Stoker Sentence Examples
Next came my training partner Dickie Bird and a fit young stoker going through for clearance diver.
In particular, I wish to bring to your notice the outstanding gallantry of Donald Johnson, Stoker First Class.
Starting at the coal bunker the base was modified with the construction of a hopper to feed the trough of the underfeed stoker.
This was basically a bunker to boiler stoker but with the pick up screw capable of being angled through 180 degrees.
The inspector went to Park Parade Station and there found the defendant, who was a coal stoker.
They also have a tandem tricycle where the stoker sits in front of the pilot.
With the backing of a seasoned US band, Joss Stone (real name Joscelyn Stoker) tackles songs with youthful zest.
His activities ranged from stoker fired plant and fluidized beds to supercritical boilers and gasification.
Jobs between periods of imprisonment include stoker on ships to Holland and South America.
This hopper fed coal from the bunker above into the underfeed stoker trough via the hatch shown.
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Many early horror films are based on novels that were popular at the time, such as the 1922 vampire film, Nosferatu, which was based on Bram Stoker's Dracula.
The Countess Bathory is also closely tied to legends of vampires, and is said to be among those that inspired Bram Stoker's original Dracula.
Bats still hold a powerful place in vampire lore, although Ann Rice has done a lot to dispel the notion that fashionable vampires morph into these "children of the night" as Bram Stoker once called them.
At the ripe young age of 20 in 2007, Joss Stone (real name Jocelyn Eve Stoker) has made quite an impression on the music industry.
AdvertisementOne, by Dr. John Polidori, The Vampyre, would prove inspirational to Bram Stoker in his writing of Dracula.
Bram Stoker published his novel, Dracula, in 1897.
Bram Stoker was Irish and suffered through a childhood of illness, the nature of which is still unknown.
Prior to his literary career, he was probably best known for his involvement with the actor Henry Irving, who was then the equivalent of a 'superstar' - Stoker was Irving's business manager and travelled with him on his world tours.
In Bram Stoker's novel, Count Dracula is a Transylvanian nobleman who wishes to immigrate to England, and employs English barrister Jonathan Harker to find him an appropriate domicile.
AdvertisementInterestingly, the vampires as depicted by Stoker are completely able to operate during daylight hours, although their strength is at its maximum during the night.
The concept that vampires cannot be seen in mirrors does not exist in vampire folklore prior to Bram Stoker's Dracula.
This was pure fictitious invention on the part of Stoker, although many people now believe it was in the lore all along.
Nosferatu was released in 1922; the estate of Bram Stoker in the person of his widow sued to have names and locations changed in this movie, but it is otherwise a fairly faithful retelling of his story.
Count Dracula, as created by Bram Stoker in his 1897 novel, has been recreated on the big screen dozens, even hundreds of times.
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Dracula 2000 departed from the Stoker canon to create a unique look at the origins of vampires.
Vampire art will appeal to you, if you are into Bram Stoker's "Dracula", Anne Rice's wide array of vampire novels, one of the millions of Twilight fans or a history buff.
It is most accepted as being derived from real life madman Vlad Tepes of which Bram Stoker's "Dracula" was loosely based.
The word "Dracul" means "Dragon" which was his families crest and it took Stoker to expand it to "Dracula" and add literary license to the stories.
Regardless of if you are a fan of the new sensations Twilight or True Blood; a fan of vampire literature from Ann Rice or Bram Stoker; or even if you are a history buff there is a form of vampire art for you.
But beneath this glittering surface, Bram Stoker had something gnawing away at his mind.
When war broke out he joined the Royal Navy and became a stoker on HMS Dunedin.
He was 37 years of age, and was a gas stoker.
Murnau and company made very little alteration in the actual Stoker story, outside of changing the names of the main characters, and the Stoker estate successfully sued the company and won.