Sentence examples similar to upon the borders from inspiring English sources

She saw that the hand towel which covered this table was dusty, and threw it into the dirty-clothes hamper, and replaced it with a fresh one, and replaced that with a dainty linen guest towel upon the border of which pansies and violets were embroidered.

Upon the border of a canal's chocolate green, the green hem of summer darkness, both reflection and shadow, irregularly superimposes itself, laced with hurrying light; this must have been how it was when we made love; and I almost want to beg you to let me adore you, but there is no pain; our days and moans are now tranquil bridges in and out of greenness.

Kingston University, based on four campuses around the affluent town of Kingston upon Thames, on the borders of London and Surrey, is a post-92 university of 23,000 students and over 2,000 members of staff.

In 1845 Kruger was a member of Potgieter's expedition to Delagoa Bay in Mozambique to negotiate a frontier with Portugal; the Lebombo Mountains were settled upon as the border between Boer and Portuguese lands.

But supporters, including senior Afghan Interior Ministry officials and some high-profile provincial governors, say the program is the key to a long-term security strategy that requires building layer upon layer of defense from the borders inward to Kabul, and from the village up to the provincial capitals.

Furthermore we extend their findings by identifying the responsible KAR subunit involved, no synaptic KAR current upon LI stimulation and that a KAR current is evoked upon stimulating at the border of LII III mEC.

Berwick upon Tweed, on the border between Scotland and England, was the first English town to greet King James.

Upon returning to the border region, he stole cattle and horses as part of a small band of Kansas men.

I'd been anticipating, upon arriving at the border, the chaos of a battle's aftermath — refugees, wounded fighters, prisoners — but instead the chaos was manifested in news trucks, dozens of them, both regional and international, all painted white, with rooftop satellite dishes posturing skyward like a peacock's plumage.

Upon arrival at the border at Ras Jdir, migrants are received at a transit area where volunteers, the Tunisian Red Crescent and others hand out food, water and blankets.

I wondered what one might experience upon crossing the border.