1 There was nothing especially arduous in this round of religious obligations; but it stood for a fraction of that great bulk of boredom which loomed across her path.
2 The price of the dressing-case was still in her pocket; and drawing out her little gold purse she slipped a liberal fraction of the amount into Miss Farish's hand.
3 Celeste had not yet sent in her account, and secondly, the amount it represented was only a fraction of the sum that Lily needed.
4 'He lays in five and twen-ty foot of ground, if he lays in a fraction,' said Mr. Omer, pleasantly.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 9. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY 5 She did not remember the precise sum, but it appeared that the German had worked it out to the fraction of a farthing.
6 Looking at this or that member of the group was not observing a complete thing, but a fraction of a thing.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble 7 I sprang for the foot-path and saved myself by the fraction of a second.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem 8 And fractions presented no difficulties to her at all.
9 He felt there was something unbecoming about a woman understanding fractions and business matters and he believed that, should a woman be so unfortunate as to have such unladylike comprehension, she should pretend not to.
10 He was so clever; he could reckon fractions in his head.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContext Highlight In THE SNOW QUEEN 11 Then the Society of Equal Workingmen which was divided into three fractions, the levellers, the communists, the reformers.
Les Misérables (V4) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—FACTS WHENCE HISTORY SPRINGS AND WHICH HISTORY ...