Cornwall

(noun.) a hilly county in southwestern England.

校对:利昂

• On Christmas eve of 1801, Trevithick made the initial trip with the first successful steam road locomotive through the streets of Camborne in Cornwall, carrying passengers. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The interest of the duke of Cornwall has given occasion to a regulation nearly of the same kind in that ancient dutchy. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He'll crack a crib in Scotland one week, and be raising money to build an orphanage in Cornwall the next. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Davy was born at Penzance in Cornwall December 17, 1778, the eldest son in a family of five children. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• You're not of the Clennams of Cornwall, Mr Clennam? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The tax of the king of Spain, accordingly, is said to be very ill paid, and that of the duke of Cornwall very well. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The mines of Cornwall had become unworkable, and as a great deal depended on the success of the engine in such work, he traveled to Cornwall to make sure that there should be no faults. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Lord Ravenshaw, in Cornwall, which would of course have immortalised the whole party for at least a twelvemonth! 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• This steam-carriage of Trevethick was fairly successful, and created a great sensation in that part of Cornwall where it was built. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• They failed for a million, ruined half the county families of Cornwall, and Neligan disappeared. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The tax of the duke of Cornwall upon tin is supposed to amount to more than five per cent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The father of the locomotive and the first inventor of the Nineteenth Century who directed his energy to its development was Richard Trevithick, of Camborne, Cornwall. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• If they want a light-weight to be throwed for practice, Cornwall, Devonshire, or Lancashire, let 'em throw me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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