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Sentences starting with whence

Whence the piper was paid I knew not, and the bailiff cared not. [9]
Whence then to-day this wild sensitiveness and eager desire to fight? [10]
Whence she came they had not been able to find out, but they said she talked like a Southerner. [5]
Whence comes the soft wind that comforts it, who can tell? [11]
Whence he had procured this garment was not hard to divine, for imperial servants had distributed them in numbers among the crowd. [10]
Whence came the planks yonder, if they were not stripped from the floor of some room? [10]
Whence it is plain that the first thing to do is to find out where the head lies. [6]
Whence did she obtain this cool judgment? [10]
Whence had the nimble fellow come so quickly? [10]
Whence this knowledge?--for it was knowledge. [9]

Sentences ending with whence

Ah, from whence? [11]

Short sentences using whence

And whence are ye? [5]
Whence came your commission? [11]
Whence shall they come? [7]
Whence did it come? [4]
Whence did they come? [10]
Whence had the argument come? [9]
Whence is it? [6]
Whence came it? [5]
Whence came he? [11]

More example sentences with the word whence in them

And I command you to assign a place in London whence you may be reached. [9]
It was a world to see how the nobles preferred to gold and silver, which abounded, the new Venice glass, whence a great trade sprang up with Murano that made many rich. [4]
The piece of work was only half unrolled, but Orion at once saw the spot whence its crowning glory was now missing--the large emerald which, as he alone could know, was on its way to Constantinople. [10]
A half-mad woman, without memory, knew again whence she came and whither she was going; and bewildered and happy, with a hungering tenderness, moved her hand over the head of her poor dwarf, as though she would know if he were truly her own son. [11]
The wind brought with it a suggestion of the pine-clad wastes of the northwestern wilderness whence it came, and that sure harbinger of autumn, the blue haze, settled around the hills, and benumbed the rays of the sun lingering over the crests. [9]
It was Royce who, in one illuminating sentence, solved for him the puzzle, pointed out whence his salvation had come. [9]
To save those who are down-trodden, to help those who labour for the good of the world, to--" she stopped short, for all at once she remembered- remembered whence his money came. [11]
Like a doe which comes forth from a thicket and finds her young grazing in the glade, she lifted her head and looked with brightest eyes away to the high road whence the call had come. [10]
For the source whence the Thug tales mainly came was a Government Report, and without doubt was not republished in America; it was probably never even seen there. [5]
In the circles whence she had been brought no one grudged another such things. [10]
But, no matter what might happen, the upas-tree whence emanated all these tortures, anxieties, and vexations, must be rooted out--stricken from the ranks of the living. [10]
But her thoughts were uncontrollable, she was drawn continually to the edge of that precipice which hung over the waters whence they had dragged her, never knowing when the vertigo would seize her. [9]
Few of them were in a position whence they might cast stones at Eldon Parr . [9]
Sleek, unwieldy porkers were grunting in the repose and abundance of their pens, whence sallied forth, now and then, troops of sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air. [4]
Once, indeed, we were fast on a sand-bar, whence (as Nick said) Xavier fairly cursed us off. [9]
And when, presently, we came to an open plot whence we might see a long piece of the forest path, and yet saw nought but a little charcoal burner's cart, meseemed as though a cold hand had been laid on my heart. [10]
I made my way along the wall, finally reaching a side aisle, whence I could get sight of the platform and the speaker. [9]
In the distance was the ancient, but still almost perfect Temple of Theseus, and close by, looking to the west, was the Bema, from whence Demosthenes thundered his philippics and fired the wavering patriotism of his countrymen. [5]
Her imagination, which was a spirit more sombre than sunny--more powerful than sportive--found in such traits material whence it wrought creations like Heathcliff, like Earnshaw, like Catherine. [14]
Four times he walked me up the road to a point whence we could see a long distance; and there he would stand, shading his eyes with his hand, and looking. [5]
In the shops under the Belfry, the great tower from whence the bell summoned the inhabitants when danger threatened, lay plenty of cloth for new doublets. [10]
Can it be true that a new planet has risen on the heaven, whence all stars seemed fast fading? [14]
Sometimes he climbed tree, and again he sent me to the upper branches, whence I surveyed a sea of tree-tops waving in the wind, and looked onward to where a green velvet hollow lay nestling on the western side of a saddle-backed ridge. [9]
She was riding toward the great man who longed to see her, and to whom--she herself scarcely knew whence she gained the courage--she felt that she belonged. [10]
And when Keraunus told him whence this or that specimen of his treasures had been obtained, he only murmured--"Indeed" or "Really. [10]
They had stood together on the heights of the larger view, whence the whole of the battle-line lay disclosed. [9]
To go back to the world whence he came, with the injury he must do to others, and the punishment also that he must suffer, if he did not tell the truth about Billy! [11]
She turned irresolutely to the shore whence she came: the dogs were lapping the water, and howling there. [4]
These went on to the pontoon, to its farthest end, and took their place on one side of the platform whence the Bride was to be cast into the river. [10]
Let them return to the place whence their mother started, where she received everything good which is still hers. [10]
I looked, not to the northeast whence the banks of cloud had risen, but to the southwest, and it seemed as though a little speck was there against the hurrying film of cloud. [9]
I went directly to the little tavern from whence the note had come, and remained an hour or more. [11]
Leostaf without him, to proceed up the river stealthily with the rest of the fleet to Cap Rouge, from whence the last great effort of the heroic Wolfe to effect a landing was to be made. [11]
Do you wish to lead us back to the cage whence the Almighty released us by a miracle? [10]
She never sought to know whence the man came; it was sufficient to know whither he had gone, and that he had been hers for a brief dream of life. [11]
This report seemed to be true, yet the Acharnanian coast, where the battle was said to have been fought, was so far from the southern point of the Peloponnesus, whence Antony's letter came, that it must have been written during the flight. [10]
Up to this time it is a vexation, nothing more--and it can and must remain so; for we have it in our power to uproot the poisonous tree whence it emanates. [10]
Now and then--but this is rare--one hears such words as piper for paper, lydy for lady, and tyble for table fall from lips whence one would not expect such pronunciations to come. [5]
The places for these interested persons were divided from the stage by a space for the orchestra, whence the stage was easily reached by steps up which the chorus were wont to mount to it. [10]
The anchorage of the yacht had been at a spot whence nearly the whole south of the lake towards Far Harbor was open, whilst a high tongue of land hid that part from us on the shore. [9]
But whence did the wonderful music proceed--Was she--and a shock of alarm thrilled her at the thought--was she numbered with the dead? [10]
But she knew the way, and had determined to follow the Danube and go along the woodlands to the tanner's pit, whence the Hiltner house was easily reached. [10]
After it passed, the visitors tried to reach Eagle Cliff, two miles off, whence an extensive western prospect is had, but were driven back by a tempest, and rain practically occupied the day. [4]
In front of the tent were planted in the ground three poles that met together at the top, whence depended a kettle. [4]
They looked toward the tamarisk-bushes, whence the cry proceeded, and Joshua saw the young widow turn pale and then point with a hasty gesture to the convicts. [10]
Without a word the Seigneur went to the door of the inn whence the sounds proceeded, and, without knocking, entered. [11]
We went to the quarry from whence the stones of Baalbec were taken. [5]
The portion of the Papyrus Ebers just mentioned is now the only Egyptian source from whence we can obtain instruction concerning this important branch of ancient medicine. [10]
Not content with the old European trade, they have sought out the East and West Indies, and likewise Cathay and Tartary, whence they pretend, from their now and then suspicious voyages, they bring home great commodities. [4]
At any rate the necessary deduction must be that the life of man ends in that nothingness whence everything in existence has proceeded. [10]
Their warehouses were the great distributing depots from whence the costly merchandise of the East was sent abroad over Europe. [5]
Whatever may be the development of affairs, we are and shall remain the source whence Rome draws the largest share of the knowledge which enriches her brain. [10]
But whence came the deep lines about her red mouth and the outer corners of her eyes? [10]
We stood on the ashy edge of the crater, the sharp edge sloping one way down the mountain, and the other into the bowels, whence the thick, stifling smoke rose. [4]
He gave orders that McGilveray should proceed at once aboard the flag-ship, from whence he should join Anstruther's regiment at Cap Rouge. [11]
I only know that I descend to the sea there by broad interior flights of steps, which lead through galleries and corridors, and high, vaulted passages, whence extend apartments and caves far reaching into the solid rock. [4]
The pirate protested that he did not know the position of the army--it might be at Taenarum, whence the captured ship came. [10]
She had heard that guards had been posted in all parts of the camp, with orders to sound the horn or strike the cymbal at the approach of the foe, until the men had flocked to the spot whence the warning first echoed. [10]
Long lines of surf poured over the arid desert, and, as if repelled by the desolation of this strand, returned to the wide sea whence they came. [10]
A wide, lofty structure, composed of masses of stalactites and unhewn blocks of stone, formed a deep grotto at the end of the hall, whence peered the gigantic head of a monster whose open jaws formed the fireplace of the chimney. [10]
Then he was stricken with leprosy, and was carried to the place from whence no leper returns. [11]
His punishment would still be heavy; but whence had come such a wondrous gift to mitigate it? [9]
A few swift steps carried her to the gate, whence she called him. [10]
Having never been States either in substance or in name outside of the Union, whence this magical omnipotence of "State rights," asserting a claim of power to lawfully destroy the Union itself? [7]
At first the spring had lost itself in a heap of moss-covered granite blocks and afterwards in the earth; but now the overflow and trickling away of the precious fluid had been stopped and a reservoir formed whence the cattle also could drink. [10]
She had for some minutes heard a murmuring sound which reached her from an inner chamber; but it was only by degrees that she collected herself so far as to listen more closely, to ascertain whence it came and what it could mean. [10]
No, I mean simply flattering attentions, let them come whence they may. [5]
We breakfasted in silence, and with the crew standing ready at the oars and Xavier scanning the wide expanse of waters ahead, seeking for that unmarked point whence to embark on this perilous journey, we floated down the stream. [9]
Now whence got she that marvelous insight? [5]
For a moment she stood like one transfixed, staring at the place whence he had vanished, then, with a moan, she sank in a heap on the floor, and rocked to and fro like one demented. [11]
He denounced the seditious doings in Annapolis and Boston Town with an air of easy familiarity, for Philip had the memory of a parrot, and 'twas easy to perceive whence his knowledge sprang. [9]
No procession, no scarlet save on the cardinals, no golden cross, no venerable priest's head on the whole pleasure ground, and, moreover, neither consecration nor the pious exhortation to remember Heaven, whence comes the joy in which the crowd is rejoicing. [10]
The address, 169 Rue de l'Universite, whence these letters are written, was the beautiful studio home of the artist Pomroy which they had taken for the winter. [5]
A rickety ladder rose to a kind of tower (cupola, I suppose it would be called), whence the bay spread out before me like a picture, the white islands edged with the whiter lacing of the waves. [9]
The dreaded voice repeated that word, and sent a thought that struck terror into her heart: Whence had come the substance of that charity? [9]
The gout would really have prohibited him from kneeling before the altar, whence the agonized face of the crucified Redeemer, carved in ivory by a great Florentine master, gazed at him, but he took this torture upon himself. [10]
Before the litters reached the little castle a gust of wind rose, driving large drops of rain, straw, and withered leaves-Barbara could not imagine whence they came in the month of May--into her face. [10]
I pray you question me not as to whence or how I know this thing, but be content that it is so. [5]
It might be provincial, it might be derived from the Latin; so that it accurately represented her idea, she did not mind whence it came; but this care makes her style present the finish of a piece of mosaic. [14]
The architect had presented Dion to the youths as the ghost of a dead man, who, as soon as he was asked whence he came or whither he was going, would be compelled to vanish in the form of a fly. [10]
On the topmost peak of Sinai whence the Pharanite sentinels were accustomed to watch the distance, a handkerchief was waving as a signal that the enemy were approaching. [10]
He and the other gentlemen were gazing at the oleander tree whence, before any one approached it, a groan of pain was heard. [10]
And flying in open day in the sight of all men, lays it upon the altar of the sun, and so returns from whence it came. [5]
Surprise Valley was only a little niche in the wide world whence blew that burdened wind. [13]
When she was once on board a ship, she would be obliged to submit to being carried to Spain, whence her return could easily be prevented. [10]
Let us stand on the little mound at the northeast of it, on the Olive Street Road, whence Captain Lyon's artillery commands it. [9]
We were now on the hills whence the water ran down to nourish the fat land, and I could scarce believe that the garden spot on which our eyes feasted could be the scene of the blood and suffering of which we had heard. [9]
At eleven o'clock on the following day we who were to receive degrees met at Balliol College, whence we proceeded in solemn procession to the Sheldonian Theatre. [6]
The broad acres of Wedderburn stretched across many highways, but the manor-house (as it had been called) stood on an eminence whence one could look for miles down the Yale of the Blue. [9]
Suddenly a blast of trumpets rang through the morning air; whence it came could not be seen, and yet it sounded close at hand. [10]
In the room of the mistress of the house whence I have just come, a fire was still blazing in which a variety of objects had been burned. [10]
All the corridors of the hotel were crowded with people waiting to get a glimpse of General Grant when he should pass to the place whence he was to review the great procession. [5]
This is business of the higher and almost immaterial sort, and has an element of faith in it, and, as one may say, belief in the unseen, whence it is characterized by an expression--"dealing in futures. [4]
Our poor stick of a King allowed his worthless advisers to persuade him to start back for Gien, whence he had set out when we first marched for Rheims and the Coronation! [5]
If he were not my brother I would send him to a place from whence none can return. [10]
As they came near to the landing-stage whence the ferry started, she wanted to know how old he should suppose the Roman leech to be; and again he avoided answering, for Galen was above eighty, and Serenus scarcely seventy. [10]
Caracalla was standing near a pillar at the window whence he might see without being seen. [10]
I had forgotten my eagerness to know whence they had heard of my plight, when some words from Comyn aroused me. [9]
Like to a mother bending o'er the bed Where sleeps, death-silent, one that left her side Ere he had reached the flow of manhood's tide, So stood I by my life whence Life had fled. [11]
O tell me, mistress Moon, whence came my love! [10]

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