23d

Example Sentences

• "On the 23d, the Besiegers sprung a Mine under the Salient Angle, upon the Right of the Half Moon, which had the desired Success, the Enemy's Gallery on that Side, and the Mason-Work of the Counterscarp, being thereby demolished."
• "...we baled up our peltry, and on the 23d of May left Lac la Mort, with four small birch canoes richly laden with the skins of beavers, otters, martens, minx, loup serviers, beaver eaters, foxes, bears, &c."
• "“He was four-and-twenty the 8th of last June, and my birth-day is the 23d—just a fortnight and a day’s difference! which is very odd!”"
• "Tom Oliver thought he'd a very heavy stake in this here affair, as he was to fight Shelton, on the 23d, for a hundred."
• "On the morning of the 23d ultimo I left the harbor of Kelung, island of Formosa, for Manila, in the island of Luzon, leaving the “Supply” to sail soon for Hong Kong."
• "Another of his works which would be very attractive is the Psalm 23d for two soprani and two alti."