de la Rue

[ del-uh-roo, del-uh-roo ]

noun

1. Warren, 1815–89, English astronomer and inventor.

Example Sentences

Charles de la Rue, a French Jesuit, died; distinguished as an orator and poet and a professor of belles-lettres.

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He leaned out of the window, and observed coming from the path which led to the Bû de la Rue a boy pushing a wheelbarrow.

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Leaving the promontory of the Bû de la Rue behind, the Cashmere glided on upon the waters.

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The objects of their institution very much resemble those of the Socit de la Rue Picpus.

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Il aime les livres qui font semblant d'aller dans le monde: ce livre vient de la rue.

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