All 12 Uses of
precede
in
The Deerslayer
- The man probably expected the fatal blow which was to precede the loss of his scalp; or perhaps he anticipated that this latter act of cruelty would precede his death.†
Chpt 7 *
- The man probably expected the fatal blow which was to precede the loss of his scalp; or perhaps he anticipated that this latter act of cruelty would precede his death.†
Chpt 7
- She remained stationary until the Ark had pulled in near the encampment, as has been related in the preceding chapter, when she resumed the paddle and with cautious strokes made the best of her way towards the western shore.†
Chpt 10
- One discovery mentioned at the close of the preceding chapter was of great moment in the eyes of Deerslayer and his friend.†
Chpt 16
- We have not leisure to record the opinions of these rude men on a subject so consonant to their lives and experience; but little is hazarded in saying that they were quite as plausible, and far more ingenious, than half the conjectures that precede the demonstrations of science.†
Chpt 16
- It was the season of the shortest nights, and it was not long before the deep obscurity which precedes the day began to yield to the returning light.†
Chpt 19
- The beautiful and soothing calm of eventide has been extolled by a thousand poets, and yet it does not bring with it the far-reaching and sublime thoughts of the half hour that precedes the rising of a summer sun.†
Chpt 19
- The day had not yet advanced so far as to bring the sun above the horizon, but the heavens, the atmosphere, and the woods and lake were all seen under that softened light which immediately precedes his appearance, and which perhaps is the most witching period of the four and twenty hours.†
Chpt 19
- In half a minute, two more were at his side, one of whom received a grave injury by the friend who had just preceded him.†
Chpt 20
- The girl hesitated a moment, and then she answered in her own gentle, soft tones, as earnestly as any who had preceded her.†
Chpt 23
- The frightful event of the preceding evening had left no impression on the placid sheet, and the untiring hours pursued their course in the placid order prescribed by the powerful hand that set them in motion.†
Chpt 31
- Chingachgook had preceded it, and was already some distance in the wood, at a spot where the two trails, that to the garrison and that to the villages of the Delawares, separated.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(precede) to go or do before