"Thus far" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... fell in with land on the third day, in latitude 42 deg.. He sailed along the S.E. coast about sixty leagues in a constant fog; and, having anchored in various places, held a friendly intercourse with the inhabitants. Thus far the journal. Now, as the islands of Matimai, Kunashir, and Zellany appear, from Captain Spanberg's discoveries, to lie exactly in this situation, there can be no doubt of their being the same land; and the circumstance ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 • Robert Kerr
... Thus far the work had been carried on simply in the interests of science; but Lieutenant Brooke's method of sounding acquired a high commercial value when the enterprise of laying down the telegraph cable between this country and the United States was undertaken. For it became a ...
— The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)--Great Britain and Ireland IV • Various
... of the Great Awakening as evidenced by the great schism and its results thus far considered: The strength of the revival movement, as such, was soon spent. The number of its converts throughout New England was estimated by Dr. Dexter to be as high as forty or fifty thousand, while later writers put it ...
— The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut • M. Louise Greene, Ph. D.
... an interested listener thus far, came to her rescue, and took advantage of Alice's remark to turn the conversation in the direction he ...
— The Lever - A Novel • William Dana Orcutt
... ship for the Virginian coast. Enter upon the new life here with faith and courage. Have no fear. Heaven that has thus far helped you will guide you ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker
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