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Sentences ending with latter

If this is well managed, the listener is always eager to believe a great deal more than the romancer seems willing to tell, and always resents the assumed reservations and doubts of the latter. [4]
The bearer of this, Wilton M. Huput, is a friend of Judge Kelly, as appears by the letter of the latter. [7]
The inn on the Riffelberg is nearly eight thousand feet high, almost two thousand feet above the hut on Mount Washington; yet it is not so cold and desolate as the latter. [4]
Let us attempt the latter. [7]
Why could not the former "materialize" as well as the latter? [4]
She knew from the dead man that he had met his dear Madrid pupil, and her first visit was to the latter. [10]
We thus see that two distinct forms of the same species may co-exist in the same district, and we cannot doubt that if the one had possessed any advantage over the other, it would soon have been multiplied to the exclusion of the latter. [1]
The spirit of seventy-six and the spirit of Nebraska are utter antagonisms; and the former is being rapidly displaced by the latter. [7]
The wind and sea were equally favorable to both galleys; but the Venetians outstripped the Spaniards and dropped anchor at Alicante twenty-four hours before the latter. [10]
In a word, Republican Simplicity found Europe with one shirt on her back, so to speak, as far as real luxuries, conveniences, and the comforts of life go, and has clothed her to the chin with the latter. [5]

Short sentences using latter

These latter were not show-people. [5]
I chose the latter. [7]
Pierre became the latter. [2]
Kutuzov chose this latter course. [2]
The latter gladly assented. [10]
The latter, perhaps. [5]
Mainly the latter. [5]

Sentences containing latter two or more times

Among the latter was the famous leech Erasistratus, who shared Archias's cushions, and had been solicited by the latter to try to restore his blind nephew's sight. [10]

More example sentences with the word latter in them

During the latter years of his life he became increasingly interested in social questions, some of which partook of a semi-political character. [4]
The latter process would be greatly aided by the inherited effects of the increased use of parts, and these two processes would incessantly react on each other. [1]
At three o'clock word was sent in that Mr. Austen Vane was outside, and wished to speak with his father as soon as the latter was at leisure. [9]
The latter turned with upraised beaker towards the Thuringian and, as the Junker who had relapsed into his reverie, did not notice the movement, irritably exclaimed: "Well, Herr Dornburg, you require a long time to pledge a man. [10]
The latter commences with Professor Tzschirner's appointment and the reform in the school. [10]
They confound belief with evidence, often trusting the first because it is expressed with energy, and slighting the latter because it is calm and unimpassioned. [3]
She now listened with eager interest, sometimes completing Hermon's acknowledgments by an explanatory or propitiating word, as the leeches subjected him to a rigid examination, but the latter felt that his statements were not to serve curiosity, but an honest desire to aid him. [10]
He was armed with a musketoon (which he carried rather as a joke), a pike and an ax, which latter he used as a wolf uses its teeth, with equal case picking fleas out of its fur or crunching thick bones. [2]
I meant to wind up with this latter great work, and then dismiss the subject for good. [5]
The latter opinion will probably prevail, for it has nature on its side, and the course of history, and the imagination. [4]
The latter were wild specimens of rugged scenery, and full of interest--we were in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, now. [5]
The Minorite Ignatius, whom Father Benedictus had sent after him that he might finish the work which the latter had begun, was a man who lacked neither intellect nor eloquence; but he did not possess the fiery enthusiasm and aristocratic confidence of the dead man. [10]
But as the whites were protected by the fort, and the Indians were treacherous by nature, it was decided that the latter might use the hard missiles. [4]
Erasmus listened silently while Wolf eagerly made these statements; but when the latter closed with the declaration that the evangelical faith would never attain the same power of elevating hearts, he interrupted the knight with the exclamation, "We shall have to wait for that! [10]
Eight nimble hands, which were often aided by Iras's skilful fingers, toiled busily, and soon the latter could hold up the mirror before Cleopatra, exclaiming from the very depths of her heart, "Like the foam-born Aphrodite and the golden Hathor! [10]
Clemens said that when he took the Jumping Frog book to Carlton, in 1867, the latter, pointing to his stock, said, rather scornfully: "Books? [5]
If the latter were not greatly my superior, and I could exert my whole strength to clasp him to me, he was lost. [10]
Among the latter were Mrs. Tynan and her daughter and Malachi Deely; among those who held their breath in suspence were John Sibley, Studd Bradley the financier, and the Young Doctor. [11]
Those latter days were days of bitter worry and trouble for the harassed Reformers. [5]
He looks mighty well, these latter days. [5]
He shone very well in this latter office. [5]
Keep your head well bundled with a shawl till the latter comes, and so cheat your persecuting neuralgias and rheumatisms. [5]
The latter, as well as Appenzelder, still frequently called upon her, and tried to diminish her grief over the injury to her voice by telling her of hundreds of similar cases which had resulted favourably. [10]
Twice in a week, our Clara had this latter experience with him within the past month. [5]
In this latter way did she seem to lay her hand upon the lives of Philip d'Avranche and Guida Landresse. [11]
Their long, flowing, wavy hair, and an atmosphere of ideality which enveloped them both, might have inclined one to the latter supposition; while the form of their brows, indicating deep thought and severe mental labor, and their slightly stooping shoulders, would have suggested the former. [10]
The new residence was to afford me an opportunity to lead a lonely, quiet life with my mother and my books, which latter, however, were only to be used in moderation. [10]
The latter course was the only one possible. [11]
Among the latter was the brave, young Spargapises, our queen's son. [10]
While the latter was still answering the last one, Chamberlain de Praet announced the singer's arrival, and Count Bueren escorted the aged Marquise de Leria to the monarch. [10]
A general who was standing by the guns shouted some words of command to the officer, and the latter ran back again with his men. [2]
Britain, because she was separated from the continent and protected by her fleet, virtually withdrew from European affairs in the latter part of the nineteenth century, and, as a result, made great strides in democracy. [9]
True, the latter was much quicker than the former, who if the situation became critical, pondered over it an unconscionably long time. [10]
As the weather was mild, the latter sat in an open sedan chair, and when he saw Geronimo he scanned him with the keen glance of the ruler, and then looked inquiringly at my husband. [10]
At present he was in his office with Herr Casper Eysvogel; Biberli might wait in the kitchen till the latter went away. [10]
Although the King was hungry and chilly, he was also so tired and so drowsy that these latter influences soon began to get the advantage of the former, and he presently dozed off into a state of semi-consciousness. [5]
If the latter was falsely believed to be his work, then Proclus's judgment was explained--then--then--- Seized by a torturing anguish, he groaned aloud, and the steward Gras inquired what he wanted. [10]
The former gentleman was despondent, the latter hopeful. [5]
Among the latter was an excursion to Cassel which was associated with an adventure whose singular course impressed it firmly on my memory. [10]
His adjutant Kaysarov was about to draw back the curtain of the window facing Kutuzov, but the latter moved his hand angrily and Kaysarov understood that his Serene Highness did not wish his face to be seen. [2]
The young culprit wanted to slip past his teacher with a low "good night," but the latter called him, and pointing to the picture, smilingly asked: "Did you paint this? [10]
Whereupon the latter vowed that they would have a party at their house too, and made arrangements for a dance of twenty or thirty couples, to be followed by an entertainment. [6]
The latter, though victorious over their predecessors, may not have become better adapted for all places in the economy of nature. [1]
The roofs are very thick, and so are the walls; the latter have square holes in them for windows. [5]
The latter was vehement in his gesticulations; I expected some violent termination to my drama; but an angle of a building interfered and closed the scene. [4]
Prince Vasili's two valets were busy dressing him, and he looked round with much animation and cheerfully nodded to his son as the latter entered, as if to say: "Yes, that's how I want you to look. [2]
Snow and ice usually appeared in our mountain valley in the latter half of November. [10]
The latter are used for fuel, and the former are pressed for their oil. [4]
For the latter use, they are called "precedents" and "authorities. [7]
Prince Andrew went up to Pierre, and the latter noticed a new and youthful expression in his friend's face. [2]
He had grown up beside another hearth than his parents', yet the latter is the only true home for youth. [10]
These latter pick up all the discarded days and add them to the world's stock again; and about as good as new, too; for of course the salt water preserves them. [5]
This basin of unbroken green rises away to the south and southeast into the rocky heights of Dix's Peak and Nipple Top,--the latter a local name which neither the mountain nor the fastidious tourist is able to shake off. [4]
In the deep twilight of that forest solitude four desperate rascals--Burgess, Sullivan, Levy, and Kelley--ambushed themselves beside the mountain-trail to murder and rob four travelers--Kempthorne, Mathieu, Dudley, and De Pontius, the latter a New Yorker. [5]
How small and trivial was the former in comparison with the latter, which had no termination! [10]
The latter turned toward him, exclaiming: Daphne! [10]
Now the letter took a different aspect-all save the signature, which latter I judged to be only a harmless affectation of Hebrew. [5]
Then you come to Vincennes on the Wabash, Fort St. Vincent, the English and Canadians called it, for there were a few of the latter who had settled in Kaskaskia since the English occupation. [9]
The latter, pointing to the equipage, said in a rapid, earnest tone: "Gorgias is beckoning. [10]
He is resolved to take a little care of the former, in pity to the latter, which I applaud, and shall second with all, my might. [5]
Pierre had managed to start a conversation with the abbe about the balance of power, and the latter, evidently interested by the young man's simple-minded eagerness, was explaining his pet theory. [2]
It is necessary to show in a brief glance what had been going on in Europe during the latter part of that century, the first quarter of which had been made illustrious in the history of medical science by the discovery of the circulation. [3]
Ulrich was obliged to share the jester's sleeping-room, and as Pellicanus shrank from getting out of bed, while suffering from night-sweats, and often needed something, he roused Ulrich from his sleep, and the latter was always ready to assist him. [10]
They are put to school; they are put at work; they are prescribed minute and severe rules of conduct, and in the latter training is included military drill. [4]
The latter, bound to posts, awaited their sentence. [10]
He was permitted to pay only a short visit to Henrica, and did not see his father at all, the latter having gone to a night council at Herr Van Bronkhorst's. [10]
He scarcely seemed to notice when Al'mah took the hand that Rudyard had held, and the latter, with quick, noiseless steps, left the room. [11]
I was presented to Mrs. Eschelle and her daughter; in the latter I recognized the beauty who had flashed by us in the Park. [4]
He had grown to like Pierre, as the latter had come in course to respect him. [11]
Landrassy bowed suavely to Ian as they met outside Mennaval's door in the early evening of this day when the business was accomplished, the former coming out, the latter going in. [11]
She went up to her, and learned that her husband and her son were both dead, the former in Syria, and the latter after his return to Egypt. [10]
The master ought to have been well disposed towards worthy Kochel, for the latter was an enthusiastic admirer of his works. [10]
The latter began to feel that it was in bad taste to speak of his enthusiasms, dreams, and hopes of happiness or goodness, in Prince Andrew's presence. [2]
It is well to consider this latter a little further. [4]
The latter strove to catch first Chloris, then Dorippe, then some other maiden, but ere she succeeded the chain separated, joining again behind her ere she could turn. [10]
I believe myself to be guilty of no such thing as the latter, though, of course, I cannot claim that I am entirely free from all error in the opinions I advance. [7]
What I want to ask your attention to; at this point, is that Illinois and Missouri came into the Union about the same time, Illinois in the latter part of 1818, and Missouri, after a struggle, I believe sometime in 1820. [7]
The latter desired to ascertain whether the influential warrior who commanded the most important fortress in the country could be persuaded to join a conspiracy formed by Arsinoe against her royal husband, but he seemed to have left Philippus with very faint hopes. [10]
Now, the latter title, A Romany of the Snows, was that which I originally chose for the volume published in England as An Adventurer of the North. [11]
He waited patiently till the latter raised his bearded face and greeted him with friendly dignity. [10]
It was in this same year, 1816, when the fortunes of the firm were daily becoming more dismal, that he wrote to Brevoort, upon the report that the latter was likely to remain a bachelor: "We are all selfish beings. [4]
She had attributed this latter partly to jealousy of her, for no one is willing to acknowledge a fault in himself when a more agreeable motive can be found for the estrangement of his acquaintances. [5]
It was under this impression that Irene passed the last evening at Saratoga with Stanhope on the piazza of the hotel--an evening that the latter long remembered as giving him the sweetest and the most contradictory and perplexing glimpses of a woman's heart. [4]
As a general thing the Pass was more suggestive of a valley than a suspension bridge in the clouds--but it strongly suggested the latter at one spot. [5]
In the vestibule they met Mr. Austen Vane and Mr. Thomas Gaylord, the latter coming forward with a certain palpable embarrassment. [9]
Of the former they had many, of the latter few--none perhaps beyond that indefinable uneasiness which is inseparable from suddenly awakened hope, and protracted expectation. [12]
Each time that these hints began to make the countess anxious and she glanced uneasily at the count and at Anna Mikhaylovna, the latter very adroitly turned the conversation to insignificant matters. [2]
If the latter, there was no help for her. [4]
It seems manifest, then, that the latter tongue ought to be trimmed down and repaired. [5]
Tang-a-Dahit pointed out the ways that they might go--by the path to the left along the hills, or through the green defile; and Cumner's Son instantly chose the latter way. [11]
Shaking his head, the valet took these articles of dress from the chest; but before he put them on his master, the latter sat down to have his hair and beard carefully arranged. [10]
The latter measured the tall, brave fellow with a hasty glance, and turning, half to him, half to Alexander Farnese, said: "An enviable trick, and admirable performance, by my love! [10]
The latter is the sole object of this article. [5]
If you cross the river between the enemy and Washington, and cover the latter by your operation, you can be reinforced by thirty thousand men. [7]
But now, when the reverend Father came toward the dying man with the Body of the Lord, there was so dreadful and sorrowful a sight to be seen as I may never forget to my latter day. [10]
The next morning the Queen had many whispered conversations with Charmian, and the latter with Anukis. [10]
The smith asked the poacher's opinion, and the latter growled: "That will, doubtless, be a good plan. [10]
These latter compel the peasant to bring his little trifle of grain to the village, at his own cost. [5]
Helena, Gorgias, and the old philosopher Euphranor, had approached her, and when the latter asked with loving reproach, "Why, Barine, how did you get through the howling mob? [10]
He instantly recognised the nobleman; but the latter had resolved to keep the poor musician's attack a secret. [10]

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