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Definition of Isles
1. isle [v] - See also: isle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Isles
Literary usage of Isles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1904)
"In this letter, as in the unscrupulous care with which he had compassed the
seizure of the Ionian isles by means of Venetian vessels, we mark what might be ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"THE ANNUAL RAINFALL OF THE BRITISH isles.» DR. ... another valuable contribution
to the geography of the British isles in this new paper. ..."
3. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"... Falkland isles, we determined to put in there and endeavor to replenish our
casks, and the captain caused the anchors to be got ready. ..."
4. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by John Gibson Lockhart (1848)
"Progress of the Lord of the isles — Correspondence with Mr Joseph Train — Rapid
... BY the llth of November, then, the Lord of the isles had made great ..."
5. A History of England for High Schools and Academies by Katharine Coman, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall (1899)
"The British isles. — The home of the English people is a group of islands ...
The area of the British isles is one hundred and twenty thousand square miles, ..."
6. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1905)
"THE MONKS' TREASURE, by GEORGE HORTON, is a tale of adventure in the Grecian
isles, suffused with color, desperately exciting, exhaling the fine flavor of ..."
7. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1904)
"In this letter, as in the unscrupulous care with which he had compassed the
seizure of the Ionian isles by means of Venetian vessels, we mark what might be ..."
8. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"THE ANNUAL RAINFALL OF THE BRITISH isles.» DR. ... another valuable contribution
to the geography of the British isles in this new paper. ..."
9. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"... Falkland isles, we determined to put in there and endeavor to replenish our
casks, and the captain caused the anchors to be got ready. ..."
10. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by John Gibson Lockhart (1848)
"Progress of the Lord of the isles — Correspondence with Mr Joseph Train — Rapid
... BY the llth of November, then, the Lord of the isles had made great ..."
11. A History of England for High Schools and Academies by Katharine Coman, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall (1899)
"The British isles. — The home of the English people is a group of islands ...
The area of the British isles is one hundred and twenty thousand square miles, ..."
12. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1905)
"THE MONKS' TREASURE, by GEORGE HORTON, is a tale of adventure in the Grecian
isles, suffused with color, desperately exciting, exhaling the fine flavor of ..."
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