Milles

[ mil-uh s ]

/ ˈmɪl əs /

CarlCarl Wilhelm Emil Anderson,1875–1955, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.

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Question 1 of 7

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To the west of this water-shed range the first lake we meet with is known as the Lac des Milles Lacs.
The Western World|W.H.G. Kingston
When there are milles & other deuises for the purpose, a commodity of them may be raised because there are infinite store.
A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land Of Virginia, 1590|Thomas Hariot
As Milles, to Saw great and very long Deale bordes, no man being by.
The Mathematicall Praeface to Elements of Geometrie of Euclid of Megara|John Dee
"Ma fois," "paroles d'honneur," "sacrs" and "milles tonnerres," flew thickly as bullets at Fontenoy.
Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast|Samuel Adams Drake

Malone must have set to work as soon as the books of Bryant and Milles appeared.12 At any rate, he rushed his essay into print.
Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782)|Edmond Malone