With this we returned on board; and the next morning he sent me more fruit, and several small parcels of fish.
Doubtless, again, our Government, to encourage settlement, sold land in such large parcels in early days.
But when the countesse of Leicester would not consent to quite claime and release hir right in such parcels of Normandie as belonged to hir, which king Henrie had couenanted with the residue to resigne vnto the French king.
Sidenote: The king demanded restitution of parcels of inheritance belonging to the crowne.
The joyful excitement of the three little girls, when the parcels arrived, gave Carol the greatest pleasure he had ever known.
Only Nurse was allowed to be present when the parcels were opened, and she promised to lock them securely away where no one could catch a glimpse until they were brought out on Christmas eve.
Parcels containing books weighing 8 ounces or less will be carried anywhere for 1 cent for each 2 ounces, and on those weighing more than 8 ounces, the parcel-post rate for the zone will apply.
The maximum weight for parcels in all zones beyond the second was increased from 11 to 20 pounds.
Among the nests of caterpillars which roll up parcels of leaves, we know none so well contrived as those which are found upon willows and a species of osier.
The prettiest of these parcels are those which are made upon a kind of osier, the borders of whose leaves sometimes form columnar bundles before they become developed.
From twenty-five to fifty pounds having been collected, is tied up in parcels in double bags of sheeting cloth, which are suspended from the ceilings so as to avoid air and light, while the spare linseed oil is allowed to drop through.
The commercial parcels are often adulterated with the roots of Costus indicus, C.
The western mail from Norway House was taken by another sledge party up the Saskatchewan River, and leaving parcels at posts along the route, reached its rendezvous at Carlton House.
Important sites and parcels of land all over the country have helped to swell its resources.
In the meanwhile the parcelswere taken into the city and presented to the King of Persia who was then sitting, with the whole of his court, hungrily wondering what was going to happen next.
The parcelswere heaped up before him, and he could hardly conceal his delight and eagerness to begin on the victuals at once.
An Englishwoman, in her position and with her vitality, would have sat on half a dozen committees, would have made bandages at a War Work Depot, or packed parcels for prisoners; would certainly have knitted socks all day.
In the organisation of War Work Depots and the dispatching of parcels to prisoners of war the French women have proved themselves on the whole less efficient than English women.
The Commissary promised to investigate the matter, and had just dismissed his informants when word was brought to him of the discovery, in a ditch outside Marseilles, of two parcels containing human remains.
But soon after, afraid to risk another such experience, the guilty couple turned out the parcels into a ditch, covered them with stones and sand, and hurried home.
The Gascoynes did not hang up their stockings, but laid their presents on the breakfast-table, so that they could have the gratification of opening all their parcels together.
It seems a desperate measure to propose," said Mrs. Grahame, "but I have heard of parcels being opened in such a case.
The method pursued was to expose letters and parcels at fixed places in the vicinity of their destination, leaving the addressees to discover for themselves that such things had arrived.
Other parcels were offered and disposed of, and all the purchasers were promised immense advantages for their enterprise.
A sympathetic friend took my troubles on his shoulders," said Percival, "and got the parcels through with an effrontery which amazed me.
It opened easily, and the official plunged into a welter of articles of personal use; but no parcels or dutiable goods came to light.
I must have forgotten to bring the parcels I spoke about.
If I deliver the parcels with the seals broken I shall get the glacial glare from the damsels concerned, and when I get back scorpions and poisoned bill-hooks will be too good for poor Percival.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "parcels" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
