Largest

Examples

• Landlords and farmers, besides, two of the largest classes of masters, have another reason for being pleased with dear years. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The amount of petroleum produced in the United States in 1896 was 60,960,361 barrels, the largest yield on record. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The largest per capita increase since 1870 has been in malt liquors, and the next in coffee. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Probably the largest use of the phonograph or graphophone is for home amusement and exhibition purpose. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I would not sell you my horses, no, not for the two largest diamonds that your Ladyship wore at the ball. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It was begun in 1882 and finished in 1890, and is the largest and most costly viaduct in the world. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I was placed upon a table in the largest room of the inn, which might be near three hundred feet square. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• All the jewellers consulted, at once confirmed the Colonel's assertion that he possessed one of the largest diamonds in the world. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Although by far the largest undertaking yet made, the improvement in rock-boring machinery enabled it to be constructed much more rapidly and at less expense. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• To the end the largest city states of Greece remained smaller than many English counties; and some had an area of only a few square miles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• One of the largest diamonds known (weight 367 carats) was found in Borneo about a century ago, and belongs to the Rajah of Mattan. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This, when assembled, is the largest and most powerful class in a democracy. Plato. The Republic.
• The largest guns of our battleships are of 13 inch calibre, and about 40 feet long, but larger ones are employed for sea coast defenses. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Many people now charge their own batteries because of lack of facilities; but I believe central stations will find in this work very soon the largest part of their load. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The name was indeed well known to us as belonging to the senior partner in the second largest private banking concern in the City of London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• A Krupp gun finished at Essen in the 70's was then the largest steel gun the world had ever seen. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Largest diameter of turret, 393 inches. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We are the largest party in the state, I assure you, Mrs. Bounderby, if we all fell out of our adopted ranks and were reviewed together. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The accompanying woodcut represents the largest of the four steam-hammers in Keyham factory. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• This was a naval gun, the largest yet made for naval purposes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They are known to the largest part only as preachers. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Rainier and commands a wonderful view of that mountain, on which there is situated one of the largest glacial systems in the world radiating from any single peak. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They were interested in the Chicago Edison Company, now one of the largest of the systems in the world. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Among the world’s largest blast furnaces may be mentioned the Austrian Alpine Montan Gesellschaft, which concern owns thirty-two furnaces. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It was the ROCK OF GIBRALTAR, their largest and best boat. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Athens, it must be understood, was by far the largest of all the Greek city democracies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Shout with the largest,' replied Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He secured the rights for the empire, and organized the Berlin Edison system, now one of the largest in the world. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The Premier is the largest diamond mine in the world. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I have in my hands a text-book of six hundred pages which is used in the largest universities as a groundwork of political economy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

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