Georgetown Sentence Examples

The director lived in a Georgetown mansion with his wife and two dogs.

With the money Gio paid for you to go to Georgetown, you'd think you could get a better job than this!

Georgetown is the seat of the Southwestern University (Methodist Episcopal, South, co-educational), formed in 1873 (chartered 1875) by the combination of Ruterville College (Methodist Episcopal, at Ruterville, Texas, chartered in 1840, and closed in 1850), McKenzie College (at Clarksville, Texas, founded in 1841 and closed in 1872), Wesleyan College at San Augustine (chartered in 1844, burned a few years later, and not rebuilt), and Soule University at Chapel Hill (chartered in 1856, but closed in 1870).

The university includes a fitting school at Georgetown, and a medical department at Dallas, Texas; in 1909 it had an enrolment of 1037 students.

The principal manufactures of Georgetown are cotton and cotton-seed oil, and planing-mill products.* In Page Park are mineral springs, whose waters have medicinal qualities similar to the famous Karlsbad waters.

The first settlement was made here in 1848; and Georgetown was incorporated as a town in 1866, and was chartered as a city in 1890.

In 1838 he resumed his editorial duties on the Atlas, but in 1840 removed, on account of his health, to British Guiana, where he lived for three years and was editor of two weekly newspapers in succession at Georgetown.

General Botha was defeated at Pretoria East by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, and at Georgetown - a Rand constituency - Mr Hull was beaten by Sir George Farrar.

First settled about 1660, Bath was a part of Georgetown until 1781, when it was incorporated as a separate town; in 1789 it was made a port of entry, and in 1847 was chartered as a city.

The West Indian Quarterly was published at Georgetown, British Guiana, from 1885 to 1888.

At Georgetown was also published the well-known Timehri (1882-1898) which contained many important historical articles.

He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1834, and subsequently held pastorates at Newark, New Jersey (1851-1857), and Georgetown, Massachusetts; and from 1870 to 1877 lived in Florida, where he was state superintendent of public instruction in 1871-1873.

He died at Georgetown, Massachusetts, on the 21st of April 190o.

Blaine graduated at Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1847, and subsequently taught successively in the Military Institute, Georgetown, Kentucky, and in the Institution for the Blind at Philadelphia.

The official name of the island is Prince of Wales Island and that of the town is Georgetown; neither of these names, however, is in general use.

As early as 1783 steps were taken to extend these facilities to the navigable waters of the Ohio, chiefly by improving the navigation of the Potomac above Georgetown.

Ground was broken in 1828 and in 1850 the canal was opened to navigation from Georgetown to Cumberland, a distance of 186 m.

Here the streams that drain the higher areas descend to the plains through narrow canyons in the mountain border, impassable for ordinary roads and difficult of entrance even by railways; a well-known example is the gorge of Clear Creek east of the Georgetown mining district.

On the "Heights" are many fine residences with beautiful gardens; the Monastery and Academy (for girls) of Visitation, founded in 1799 by Leonard Neale, second archbishop of Baltimore; and the college and the astronomical observatory (1842) of Georgetown University.

The university was founded as a Roman Catholic Academy in 1789, was opened in 1791, transferred to the Society of Jesus in 1805, authorized in 1815 by Congress to confer college or university degrees, and by the Holy See in 1833 to confer degrees in philosophy and theology, incorporated as Georgetown College by Act of Congress in 1844, and began graduate work about 1856.

On the bank of the Potomac is a brick house which was for several years the home of Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star-Spangled Banner"; on Analostan Island in the river was a home of James Murray Mason; Georgetown Heights was the home of the popular novelist, Mrs Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (1819-1899).

Chief among the manufactories are several large flour mills - Georgetown flour was long noted for its excellence.

Georgetown was settled late in the 17th century,.

On Rock Creek, above Georgetown, is the National Zoological Park (under the control of the Smithsonian Institution), embracing 170 acres in a picturesque site.

On the heights north of Georgetown is the United States Naval Observatory, one of the best-equipped institutions of the kind; from it Washington time is telegraphed daily to all parts of the United States.

Near Rock Creek, west of Georgetown, is the Signal Office and headquarters of the United States Weather Bureau.

North of Georgetown is Oak Hill Cemetery, and in the vicinity of the Soldiers' Home are Rock Creek, Glenwood, Harmony, Prospect Hill and St Mary's Cemeteries.

Georgetown University is in Georgetown (q.v.).

In 1871 the Federal Congress repealed the charters of Washington and Georgetown and established a new government for the entire District, consisting of a governor, a secretary, a board of public works, a board of health and a council appointed by the president with the concurrence of the Senate, and a House of Delegates and a delegate to the National House of Representatives elected by the people.

One wing of the Capitol and the President's House were nearly completed, but much of the land surrounding the Capitol was a marsh; there were no streets worthy of the name, the roads were very bad, and the members of Congress were obliged to lodge in Georgetown.

Notable, too, is the road in Clear Creek Canyon - where the railway track coils six times upon itself above Georgetown at an altitude of .10,000 ft.

In 1864 it was chartered as a town and was made the county-seat, succeeding Georgetown (then a flourishing town, which speedily fell into decay), the transfer of the offices taking place in 1865.

Lexington is the seat of Transylvania University (non-sectarian; coeducational), formerly Kentucky University (Disciples of Christ), which grew out of Bacon College (opened at Georgetown, Ky., in 1836), was chartered in 1858 as Kentucky University, and was opened at Harrodsburg, Ky., in 18J9, whence after a fire in 1864 it removed to Lexington in 1865.

It has two towns, Georgetown and Boddentown.

The ports of entry are Charleston, Beaufort and Georgetown.

A trading station called Georgetown is situated on McCarthy's Island, so named after Sir Charles McCarthy, the governor of Sierra Leone, who in 1824 was captured and beheaded by the Ashanti at the battle of Essamako.

In 1780 Georgetown was occupied by a body of Loyalist troops, with whom the American troops had several skirmishes, but on the Toth of August 1781 General Francis Marion forced the evacuation of the town and took possession of it.

General Lafayette first landed on American soil at Georgetown on the 24th of April 1 777.

Georgetown was incorporated as a town in 1805, and was chartered as a city in 1895.

Walter Berns, John M. Olin University Professor emeritus at Georgetown University, investigates the history of modern constitutionalism, or limited government.

Apart from the slightly out-of-the-way location (they'll need to spread to the word ), it's hard to see Georgetown failing.

The journey from here to Georgetown produced more excellent birds, and good counts of Abyssinian rollers were made.

Striated Heron (Butorides striatus) - common upriver (Tendaba, Georgetown ).

The journey from here to Georgetown produced more excellent birds, and good counts of Abyssinian Rollers were made.

Striated Heron (Butorides striatus) - Common upriver (Tendaba, Georgetown).

For solid silver and silver-plated items, visit The Silver Gallery or for personalized porcelain visit Georgetown Pottery.

Ivanka Trump attended Georgetown University for two years before transferring to the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Proving that she has both beauty and brains, Trump is a graduate of Georgetown University and the Wharton School of Business.

And many well-known physical universities, like Harvard and Georgetown University, have instituted online education programs that lead to degrees or that will lead to degrees in the future.

Central Colorado contains the modern ski resorts of Copper Mountain, Vail, and Keystone as well as the historic towns of Georgetown, noted for its gingerbread-style Victorian homes, and Leadville, a former mining town.

All Aboard Inn - 605 Brownell Street; Georgetown, CO 80444;(303) 569-2525;(888) 992-2525 - This charming three-bedroom Colorado bed and breakfast inn dates back to the days of the Colorado gold rush.

It's a perfect base for exploring the Colorado Rockies and the quaint little towns surrounding Georgetown.

HealthInsuranceInfo.net - maintained by the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, the site provides links to state-specific consumer guides that cover both private insurance and government programs.

The actual name of the cupcake bakery in DC is Georgetown Cupcake.

Katherine and Sophie continue to run Georgetown Bakery together while also appearing on DC Cupcakes TLC.

Cupcakes from this bakery are all topped with a frosting swirl that is considered the signature of Georgetown Cupcakes.