Hither

//ˈhɪðə//

"Hither" in a Sentence (16 examples)

He rambled hither and thither.

Come hither.

The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste, and moaning as they went.

Brilliant butterflies flew hither and thither.

The true philosophical Act is annihilation of self (Selbsttötung); this is the real beginning of all Philosophy; all requisites for being a Disciple of Philosophy point hither. This Act alone corresponds to all the conditions and characteristics of transcendental conduct.

"Whosoe'er thou be, / be kind, for strangers and in evil case / we roam, tost hither by the stormy sea."

"Hither, where now the walls and fortress high, / of Carthage, and her rising homes are found, / they came, and there full cheaply did they buy, / such space – called Byrsa from the deed – of ground / as one bull's-hide could compass and surround."

"We come not hither with the sword to rend / your Libyan homes, and shoreward drive the prey. / Nay, no such violence our thoughts intend, / such pride suits not the vanquished."

"So now to Argos are they gone, to gain / fresh help from heaven, and hither by surprise / shall come once more, remeasuring the main. / Thus Calchas warned them."

"Hither to this shrine retire, / and share our safety or our death."

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He went hither and thither.

SATURNINUS: Go fetch them hither to us presently. TITUS: Why, there they are, both baked in that pie, Whereof their mother daintily hath fed, Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred.

Unto her handmaid she cried, "Go fetch my gold harp hither to me, Sir Thynnè, I'll draw to my side."

But the road left the river again; there were certainly twistings and turnings, as the old woman had said, for at one moment it wound hither and the next thither, and at some places it was almost imperceptible.

"How now, you scullions and cullions: bring hither a pair of cow's hooves to out face this contumelious caitiff."

The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the hither side of good and evil.

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