Davys
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Tha wert so ready wi' thy gab about th' Davys this mornin' I thowt happen tha'd loike to say sum-mat more if a mon ud gi' yo' a chance.
From That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Until anthropology produces her Daltons and Davys we must fumble in this corner, just as the old alchemists fumbled for centuries before the dawn of chemistry.
From Mankind in the Making by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Bishop Davys died in 1864, and in 1865 the death of King Leopold occurred.
From In the Days of Queen Victoria by Eva March Tappan
Mr. Davys, her "good, kind master," as she called him, heard her practice her speech; then she was made ready for the ceremony.
From In the Days of Queen Victoria by Eva March Tappan
The late Bishop Wilberforce was told by Dr. Davys an interesting anecdote of his former pupil.
From Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 by Sarah Tytler
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