Then the old man, grieving to think of the fate of his people when he should be gone, had himself slung in a litter between two horses, and marched against the foe.
As the repaired suspension bridge stood intact, and the shore was strewn with the litter of a hasty flight, the manner of the Pixies' escape was easily explained.
Above the litter a sunshade, made from the blossoms of a wood violet, was borne by mounted Brownies.
Behind these came the litteron which Captain Bruce was carried.
It seemed like a battle between a lion and a litter of mice, so vast was the difference in size between the combatants.
The decks were cleaned from thelitter of conflict.
He had also divided the pigsty, so that the sow might be kept apart from the other pigs; and they expected very soon to have a litter of young pigs.
Here again Humphrey would have twice as much as Jacob had ever cut before, because he wanted litter for the cow.
Thus thought Humphrey, as he went along; he was all for the farm and improvements, and was always calculating when he should have another calf, or a fresh litter of pigs.
Any fool can run his ship on shore, and litter her cargo along half-a-mile of sea coast.
I began to dress in haste and fear, and Susan was in the act of plaiting my hair when Cousin Maud flew in to say that Queen Barbara had sent her own litter to carry me to her.
The two knights left the fountain and the litter and mounted them, the surprised spectators beholding the King and Sir Charles Brandon.
As the litter approached the city and was descried from the walls, the people poured forth to gaze once more on the face of their hero.
Then he called to his sons and bade them draw forth his litter and place in it the various articles designed for a ransom to Achilles.
This they placed on the litter and spread the garments over it, that not unveiled it should be borne back to Troy.
The litter is half-way to the castle gates already.
A litter of puppies in the beginning or even the middle of winter will often be scarcely worth the trouble or expense of rearing.
A bitch that was often brought to my house was suckling a litter of puppies.
If she is suffered to bring up one litter after another, she will have better health than those that are debarred from intercourse with the male.
If the litter is larger, it is better to destroy the remainder, or use a foster mother.
The different varieties of Toy Spaniels have been so much interbred that a litter has been reputed to contain the four kinds, but this would be of very rare occurrence.
It seems to have originally appeared in a litter of King Charles puppies, when it was looked upon as a freak of nature, taking for its entire colour only the tan markings and losing the black ground.
Still, choose a pup with a heavy coat, if possible, although when this puppy coat is cast, the dog may not grow so good as one as some of the litterwho in early life were smoother.
Many breeders have obtained a goat with the sole object of rearing a litter of puppies on her milk, and have eventually discarded cow's milk altogether, using goat's milk for household purposes instead.
If the litter is a large one, the last born may be noticeably puny, and this disparity in size may continue to maturity.
This is especially true of Dachshunds, and it requires an expert to pick the best puppy of a litter at a month or two old, and even he may be at fault unless the puppy is exceptionally well reared.
Nowadays it is not often that any other colour than red is seen in a litter of Irish Terriers, although a white patch on the breast is frequent, as it is in all self-coloured breeds.
It is certainly a fact that one or two natural bob-tails are frequently found in a litter of which the remainder are duly furnished with well-developed tails.
Unfortunately, in a litter of Blenheims the spot is often wanting.
A coarsely constituted bitch may be trusted to look after herself on these occasions; no help is necessary, and one may come down in the morning to find her with her litter comfortably nestling at her side.
A litter of driftwood, kelp and mulched rubbish was swirling back and forth among the churning pebbles that with each refluent wave went clattering down in a mad chorus.
That would give Filhiol time to run through the litter of papers in Hal’s room, and to destroy the translation that might have such fatal consequences if it should come into the captain’s hands.
The litter of knives, krises, cutlasses and firearms told the story; told that some of the Malays had boarded the Silver Fleece and that none of these had got away.
Over the floor, the bed, lay a litter of discarded clothes and papers.
He was conveyed to his house in Lyons in a litter shaped like a square chamber, covered with red damask, and borne on the shoulders of eighteen guards.
The king then took his way back to Fontainebleau in the litter of the cardinal, which the latter had lent him.
The mask arrived in a litterwhich preceded that of M.
He brought with him in his own litter an ancient prisoner formerly under his care at Pignerol, and whose name remains untold.
Across Ormiston's mind came the remembrance of a litter of puppies he had seen in the sanctum of the veterinary surgeon of his regiment.
He would tell Chifney to go down there and bespeak the two best of the next litter of puppies.
Another tall figure standing before him amongst the litter of the smash on the bridge whispered insanely-- "Say nothing of it.
Are they goin' to start a school for that litter of young Wattses?
On a litter was being borne the nude body of a stout man, in whose breast a dagger was sticking as a cross is stuck in the ground.
If I had done the same thing I shouldn't have to die like a dog on a litterof straw.
Mingled with the hideous litter of all these things are dirtiness, a disgusting odour, spots of oil and tallow, and dust everywhere.
The slight sound of his entry passed unnoticed by the Honorable Milton Waring, who continued to lean over his desk completely absorbed in a litter of papers.
The scent of wild peppermint hung heavy in the cool air, which came out of the north exhilarating like wine, while the birch twigs sang strange songs to us as we drove the teams to the stable through the litter of withered leaves.
We were five partly fed and worn-out men in all, and we carried the litter alternately by twos and fours, finding the task a trying one either way.
He was too old and infirm to mount a horse, but lay in a litter in the midst of his hitherto unconquerable infantry.
I shall give orders that you are conveyed in a horse litter to Sedan, where my brother, the Duc de Bouillon, will gladly entertain you for my sake, and you must remain there until entirely restored to strength.
When he had finished, Nuzhet ez Zeman lifted up a corner of the curtain of the litter and looked at him.
Then he governed and did justice and proceeded to equip the lady Kuzia Fekan, daughter of King Sherkan, appointing her a litter of silken stuff.
Then the King appointed the stoker servants and officers and gave him a new litter and princely equipage and said to the amirs, "Whoso loves me, let him honour this man and give him a handsome present.
Then he called for a litter and laying his dead daughter therein, returned to Caesarea and carried her into the palace.
They sat awhile at the door of the litter, conversing, till she said to him, "Come with me into the litter and tell me all that has befallen thee, and I will do the like.
The gray smoke of the fires ascending through the poplar trees, the bare-armed soldiers laboring over their mounts, the deserted houses, the litter of saddles and equipment, made a picture not soon to be forgotten.
The floors were covered ankle-deep in the resulting litter which was composed of everything from lace to daguerreotypes, from bric-à-brac to hosiery.
Then they mounted us in the litter and, when the morrow dawned, we found ourselves with thee, without having suffered any hurt whatever.
Then he left the litter and those who were therein and preceded them to the pavilion where he had set her down; and searched but found naught, neither Princess nor horse.
Now one of them knew the land of Kabul; so when he saw the city, he bade the others let down the litter at that populous place which was the capital.
We abode on this wise a many of years till, one year we set out for the Castle of Jewels, as was our wont, and on the way thither alighted from the litter in this island to rest and take our pleasure therein.
He chose out four of his Marids to carry the litter in whichever of the four quarters the riders might choose.
So they set down the litter and covered it with the canopy; then, having waited till midnight, they attacked the enemy's camp one of them being a match for ten; or at least for eight.
And whilst this rout and hurly-burly was enacting, behold, the Marids descended with the litter upon the palace that was in the citadel, and Janshah bade them set it down in the midst of the Divan.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "litter" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
