Lexicographical Neighbors of Lignes
Literary usage of Lignes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paris and Environs with Routes from London to Paris: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"Denis, Enghien, etc. ; and for thé lignes du Nord to England via Calais or
Boulogne, Belgium, Germany via Liège, etc. The booking-offices for the trains of ..."
2. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"Picard made the English foot n pouces 2.6 lignes, and Dr. Maske- lyne n pouces
... D'Alembert states it at ii pouces 3 lignes, which has been used in these ..."
3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence by Thomas Jefferson (1859)
"Picard made the English foot 11 pouces 2.6 lignes, and Dr. Maskelyne 11 pouces
... D'Alembert states it at 11 pouces 3 lignes, which has been used in these ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1836)
"If for very aged yews, we take the average of one ligne annually, it is probably
an admission beyond the truth ; and thus in estimating the number of lignes ..."
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