Farthest

Examples

• I drew back, with Mr. Bruff and Betteredge, into the farthest corner by the bed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• To the west there was a line of rifle pits some two miles back from the river at the farthest point. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Tars Tarkas, whose giant stature towered high above the rest of us, could see the farthest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I have observed in books written by men, that period assigned as the farthest to which a husband's ardour extends. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• And as to conceit, he is the farthest from it of any man I know. Jane Austen. Emma.
• It is the idea farthest from my thoughts. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Such machines were confessedly inefficient, although representing the farthest reach of a young art. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Again she took her place by the farthest window. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• In his vacations from London he went to the farthest regions of the British Isles, spending considerable time in the north of Ireland and the Hebrides. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• And is not that farthest from reason which is at the greatest distance from law and order? Plato. The Republic.
• I looked from the table to the window farthest from me, and saw a lady standing at it, with her back turned towards me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She had the surest information that of late he had, when the fit was on him, made use of an opium den in the farthest east of the City. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• There, crouched up in the farthest corner, lay the forlorn cause of my terror, in the shape of a poor little dog--a black and white spaniel. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The desires of love and tyranny are the farthest from law, and those of the king are nearest to it. Plato. The Republic.
• This cow, worth twenty oxen, is decreed, For him who farthest sends the winged reed. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I learned her nature afterwards--got it off by heart--studied it in its farthest, most hidden recesses. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Heretofore she had not been able to meet the demands of her own people, now she was to commence a campaign that was ultimately to send her cloth to the farthest ends of the earth. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The deep red blaze sent forth a rich glow, that penetrated into the farthest corner of the room, and cast its cheerful tint on every face. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The farthest western reach of the telegraph lines in 1847 was Pittsburg, with three-ply iron wire mounted on square glass insulators with a little wooden pentroof for protection. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• And there, beneath that farthest hill, which rises with such grandeur, is our cottage. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• My brother and sister have promised us a visit in the spring, or summer at farthest, continued Mrs. Elton; and that will be our time for exploring. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Sherman's plan was to start Schofield, who was farthest back, a few days in advance from Knoxville, having him move on the direct road to Dalton. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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