From Wordnik.com. [The Customs of Old England] Reference
The daughter of a strolling third-rate actor, who goes barnstorming about the country, and she has been on the stage, too. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics] Reference
I'd rather be running a little, third-rate detective agency as I am, making just enough to get along, and have a lot of friends. From Wordnik.com. [The Brand of Silence A Detective Story] Reference
Well -- at least since Tif flunked his emotional I've been getting the idea that possibly I've been playing on a third-rate team. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
That the land and sea forces should be increased; and of the latter, a third-rate man-o'-war should be stationed on the west coast. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
At times the warring parties look no better than third-rate Savonarolas baying after second-rate daubers, scribblers and shutterbugs. From Wordnik.com. [Fine Art Or Foul?] Reference
The list of his abuses goes far beyond the "third-rate burglary" at the Democratic National Committee's headquarters on June 17, 1972. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise And Fall And Rise And Fall And Rise Of N] Reference
In the matter of tennis, Toni, who had only played occasionally at a third-rate suburban club, was at first no match for them; but the two. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Soul] Reference
It is grown exclusively as an agricultural or field turnip; but is very liable to rot; soon becomes spongy; and can only be classed as third-rate, even for feeding stock. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
The houses and all the streets in Liverpool were just as we see in third-rate country towns, having bowed shop-windows, or square ones, projecting from the side of the house. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Old Liverpool] Reference
This Siberian world, where vast wildernesses still remain to be explored, has a foreign trade surpassed by that of many a third-rate European seaport, such as Dover or Boulogne. From Wordnik.com. [Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers] Reference
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