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Sentences starting with van

Van Blaricom, who wore a long gold watch-chain, now took it off and offered it to the chief, motioning him to put it round his neck. [11]
Van der Werff was still speaking. [10]
Van Boodle, E. Van Boodle, Heister, Booster, etc., etc. [6]
Van Hout, who understood the Castilian language in which they were written, hastily read them. [10]
Van Blaricom nodded to us nonchalantly, saying: "It's all right--she's Totimalu, the Queen. [11]
Van der Werff suffered him to do so, stroked the youth's hair, and said smiling: "Like Leonhard, wife, just like our Leonhard. [10]
Van Blaricom was smoking a cigar, and was writing on a piece of paper, using the back of a Pango Wango man as a desk. [11]
Van Dorn had promised to extend the hint to us. [5]
Van der Werff placed it at his disposal for this purpose, and there certainly was no man in Leyden more capable than the German of supplying worthy Allertssohn's place. [10]
Van Nostrand, Jun., of New Jersey. [5]

Sentences ending with van

I had risen quite early, and found the Celebrity's man superintending the hoisting of luggage on top of a van. [9]
There was no carriage in sight--only a loaded butcher's cart, a road-cleaner, and a heavily loaded van. [11]
Consider this: while all England is marching against us, who is in the van? [5]

Short sentences using van

Adrian Van der Werff. [10]
Holloa--Frau Van der Werff! [10]
Pollen and van Dam. [1]
With Mrs. Van Cortlandt. [4]

Sentences containing van two or more times

We have seen with what astonishment the old Dutch scholar, Groen van Prinsterer, looked upon a man who had wrestled with authors like Bor and Van Meteren, who had grappled with the mightiest folios and toiled undiscouraged among half-illegible manuscript records. [6]
Burgomaster Van der Werff went home with Commissioner Van Bronkhorst. [10]
The inflammable, restless Van Hout took the first part, the slow, steadfast Van der Werff, with mighty impressiveness, the second. [10]
The doors of the White Gate now opened; Commissioner Van Bronkhorst, Van der Werff, Van Hout and other leaders of the community accompanied the British colonel and his trumpeter to the bridge. [10]
The violet of the commissioner's dress and the dark hues of the fur-bordered surcoats worn by the elder Herr Van der Does and Herr Van Montfort blended pleasantly and harmonized the light and dark shades. [10]
Captain Van Duivenvoorde soothingly interposed, when Van der Laen, who was conscious of never deviating far from the truth, angrily repelled the old man's jesting insinuations. [10]
The two Van der Does, by the same letter, were appointed the Prince's commissioners in place of the late Herr Van Bronkhorst. [10]
That valiant chieftain came fearlessly on at the head of a phalanx of oyster-fed Pavonians and a corps de reserve of the Van Arsdales and Van Bummels, who had remained behind to digest the enormous dinner they had eaten. [4]
Commissioner Van Bronkhorst, Burgomaster Van der Werff, and two other magistrates, clad in festal attire, stood under a group of beautiful linden-trees to receive the oaths of the men and youths, who flocked to the spot. [10]
He and Van Buren are the same "manner of men"; and, like Van Buren, he will never desert you till you first desert him. [7]

More example sentences with the word van in them

If you are young Matanesse Van Wibisma, you have nothing to fear from me. [10]
Paul Van Swieten's wound was slight. [10]
Young Van Dam would go with him. [4]
A thin hand, without any preliminary knock, now opened the door and old Fraulein Van Hoogstraten walked up to her niece. [10]
While the minister withdrew to the writing table, the Emperor asked whether a trustworthy horseman could be had, since the Spaniard was disabled; and Reitzenstein, Beust, and Van der Kapellen, in whom implicit confidence could be placed, had been sent off that morning. [10]
I'll go home with Fran Van Hout and come again tomorrow, if agreeable to you. [10]
Fraulein Van Hoogstraten will be glad to hear, through you, from her father. [10]
Burgomaster Van Swieten's wife had heard from her own husband, that the Englishmen, without making any resistance, had surrendered the beautiful new fort of Valkenburg and taken to their heels, at the mere sight of the Spaniards. [10]
At Easter the whole city learned that Don Luis d'Avila had eloped with the beautiful Anna Van Hoogstraten, after killing her betrothed bridegroom in a duel on Maundy-Thursday at Hals on his way to Brussels--scarcely twenty-four hours before the wedding. [10]
In a little while Van Dorn arrived and confirmed the news; and so we gathered in our cabin and with heads close together arranged our plans in impressive whispers. [5]
Do you know whether Fraulein Van Hoogstraten--" "Up there," replied Georg, pointing towards the ceiling. [10]
Fran Van der Werff, you have been kept waiting a long time, please follow me. [10]
Peter Van der Werff did not follow her, but went quietly into his study and strove to reflect upon many things, that concerned his office, but his thoughts constantly reverted to Maria. [10]
But at times we also breathed a prayer--a prayer that somebody or something would come and carry off Van Blaricom, whose satire, born and nurtured in Chicago, was ever turned against Hawaii and all that therein was. [11]
This, by the way, is a casual remark, which I would not, for the universe, have it thought I apply to Governor Van Twiller. [4]
His longest discussion was with Herr Van Hout, who had come to him, not only to ask questions and tell what occurred, but also to make complaints. [10]
Mr. Van Brunt was here all the morning. [4]
The little band was admitted to the city and welcomed at the first houses of the northern end by Herr Van Bronkhorst and the burgomaster. [10]
Mr. Van Dusen wants to know why Maud S. is like a salamander? [4]
While ordering the waiter to bring him a mug of beer, Captain Allertssohn appeared with Junker von Warmond, who had taken part in the consultation at Peter Van der Werff's, and bravely earned his captain's sash two years before at the capture of Brill. [10]
It would be very pleasant to strike hands with the Fremonters of Iowa, who have led the van so splendidly, in this grand charge which we hope and believe will end in a most glorious victory. [7]
Why you're Rip Van Winkle in a petticoat! [6]
But Sherman and Van Vliet know everything concerning Grant; and if you tell them how you want to use the facts, both of them will testify. [5]
Charley Langdon, Jack Van Nostrand, Dan and I, (all Quaker City night-hawks,) had a blow-out at Dan's' house and a lively talk over old times. [5]
There were the Van Kortlandts, posted at a distance, like the Locrian archers of yore, and plying it most potently with the long-bow, for which they were so justly renowned. [4]
It's old Fraulein Van Hoogstraten's steward. [10]
She induced Junker Van Hoogstraten, whom she held as firmly as a farrier holds a filly, to defer the wedding until Easter. [10]
Here died Jan van Eyck, the father of oil painting; and here, in the hospital of St. John, are the most celebrated pictures of Hans Memling. [4]
I liked Doctor Van Dyke's poem. [5]
No offence, Frau Van der Werft; but the Junker will escort you home as safely as I--and you, Herr von Dornburg--" "I am at your service," replied Georg, and went out into the street with the young wife. [10]
But, sir," continued Van der Werff, softening the impatience in his voice, "were you not young yourself once? [10]
The older Herr Van der Does clapped Peter on the shoulder and then struck the palm of his hand with his fist, as if to say: "I won't question that! [10]
He told Mr. Van Brunt to consult me and go ahead with his plans. [4]
The gallows Herr Van Bronkhorst had erected for men like you, is still standing by the Blue Stone. [10]
Burlingame and Van Valkenburgh were on their way to their posts, and their coming to the islands just at this time proved a most important circumstance to Mark Twain. [5]
They wear green twigs in their helmets, and the Eletto is marching in the van, bearing the standard. [10]
In 1873 Mark Twain led the van of the debunkers, scraping the gilt off the lily in the Gilded Age. [5]
I must go to Van Hout, who lives close by, and will send the German to you. [10]
Mr. Lamborn refers to the late elections in the States, and from their results confidently predicts that every State in the Union will vote for Mr. Van Buren at the next Presidential election. [7]
Have the kindness to summon them, Herr Van Hout. [10]
Mr. Lincoln proceeded to rally the Buffalo convention for forbearing to say anything--after all the previous declarations of those members who were formerly Whigs--on the subject of the Mexican War, because the Van Burens had been known to have supported it. [7]
If you want to please me, Frau Van der Werff keep on talking, no matter what you say. [10]
He was permitted to pay only a short visit to Henrica, and did not see his father at all, the latter having gone to a night council at Herr Van Bronkhorst's. [10]
Barbara especially desired to hear particulars about the mother of Margaret of Parma, the wife of Ottavio Farnese, that Johanna Van der Gheynst who gave this daughter to the Emperor. [10]
Here Rembrandt is to be seen in his glory; here Van der Helst, Jan Steen, Gerard Douw, Teniers the younger, Hondekoeter, Weenix, Ostade, Cuyp, and other names as familiar. [4]
He had come to announce the death of Commissioner Dietrich Van Bronkhorst. [10]
He means, by these words, something like the Archxus of Van Helmont, of which he discourses in a style wonderfully resembling that of Mr. Jenkinson in the "Vicar of Wakefield. [3]
Three days after, these joyful events were celebrated by a splendid banquet at Herr Van der Werff's house. [10]
Eugenie, watching at the window across the street, ran to tell her father, who came out on his steps and reviled the van with all the fluency of his French ancestors. [9]
The marquise was the wife of the man, who broke his plighted faith to the young Fraulein Van Hoogstraten. [10]
We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith. [9]
The steward led the van with Herse, talking freely in reply to her enquiries. [10]
Wilhelm came from the Van der Werff house, where he had learned that the next day but one, June fourteenth, would be the burgomaster's birthday. [10]
She had heard the news from Frail Van Hout and the wives of other citizens. [10]
The deputy closed the lid, and sent out to the van for a truck. [9]
The work of the learned M. Groen van Prinsterer,--[Maurice et Barnevelt, Etude Historique. [6]
What most excited the gentlemen was the news Van Hout had brought. [10]
I cannot remember the gentleman's precise language; but I do remember he put Van Buren down, down, till he got him where he was finally to "stink" and "rot. [7]
We swung through the gate in great style, with a vast accession of noise, the most of which was laughter, and soon our van was over the river and moving down against the Tourelles. [5]
As soon as the door had closed behind him, Van der Werff, threw himself into his arm-chair and covered his face with his hands. [10]
Aunt Cynthy was the daughter of a Gipsy--they say the only Gipsy in that part of the country at the time--who used to buy and sell horses, and travel in a big van as comfortable as a house. [11]
It had reached the city too late, but on Saturday evening Janus Dousa and Captain Van der Laen were actively engaged, summoning every one capable of bearing arms to appear early Sunday morning. [10]
The ringing of the alarm-bell in the tower also disturbed the night's rest of the ladies in the Van der Werff household. [10]
Thus it is that in the work of M. Groen van Prinsterer, from which I have quoted, he is considered as having been betrayed into error, while his critic recognizes "his manifest desire to be scrupulously impartial and truth-telling. [6]
He was a tavern-keeper, in whose inn he had once met Herr Matanesse Van Wibisma. [10]
Old Baltus Van Tassel was a perfect picture of a thriving, contented, liberal-hearted farmer. [4]
She had had suspicions about her daughter ever since the Van Cortlandt dinner. [4]
The man who stood before them was no teacher in the school, but the city clerk, Van Hout, who, to-day filled the place of his sick friend, Verstroot, master of arts and preacher. [10]
Richard Harding Davis spoke yesterday of Clara's impersonations at Mrs. Van Rensselaer's here and said they were a wonderful piece of work. [5]
He stammered out something about the weather and the coming spring, and made an allusion to the dinner at Mrs. Van Cortlandt's. [4]
Will Jacob Van Sloten rent you the meadow? [10]
The sun never shone brighter, there was never such singing in her heart, as on the morning when she was free to go to Mrs. Van Cortlandt's and throw herself into the arms of her dear governess and talk of Philip. [4]
Her name, she says, is Myrtle Hazard, but I call her Rip Van Myrtle. [6]
Mr. Van Dusen says he keeps his apartments in whatever street it is off Piccadilly, it's so much more convenient. [4]
Nicolas Van Wibisma sat silently, with his letter in his lap, beside a target opposite the spot where the oath was taken, but sorrowful, bitter emotions were seething in his breast. [10]
And Van Dam said that sooner or later all men went ashore. [4]
Anson Burlingame, U. S. Minister to China, and Gen. Van Valkenburgh, Minister to Japan, with their families and suites, have just arrived here en route. [5]
It is a Rip Van Winkle experiment which I am promising myself. [6]
It did not require much self-denial, perhaps, to decline the candidacy for mayor of New York, or the honor of standing for Congress; but he put aside also the distinction of a seat in Mr. Van Buren's cabinet as Secretary of the Navy. [4]
There he briefly requested him to go to his house, for they had an important communication to make, and then went to Van Hout's residence, which was close beside the inn. [10]
To these, if report may be believed, are we indebted for the invention of slap-jacks, or buckwheat-cakes.--Then the Van Higginbottoms, of Wapping's creek. [4]
Such was the renowned Wouter Van Twiller,--a true philosopher, for his mind was either elevated above, or tranquilly settled below, the cares and perplexities of this world. [4]
The travellers were received at the Hohenort Gate by Captain Van Duivenvoorde, preceded by an old sergeant, carrying a lantern, who opened the gate. [10]
Peter had assigned quarters to the English soldiers outside, and after a consultation with the new commandant, Jan Van der Does, gave them officers. [10]
The task of providing quarters for Captain Cromwell and the other Englishmen and Netherlanders, who had remained faithful, was assigned to Van Hout. [10]
M. Groen van Prinsterer, "the learned and distinguished" editor of the "Archives et Correspondance" of the Orange and Nassau family, published a considerable volume, before referred to, in which many of Motley's views are strongly controverted. [6]
It is not permissible for any but the very young and innocent to be so easily beguiled as you and Van Dyke have been. [5]
Some of these painted walls reminded me somewhat of the tall van, plastered with fanciful bills and posters, that follows the bandwagon of a circus about a country village. [5]
Ian Belward had painted them and their van in the hills of Auvergne, and had persuaded her to sit for a picture. [11]
In the South Pacific, a thousand miles from land, Van Blaricom was redolent of new-mown hay and heliotrope. [11]
The under-graduates of Oxford who hooted their admiration of the shy author when he appeared in the theater to receive his complimentary degree perhaps understood this, and expressed it in their shouts of "Diedrich Knickerbocker," "Ichabod Crane," "Rip Van Winkle. [4]
We observe that our contemporary of the Mud Springs Morning Howl has fallen into the error of supposing that the election of Van Werter is not an established fact, but he will have discovered his mistake before this reminder reaches him, no doubt. [5]
Klaus Van Aken, or as he preferred to be called, Nicolaus Aquanus, was a singular man, who had received good gifts from more than one of the Olympians; for besides his business he zealously devoted himself to science and several of the arts. [10]
Two messengers had only too thoroughly confirmed Baron Matanesse Van Wibisma's communication. [10]
The farm had on it a small stone Dutch cottage, built about a century before, and inhabited by one of the Van Tassels. [4]
On the shabby old belfry-tower is the gilt dragon which Philip van Artevelde captured, and brought in triumph from Bruges. [4]
Jack Van Nostrand of this letter is "Jack" of the Innocents. [5]
During this period of the sorest distress, Van der Werff was passing down the "broad street. [10]
On the afternoon of the sixteenth of May, Burgomaster Van der Werff's wife was examining chests and boxes. [10]
In the entry of the house Maria met Wilhelm's mother, and promised her she would consult with Frau Van Hout that very day, concerning the extortion practised by the market-men. [10]

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