Display Sentence Examples

It served him right after his display yesterday.

Sofia watched, astonished at the blatant display, and almost didn't prep herself for her first encounter.

His display of cowardice was pitiful.

His display was too late.

She dreaded discovering what it was until he ripped it open to display woodchips.

Damian said with warmth she hadn't seen him display toward anyone else.

A glance at the display confirmed it was Alex.

He stood beside her and they both watched mother natures' display in rapt silence.

The death dealer stripped off his shirt and weapons to display a muscular body.

Now, she felt out of place, like she was sitting in a display at a furniture store.

Sofia pushed up her shades to display blue eyes rimmed with silver.

The display indicated a missed call – his.

Suspecting he'd just driven Sofi's healer completely catatonic, he peeled her soaked sweater and jeans off to display matching pink underwear.

His display of checked power disturbed her.

The grey wall slid away to display an escape pod, large enough for one person standing.

You.re not pissed about the display, are you?

Anatole kissed the old man, and looked at him with curiosity and perfect composure, waiting for a display of the eccentricities his father had told him to expect.

We five hirelings, as dissimilar as snowflakes, are tripping over one another in an effort to display mutual accommodation.

She turned to display the marking on her back.

He flipped a switch to display an aerial of the country club on one wall and Dusty's condo on another.

Do not display your treasures or people will become envious.

Unwilling to let the weirdness ruin her day, Deidre dismissed the strange exchange, distracted by the smells coming from a display of homemade candles.

He crossed his arms to display roped forearms and sat on the edge of his desk.

Aggravated by her second display of defiance in one night, he crossed to her and planted his hands on either side of her chair, demanding her attention.

Deidre twisted to display the tattoos marking her as Darkyn's.

He explored the crypt, gaze going to the display of his mother on one wall.

The burning in her eyes had little to do with the creek water, and after such a cowardly display, she didn't want him to catch her crying.

Jessi gasped at the effortless display of power.

They display considerable knowledge of Latin, but less of Greek, on the value of which he strongly insisted.

Not all the gorgeous display of the Champ de Mai (held on the 1st of June) could hide the discontent at the meagre fulfilment of the promises given at Lyons.

The thoracic segments, as seen in an early stage of the ventral plate, display in a well-marked manner the essential elements of the insect segment.

The works of Raoul Rochette display a comprehensive knowledge of the whole subject, extensive reading, and a thorough acquaintance with early Christian art so far as it could be gathered from books, but he was not an original investigator.

On the r4th (the anniversary of Marengo) Lannes carried out his role of fighting advanced guard or screen, the emperor's main body gradually came up, and the battle of Friedland (q.v.), notable chiefly for the first display of the new artillery tactics of the French, ended with a general attack about 5 P.M.

The antipyretic action which considerable doses of aconite display is not specific, but is the result of its influence on the circulation and respiration and of its slight diaphoretic action.

Like the iguanas, they (at least the males) are provided with a large, expansible dewlap at the throat, which is brilliantly coloured, and which they display on the slightest provocation.

All his writings display wide learning and acuteness.

When she crawled into bed and turned off the light, the night sky performed a fireworks display in the distance.

He peeled off a glove to display a hand as scarred as his face.

He sat like he owned the pub, leaning back in the chair in a display of relaxed power.

She'd forgotten his presence, but he peeled off one glove to display a scarred forearm and hand.

Kris lit another torch to display a darkened case on the wall.

Katie inched forward, peeking out as the two creatures smashed into furniture and porcelain figurines on display in the wide foyer.

His gaze went to the sunrise, a brilliant display of reds and oranges over the desert.

His coins of 270 struck at Alexandria bear the legend v(ir) c(onsularis) R(omanorum) im(perator) d(ux) R(omanorum) and display his head beside that of Aurelian, but the latter alone is styled Augustus.

His funeral was a most remarkable display of public esteem, in which nearly all the ruling princes of Germany joined, and was a striking sign of the position to which, after twenty years of incessant struggle, he had raised his party.

The ruling classes among them display all the vices of the lower classes, and few of the virtues except that of courtesy.

At this period Athens was altogether overshadowed in material strength by the great Hellenistic monarchies and even by the new republican leagues of Greece; but she could still on occasion display great energy and patriotism.

This calamity afforded the American people an opportunity to display their generosity toward their new colony.

They made a greater display of brilliant metal and gorgeous colour than the Roman armies, for instance.

The Somali love display; they are inordinately vain and avaricious; but they make loyal and trustworthy soldiers and are generally bright and intelligent.

Some of the streets remain much as they were in the medieval period, and many of the houses display more or less of Norman decoration.

His treatise De rationali et ratione uti is more interesting as a display of the logical acquirements of the age than as possessing any direct philosophical bearing.

In the public garden is the Zappeion, a large building with a Corinthian portico, intended for the display of Greek industries; here also is a monument to Byron, erected in 1896.

Of these one of the most notable is Cyril Horvath, whose treatises published in the organs of the academy display a rare freedom and comprehensiveness of imagination.

Generally only one bow is clearly seen; this is known as the primary rainbow; it has an angular radius of about 410, and exhibits a fine display of the colours of the spectrum, being red on the outside and violet on the inside.

Nearly all the best writers are characterized by a certain naive and earnest piety which is attractive, and not infrequently display a force of moral indignation which arrests attention.

The comte de La Rochejacquelein had in fact to obey his army, and could only display his personal valour in action.

They likewise display a much higher degree of intelligence than any of the other man-like apes.

By the Lights on Vehicles Act 1907, all vehicles on highways in England and Wales must display to the front a white light during the period between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise.

As it turned out, the actual disembarkations at " S," " X " and " Y " were carried out without any very great difficulty; but the troops detailed for " W " beach only gained a footing after incurring very heavy losses and by a display of indomitable resolution, while at " V " the operation went very near to failing altogether.

In Seleucid and Parthian times the astronomical reports were of a thoroughly scientific character; how far the advanced knowledge and method they display may reach back we do not yet know.

The display is apparently an annual one, though with considerable differences in intensity, and the cycle of its more abundant returns has not yet been determined.

The photographic method appears to have practically failed during recent years, since there has been no brilliant display upon which to test its capacity.

Soon, at a Dominican council at Reggio, Savonarola had occasion to display his theological learning and subtlety.

The same suppression of emotional display in public is observed in all the affairs of life.

Moll Flanders and The Fortunate Mistress (Roxana), which followed in 1724, have subjects of a rather more than questionable character, but both display the remarkable art with which Defoe handles such subjects.

Nevertheless, the adherents of each doctrine are recommended to display Christian charity to those of the other.

His surfaces might be worked to display an almost painterly plane that suggests refracted light, with a remarkable range of color.

Time was when such a display had panache and excitement.

The isolated the motion parallax cue by constructing a random dot display that was yoked to the movement of the head.

Powerful search functions include smart input methods, adjustable text display parameters, and cross-referencing and wild card searches.

Pay and display On all lengths of road which are controlled by pay and display parking meters parking is free for Blue Badge holders.

The show is a dazzling display of dexterity, accompanied by a steady stream of comic patter.

This band is worth nothing less than such a display of slightly peculiar devotion.

It was a wonderful display of public penitence, the like of which we have not seen for a good while.

Even here they have Shock Brigade workers who display red pennants with their records on them.

And I simply did not expect the perfidy they were soon to display.

The display uses a permanent magnet that is perforated to provide an aperture for each pixel.

For further information on personalizing any view, see personalize the Running Computer Display during Training.

There are hundreds of colorful and interesting specimens on display here, and the building itself is incredibly photogenic.

The instruments displayed on the on-screen piano now make use of higher resolutions, so that each instrument display is clearer.

Why not write a piece to display here using the form below!

In a touching display of filial piety, she told me it's " a picture of your bottom, Daddy " .

We saw in an earlier chapter that cal pips may be used to calibrate a type A display.

It's displays include shrimp, sharks, octopus, eels, rays and seals - with an Amazonian display including the deadly piranha.

Display its properties and add a Stop action to pause the playback of the movie after loading.

This feature easily enables full-screen video playback on your secondary display device New video wizard.

There was little money for toys but examples remain of home made playthings, some of which can be seen on display.

In a shameful display of partisan politicking taking precedence over international security considerations, the US Senate failed to ratify the accord in 1999.

Find local shopkeepers who will display posters of the event.

Refugee children may display a preoccupation with powerful elements of their experiences in their play.

This is a very pretty display piece for your antique chic or vintage chic interior.

His combination of expert sampling and drum programming, mixed with an impressive display of live playing, provide the foundation for the album.

We made use of a digital projector to display the computer screen to the whole class.

Any ' mechanically propelled ' vehicle used or kept on a public road must display a valid tax disk.

Other writers hold that (successful) declarative sentences express propositions; and formulas of formal languages somehow display the forms of these propositions.

The Ultras While these displayed the utter prostration of weakness, the ultras on the other hand exhibited in full display its exaggerated action.

On June 17, 1497 they were defeated, and Henry VII had showed he could display military prowess when he needed to.

In contrast, there are the servant's quarters and huge kitchen, with all the pots and pans on display.

Self-completion questionnaires were on display for visitors to Motherwell Heritage Center to complete during their visit.

A stand alone Windows® based control unit, 19-inch rack compatible, with 6.5-inch color display.

Several other lethal plant species, including ragwort and hemlock, will be on display.

Prima donna rainmakers The potential 'prima donna ' tendencies that these small number of rainmakers display can be very damaging to the recruiting firm.

Here the traction engine puts on a spectacular display as it ascends the steep ramp off the site.

To display the raster you have opened select ' Raster ' from the ' Display ' menu.

Much of the raster analysis and display is applied to the current primary raster and possibly a secondary raster.

With the sun rising behind there was a short display of upward crepuscular rays.

For a full temperature readout, follow the links which display temperatures in text files.

The E command makes the vector register display process ready for input, causing a prompt?

Reordering sequences The display order of sequences can be reordering sequences The display order of sequences can be reordered to aid visual navigation of an alignment file.

This situation is broadly replicated in the limestone aquifers but the Permo-Triassic sandstones display much less geographical coherence.

They are uniquely in a position to display to the world their testimony of being above reproach.

The Geology Gallery has the best display of Jurassic marine reptiles in Britain, outside of London.

We could almost have been in a French seafood restaurant in Brittany, what with the wonderful array of fresh shellfish on display.

Karl meets Paralympic riders Lee Pearson and Debbie Criddle and watches an extraordinary display of horsemanship in Argentina.

It is certainly worth looking inside to see the neat rows of jarred sweets on display normally never less than 90 jars.

Visitors ' manager, Neville Powell was left looking very rueful after such a poor display from his underperforming team.

They make an unusual and eye-catching display and are perfect for stocking in the busy run-up to Christmas.

Once the present solution has proved satisfactory, these carpets will be back on display in the galleries.

Your screen saver should now appear in the list displayed on the screen saver should now appear in the list displayed on the Screen Saver tab of the Display Properties dialog.

You can even type write script filename, which will write a script to generate the current view in the RasMol display window.

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View a vast selection of sculptures by leading uk sculptors also on display at their London showroom.

It is requested that all helmsmen act with common sense and display good seamanship, thus enabling everyone to enjoy their sailing.

Soon it may even feel self-important enough to display its scores outside the porters ' lodge.

Mapping programs normally do not display sites whose names are preceded by a semicolon.

Feast your eyes on the stunning color display that gives you a truly sensory experience with the video playback feature.

The fireplace is flanked to either side by recessed display shelving.

The center units also feature green tinted display glass shelving.

In addition we operate from a recently refurbished showroom in Chesterfield where you will find over 70 buildings on display.

In addition, any failure to display appropriate signage could result in a fine of up to £ 1,000.

Another interesting display here is the Rabinovitch collection of silver slices which demonstrates the skill and diversity of contemporary silversmiths.

The Royal Marine Commando Display Team will be bringing its state-of-the-art simulators, with climbing walls suitable for all skill levels.

The high-flying Swans turned in a solid display to come away with the points, and Jackett was pleased to avoid a slip-up.

There was a chance to catch a display of dancing and to join in - happily without the plate smashing!

We get a sneak preview of part of the DCT display in a side cavern.

On the 2nd December the whole club united in a display of festive spirit at the Landmark center.

The major problem is that the display has flooded with a huge black splodge behind the screen.

A monstrous giant squid has gone on display at the Natural History Museum in London.

Door on north side leads to modern dog-leg staircase to first floor display room.

Also on display are the fragment of a sarcophagus, different kinds of urns and several grave steles.

Back to top Display idea To help give height to your display of containers, why not use a wooden stepladder?

We have produced an adhesive window sticker that a firm can display to show it is covered by the Financial Ombudsman Service.

After smashing up the winter wonderland display, aggression turned to glass storefronts and overweight middle-aged men in sweats.

On display are 1,000 items including stringed, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments from Britain, Europe and from distant lands.

An ECDIS is an official, type-approved display system (more than an ECS) that meets stringent IHO defined criteria.

Click on the " + " symbol next the name of the array to display the initial array subscript.

Limit the display of alignment lines to a selected subset (or none ).

The receiver subwoofer system can be monitored with the separate display that is included.

Your stand graphics and display must provide succinct, key information about the properties or programs that you are marketing.

Fender Guitar Studio Sponsored by guitar supremos Fender, the ' Fender ' studio features five vintage guitars in striking display cases.

So the new tableau could, for example, display a deck of images and provide zooming.

For example, a stock ticker portlet could be set up to display a different portfolio depending on who is viewing the page.

I also think you could expand this concept to use screensavers as the BBC ticker and display stories and pictures.

Galleries display delicate examples of encaustic tiles, from single, rather plain, patterns, to vast wall panels.

View Page Click to display the page without the editing tools.

With a deft touch the PEBL U6 opens automatically to reveal an attractive keypad and large 262K color display.

It was a very touristy stand, with all the food out on display.

Could it be that vicarious display is the necessary trade-off for repressed behavior?

They are arranged following a Buddhist tradition, which is to display the flowers, as if they are in nature.

Chew gum, smoke, pick your nose or display any annoying traits or habits.

Perseus also allows the display of text in Latin transliteration.

The historic treble is on display with photo opportunities.

This circuit has a level control and peak display indicator, a variable trigger threshold and trigger threshold and trigger indication.

In science and theology, mathematics and poetry, metaphysics and law, he is a competent and always a fair if not a profound critic. The bent of his own mind is manifest in his treatment of pure literature and of political speculation - which seems to be inspired with stronger personal interest and a higher sense of power than other parts of his work display.

He turns away contemptuously from the mere curiosities of literature, and is never tempted to make a display of trivial erudition.

He loved to display his acquaintance with the career of distinguished veterans, and to talk with them of their battles and their wounds.

On Easter Sunday the queen ventured to display her personal preference for the Protestant conception of the eucharist by forbidding the celebrant in her chapel to elevate the host.

The Genevan town councils were quite ready to re-enact all the old police regulations common in that age in regard to excessive display, dancing, obscene songs, &c. It was arranged too that town government should listen to the " Consistory," made up of the " Elders," but the Small Council was to choose the members of the Consistory, two of whom should belong to the Small Council, four to the Council of Sixty, and six to the Council of Two Hundred.

Shelley (4to, London, 1876-1880), in the coloured plates of which full justice is done to the varied beauties which these gloriously arrayed little beings display, while almost every available source of information has been consulted and the results embodied.

In these lectures Duchesne touches cleverly upon the most delicate problems, and, without any elaborate display of erudition, presents conclusions of which account must be taken.

Unfortunately for him the first orders sent to Billow by Gneisenau, chief of the staff, at midnight June 14-1 5, were written in so stilted and hazy a style that Billow did not consider any especial display of energy was required.

His writings are defective in virility and breadth of thought, and his tragedies display neither the insight into character nor the constructive power of a great dramatist.

In the face of this uncompromising display of opposition there could be no hope for the Coalition planned by Clam-Martinitz for the creation of a new Austria, and on June 19 he resigned.

The sides of these ridges and pinnacles are bare of vegetation and display a variety of colours in buff, cream, pale green, grey and flesh.

Finally, ample scope for the display of tolerance - or intolerance - is found in the mixed marriages between Protestants and Catholics, which, as a result of the modern facilities for intercommunication and the consequent greater mobility of the population, have shown a large increase during the last few decades - in Germany, for instance.

She was able to display remarkable energy in visiting the sights of the city, and even went as far afield as San Gimignano; and her visit had a notable effect in strengthening the bonds of friendship between the United Kingdom and the Italian people.

Here was a display, not only of Englishmen, Scotsmen, Irishmen, Welshmen, but of Mounted Rifles from Victoria and New South Wales, from the Cape and from Natal, and from the Dominion of Canada.

His tiresome display of learning, rhetorical exaggeration and ornamentations make him difficult to read, which no doubt accounts for his unpopularity in ancient times.

Both the famous zodiacs of Dendera display their symbols, unmistakably identified by Lepsius.

They were suspected of intending to impose their views on parliament by violence, but a display of military force held them in check.

In 1387 the duke of Gloucester, uncle of Richard II., assembled in Hornsey Park the forces by the display of which he compelled the king to dismiss his minister de la Pole, earl of Suffolk; and in 1483 the park was the scene of the ceremonious reception of Edward V., under the charge of Richard, duke of Gloucester, by Edmund Shaw, lord mayor of London.

There is an artificial air about the idylls of Szymonowicz which makes one feel too keenly that they are productions of the Renaissance; one of their best features is the humane spirit towards the miserable peasantry which they everywhere display.

Their primary object is to gratify the pleasure most persons take in viewing at close range the curious and beautiful living products of nature, but they serve also as means of instruction in natural history, providing material for museums and for investigations in comparative anatomy and pathology, while they may have a commercial value as pleasure resorts, or as show grounds for the display of animals that have been imported or bred for sale.

The Gardens of the Zoological Society of Hamburg, founded in 1863, always contain a large and fine collection and display many ingenious devices for the housing of the animals.

The older gardens have followed too closely the idea of small cages, designed to guard an animal securely rather than to display it in a fitting environment, but if exercise, light and air are provided, animals do better in a relatively small than in a relatively large enclosure.

In 1838 the French government made an attack on the town, and Santa-Anna, by a display of his redeeming virtue of personal courage, lost a leg but regained his influence.

There are two main varieties; in one luck alone prevails, since the player has no choice of play but must follow strict rules; in the other an opportunity is given for the display of skill and judgment, as the player has the choice of several plays at different stages of the game.

These contributions to the literature of Shakespeare are full of curious matter, but on the whole display a great waste of erudition, in seeking to show that papers which had been proved forgeries might nevertheless have been genuine.

It was also a convenient point for a prompt display of authority, as the town of Boston was the headquarters of General Gage, recently appointed royal governor of Massachusetts and commander of the king's troops in North America.

The same monarch entered Dublin in 1394 with 30,000 bowmen and 4000 cavalry, bringing with him the crown jewels; but after holding a parliament and making much courtly display before the native chieftains, on several of whom he conferred knighthood, he returned to England.

Flora.The Alpine flora, which is found in the United States only on the tops of those mountains which rise above the limit of trees, consists principally of a variety of plants which bloom as soon as the snow melts and for a short season make a brilliant display of colors.

In New England, and in the greater states generally, the governorship is still a post of dignity, and affords an opportunity for a display of character and talents.

Where this happens there is much room for the display of tactical skill by the party managers in persuading delegates who favor one of the less prominent aspirants to transfer their votes to the person who seems most likely to unite the party.

Eisner was the author of various books and pamphlets, which display considerable literary faculty.

Some Benedictine houses display exceptional arrangements, dependent upon local circumstances, e.g.

Here also, when discipline became relaxed, traders, who had the liberty of admission, were allowed to display their goods.

Probably there was as much foundation for this legend as for the more rationalistic explanation of William Newton (Display of Heraldry, p. 145), that the fleur-de-lis was the figure of a reed or flag in blossom, used instead of a sceptre at the proclamation of the Frankish kings.

The outbreak of the South African war in 1899 furnished an occasion for a practical display of Canadian loyalty to imperial interests.

Some of the slightly cloudy Ceylon sapphires, usually of greyish-blue colour, display when cut with a convex face a chatoyant luminosity, sometimes forming a luminous star of six rays, whence they are called "star sapphires".

They display much variety of colour, and exhibit peculiar brilliancy when cut, but are often of pale tints.

But he also had the defects of his qualities, and could display on occasion a certain cruelty and callousness of disposition.

A collection of casts, likewise in the museum, is designed to display the progress of plastic art from the time of the Egyptians and Assyrians to modern ages.

In his chief's most important work, the establishment of the Prussian Zollverein, Ancillon had no share, while the entirely subordinate role played by Prussia in Europe during this period, together with the personal part taken by the sovereign in the various congresses, gave him little scope for the display of any diplomatic talents he may have possessed.

If they flew like ordinary flies their resemblance to Hymenoptera would be obscured by the rapidity of their flight and they might be caught on the wing by insectivorous birds or other insects; but when poised they display their coloration.

But the likeness probably goes deeper than superficial resemblance that appeals to the eye, for spiders which distinguish flies from bees by touch and not by sight, treat drone-flies after touching them, not in the fearless way they evince towards bluebottles (Calliphora), but in the cautious manner they display towards bees and wasps, warily refraining from coming to close quarters until their prey is securely enswathed in silk.

Poisonous or noxious animals usually have some special advertising attribute, sometimes the display of conspicuous coloration, as in the skunk; sometimes the emission of sound as in the rattlesnake; sometimes a combination of the two, as in the common porcupine and the large black scorpions of Africa and India.

In Scotland, even as late as the reign of James VI., lords of parliament were always created bannerets as well as barons at their investiture, " part of the ceremony consisting in the display of a banner, and such ` barones majores ' were thereby entitled to the privilege of having one borne by a retainer before them to the field of a quadrilateral form."

But when the Hundred Years' War brought a real national conflict between England and France, when archery became of supreme importance, and a large proportion even of the cavalry were mercenary soldiers, then the exigencies of serious warfare swept away much of that outward display and those class-conventions on which chivalry had always rested.

As contrasted with the colossal display of power on the part of the Church of Rome, it must be allowed that the churches which in the 16th century broke off from their allegiance to the Latin centre at first showed no great anxiety for the extension of the gospel and the salvation of the heathen.

Since 1871 Bavaria has shared to the full in the marvellous development of Germany; but her "particularism," founded on traditional racial and religious antagonism to the Prussians, was by no means dead, though it exhibited itself in no more dangerous form than the prohibition, reissued in 1900, to display any but the Bavarian flag on public buildings on the emperor's birthday; a provision which has been since so far modified as to allow the Bavarian and imperial flags to be hung side by side.

It was hoped that the inhabitants would welcome the prince and that a display of armed force would speedily restore order.

What were then called reports were rather appeals to the passions; in Saint-Just's hands they furnished the occasion for a display of fanatical daring, of gloomy eloquence, and of undoubted genius; and - with the shadow of Robespierre behind him - they served their turn.

The very high dispersion (index for red light = 2.402, for blue light = 2.460) gives it the wonderful " fire " or display of spectral colours.

Some diamonds are more phosphorescent than others, and different faces of a crystal may display different tints.

There are no manufactures or industries of any importance peculiar to Kandahar, but the long lines of bazaars display goods from England, Russia, Hindustan, Persia and Turkestan, embracing a trade area as large probably as that of any city in Asia.

The poem is evidently intended to display the writer's knowledge of obscure names and uncommon myths; it is full of unusual words of doubtful meaning gathered from the older poets, and many long-winded compounds coined by the author.

Where the land is held by small peasant proprietors, they display a certain activity; where there are large greund landlords, these usually control them absolutely.

Charles himself made no serious effort to understand the controversy; he was resolved, whether the Lutherans had right on their side or not, that they should submit, and he did not doubt but that he would be able to awe them into submission by an unwonted display of power.

Unfortunately, however, it was necessary to enter upon the discussion of the fundamental laws, a subject presenting many opportunities for the display of rhetoric and intellectual subtlety.

By modern mineralogists the name chalcedony is restricted to those kinds of silica which occur not in distinct crystals like ordinary quartz, but in concretionary, mammillated or stalactitic forms, which break with a fine splintery fracture, and display a delicate fibrous structure.

Finding only a small space of level ground along the shore, it has been obliged to climb the lower hills of the Ligurian Alps, which afford many a coign of vantage for the effective display of its architectural magnificence.

In other cases scales have been employed which make the result mainly depend on the brightest part of the display.

Herod, who supplanted the Hasmonaean dynasty (37-34 B.c,) made, outside Judaea, a display of Phil-hellenism, building new Greek cities and temples, or bestowing gifts upon the older ones of fame.

The table on next page shows them in their more cor rect position, in order to display more clearly their relation to the hieratic and demotic equivalents.

Insurrections by adherents of the Alids gave him the opportunity to display his military skill; and when in 870 his stepfather died, by a stroke of luck the fief was given to his father-in-law, who retained Abmad in the lieutenancy, and indeed extended his authority to Alexandria, which had till that time been outside it.

Mahony's translations have been universally admired for the extraordinary command which they display of the various languages into which his renderings are made, and for their spirit and freedom both of thought and expression.

It follows from the above that a patient who is definitely under the influence of atropine will display rapid pulse, dilated pupils, a dry skin and a sense of discomfort, due to dryness of the mouth and throat.

Ministers are continually referring to the importance of energy and self-sacrifice on the part of the industrial population, who cannot be expected to display these qualities unless, generally speaking, they are acquainted with the facts.'

In 25 states the display of a red flag was a specified offence.

The letters and autobiographical writings, whether they attract or repel sympathy, are at least a series of documents of profound interest for any one who cares to study character, and display an almost unique idiosyncrasy.

He instantly arrested Murdoch, son of Albany, and Fleming of Cumbernauld, met parliament, dismissed it, retaining a committee (" the Lords of the Articles "), and took measures with landlords, who must display their charters; appointed an inquest into lay and clerical property; and imposed taxes to defray his ransom.

He showed how different varieties in a species, or species in a genus, tended to display parallel variation, clearly indicating that the range and direction of variation were limited or determined by the nature of the organism.

The past history of the organic world displays many successful series and these, as they have survived, must inevitably display orthogenesis to some extent; but it also displays many failures which indeed may be regarded as showing that the limitation of variation has been such that the organisms have lost the possibility of successful response to a new environment.

With regard to adaptations, it is becoming more and more apparent, as experimental knowledge advances, that it is a fundamental property of every living organism in every stage of its existence to display adaptive response to its environment.

The resplendent medieval colouring of the subject, the essentially heroic character of Joan of Arc, gave Schiller an admirable opportunity for the display of his rich imagination and rhetorical gifts; and by an ingenious alteration of the historical tradition, he was able to make the drama a vehicle for his own imperturbable moral optimism.

There is no great display of arboreal vegetation anywhere except in the valleys and lower passes where the rainfall is abundant, but in general terms it may be said that the rainfall and vegetation which characterize the Quito basin soon disappear as one proceeds southward, and are substituted by arid conditions.

For really fresh and progressive indigenous art we may perhaps have, in the near future, to turn to America and to Russia, where, having little artistic past to refer to, designers and craftsmen display unequalled individuality and force.

The antiquity of their type is evidenced by the monuments of Egypt, where their ancestors are pictured with the same comparatively blond features which many of them still display.

Lord Ellenborough, who loved military display, had his tastes gratified by two more wars.

Mamun hid his joy beneath a feigned display of sorrow.

He left his party strong, perfectly organized and enthusiastic on a platform of low expenditure, payment of the debt, no expenditure for public improvement or for glory or display in any form and low taxes.

He was impulsive and could display extraordinary activity at times, but he possessed also a certain coldness and caution.

Being deeply stirred by the best ideas of the Revolutionary epoch, he found a more congenial sphere for the display of his great powers in his new position.

Liszt's masterpiece in orchestral music is the Dante Symphony (1847-1855), the subject of which was particularly well suited to his temperament, and offered good chances for the display of his peculiar powers as a master of instrumental effect.

Wilson remarks," notwithstanding the acknowledged purport of this worship, it is but justice to state that it is unattended in Upper India by any indecent or indelicate ceremonies, and it requires a rather lively imagination to trace any resemblance in its symbols to the objects they are supposed to represent."In spite, however, of its wide diffusion, and the vast number of shrines dedicated to it, the worship of Siva has never assumed a really popular character, especially in northern India, being attended with scarcely any solemnity or display of emotional spirit.

It is the business of a philosopher, while he lays bare the fundamental difference of elements, to display the identity that subsists between what seem unconnected parts of the universe.

Everywhere the imperial competitor was victorious, and crowded audiences importuned him to display his talents.

One mass of Greek and Roman erudition, including history and metaphysics, law and science, civic institutions and the art of war, mythology and magistracies, metrical systems and oratory, agriculture and astronomy, domestic manners and religious rites, grammar and philology, biography and numismatics, formed the miscellaneous subject-matter of this so-styled rhetoric. Notes taken at these lectures supplied young scholars with hints for further exploration; and a certain tradition of treating antique authors for the display of general learning, as well as for the elucidation of their texts, came into vogue, which has determined the method of scholarship for the last three centuries in Europe.

Such work as that of Diirer, Vischer, Cranach, Schlingauer, Holbein, consummate as it was in technical excellence, did not assume Italian forms of loveliness, did not display the paganism of the Latin races.

The stalactitic display exceeds that of any other cavern known.

The wines of the Rhine are grown in the most northerly latitude at which viticulture is successful in Europe, and consequently, when the seasons are not too unpropitious, they display the hardiness and distinction characteristic of northern products.

They display many of the features characteristic of southern wines, showing either an excessive vinosity coupled with a somewhat crude bouquet, or where the alcoholic strength is not high, a decided lack of stability.

The numerous local branches of the Friends of the Folk-School and the Society for Popular Education display great activity, the former by aiding the smaller communes in establishing schools, and the latter in publishing popular works, starting their own schools as well as free libraries (in nearly every commune), and organizing lectures for the people.

As a matter of fact, the earlier and more democratic types of primitive society, uncontaminated by our civilization, do not present many features to which the modern conscience can take exception, but display rather the edifying spectacle of religious brotherhoods encouraging themselves by mystical communion to common effort.

The greatest care is taken to place the nest where it may not be discovered, and the birds avoid being seen when going to or from it, while they display, great solicitude for their young.

With the rich it is often of gauze, and much embroidered with gold thread,pearls, &c. The head is usually covered with a char-kadd, or large square of embroidered silk or cotton, folded so as to display the corners, and fastened under the chin by a brooch.

Throughout his life he had pursued with devotion and industry the ideals with which he had set out, and his journal and letters display a noble simplicity of disposition and an unswerving honesty of purpose.

From July 4 to 14 he engaged with Luther on the absolute supremacy of the papacy, purgatory, penance, &c., showing a brilliant display of patristic and conciliar learning against the reformer's appeals to Scripture.

These books do not display the apocalyptic style which, partly borrowed from Lamennais, characterizes Michelet's later works, but they contain in miniature almost the whole of his curious ethicopolitico-theological creed - a mixture of sentimentalism, communism, and anti-sacerdotalism, supported by the most eccentric arguments, but urged with a great deal of eloquence.

Of all the seven Ionian islands Cephalonia and Zante are most purely Greek, and the inhabitants display great mental activity.

There are large and gorgeous species of Papilio, Nymphalidae, Morphidae and Danaidae, and the more favoured localities are described as being only second to South America in the display of this form of beauty and variety in insect life.

For, though they display undeniable affinity with P, they also exhibit certain features which closely distinguish them from that document.

These chapters present considerable difficulty to the literary critic; for while they clearly illustrate the application of the principle of " holiness," and in the main exhibit the characteristic phraseology of II, they also display many striking points of contact with P and the later strata of P, which have been closely interwoven into the original laws.

In the most arid regions there is a small growth of green in the rainy season, and a rich display of small wild-flowers, as well as the enormous flower clusters of the yucca, and blooms in pink and orange, crimson, yellow and scarlet of the giant cactus and its fellows.

The famous Pictured Rocks in Alger county on the lake shore, east of Munising, form the west portion of this north range; they are of sandstone formation, extend for several miles along the coast, rise almost perpendicularly from the water's edge, and display an interesting diversity of shapes as well as a great variety of tints and hues, especially of gray, blue, green and yellow.

The library was contained in the palace that he built on the northern side of the mound of Kuyunjik and lined with sculptured slabs which display Assyrian art at its best.

The Russian Church is the only one which is in a position to display any missionary activity.

During this time he was writing his Decem Rationes, a rhetorical display of reasons against the Anglican Church.

They have told us how he never shot at a bird perching nor fished with a net, the creatures not having in such a case a fair chance for their lives; how he conducted himself in court and among villagers; how he ate his food, and lay in his bed, and sat in his carriage; how he rose up before the old man and the mourner; how he changed countenance when it thundered, and when he saw a grand display of viands at a feast.

Thus anatomy and physiology display the structure and functions of the human body, while psychology investigates the operations of the human mind.

On the other hand, it may be that the initial conditions for the synthesis of proteid are different from those under which proteid and living matter display their activities.

In 1766 his attempt to force the Madrilenos to adopt the French dress led to a riot during which he did not display much personal courage.

The boldness which he could display at need is well illustrated by his action in regard to duelling.

It contains many remarkable formations; and its display of helictites, or twisted stalactites, is unsurpassed.

In 1490, the seventh year of his residence at Milan, after some expressions of impatience on the part of his patron, he had all but got his model ready for display on the occasion of the marriage of Ludovico with Beatrice d'Este, but at the last moment was dissatisfied with what he had done and determined to begin all over again.

Marriage was out of the question with him, and, judged in the light of Stella's dignity and womanliness, this ardent and unreasoning display of passion was beyond comprehension.

Ferdinand, who died in 1188, left the reputation of a good knight and hard fighter, but did not display political or organizing faculty.

Pashas are of three grades, formerly distinguished by the number of horse-tails (three, two and one respectively) which they were entitled to display as symbols of authority when on campaign.

The dead are borne to the grave with uncovered faces, and a Rumanian funeral is a scene of much barbaric display.

Although they display fiery dogmatic zeal, the poems cannot be considered quite orthodox.

Notwithstanding their many successes in the Caribbean and on land, including a second plunder of Porto Bello, their thoughts ran frequently on the great expedition across the isthmus, and they pictured the South Sea as a far wider and more lucrative field for the display of their united power.

The display of goods was remarkable, and in the evening it was illuminated.

In imitation of the English order of the Garter, he established the knightly order of the Star, and celebrated its festivals with great display.

His extensive library, formed for use and not for display, and composed largely of books full of his own annotations, was bought immediately after his death by Mr Andrew Carnegie, and presented to Mr John Morley, by whom it was forthwith given to the university of Cambridge.

Both these and the royal chapel have several small cupolas, and there is a still greater display in that way in the church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti, which it is hard to believe never was a mosque.

Of these qualities he took the occasion of his accession to make a fresh display.

The junction of the great river Beni with the Madeira is at the Madeira Fall, a vast and grand display of reefs, whirlpools and boiling torrents.

They deplored that the nice and difficult test of answering Berkeley had not been undertaken, as was once intended, by Burke, and sighed to think what an admirable display of subtlety and brilliance such a contention would have afforded them, had not politics "turned him from active philosophy aside."

These tufts or groups likewise display an orderly and definite grouping in different mammals, which suggests the origin of such groups from the existence in primitive mammals of a scaly coat comparable to that of reptiles, and indeed directly inherited therefrom.

Both the milk and the permanent dentition display the aforesaid complexity of the hinder teeth as compared with those in front, and since the number of milk-teeth is always considerably less than that of the permanent set, it follows that the hinder milkteeth are usually more complex than the teeth of which they are the predecessors in the permanent series, and represent functionally, not their immediate successors, but those more posterior permanent teeth which have no direct predecessors.

He did not at first display the full extent of his energy.

Their guarantee is the tireless criticism carried on by rival systems. No parallel display of debating acuteness has ever been seen in the world's history.

In 1896 Dr Sven Hedin discovered in the desert not far from the town of Khotan, in a locality known as Borasan, objects in terra-cotta, bronze images of Buddha, engraved gems, coins and MSS.; the objects, which display artistic skill, give indications of having been wrought by craftsmen who laboured to reproduce Graeco-Indian ideals in the service of the cult of Buddha, and consequently date presumably from the 3rd century B.C., when the successors of Alexander the Great were founding their kingdoms in Persia, Khwarezm (Khiva), Merv, Bactria (Afghanistan) and northern India, and from that date to the 4th or 5th century A.D.

The wardens usually conferred once a year on matters of common interest, and as a rule their meetings were conducted in a friendly spirit, though in 1575 a display of temper led to the affair of the Raid of Reidswire.

While it is not easy to avoid the suspicion that a choice of which nothing can be predicated, which is guided by no motive, influenced by no desire, which is due neither to the natural display of character nor to the influence of environment, is either merely fortuitous or the product of a philosophical theory.

Dark, swarthy; yellow, copper-coloured are all adjectives employed to describe their complexion - the truth being that their habits of life do not conduce either to the preservation or display of the natural colour of their skin, and that some of them are really fair, and others, perhaps the majority, really dark.

It was seven years, however, before he had again an opportunity for the display of his great military talents.

He accordingly returned to New York in December, and was received with the wildest display of popular enthusiasm.

A golf course has been laid down south-east of the village, between the railway and the Garry, and every September a great display of Highland games is held.

The males are polygamous, and during autumn and winter associate together, feeding in flocks apart from the females; but with the approach of spring they separate, each selecting a locality for itself, from which it drives off all intruders, and where morning and evening it seeks to attract the other sex by a display of its beautiful plumage, which at this season attains its greatest perfection, and by a peculiar cry, which Selby describes as "a crowing note, and another similar to the noise made by the whetting of a scythe."

They display considerable inventive power, and they are exceedingly quick to adopt new ideas from Europeans.

They are said to display an aptitude for clothing ideas in a Chinese dress very rare and remarkable in a foreigner.

Alphonso was now shaking himself loose from the deadening influence of the reactionary court, and was beginning to display a disconcerting interest in affairs, information about which he was apt to seek at first hand., The resignation of the see of Valencia by Archbishop Nozaleda was a symptom of the new spirit.

The leader was condemned to death in the emir's court and executed in the market place of Sokoto, and the incident was chiefly interesting for the display of loyalty to the British administration which it evoked on all sides from the native rulers.

With the diminishing rainfall and increased temperature that followed that period the effects of evaporation gradually surpassed the precipitation, and the waters of the lake slowly diminished to about the extent which they still display.

The title of knight banneret, with the right to display the private banner, came to be granted for distinguished service in the field.

Undaunted by two previous rebuffs he attacked the estates of Cleves, and by a display of force gained a substantial victory.

What words could she use that would adequately express her feelings after such a display of total lack of faith in the person she loved?

I knew rape was power to the perpetrator so I vowed to be firm and possibly defiant, and not display fear.

His tapered waist and hips and washboard abs were on display, along with the wide chest and thick back.

Her back was bare to display the name of Darkyn amid the Immortals' geometric writing that marked her as an Immortal mate.

He opened the door wider to display a chamber the same size as hers but outfitted as if for a hospital.

Rhyn bared his teeth to display canines similar to Darkyn's that would lengthen when he was hungry.

As they climbed higher, the display of wildflowers grew in bounty and brilliance, blanketing the basin in a generosity of color.

Dean knew Cynthia desperately wanted to photograph the display but both knew time was a factor if they were to visit the mine before the Dawkinses were free of their legal meetings to make the trip themselves.

Cynthia, as tired as she was, made her husband stop long enough to film the awe-inspiring display.

It was small and black, and yawned open to display a single keypad with a red serial number emblazoned along its side.

The petite woman started to run, ignoring the demons that swiped at her with talons large enough to take off her head with one swipe.  She seemed immune to the demons' strikes.  They fell away, as if hitting an invisible shield.  The bizarre display drew more than Katie and Toby's attention.  A ripple went through the demons, and they turned to watch the tiny woman sprinting towards them with flashing blue eyes.