2303 examples of hither in sentences

She said to the King, "From what motive hast thou come hither?" He said, "I have lost my wife.

"Come hither, fellow," said Will Scarlet, in his soft, gentle voice, "I owe thee somewhat that I would pay forthwith."

Come hither; I owe thee somewhat, and would fain pay it.

Caesar, being called hither in haste to see what he was doing, did not finish entirely any of those projects, as he was surely intending.

While his eyes sped swiftly hither and thither, now busied with wide groupings, now catching small details, his face was impassive.

"I've got something to tell you, Ben." Gaynor led the way through a room where were piano and victrola and from the floor of which the rugs were still rolled; through a dining-room and into what was at once a small library and Gaynor's study; King noted that even a telephone had found its way hither.

We ran and scampered hither and thither, and Ned watched us, laughing at our antics.

On the fourth day he said to his minister: "Go with this letter to Isfendiyár, and accompany him hither to me."

Linnet moved hither and thither, after the dinner dishes were done, all through the house, up stairs and down, to see that everything was in perfect order before she might dress and enjoy the afternoon.

We may not philosophize or formulate, we may not live up to our theories, but we feel in greater or less degree the responsibility of calling a human being hither, and the necessity of guarding and guiding, in one way or another, that which owes its being to us.

The little human butterflies and bees and birds flit hither and thither in the circle; the make-believe trees hold up their branches, and the flowers their cups; and everybody seems merry and content.

Some of the merchants came hither from the capital; amongst the rest, Mr. and Mrs. Elton, they, as well as others, brought a favourable account of the Emperor and his ministers, and lauded very much the commercial policy of the governor of Mogador.

" "Thou hast been much of late among the lying Genoese, Stefano, that thou comest hither with these idle tales of what a heretic can do.

" "If he detain thee, Gino, thou wilt wait his pleasure; and if he dismiss thee at once, return hither with all expedition, that I may know the result.

Meantime the girl continued to shove the chairs hither and thither, and to arrange and disarrange everything in the room with a fidgety industry, intended to cover her agitation.

Tell those who sent you hither that my press and my house are undefendedthey must do as they see proper.

"Oh! Beekman!" exclaimed the last, "at what a moment has God sent you hither!

I learned, just in time, that a party was coming hither, bent on mischief; and obtaining the necessary authority, I hastened to the nearest garrison, obtained a company, and commenced my march as soon as possible.

And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste, and bring down my father hither."

It was when Judaea was under the nominal rule of Hyrcanus II., driven hither and thither by his enemies, and when his capital was in their hands, that Pompey, triumphant over the armies of the East, took Jerusalem after a desperate resistance, entered the Temple, and even penetrated to the Holy of Holies.

It contains the idea of a compleat Commonwealth in an imaginary island, (pretended to be lately discovered in America) and that so well counterfeited, that many upon reading it, mistook it for a real truth, in so much (says Winstanly) that some learned men, as Budeus, Johannes Plaudanus, out of a principle of fervent zeal, wished that some excellent divines might be sent hither to preach Christ's Gospel.

To which I answered smiling, that if I had feared I should not have come hither.

Of the Island of Ceylon, and various parts of Hither India.

One excellent effect is wrought by the place itself, for the arrantest coward breathing, being posted hither, comes in three days to an admirable stomach.

Hither you need not sail, for it is a ship of itself; the master's side is the upper deck.

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