Langdon Sentence Examples

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  • Alfred Langdon Elwyn has edited Letters by Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Others, Written During and After the Revolution, to John Langdon of New Hampshire (Philadelphia, 1880), a book of great interest and value.

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  • The new series of " Creation " and " Deluge " tablets from Nippur, published by Poebel & Langdon, 39 also belong to the realm of the historian and anthropologist rather than to that of the archaeologist, so are merely mentioned here; the excavation in which they were found being now ancient history.

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  • Langdon, ibid., X.; Poeme du Paradis (1919); King, loc. cit., p. 52, ff.; (40) Mittlg.

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  • In 1772 he had been commissioned a major of New Hampshire militia, and on the 15th of December 1774 he and John Langdon led an expedition which captured Fort William and Mary at New Castle.

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  • But no remains exist of the priories of Augustinian canons at Canterbury (St Gregory's; 1084), Leeds, near Maidstone (1119), Tunbridge (middle of 12th century), Combwell, near Cranbrook (time of Henry II.); the nunnery of St Sepulchre at Canterbury (about 110o) and Langdon abbey, near Walmer (1192), both belonging to the Benedictines; the Trinitarian priory of Mottenden near Headcorn, the first house of Crutched Friars in England (1224), where miracle plays were presented in the church by the friars on Trinity Sunday; the Carmelite priories at Sandwich (1272) and Losenham near Tenterden (1241); and the preceptory of Knights of St John of Jerusalem at West Peckham, near Tunbridge (1408).

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  • He studied law in the office of Langdon Cheves(1 776-1857)in Charleston, S.C., and in November 1812 was admitted to the bar there, soon obtaining a large practice.

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  • Professor Robert Langdon (Hanks) is lecturing in Paris when he becomes the prime suspect in a murder case.

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  • Optical illusion - John Langdon, 1999 Can you see why this painting is called optical illusion - John Langdon, 1999 Can you see why this painting is called optical illusion?

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  • S Langdon & IG Graham 2001 Boundary integral methods for singularly perturbed boundary value problems.

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  • Langdon is old, and is trying hard to withdraw from business and seek repose.

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  • His elder brother, Woodbury Langdon (1739-1805), was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1779-1780, a member of the executive council of New Hampshire in 1781-1784, judge of the Supreme Court of the state in 1782 and in1786-1790(although he had had no legal training), and a state senator in 1784-1785.

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  • Langdon Down (the doctor for whom Down syndrome is named).

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  • There is a bit of Robert Langdon from The Da Vinci Code that comes to mind when one explores the question of "Why is Friday the 13th unlucky?"

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  • John Langdon Down first identified the disorder in 1887 under the term idiot-savant.

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  • John Langdon Down first used the term savant when he discovered exceptional abilities in people with intellectual disabilities.

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  • Langdon Down around 1887 that describes an unusual condition in which a person has advanced skills in certain areas paired with substantial impairments.

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  • Langdon Down is best known for documenting the symptoms and characteristics of Down syndrome, a genetic disorder.

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