Oldest

Examples

• Old Uncle Peter sung both de legs out of dat oldest cheer, last week, suggested Mose. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Sarkoja was at this time Tars Tarkas' oldest and most trusted female. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• We seem to want the oldest and simplest human clothing where the clothing of the earth is so primitive. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• That the oldest had still hopes of living one day longer, and looked on death as the greatest evil, from which nature always prompted him to retreat. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• The oldest friend I ever had, and not-- She was not always your friend, Amelia, the Major said, for he was quite angry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• There is nothing to eat over there, and the oldest boy came to tell me they were suffering hunger and cold. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Damascus dates back anterior to the days of Abraham, and is the oldest city in the world. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I am glad to have seen Tangier--the second-oldest town in the world. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The bottom of the oldest grave about him was not more still and quiet than the churchyard in the pale moonlight. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was one of the oldest farms in the neighbourhood, situated in a solitary, sheltered spot, inland at the junction of two hills. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mr. Yorke's family was the first and oldest in the district; and he, though not the wealthiest, was one of the most influential men. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Dear, dear, one of the oldest families in the county of Norfolk, and one of the most honoured. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• It is one of the oldest mosques in the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Another episode of this period is curious in its revelation of the tenacity with which Edison has always held to some of his oldest possessions with a sense of personal attachment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Among the oldest of these settlements was the colony of Virginia, the name of which commemorates Queen Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen of England. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In my first voyages, while I was young, I was instructed by the oldest mariners, and learned to speak as they did. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Already in the very oldest records the Pharaoh has a power and importance exceeding that of any priest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The men who finally select these goods are the oldest and most trusted employees of the firm. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The very oldest of the trees, gnarled mighty oaks, crowd about the brink of this dell. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Of course the oldest deposits are the most distorted and changed and worn, and in them there is now no certain trace to be found of life at all. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mr Carriston was the oldest friend the young man had, having been his tutor in the long ago, and prepared him for college. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• From the beSt. And do you take the oldest or the youngest, or only those of ripe age? Plato. The Republic.
• My master traded with one of the men, and bought my oldest sister. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Anselmo is my oldest friend. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Cramped in all kinds of dim cupboards and hutches at Tellson's, the oldest of men carried on the business gravely. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I knew he was extravagant, but I did not think that he would be so mean as to hang his risks on his oldest friend, who could the least afford to lose. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Sign it--“Veller”,' said the oldest surviving proprietor of that name. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Her oldest sister was at that time married, and had several children. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I am Sir Percival's oldest friend--I am related to Lady Glyde by marriage--I am an eye-witness of all that has happened at Blackwater Park. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In three of the provinces of New England, the oldest has only a double share, as in the Mosaical law. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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