AT THE in Classic Quotes

1  At the beginning they met with much stupidity and apathy.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II

2  At the sight, several men dropped their sticks and tried to run.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV

3  At the gate they paused, half frightened to go on but Clover led the way in.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X

4  At the same time he warned them that after this treacherous deed the worst was to be expected.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII

5  At the Meeting on the following Sunday the question of whether or not to begin work on the windmill was to be put to the vote.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V

6  At the foot of the end wall of the big barn, where the Seven Commandments were written, there lay a ladder broken in two pieces.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII

7  At the graveside Snowball made a little speech, emphasising the need for all animals to be ready to die for Animal Farm if need be.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV

8  At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I

9  At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V

10  At the same time there were renewed rumours that Frederick and his men were plotting to attack Animal Farm and to destroy the windmill, the building of which had aroused furious jealousy in him.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII

11  At the appointed time the animals would leave their work and march round the precincts of the farm in military formation, with the pigs leading, then the horses, then the cows, then the sheep, and then the poultry.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX

12  At the same time Napoleon assured the animals that the stories of an impending attack on Animal Farm were completely untrue, and that the tales about Frederick's cruelty to his own animals had been greatly exaggerated.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII

13  At the beginning, when the laws of Animal Farm were first formulated, the retiring age had been fixed for horses and pigs at twelve, for cows at fourteen, for dogs at nine, for sheep at seven, and for hens and geese at five.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX