The desire to elaborate the edges of plain fabrics, whether of linen or heavier material, was an entirely natural impulse to get away from the harsh simplicity of the times.
Its pattern is without relief, and the threads of which it is made are no heavier than the ground.
She carried but twenty guns against our thirty-two, but they were of far heavier metal, and after ten minutes the Alert was as much bruised and battered as if she had been fighting a Frenchman of equal size for an hour.
I am sure Bill is a stone heavier than when he came here.
Land and livestock cannot be concealed; and for this reason farmers are likely to pay a heavier share of taxes than others whose property is in less conspicuous forms.
But it thereby only enabled them to get so much deeper into debt; so that, when ruin came, it fell so much the heavier both upon them and upon their creditors.
The cannon and the mortar are not only much dearer, but much heavier machines than the balista or catapulta; and require a greater expense, not only to prepare them for the field, but to carry them to it.
Both Ireland and the colonies, indeed, would be subjected to heaviertaxes than any which they at present pay.
It could not be more inconvenient for the maltster to advance a lighter tax, than it is at present for the brewer to advance a heavier one.
But whatever inconveniency might arise to the maltster from being obliged to advance a heavier tax, it could easily be remedied, by granting him a few months longer credit than is at present commonly given to the brewer.
But the loss occasioned by the negligence, profusion, and malversation of the servants of the company, had probably been a tax much heavier than all those duties.
The principal objection to all such taxes is their inequality; an inequality of the worst kind, as they must frequently fall much heavier upon the poor than upon the rich.
Better armed and better disciplined, it is probable that the knights of the Order inflicted the heavier loss on their opponents, and the Russians had to abandon their projected attack on Rakovor.
He was a strong fellow, not so tall perhaps, but certainly heavierthan I was, and I daresay, from his manner, fancied he could fight.
Other States are multiplying similar disabilities, and hangingheavier weights upon their free colored population.
Were the measures they advocate with so much heat, to be adopted, a heavier curse could hardly fall upon our country.
For, assuredly, if the Colonization Society succeed in its efforts to remove thousands of their number annually, it could not inflict a heavier curse upon Africa, or more speedily assist in the entire subversion of the colony.
The Justices of that day bore a heavier burden than their successors--hodie nominis umbrae.
But if the trial be too sore for you who must bear the heavier burden, if you feel that our love is not worth the price you must pay, then I will never reproach you, Jos, never.
So then I look at t' one he was so set on keeping, and when his back was turned I hefted it sly-like, and it seemed to me a good bit heavier than t' others.
Now this violent running in of the heavier Air would certainly produce a Wind, which is no more than a strong Motion of the Air in some determined Direction.
Because there is, in such proportion, a heavier Object to be removed, by the same Force.
JPG> were assiduous in the duties of cutting and carving; while the sharp popping of the champagne, and the heavier artillery of the pale ale and porter bottles, made a pleasant fusillade.
Outside the harbour, within easy range, lay the heaviervessels of the Japanese, which opened fire on the forts and the town from their great turret-guns.
The admiral of the Baltic fleet either forgot them entirely, or recklessly took the risk of their lying in the path of his heavier ships.
Instantly the rattling report of the gunboat's main battery roared out, followed by the heavierguns of the battle-ship.
In the double column the weaker ships held the port positions, thus offering the least resistance to attack on that side, and at the same time blanketing the fire of the heavier turret guns of their own first-class battle-ships.
Every shock of the ram is heavier and stronger, till all shall give way.
The weight of my sins should act like the weight of a clock: the heavierit is, it makes it go the faster.
Hobbies frequently hunt in pairs, and an instance has been recorded where one hunted a Lark in company with a Hen Harrier; but the latter, a bird of heavier flight, was soon compelled to give up the chase.
Its flight is rapid, but heavier and more noisy than that of the Common Partridge.
The iron ring is heavier and larger than in the case of the insect net, resembling in this respect the ring of the Deyrolle net.
It should be occasionally stirred to prevent the precipitation of its heavier portions.
His spies brought tidings of the snares that Mordred spread, and the king waxed heavier thereat.
Therefore the heathen oppressed us the more mightily, and laid the heavier burdens upon us.
For the tall late sorts the soil may easily be made too fertile; they should also be planted in cooler, moister, andheavier ground.
Winter protection also is not so indispensable as on heavier soils, but it always well repays.
The horse-cars, or trams, are heavier than ours, and not so handsome, but they are clean and well managed.
When Sargon advanced, Ullusun submitted; Sargon allowed him to remain on the throne on condition that he paid heavier tribute; the prince of Karalla was driven out, the people of Allabur carried to Hamath (715 B.
Assurbanipal may have imposed heavier duties on the rulers of the districts; the continued stay of Assyrian troops in Egypt may have appeared too burdensome and oppressive.
But there is a mightier blow Than the rain of lead and steel, Falling from a heavier hand Than the one the vanquished feel.
He left her, as leaveth the god of a dream The portals that close with a heavier sleep; And then, as he sprang to the shallop in wait, The rowers pushed off in the Deep.
The heavy taxes laid upon the consumption of alcoholic liquors and tobacco illustrate another device for making so-called luxury bear the heavier portion of taxes.
The sky seemed to have become heavier and more leaden; it was too dark to see anything clearly.
The speaker had a heavy voice, a gurgle in it, and I judged the heavier tread of the two was his.
The volcanic débris was shot up from the crater many miles high, and the heavier portion of it fell upon the sea for several hundred miles around, and was found to be mainly composed of very thin flakes of volcanic glass.
But the tone of the flesh is heavier here, and the grey colour of the dress unites too much with the grey ground, while in the Manfrini picture, the brown tones of the dress stand out decidedly from it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "heavier" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
