It is all very well to cry out against dances that don't begin till near midnight as absurd and reprehensible; but, after all, their lateness is easily accounted for.
The lateness of the hour alarmed me, and I fled down the stair in three jumps.
I made my way to the rooms of His Holiness and ascertained that he would receive me in spite of the lateness of the hour.
We were tempted to pitch our tents above the village, on the banks of a pleasant stream; but the darkness as well as the lateness of the hour decided us to have recourse to a crowded hotel.
In spite of the lateness of the season the weather was still miraculously fine: the short waves danced ahead under a sky without a cloud, and the strong bows of the Ibis hardly swayed as she flew forward over the flying crests.
He repeated his confession before the magistrate, who had been summoned despite the lateness of the hour.
Excuse the lateness of the hour, but you can scarcely imagine how busy I have been since we parted.
Following the precept of Charles Lamb, Galvin House had apparently striven to correct the bad impression made through lateness in beginning work by leaving early.
The lateness at which the ribbon and openwork began gave an interesting demonstration in feminine bone structure.
He had travelled many miles before he roused to a realization of the lateness of the hour.
In spite of the long day and the lateness of the hour, however, I could not get to sleep at once.
The extremelateness of the Celandine was doubtless due to the cold spring of 1917.
My observations began in April 1917, originating in the obvious lateness of some of the vegetation.
It was pitch dark, more from the cloudiness of the night than the lateness of the hour: and a considerable time elapsed before the vociferous demand for lights was answered.
This entirely changed the aspect of affairs, but the lateness of the season (June 1786) rendered it necessary that the completion of the charges should be postponed till the next year.
She wrote, she visited, and succeeded so well, that in spite of the lateness of the season, Mme.
This reflection was prompted by the lateness of the hour.
Honor became suddenly aware of the lateness of the hour and rose to go.
Sometimes I wrote to mother or Carrie, or we mutually took up our books; but oftener we sat and talked as we did on this evening, until Nurse came to remind us of the lateness of the hour.
The lateness of the hour was almost the biggest thing of all.
Wislizenus had intended to go on to Oregon and then to California; but the divisions in the party, and the lateness of the season, determined him to return from Fort Hall.
I found myself so wearied on attaining this goal of my wishes, that, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour, I was literally compelled to seek some rest before attempting to descend.
Our friends, however, did not come to see the monde, and the lateness of the hour only enhanced the beauty of the grounds.
Believing that the lateness of the hour would secure us from further dangers, we resolved to press on with all speed, when two figures with lighted torches came suddenly into view.
Fuller prepared to fight at that point, for he knew of the tangle of extra trains, and of the lateness of the regular trains, and did not think we should be able to pass.
The fact that the Book of Daniel bears this character is a strong argument for the lateness of its origin; for it was in the last years of the Jewish nationality that this kind of writing became popular.
They stand to-day at the end of the Hebrew Bible, and thus testify, by their position, respecting the lateness of the date at which they were admitted to the canon.
Happily for the lateness of the hour, her loneliness, and the infelix reputation of the man before her, she was at least a safe one.
Despite the lateness of the hour, there was a slight glow from the windows, clearly not enough to warm the messenger with indications of a festivity within, but yet bespeaking, as it were, some prolonged though subdued excitement.
Everything showed the season so far advanced, and served to remind us of the lateness of our start.
Fort Presq'Isle was erected and a road was cut to French Creek, where Fort LeBoeuf was built The French planned to build another fort at the forks of the Ohio, but sickness and the lateness of the season interrupted their operations.
The spirited fight on the lake, the strength of the American position, and the lateness of the season convinced Carleton that it was useless to continue the operations.
The same was urged upon his successor; but the latenessof the season, or other causes, prevented further operations after the battle of Stone River.
The lateness of the session at the time when this was achieved prevented the further progress of the bill.
In the preceding session a bill for the abolition of imprisonment for debt had passed the commons; but from the lateness of the session it was not possible for the lords when they received it to take it into consideration.
