setting-out
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He had shaken hands, perhaps not altogether graciously, with every one else, even with the deaf-and-dumb gardener who came out of his hiding-place to witness the setting-out.
From Old Lady Number 31 by Forsslund, Louise
On the morning of Baldassare's setting-out for the Mantuan road, La Testolina—at that time much and unhealthily in Fra Battista's hire—came breathless to the Via Stella.
From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
In Paimpol again, on the last day of February, before the setting-out for Iceland.
From An Iceland Fisherman by Cambon, M. Jules
The first preparation for our setting-out was, that the captain's half-pike was placed near the coachman, and a drum behind the coach.
From Days with Sir Roger De Coverley by Steele, Richard, Sir
It was not until they were at the mouth of the harbour that something occurred which seemed likely to turn this brave setting-out into ridicule.
From The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by Black, William
