setting-out

Example Sentences

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Hence, therefore, I returned home with the intention of remaining there quietly for a few months before setting-out to seek my fortune.

From Wilfrid Cumbermede by MacDonald, George

So this scene of my life may be said to have begun in theft, and ended in luxury; a sad setting-out, and a worse coming home.

From The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton by Defoe, Daniel

Therefore it is best to adhere to the dear old rules for the dear old game, and only thank Fate with special reverence when sea-breezes or country zephyrs float around one's own personal setting-out.

From In a Mysterious Way by Warner, Anne

He enter’d into the Service very young, and distinguished himself at his first setting-out, so that he really owes his Advancement more to his Services and Merit, than to Fortune.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

I should like to emphasise the importance of the setting-out work necessary for brush-drawing.

From The Practice and Science of Drawing by Speed, Harold