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"Earliness" Quotes from Famous Books

... so much that the earliness of the hour attracted the notice of these spectators—for the Romans were a matutinal people, even in their most effeminate and luxurious ages, and the sun found few loiterers in their chambers, when he came forth from his oriental gates—as that the manner and ...

— The Roman Traitor (Vol. 2 of 2) • Henry William Herbert

... below, and at once started to town. His first thought was that he would go to the bank, but he decided otherwise. He shrank from the formality of greeting the employees in his present frame of mind. No, he would simply see Marie at once and face the inevitable. The earliness of the hour—it was only nine o'clock—would make no difference with her. In fact, by seeking her at once he might prevent her from looking for him. It would be dangerous, he was well aware of that, but the danger would not be any the greater under the ...

— The Desired Woman • Will N. Harben

... an inhabitant of the dry pastures South of France and Italy, and a hardy herbaceous plant of ready growth, recommends itself by the earliness of its flowering and the delicate glaucous colour of its foliage. PARKINSON figures it with double flowers, though he describes it with semi-double ones only; we have not observed either of these varieties in the gardens about London, they have most probably fallen victims to the rage for ...

— The Botanical Magazine, Vol. V - Or, Flower-Garden Displayed • William Curtis

Words linked to "Earliness" : anteriority, precedence, timing, forwardness, antecedence, precedency, antecedency, priority, lateness, early