Earlier

Examples

• Chance set me free of my London engagements to-day sooner than I had expected, and I have got here, in consequence, earlier than my appointed time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The electrical features of the 1882 locomotive were very similar to those of the earlier one, already described. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Even in 1847 few of these things had lost their novelty, most of them were in the earlier stages of development. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I arrived four hours earlier than my appointment. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Warren was not aware of his presence, but probably supposed it was the cavalry which Merritt had engaged earlier in the day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The earlier aviators had found that two planes, or double-deckers, gave the best results. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• And now I am brought to a little piece of news, my dearest, that I might have told you earlier in the evening. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• All of this is very reminiscent of the religious and political state of affairs in Greece fourteen centuries earlier. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Galileo determined to study the laws of mechanics by experiment, and not, as so many earlier scientists had done, by argument or mere theoretical opinions. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It was the room in which, six months earlier, the merry Christmas party had met, to which Eustacia came secretly and as a stranger. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• They had reduced the force of earlier times by making larger quantities by better processes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In 1844 he proceeded to apply the principles maintained in his earlier study to changes of temperature as related to changes in the density of gases. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• In the earlier periods of the monarchy, the clergy of France appear to have been as much devoted to the pope as those of any other country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The first thing that caught her eye was the date two days earlier than she received it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Oh, had you but lived a few years earlier, what a gallant gentleman-highwayman you would have made! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Captain Lennox had come earlier than was expected; or was it really so late? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• We have seen in an earlier chapter that geometry developed as a sci ence is becoming gradually weaned from the art of surveying. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Sometimes it is only the earlier developmental stages which fail. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It is not earlier, I suppose? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Among the earlier names, that of Dr. Gilbert (1540-1603), of Colchester, is pre-eminent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• About 5000 B.C., or earlier, the traces of these primitive peoples cease, and the true Egyptians appear on the scene. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Compare what was said in an earlier chapter about the one-sided meanings which have come to attach to the ideas of efficiency and of culture. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• In still earlier years than those I have been recalling, Holliday's Hill, in our town, was to me the noblest work of God. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• On the seventh, he returned earlier, and with an exultation he could not conceal. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Pasteur now applied his energies to the study of virulent diseases, following the principles of his earlier investigations. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• There is a famous question discussed in one of the earlier Dialogues of Plato (Protagoras; AriSt. Nic. Plato. The Republic.
• Any activity with an aim implies a distinction between an earlier incomplete phase and later completing phase; it implies also intermediate steps. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• They started earlier. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• And the Semitic nomads were closer to the earlier civilizations, a thing that fitted in with their greater aptitude for trade and counting. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As we have earlier noted, this notion was fostered by the new interest in education as method of social reform. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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