Ages ago -- even before the Romans had entered Gaul -- what we call Cherbourg is believed to have attracted. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866] Reference
It seems that the Alabama arrived in Cherbourg on the. From Wordnik.com. [The Fight Between the Alabama and the Kearsarge off Cherbourg] Reference
They send over quantities via Cherbourg, which is only twenty minutes off by rail. From Wordnik.com. [Chateau and Country Life in France] Reference
(Soundbite of song "Cherbourg") Mr. CONDON: (Singing) And afar from you is a long way down, I found a better way in your arms. From Wordnik.com. [Beirut Blares Gypsy Brass in 'Flying Club Cup'] Reference
Grignard was born in Cherbourg on May 6, 1871. From Wordnik.com. [Victor Grignard - Biography] Reference
The Alabama made her appearance in Cherbourg. From Wordnik.com. [The Ship Kent] Reference
Cherbourg, when it was in the hands of the English. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
Barfleur and Cherbourg were visited only by the fleet. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)] Reference
There are few objects of interest in the town of Cherbourg. From Wordnik.com. [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference
Rostafinski: Mem. de la Soc. des Sc.Nat. de Cherbourg, 1875. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887] Reference
Arrives, as from Dieppe and Cherbourg, at the station of the. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
A fair wind conveyed us in six hours from Poole to Cherbourg. From Wordnik.com. [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference
Cherbourg, where Millet took refuge with his family during the. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896] Reference
Cherbourg, England views it in the light of a perpetual menace. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863] Reference
"I am taking some deserters to Cherbourg, monsieur," I continued. From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
She crossed the Atlantic, traveled swiftly down from Cherbourg to. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
At a supper in Cherbourg on Saturday night, several officers of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Kearsarge and Alabama] Reference
Cherbourg; lines to the north coast of South America -- to Venezuela; to. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Ship Subsidies] Reference
On our return to Cherbourg we visited the lace school of the Sœurs de la. From Wordnik.com. [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference
It is sent from Cherbourg and says simply, 'Shall be with you Friday morning.'. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
At Cherbourg, millions of francs have been spent in attempting to make a harbour. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843] Reference
I had made up my mind to try and obtain the document between Bremen and Cherbourg. From Wordnik.com. [The Secrets of the German War Office] Reference
It was at 10 a.m. when the regiment arrived at the British Rest Camp at Cherbourg. From Wordnik.com. [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference
Such is this remarkable stronghold which is rising to completion opposite Cherbourg. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863] Reference
Cherbourg, a safe harbor, ample means of repair, and frowning guns to repel all invaders. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863] Reference
Cherbourg, and when the liner pulled into the French harbor nothing had been accomplished. From Wordnik.com. [The Secrets of the German War Office] Reference
A correspondent of "The Times" saw her when she put into Cherbourg on the way down Channel. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
The enemy had three large class frigates fitting out at Havre de Grace and two others at Cherbourg. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
BUILDUPHitler assumed that his enemies would first try to capture a major port such as Calais or Cherbourg. From Wordnik.com. [D-DAY] Reference
The Gallic Fleet have gone to Cherbourg -- as if they had not had enough "cheers" before leaving England!. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 29, 1891] Reference
That, at Cherbourg, France, Jan. 12, 1836, was seen a luminous body, seemingly two-thirds the size of the moon. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
The millions which the present Emperor has spent on Cherbourg afford a mere titillation to his ambitious spirit. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
"Then I hope that we shall after all make our voyage to Cherbourg in safety," I said with an air of satisfaction. From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
Cherbourg they met with very bad weather and had to put in to Brixham for repairs, by which they were delayed three weeks. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in Tristan da Cunha] Reference
I remember going down to the Gare Maritime one day before the Hospital ship left for Cherbourg, where they were all taken. From Wordnik.com. [Fanny Goes to War] Reference
He will take you to Marseilles, and if you need him he will go with you to Paris, Cherbourg, or London -- whichever you wish. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheik] Reference
If you take your map, you will perceive, facing Cherbourg, and projecting from the southern coast of England, the little island of. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863] Reference
Millet returned to Cherbourg, this time to the studio of one Langlois, a pupil of Gros, who was the principal painter of the little city. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896] Reference
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