111 Metaphors for largest

M. Hence, the greater the distance RM, the larger must be the mirror in order that the same amount of light may be preserved, and its dimensions would soon become inordinate.

It is plain that the latter or secondary form of emotion must be by far the commoner, and the one to which the dramatist of any ambition must make his main appeal; for the longer his play endures, the larger will be the proportion of any given audience which knows it beforehand, in outline, if not in detail.

In one place two of these openings were neighbors: the larger was the route and the smaller led nowhere.

The larger of the two on the south-eastern reef, off which the ship lay, is about half a mile in circumference.

The Duchateau Isles are three low, wooded, coral islets, the largest of which is only three-fourths of a mile in length.

The farther inland they came, the larger were the lakes, and the more plentiful were the islands and points.

The globular, or oval, corpuscles which float so thickly in the yeast as to make it muddy, though the largest are not more than one two-thousandth of an inch in diameter, and the smallest may measure less than one seven-thousandth of an inch, are living organisms.

SPORADES, a group of islands in the Ægean Sea, of which the largest is the Mitylene.

The court he practised, not the courtier's art: Large was his wealth, but larger was his heart, Which well the noblest objects knew to choose, The fighting warrior, and recording muse.

There are several islands here, but the largest is Rey Isle.

Larger also was the man who rode over the brow of the hill to the east.

But the largest of these were mere collections of a few hundred houses ranged along streets, none of which were sewered and few of which were paved or lighted.

The larger the screw is, the greater will be the efficiency of the engine in propelling the vessel; the larger will be the ratio of the pitch to the diameter, which produces a maximum effect; and the smaller will be the length of the screw or the fraction of a convolution to produce a maximum effect.

Large were the sums he gathered from them, for he omitted not a single source of revenue, no, not even the first that might offer itself, though its character were reprehensible, but he sought money from everybody alike, of secular or religious profession.

Above the cascades the main stream passes through a series of open, sunny levels, the largest of which are about an acre in size, where the wild bees and their companions were feasting on a showy growth of zauschneria, painted cups, and monardella; and gray squirrels were busy harvesting the burs of the Douglas Spruce, the only conifer I met in the basin.

The material used was wood, the means of propulsion sails, with some thought of steam-engines and paddle-wheels; the means of offence were cast-iron guns large in number but small in size, the largest being 9 or 11 inches in diameter and throwing a shell of some 75 or 130 pounds weight, while the means of defence consisted solely in the "wooden walls," and modern ideas regarding armor had not even appeared above the horizon.

My industrial plan is the largest of historyit is also the most simple.

Larger and smaller communities of Jainas or Arhata,that is followers of the prophet, who is generally called simply the Jina'the conqueror of the world',or the Arhat'the holy one',are to be found in almost every important Indian town, particularly among the merchant class.

The largest is the Coronation of the Virgin with its many liliesa picture which one must delight in, so happy and crowded is it, but which never seems to me quite what it should be.

The largest of the Cetacea is the Right whale, of whichso persistently is it hunted downthere will soon be but few Left.

Furthermore, the longer the time that the work on which people are now engaged takes to yield its product, the larger must be this store of consumers' goods.

And now great Arthur's court beheld the knight In sumptuous guise magnificently dight; Large were his presents, cost was nothing spar'd, And every former friend his bounty shar'd.

The pearl oysters in the profoundest depths of the sea consequently have time to grow, and the larger and older the shell becomes, the larger the pearls they harbour, though in number they are few.

Next day (20th) we passed the influx of six rivers, the largest of which is Leaf River, coming in from the West.

On Deal, the eastern isle, there are charred stumps of a few large eucalypti: but otherwise the trees are small, the largest being a few casuarinas over the head of East Cove.

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