The visitor must have a fund of intelligent imagination and a blind eye for incongruities and then his peregrinations will be a remembered pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference
Mimette followed its peregrinations as if mesmerised. From Wordnik.com. [Salvage for the Saint]
In the course of the peregrinations of this nobleman, he visited. From Wordnik.com. [The Virginians] Reference
Gulch, I overlooked one significant phase in his peregrinations. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
She repeated Amarilly's account of the peregrinations of the robe. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
Taft, but only a thin line shows the peregrinations and wanderings of. From Wordnik.com. [Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him] Reference
Remind me, though, to send a telegram before we begin our peregrinations. From Wordnik.com. [Here Lies Gloria Mundy]
I have traced and followed you upon the Maps through all your peregrinations. From Wordnik.com. [Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 15 April 1780] Reference
He was in the midst of his peregrinations when his daughter entered the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
When he left her to continue his peregrinations, she killed herself with his sword. From Wordnik.com. [A Princess Seeking a Voice] Reference
Finally, after many and various further peregrinations, it ended its travels at the sister. From Wordnik.com. [The Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales of the California Missions] Reference
I have now set out our peregrinations at length from the diaries we kept during the journey. From Wordnik.com. [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference
Or his peregrinations; he passed each of the five with a nod, a look, and smoothly moved on. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of His Own]
A Fanqui, or foreigner, finds himself much circumscribed in his peregrinations about Canton. From Wordnik.com. [Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas] Reference
She also confessed to having "a couple of drinks" prior to her possible post-prandial peregrinations. From Wordnik.com. [Crime Blotter] Reference
Normally my digital peregrinations take me to destinations like Facebook, YouTube and BOINGBOING. net. From Wordnik.com. [From Search Wars to Star Wars] Reference
I visited a house in which M. Nikovitz, who accompanied me in my peregrinations, had occupied an apartment. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915] Reference
But my chosen hours of conversation and repose, after all my peregrinations, will be devoted to my goddess. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
My wife and I, in our Eastern peregrinations, passed a few days at the particular beach frequented by the two mothers. From Wordnik.com. [On the Stairs] Reference
And I bethink me, too, that in the course of my peregrinations on this planet I have more than once heard the name of one. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
"I presume," said the Scythe-bearer, "our inter-planetary peregrinations are now pretty nearly at an end -- for this time?". From Wordnik.com. [Punch Among the Planets] Reference
And then saluting the other with the same stiff civility, he passed out of the hotel to continue his curious peregrinations. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Father Brown] Reference
I shall not occupy your time by describing Handel's peregrinations through Italy -- whereever he went his fame preceded him. From Wordnik.com. [Sketch of Handel and Beethoven Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864] Reference
Maigret dropped into an uncomfortable chair and began giving the details of his peregrinations in the course of the past two days. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Loner]
In these rapid peregrinations it would not have been easy for Mr. Archer to carry an infant with him; so, when his wife died and left. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference
England and Scotland, being now reunited in the ancient mother name of Britain, as a full period of all instability and peregrinations. From Wordnik.com. [The Advancement of Learning] Reference
Their peregrinations can be checked against the "Geo Fence" their employers draw up, circumscribing the area where their work is situated. From Wordnik.com. [A FUTURE WITH NOWHERE TO HIDE?] Reference
And, during our peregrinations, my hypochondria diminished (which plagued me woefully at home); and my health and spirits visibly improved. From Wordnik.com. [The Virginians] Reference
William H. Comstock must have first become established at Brockville, after extensive peregrinations through Canada West, around 1859 or 1860. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills] Reference
He was down at Allahabad now, following the seat of government on its peregrinations, as he put it, and I must stop off and celebrate with him. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman In The Great Game]
I'm just pointing out that there are reasons other than simply grovelling for votes behind Edwards 'peregrinations into the darkest hearts of Iowa. From Wordnik.com. [Yepsen: Don't Write Edwards Off] Reference
But in the fall Elder Weaver was sufficiently rejuvenated to enter the field again, and after conference he once more set out on his peregrinations. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Dodd] Reference
These impromptu ball-rooms rarely much exceed that size, but dozens of them may be found in the course of one's peregrinations around the large piazza. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876] Reference
In our peregrinations of the streets we have passed two statues neither of great merit but each perpetuating the memory of men of more than local fame. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference
I learnt him to walk upon his twa hinder legs, and to carry a stick in his right hand when he gaed out, the better to support him in his peregrinations. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827] Reference
During her peregrinations Zoska had behaved with complete indifference; when she was taken to a new place she would worry at first whether she would find work. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Polish Tales] Reference
It is interesting to know that the inventor of the Tank first planned that engine of warfare while watching the peregrinations of the armadillo at a travelling menagerie. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919] Reference
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