Her mother came of a clerical Walloon family, and was the divorced wife of a professor in Leyden University. From Wordnik.com. [Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: Part IV] Reference
The old folks, who could not cross the Atlantic, remained in Leyden until they died and some were buried in St. Pancras and St. Peter's. From Wordnik.com. [Jacqueline of the Carrier-Pigeons] Reference
THE middle of August found the conditions in Leyden in no way improved but rather the worse, being just so many weeks nearer starvation. From Wordnik.com. [Jacqueline of the Carrier-Pigeons] Reference
It was an electrical bottle called the Leyden jar. From Wordnik.com. [True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin] Reference
We're here to check up on Gordon and call Leyden's hand when he arrives. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
How did there come into existence the "magical bottle" known as the Leyden jar?. From Wordnik.com. [True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin] Reference
In the i8th century, methods were discovered for concentrating electricity in what was called a Leyden jar. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
Meantime the weather continued stifling and unbearable, and sickness, death and the plague raged in Leyden. From Wordnik.com. [Jacqueline of the Carrier-Pigeons] Reference
If in Leyden on October 3, one will see. From Wordnik.com. [Jacqueline of the Carrier-Pigeons] Reference
In memory of faithful services in Leyden. From Wordnik.com. [Jacqueline of the Carrier-Pigeons] Reference
A typographical error in Arber (p. 317) directs the letter to "Leyden" instead of to London. From Wordnik.com. [The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete] Reference
"What Leyden has had can't be brought back," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
Leyden flushed to his hair roots, then paled with fury. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
Rembrandt the painter was born at Leyden, in a wind mill. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
Leyden that you and your company are about to leave Leyden. From Wordnik.com. [The Landing of the Pilgrims] Reference
He says Leyden drops in about sundown whenever he's in town. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
Leyden is a city of something like fifty-five thousand people. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
But how in thunder did Leyden get so solid with the little lady?. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
In 1740, at Leyden, was discovered the jar which bears that name. From Wordnik.com. [Electricity for Boys] Reference
Houten aims to empty Gordon out, euchre Leyden, and give the good. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
Let us look at the familiar illustration of charging a Leyden jar. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
London and Paris were equal and much superior to Berlin and Leyden. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
Then Little whispered: "And who d 'ye suppose Leyden is, after all?". From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
It was when Leyden was holding out against the Spaniards, led by Valdez. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Leyden and Amsterdam as quickly recall to our minds the name of Rembrandt. From Wordnik.com. [Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer] Reference
Museum at Leyden you will see some pieces of wood full of little tiny holes. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
And Leyden assures us that all these varieties were originally called Idaan. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
A facsimile of this grand manuscript was published by Sijthoff, Leyden, 1906. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
Such frank, unsophisticated loveliness was tender prey for the likes of Leyden. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
Christopher Poret at Leyden, July 6, 1599, this being the earliest recorded sale. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
I'm not blaming Schwartz and Leyden for hedging -- they'd be fools if they didn't. From Wordnik.com. [Reality Bites] Reference
Many of the best men of England have studied at Leyden; and if you read the lives of. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
The Leyden jar brought electrical effects of quite unexpected intensity within reach. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
But I'd feel easier about it if I knew that Leyden is actually the dog you say he is. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
Mission people an object lesson on bad men in general, with Leyden as the horrible example. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
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