Usage examples for somerset
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Half
past
three
was
heard
booming
from
some
clock
tower
on
the
twelfth
day
of
June,
1913,
when
Mr.
King,
the
Liberal
representative
from
Somerset,
was
given
the
floor
in
the
House
of
Commons.
– The Secrets of the German War Office by Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves
-
In
January
news
was
received
of
the
victory
of
General
Thomas
at
Somerset,
Kentucky;
also
the
capture
of
Roanoke
Island,
by
General
Burnside,
and
immediately
after
this,
in
February,
the
great
victories
of
General
Grant
at
Forts
Henry
and
Donelson.
– A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry by Julian Wisner Hinkley
-
Edmund
was
loath
to
start
on
his
voyage
without
again
seeing
the
king,
but
no
one
knew
where
Alfred
now
was,
he,
on
finding
the
struggle
hopeless,
having
retired
to
the
fastnesses
of
Somerset
to
await
the
time
when
the
Saxons
should
be
driven
by
oppression
again
to
take
up
arms.
– The Dragon and the Raven or, The Days of King Alfred by G. A. Henty