But his remaining assailants, either disappointed at the retreat of their comrade, or irritated at the length of the struggle, recommenced their attack with renewed vigour.
It was a long and tedious process, but at length he completed it.
At length the woman of the house said that she would make up a bed for him in the place where she kept her firewood.
At length the greater part of the winter birds left, except a few stragglers.
It is scarcely necessary to describe at length the large number of new fishes belonging to the Moray Firth which Edward for the first time recognised and described.
At length the fever spent itself, leaving him utterly helpless.
And at length I continued on my way down, my teeth set, an excuse on my lips, but determination in every fibre of my frame.
Well worth it, I at length decided; the risk was nothing; my window was scarce a dozen feet from the ground.
It was in this one that I retraced my steps towards the lights, and at length let myself into the garden by the postern at which I had shaken Rattray's hand not ten minutes before.
At length we turned into a narrow lane, with a stiff stone wall on either hand, and this eventually led us past the lights of what appeared to be a large farm; it was really a small hamlet; and now we were nearing our destination.
The brow-beaten face of him was certainly forbidding, and he thrashed his horse up the hills in a dogged, vindictive, thorough-going way which at length made me jump out and climb one of them on foot.
Fred did not doubt that Charles had attempted to swindle him; had in fact gone the full length of doing so.
I shall be leaving very soon," Lois remarked, holding her parasol at arm's length and whirling it idly.
Something of Lois's serene indifference had communicated itself to him; and as an attentive student of the continuing human comedy he speculated cheerfully as to the length and violence of the impending storm.
Sometimes he rose, pacing the length of the parlors, but oftener he lay among the cushions, the light flooding his white hair and dress, heightening his brilliant coloring.
He could remain in no position for any length of time.
The secessionists were of one mind in regard to secession and did not debate the subject; the cooperationists--all from north Alabama--were careful to explain their views at length in their speeches of opposition.
But on the whole there was little violence, the forces of social proscription at length sufficing to drive out the obnoxious teachers.
Colonel Hannon was at length sent with a regiment and suppressed for a time the disloyal element.
He chased it for several miles,[1153] and at length the pursued boat was overtaken.
At lengthhe reappeared from his place of hiding and assisted in recruiting soldiers for the First Alabama Union Cavalry.
The story of this road is the story of all, only of greater length and more disgraceful.
Their sympathy for the negro did not go the length of assuming money responsibility for the operations of the bank, and thus saving the negro depositors.
The bishop refused to direct its use at the dictation of the military authority, or while the state was under military domination, since no one desired "length of life," nor the least prosperity to such a government.
The average number of days taught in a year under Cloud was 49 days in white schools and the same in black; under Hodgson the average length of term was 68.
Among the scalawag members of the convention, who saw that the carpet-baggers would rule the land by controlling the negro vote, there was much dissatisfaction and at length open revolt.
At length the Grenadiers and Fusiliers, after much severe fighting, cut their way to the spot where their gallant comrades were being annihilated.
It was truly a remarkable collection of pictures which atlength carpeted the floor.
His eldest son Samuel had such serious difficulties with the woman whom he married that at length the couple separated and lived apart for several years.
The form of hysteria at length reached at Salem was the result of no sudden burst of terror, but of a long evolution of ideas dealing with the power of Satan.
At lengththe Deacon was taken ill, and his life was supposed in great danger.
It was not uncommon, too, for eggs to be thrown from the gallery, and both this and the rushing upon the stage was expressly forbidden at length by the authorities of several towns.
She recovered; but Four Indians died of the Feavour, and at length her Mistress also.
At length I took it off the horse and carried it in my arms, till my strength failed and I fell down with it.
Many of the former had only recently arrived from England, and were, therefore, comparatively free from the race prejudice that was so likely to develop upon close association with the African for a great length of time.
Here and there through the early writings we have only the merest hints as to what girls studied and as to the length of their schooling.
Moreover, the accusers at length aimed too high; accusations were made against persons of rank, members of the governor's family, and even the relatives of the pastors themselves.
Evidently affairs went from bad to worse, even to the point where Sam ate his meals alone and probably prepared them too; for the Judge atlength notes in his Diary: "I goe to Brooklin, meet my daughter Sewall going to Roxbury with Hanah.
He took no note of the length of time occupied in reaching his destination: it was a relief to be in motion, and to know that every moment brought him nearer a locality where the lost one might be found.
For you desired to make me fully sensible of the length to which you carried your audacity.
I suppose not; it is wonderful to what cruel and inconsistent length she carries her pride.
What could be done to shorten the endless hours that stretched their weary length between that period and evening?
Saying these words, he picked up the glove, and hastened to rejoin the count, who was too much absorbed in his own thoughts to remark the length of his friend's absence.
A crimson drapery was suspended from the ceiling to the ground, along the whole length of the entry, and entirely shut out the staircase.
It is not our place, Maurice, to measure its length or analyze its workings.
That is strange; men are apt to boast of the length as well as of the strength of their passion," remarked Maurice.
There are two square towers, about one hundred and seventy feet in height, nearly in the centre of the town; at their bases the breadth of the wall is not more than two feet, and neither side exceeds in length eight yards.
We pace the pebble-strown flat to the south till we leave behind us the length of the town wall, and reach the little cluster of rocks already mentioned.
The entire lengthof the town thus formed, with the cultivation immediately annexed, is full four miles, but the average breadth does not exceed half a mile, and sometimes falls short of it.
At length the Nefûd was overcome and the travellers approached Hail, not without apprehensions as to the reception that might await them.
We passed the whole length of the town of Zulphah, several streets of which had been lately swept away by the winter torrents that pour at times their short-lived fury down this valley.
Northward the same chain bends round till it meets the town, and then stretches away for a length of ten or twelve days’ journey, gradually losing in height on its approach to Meshid ’Alee and the valley of the Euphrates.
The average breadth of this populous district is about sixty miles, its length twice as much, or more; it lies full two hundred feet below the level of the uplands, which here break off like a wall.
Astonishment was depicted on their countenances, but as we did not halt they had no opportunity of gratifying their curiosity by gazing at us for any length of time.
Notwithstanding there was a breeze cool enough to make warm clothes a necessity, and Betty wore a long dark blue cloth cloak, while her companion, who was lying at full length in a steamer chair, was covered with a heavy rug.
No one could ever succeed in making Meg Everett serious for any great length of time.
Oh, you need not apologize to mother for the length of your stay.
When they have remained standing for some length of time, and the strata have been allowed quietly to accumulate around the trunks, they have escaped compression.
The isolated beds in Cork and Tipperary, in Tyrone and Antrim, are but the remnants left of what were formerly beds of coal extending the whole breadth and length of Ireland.
Carboniferous rocks abut against the flanks of the Ural Mountains, along the sides of which they extend for a length of about a thousand miles, with inter-stratifications of coal.
When British supplies are at length exhausted, we may anticipate that some of the earliest coals to be imported, should coal then be needed, will reach Britain from the upper waters of the Oder.
The great field of which this is a portion, extends in an unbrokenlength for 875 miles N.
Afterwards we continued our voyage, which, without further accident, terminated at lengthon the shores of Hudson's Bay.
With occasional help and the aid of a stick which Jo cut to a proper length and fashioned in the form of a crutch, Juarez was able to get back to the boat with comparative ease, and they were soon rowing toward the yacht.
Tom, indicating several suspended skeletons of full length which were held against the walls, and which the light now revealed.
It must have a certain length of nose, a certain length of chin, and above all a certain height of brow.
At length she granted the Favour, At length she granted the Favour; With the dull Curse, For better for worse, And saved the Parson the Labour.
The good Lord Bishop is come to Town, And on the Bench is set so high; And every Man was tax'd to his crime, At lengthhe call'd Sir Hugh in the Grime.
At length by good Fortune they came to an Inn, With a hey down, &c.
At length the men began to quarrel about the trophies, but Strongarm waved them back.
At length Sharpeyes roused up as if he were waking from a dream.
At length he continued the story, but his voice was filled with sadness.
At length he told how he slipped down from the tree and found the old man dying.
At length all but Firekeeper crept into the cave, where they were soon asleep upon the rough floor.
This adds to the length of our journey, but also greatly to its interest.
Why should I be afraid, when in all the length and breadth of our land there is no evil to befall her, or you either.
Her hair was the color of a ripe chestnut frosted with gold, and in length and abundance would cover her like a garment.
Throughout thelength and breadth of Mizora the roads were artificially made.
On one side of the mantelpiece hung a full length portrait of a lady, painted with startling naturalness.
Azrael strolled the whole lengthof the shore of the island.
Whereupon the Master interposed with no little vigour, averring with oaths that 'twas from another source that he had gotten his knowledge; and Buffalmacco at length allowed himself to be pacified by the sage's words.
The fuses had been cut with the utmost nicety to burn the same length of time--twelve minutes.
When he actually heard the flood come hissing, he had decided, on the whole, to dress, and had got the length of that one stocking, when the flying lake cut short his vegetation.
Those two journeys of the saw will grind the whole length of it for a breath of two or three inches, and all in forty seconds.
His head struck the stone gate-post, and he measured his lengthunder it.
Helen could go the whole length beautifully, and balance herself better than Eudora.
If you taught us the truths that we always know Our heart might be softened and let you go: Can you tell us the length of a monkey's beard, Or the weight of the gems on the Emperor's fan, Or the number of parrots in Old Japan?
When the full glory of dawn Dazzled the sea, he found himself alone, With one huge galleon helplessly drifting A cable's-length away.
Out of their doors To wonder and stare the jostling citizens ran When They went by; and through the length and breadth Of England, now, the gathering glory of life Shone like the dawn.
At length she stood up, straining her ears for the music in the ballroom.
Only the tapestried corridor running the length of the great colonnade to the royal apartments was left unguarded, since in that place there is no possibility of improper intrusion.
At the further end of the room, if memory serves, hung a large, full length portrait of the artist herself.
Naturally, the time and length of the seasons of performance differ widely in the different places.
How could I stay away from America for such a length of time?
Perhaps they may come before the public after that length of time spent in study; but they will only know a part--a little of all they ought to know.
Upon the length of the report depends the reputation of the newspaper.
Men with blonde mustaches of extremelength would recite lovers' poems.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "length" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
