The caliph, very well satisfied with the story of Baba Abdoollah and the dervish, addressed himself to the young man who used his mare so ill, and asked him his name; to which he replied, it was Syed Naomaun.
To shew you," said Zobeide with a serious countenance, "that what we demand of you is not a new thing among us, read what is written over our gate on the inside.
This princess thinking that the king of Tartary was gone a-hunting with his brother the sultan, came with her retinue near the windows of his apartment.
But being obliged to yield to his pressing instances, answered, "I must obey you then, since your command is absolute, yet I am afraid that my obedience will occasion your trouble to be greater than my own.
I told him that the obligation of this his second kindness was much greater than I deserved, after what had happened, and that I should be sure to make good use of his advice.
The nurse rejoined, "If you put her to death your scandal will be greater than hers, for she was wedded lawfully, and her offspring is legitimate; but I wish to see her.
Thus: "Objects near our view are apt to be thought greater than those of a larger size, that are more remote.
Is not the power of the governor, in this article, on a calculation of political consequences, greater than that of the President?
There is no good reason to suppose that either the number or the salaries of the latter will be greater thanthose of the former.
And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is greater than that I may deserve pardon.
Now this is the thing in which thou art not justified: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
But he that is the lesser in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
His truth--from which he cannot be separated--is greater than life or death, or principalities or powers.
I had a vision of the most Sacred Humanity in exceeding glory, greater than I had ever seen It in before.
It would have them to be partakers of its joy; for its joy is greater than it can bear.
I used to press this reason against myself: The trials and sufferings of living as a nun cannot be greater than those of purgatory, and I have well deserved to be in hell.
But the ratio of the diameter of the sun to that of the earth is greater than nineteen to three and less than forty-three to six.
What folly can be greater than to labour for the meat that perisheth, and neglect the food of eternal life?
How incredulously would the friar have listened to anyone who could have suggested that this desolate, tattered, dirty boy, might and would fill a greater than an imperial throne!
Several minutes later, the intensity there had increased to greater than 7 R/h, and it continued to increase for several more minutes.
The text describes the ether within the heart as being of small compass, and this agrees indeed with the individual soul which elsewhere is compared to the point of an awl, but not with Brahman, which is greater than everything.
Ogre returned "accompanied by a female, greater than he and more hideous.
On it was written a sorrow for megreater than my own sorrow.
Some gentlemen are here whose word may have more weight and whose attractions may be greater than mine.
I had my doubts, my reserves, where once I had given it my whole heart without question, and yet in what formed the greatness of the book it seemed to me greater than ever.
Something of this is true of another master, greater than Scott in being less romantic, and inferior in being more German, namely, the great Goethe himself.
So that when a poet has put his heart, much or little, into a poem, and sold it to a magazine, the scandal is greater than when a painter has sold a picture to a patron, or a sculptor has modelled a statue to order.
Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has given me to finish, these very works which I am doing, bear witness of me, that the Father has sent me.
I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, 'I am going to the Father,' for the Father is greater than I.
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "greater than" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
