Lang Sentence Examples

J., who lent them, with his own notes on them, to Andrew Lang for use in his book, The Mystery of Mary Stuart (1900-1904).

It was argued by Andrew Lang that Wood was likely to show these letters to Lennox; and that as Lennox follows Moray's version of Mary's long and murderous letter, and does not follow Letter II., the murderous letter (a forgery) was then part of the dossier of Mary's accusers.

But Lang did not long remain an official.

In 1792 Lang again betook himself to a university, this time to Gottingen.

At intervals from 1793 to 1801 Lang was closely connected with the Prussian statesman Hardenberg, who employed him as his private secretary and archivist, and in 1 797 he was present with Hardenberg at the congress of Rastadt as secretary to the legation.

When in 1805 the principalities became part of Bavaria, Lang entered the Bavarian service (1806), was ennobled in 1808 and from 1810 to 1817 held the office of archivist in Munich.

For the rest, Lang did great service to the study of the history of Bavaria, especially by bringing fresh material from the archives to bear upon it.

In 1817 Lang retired from active life, and until his death, which took place on the 26th of March 1835, lived chiefly in Ansbach.

Lang is best known through his Memoiren, which appeared at Brunswick in two parts in 1842, and were republished in 1881 in a second edition.

Lang's character, as can be gathered especially from a consideration of his behaviour at Munich, is darkened by many shadows.

Lists of phenomena from the contemplation of which the savage was led to believe in animism have been given by Dr Tylor, Herbert Spencer, Mr Andrew Lang and others; an animated controversy arose between the former as to the priority of their respective lists.

His work on The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies, left in MS. and incomplete (the remainder is in the Laing MSS., Edinburgh University library), was published (a hundred copies) in 1815 by Sir Walter Scott, and in the Bibliotheque de Carabas (Lang) there is a French translation.

Ian Maclaren's first sketches of rural Scottish life, Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush (1894), achieved extraordinary popularity and were followed by other successful books, The Days of Auld Lang Syne (1895), Kate Carnegie and those Ministers (1896) and Afterwards and other Stories (1898).

Matthàus LANG VON WELLENBURG (1469-1540), German statesman and ecclesiastic, was the son of a burgher of Augsburg.

Lang's adherence to the older faith, together with his pride and arrogance, made him very unpopular in his diocese of Salzburg; in 1523 he was involved in a serious struggle with his subjects, and in 1525, during the Peasants' War, he had again to fight hard to hold his own.

Mr Andrew Lang says that "whenever a native dies, no matter how evident it may be that death has been the result of natural causes, it is at once set down that the defunct was bewitched."

The chief topographical feature of the burgh is its length, from which it is called the "Lang toun."

To the study of Scottish history Mr Lang brought a scholarly care for detail, a piquant literary style, and a gift for disentangling complicated questions.

Mr Lang's versatility was also shown in his valuable works on folk-lore and on primitive religion.

See The Lockhart Papers (2 vols., London, 1817); Andrew Lang, History of Scotland (4 vols., London, 1900).

For the murder of Escovedo, see Andrew Lang's discussion of it in his Historical Mysteries (1904); and the Espanoles e ingleses (1903) of Major" Martin Hume, who had access to various newly discovered MSS.

Lang (see especially the latter's Homer and his Age, 1907).

Lang (1870-1872) had excavated a sanctuary of Aphrodite at Dali; 10 and at the time of the publication of the 9th ed.

Mr Andrew Lang, on the other hand, supposes that belief in a supreme being came first in order of evolution, but was afterwards thrust into the background by belief in ghosts and lesser divinities (Magic and Religion, 1901, p. 224).

Any one who accepts the Mattioli theory must be driven, as Lang suggests, to suppose that the mystery which grew up about the unknown prisoner was somehow transferred to Mattioli from Dauger.

We will take first a theory propounded by Andrew Lang in The Valet's Tragedy (1903).

As the result of research in the diplomatic correspondence at the Record Office in London 4 Mr Lang finds a clue in the affairs of the French Huguenot, Roux de Marsilly, the secret agent for a Protestant league against France between Sweden, Holland, England and the Protestant cantons of Switzerland, who in February 1669 left London, where he had been negotiating with Arlington (apparently with Charles II.'s knowledge), for Switzerland, his confidential valet Martin remaining behind.

Assuming the words here, "as he is only a valet," to refer to Dauger, and taking into account the employment of Dauger from 1675 to 1680 as Fouquet's valet, Mr Lang now obtains a solution of the problem of why a mere valet should be a political Funck-Brentano argues that "un ancien prisonnier qu'il avait a Pignerol" (du Junca's words) cannot apply to Dauger, because then du Junca would have added "et a Exiles."

Mr Lang regards his conclusion as to the identity between these valets as irresistible.

But Mr Lang's answer on that point is that this humble supernumerary in Roux de Marsilly's conspiracy simply became one more wretched victim of the "red tape" of the old French absolute monarchy.

In The Man of the Mask (1908) Monsignor Barnes, while briefly dismissing Mr Lang's identification with Martin, and apparently not realizing the possibility of reading Louvois's letter of July 19, 166 9, as indicated above 1 deals in detail with the history of James de la Cloche, the natural son of Charles II.

Mr Lang, in The Valet's Tragedy, had some years earlier ironically wondered why nobody made this suggestion, which, however, he regarded as untenable.

Apart from the modern studies by Lair, FunckBrentano, Lang and Barnes, referred to above, there is valuable historical matter in the work of Roux-Fazaillac, Recherches historiques sur l'homme au masque defer (1801); see also Marius Topin, L'Homme au masque de fer (Paris, 1870), and Loiseleur, Trois Enigmes historiques (1882).

According to Herbert Lang, its most prominent chance of success is in localities where fuel is dear, and the ores contain precious metals and sufficient sulphides and arsenides to render profitable dressing unnecessary.

Lang, Myth, Ritual and Religion (1899); C. Pascal, Studii di antichita e mitologia (1896), who sees in Lycaon a god of death honoured by human sacrifice; Ed.

John Knox and the Reformation, by Andrew Lang (London, 1905), is not so much a biography as a collection of materials, bearing upon many parts of the life, but nearly all on the unfavourable side.

The last king's second son, Lang Darma, concluded in May 822 a treaty with the then emperor of China (the twelfth of the Tang dynasty), a record of which was engraved on a stone put up in the above-mentioned great convent of La Brang (Jokhang), and is still to be seen there.'

The period from Srong Tsan Gampo down to the death of Lang Darma, who was murdered about A.D.

We may indeed with Mr Andrew Lang explain the many myths of the bestial transformations of Zeus on the theory that the God was the tribal ancestor and assumed the shape of the animal-totem in order to engender the tribal patriarch; 7 but on the actual cults of Zeus theriomorphism has left less trace than on those.

Dunand, Jeanne d'Arc et l'eglise (1908); and especially Andrew Lang, The Maid of France (1908).

Lang, Magic and Religion (London, 1901), for a criticism in detail of the general theory as set forth in The Golden Bough.

A list of such otiose great beings in the background of religion is given in Lang's The Making of Religion (1898).

Langstroth was experimenting on the same lines in America, and in 1852 his important invention was made known, giving to the world of Lang.

The flawless technique and supreme artistry of Chinese pianist Lang Lang has left audiences awestruck and critics lost for words.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, For the sake of auld acquaintance be forgot, For the sake of auld lang syne?

The date command uses TZ to determine the correct time zone information [see LANG on environ (5)] .

It closes with a tribute to the many fishers who lost their lives plying their trade at the Lang Lines.

Fareweel, ye hames o ' pure delight, That I ha'e lo'ed sae weel and lang!

The singer Bryan Adams refuses to eat milk or cheese or any other animal product, as do k or cheese or any other animal product, as do k d lang and Moby.

A silent killer (Robert Lang ), wearing white sneakers, has been slashing to death women in London.

Lang syne, when I was a bit lassie, no twenty yet - " She paused and sighed.

So ' lang may yer lum reek ' is a wish for enduring household warmth.

See Andrew Lang, History of Scotland, vol.

If Lang is right, " primitive " peoples drew typical theistic inferences, and argued to God from nature and from conscience, though without displacing other types of religious belief and practice.

The first Lang portion of this was published at Paris in 1820, and of its one hundred and two livraisons, which appeared with great irregularity (Ibis, 1868, p. 500), the last was issued in 1839, containing the titles of the five volumes that the whole forms, together with a " Tableau methodique " which but indifferently serves the purpose of an index.

Matthàus LANG VON WELLENBURG (1469-1540), German statesman and ecclesiastic, was the son of a burgher of Augsburg.

Apart altogether, however, from such considerations, it now seems fairly certain, from Mr Lang's further research into the problem of James de la Cloche (see LA Cloche), that the latter was identical with the "Prince" James Stuardo who died in Naples in 1669, and that he hoaxed the general of the Jesuits and forged a number of letters purporting to be from Charles II.

Lang passed Boardman half-way round the first lap; Chisnall, meanwhile, was in the thick of a midfield fight.

K.D. Lang is a country music singer whose appearance put off many fans and critics as being too ambiguous.

Isla Lang Fisher was born on February 3, 1976 in Muscat, Oman.

The Christmas Guitar Chord Songbook - Over 40 songs are available in this publication including Auld Lang Sine, Deck the Halls and Coventry Carol.

Lang Antique--Lang Antiques and Estate Jewelry occasionally has Tiffany moonstone jewelry for sale.

So the moment arrives … you gather around the television and watch the glittering orb descend in Times Square and the toast is given and Auld Lang Syne is sung (kudos to you if you know all the words!).

Try Helmut Lang's Skull Print Dress at La Garconne.

Lang Antiques is another great source for antique diamonds.

Lang usually has cushion style rings for sale.

In the world of the Bold and the Beautiful, Katherine Kelly Lang's Brooke Logan is a unique feature.

Victor Lang (John Slattery) is another victim of the tornado that ravaged Wisteria Lane.

Premiering in 1987, the show focuses on the intertwining lives of the Forrester and Logan families, although for many years, the only Logan on screen was Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang).

Haiduk began her professional career playing Lana Lang on the Superboy show in the 80s.

Kendall has been married four times, once to Anton Lang and three times to Zach Slater.

Four of the show's core cast members have been with the soap since its debut including John McCook (Eric Forrester), Ronn Moss (Ridge Forrester), Susan Flannery (Stephanie Forrester) and Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan).

Long before he romanced Lana Lang on Smallville and hunted demons, angels and other things that go bump in the night on Supernatural, Jensen Ackles played Sami Brady's better twin brother Eric from 1997 to 2000.

Alta Lang has a whole list of flirting phrases to avoid so you don't come off sounding like a dinosaur.

Also taking part in this year's SXSW interview series are Kris Kristofferson, k.d. lang, Judy Collins, The Pretenders, Bill Bragg, and Sam Moore.

For instance, it would be easier to use a picture of musical notes and call out "music" or "songs" than to try to communicate the title "Auld Lang Syne" with an image.

In the 100th episode, Lana Lang learned the truth about Clark and died in a car accident.

Lana Lang's Kryptonite Suit - Lana's history with Clark was a minefield of emotional turmoil, despite being his first love, their secrets constantly tore them apart.

In 1988, the series Superboy introduced fans to a young actress named Stacy Haiduk as Lana Lang.

Haiduk portrayed his girlfriend Lana Lang who came into her own during the second season.

Stacy Haiduk as Lana Lang, as Rosalyn Stone, as Lillie Langtry and many other wonderful characters enjoys a varied and colorful career.

Both tall and small fairies of varying degrees of beauty make their appearances in Andrew Lang's collected folklore series known as The Coloured Fairy Books.

At the decisive battle of Naseby (the 14th of June 1645) he commanded the parliamentary right wing and routed the cavalry of Sir Marmaduke Lang exclusion from pardon of all the king's leading adherents, besides the indefinite establishment of Presbyterianism and the refusal of toleration to the Roman Catholics and members of the Church of England.

Belief in a primitive historical revelation, once universal among Christians, has almost disappeared; but belief in a very early and highly moral theism is stoutly defended, chiefly on Australian evidence, by Andrew Lang (The Making of Religion and later works).

Lang [29] in Hydra and other polyps.

Seeliger [52] who went to the opposite extreme and regarded the type of budding described by Lang as non-existent.

Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1908 Next to the cathedral, the most interesting building in York is St Mary's Abbey, situated in Museum Gardens, founded for Benedictines by Alan, lord of Richmond, in 1078, its head having the rank of a mitred abbot with a seat in parliament.

He is alluded to by Dunbar in the fragmentary Interlude of the Droichis Part of the Play, where a "droich," or dwarf, personates "the nakit blynd Harry That lang has bene in the fary Farleis to find;" and again in Dunbar's Lament for the Makaris.

Among the later writers on statistics, moreover, have been Konek, Keleti, Lang, Foldes, Jekelfalussy, Vorgha, Korbsy, Rath and Vizaknai.

Henderson (1889; second issue, 1890, being the more accurate); in The Mystery of Mary Stuart, by Andrew Lang (4th edition, 1904), and in Henderson's criticism of that book, in his Mary, Queen of Scots (1905) (Appendix A).