Yet even here, as under harsher climes, Tears for the loved and early lost are shed; That soft air saddens with the funeral-chimes, Those shining flowers are gathered for the dead.
Here build, and dread noharsher sound, To scare you from the sheltering tree, Than winds that stir the branches round, And murmur of the bee.
The love that lived through all the stormy past, And meekly with my harsher nature bore, And deeper grew, and tenderer to the last, Shall it expire with life, and be no more?
Don't fancy that you will be allowed to keep him company," said the priest, in a harsher tone.
When the extra demand for machine made hats arose it was found that the harsher plaits of China were too wearing on the wooden rollers, and mills made of iron were produced, but on the same active principles as shown above.
This method was common to the sewing of all plaits, the coarser, harsher varieties necessitating the use of the coarsest thread.
The cry of the male is harsher and has a more aggressive tone; that of the female has a somewhat plaintive sound, which some people describe as like the words "come back, come back.
Under the same circumstances others are more likely to be designated by some harsher term.
Greek more euphony and variety both of vocalization and of accent; he admits that Latin words are harsher in sound, and often less happily adapted to the expression of varying shades of meaning.
Once the lambs have taken to grass the skins supply a harsher leather.
Froude develops rather the harsher and more impatient moral counsels of his master than like Ruskin the more romantic and sympathetic.
And with that domestic fondness common to him, when harsher thoughts permitted, he sate himself beside the two persons dearest to his hearth and heart.
I should apply a harsher epithet to a man capable of such conduct," said the Duke.
Yet I do not see that all your observation of the world has indisposed you to enjoy it, or that you take harsher views of life the closer you look at it.
The evolution of the harsher slavery may be traced through various forms of milder serfdom.
He needs clothing to protect him against the harsher climates of the lands to which he moves.
Usually, however, the orthodox theorists softened and modified greatly the statement of their harsher views.
It was eagerly adopted by the clergy, who found in it a convenient means of escaping from the harsher expedients of the ordeal or the wager of battle, so that it acquired the name of canonical purgation.
He now found that he had only exchanged one set of masters for another set still harsher and more imperious.
Her slender figure, the pretty face, grown familiar and more desirable through all these years, swept him to a harsher revolt than he had conquered in the library.
She resumed her vigil, unable to read because of her misgivings, staring at the fire, starting at a harsher gust of wind or any unaccustomed sound.
In the same council the edict against lay investiture was renewed in a harsher spirit than ever.
Had he lived longer, nevertheless, harsher measures might have been employed.
It was Gourlay's pride in his house that made himharsher to his wife than others, since her sluttishness was a constant offence to the order in which he loved to have his dear possessions.
But, strange enough, the more I felt my secret antipathy, which I had cherished from early childhood, give way to an almost cordial attachment, the harsher and colder became his manner towards me.
I will use no harsher term, to requite her clemency thus ?
If these fail, and we are compelled to have recourse to harsher measures, is it our fault, or the fault of those who resist us ?
I remonstrated with the Marchioness upon her imprudence--to give her conduct no harsher name; and then began a series of quarrels, disputes and bickerings, which made my life more wretched than ever.
Not the less shall stern-eyed Duty To thy lips her trumpet set, But with harsher blasts shall mingle Wailings of regret.
Diogenes was rougher, though of the same opinion, but in his character of a Cynic, he expressed himself in a somewhat harsher manner; he ordered himself to be thrown anywhere without being buried.
It had inspired her harsh words and harsher looks on our journey northwards, and contributed with her native pride to the low opinion I had formed of her when I contrasted her with my honoured mother.
True, many in her place would have feared a worse fate and harsher handling.
His usually rough voice, harsher than ever on account of his emotion, was shaking with passion.
But his death 'will be the seed' of many disciples who will convince them of their evil ways, and will come forth to reprove them in harsher terms, because they are younger and more inconsiderate.
It has been remarked that the prophecy of a new generation of teachers who would rebuke and exhort the Athenian people in harsher and more violent terms was, as far as we know, never fulfilled.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "harsher" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
