Not at all certain of my powers, I declined to practise upon a live subject, but consented to make a trial of skill by aiming at the stump of a tree at no great distance.
Fritz and I alone went after the dogs, who eagerly pushed on, and by the sounds we heard had evidently attacked the boar at no great distance.
She says also that the Three Forks of the Missouri are at no great distance--a piece of intelligence which has cheered the spirits of us all, as we hope soon to reach the head of that river.
On both sides of the river, and at no great distancefrom it, the mountains followed its course.
They had seen in their ramble great signs of elk and had killed six, which they had butchered and left at a great distance.
There was a very gay, noisy party, at no great distance, which first attracted his attention; it consisted of two pretty young women in the centre of a group of men.
Pray, ask that gentleman for his chair," repeated the lady, pointing with her parasol to a person sitting at no great distance.
The beasts moved very slowly--that is their action was slow--but their strides covered such a great distance that in reality they traveled considerably faster than a man walks.
We had barely entered the great plain when we discovered two enormous animals approaching us from a great distance.
Plymouth is very plentifully supplied with water by a river brought into it from a great distance, which is so abundant that it runs to waste in the town.
The colours of the shadows in mountains at a great distance take a most lovely blue, much purer than their illuminated portions.
Every object in shadow, of whatever form it may be, at a great distance appears to be spherical.
The illuminated portion, at a great distance, will appear most nearly of its natural colour where the strongest light falls upon it.
The variety of colour in objects cannot be discerned at a great distance, excepting in those parts which are directly lighted up by the solar rays.
Then a gentle voice spoke from amidst the verdure, apparently from no great distance.
But Caesar, who was at a great distance, having received the news, quickly got together seven thousand men, and hastened to relieve Cicero.
The alarm which he excited seemed still to continue, for a dropping shot or two were heard at a great distance, which seemed to serve as an addition to the mirth of Duncan and his comrades.
Waverley was soon sensible of the reason, for he heard at no great distance an English sentinel call out 'All's well.
There are buffaloes playing their pranks, at no great distance--That sound beats the earth like a herd of the mad scampering devils!
Here nothing was visible but a solitary buffaloe, that gleaned a meagre subsistence from the decaying herbage, at no great distance, and the ass of the physician, who profited by his freedom to enjoy a meal richer than common.
Ellen Wade was at no great distance, seeming to keep a little aloof from the anxious circle, as if willing to mark the distinction which existed in their characters.
There should be more of his tribe at no great distance.
Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.
Besides this, he brought a mighty quantity of water from a great distance, and at vast charges, and raised an ascent to it of two hundred steps of the whitest marble, for the hill was itself moderately high, and entirely factitious.
We arrived there early in May during the hottest season, and the clear stream below the village, rushing over a rocky bed, was a sufficient attraction to entice the animals from a great distance.
This was an opaque screen of thorny foliage, covering an area of about 200 yards in width, but extending for a great distance.
He also immediately sent messengers to the mother of one of them, who was at a great distance, and in deep anxiety about her son, to assure her of his safety.
In speaking, his action was vehement, and his voice so strong, that he was heard at a great distance.
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