setting-out

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

Many of the Erisaig people would still be watching their setting-out; and was it to be supposed that they had taken this doited old body as one of the crew?

From The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by Black, William

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