To the untrained eye the collection of delicate originals made by the human finger on the glass plates looked about alike; but when enlarged ten times they resembled the markings of a block of wood that has been sawed across the grain, and the dullest eye could detect at a glance, and
at a distance of many feet, that no two of the patterns were alike.
Even in the moonlight and
at a distance Tarzan saw that the lion was huge; that it was indeed another of the black-maned monsters similar to Numa of the pit.
By morning's cheerful glow, but oftener still by evening's gentle light, the child, with a respect for the short and happy intercourse of these two sisters which forbade her to approach and say a thankful word, although she yearned to do so, followed them
at a distance in their walks and rambles, stopping when they stopped, sitting on the grass when they sat down, rising when they went on, and feeling it a companionship and delight to be so near them.
If you know that Dog A begins showing signs of guarding
at a distance of 15 feet, start at 25 feet.
At a distance of just over 11 million light-years, Centaurus A contains the closest active galactic nucleus to Earth.
A wrote, "Devoid of passion, either for a thing, a person, or an idea, incapable or unwilling to reveal himself under any circumstances, he [A's father] had managed to keep himself
at a distance from life, to avoid immersion in the quick of things.