I believe there are more varieties of the human family than have hitherto been recognized by physiologists, amongst whom no affinity of language will be found.
So do I, and as we have sat here together, it has seemed to me that the good spirits were hovering over and around us, and had been, and were even now, whispering to us the sacredness of the affinity which surely must exist between us.
We may express a similar sentiment with regard to Sicily, which from its affinity in situation and government, I shall include in this Fourth Book; but generally in the notes.
I had shared the conscience of Macbeth, the passion of Othello, the doubt of Hamlet; many times, in my naturalaffinity for villains, I had mocked and suffered with Richard III.
A figure involves the discovery of a striking or essential contrast or contradiction between objects, or the recognition of a likeness or affinity ranging in closeness from mere similarity to complete identification.
If so, she may reflect that it is triumphantly true that such is the affinity between the child and the story that he will get much delight and nourishment out of any telling of it.
The author goes on to inquire--"What are the ties of affinity which are necessary to constitute a nation?
The word has sometimes been applied to large groups of primitive folk that show evidence of close racial affinity and similarity of customs, such as the Iroquois tribes of North America, or the Hun invaders of medieval Europe.
After all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, shall we again break Thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations?
It is possible that the Serian terms have some affinity to the Piman terms for “dog” and “wolf”.
Hewitt; and his comparative tables and discussions, which comprise all the terms suggesting affinity with Yuman and other aboriginal languages, are appended.
The affinity by no means lies on the surface--nor is it likely that it should.
Son and brother, sister and daughter--if these terms agree, the chances are that a philologicalaffinity is at the bottom of the agreement.
Though ibises resemble the curlews externally, there is noaffinity between them.
The preparation of them has a great affinity to the printing of cotton.
That these words have an affinity to our scarlet, every one allows, but it may be difficult to discover their origin.
Many of the orders are new, and Brown shews his striking perception of affinity not only in his general discussion of the subject as a whole, but also in the definitions of the new orders and genera which he founded.
Synopsis Filicum, is artificial throughout; it is adequate for the diagnosis of Ferns, but it does not give any satisfactory conclusion as to the affinity of the several forms.
Herbs of Affinityto Bulbous Roots (other Monocotyledons).
The more heterogeneous the salt, the more soluble is it, by the reciprocal affinity of its different saline constituents; and thus a delicate hydrometer, plunged in saturated brine, may serve to show approximately the quality of the salt.
That alloy must also consist of metals which possess a strong affinity for the substances to be soldered together.
We should also take into account the great affinity of muriatic acid for water.
Fulminate of mercury moistened upon copper is speedily decomposed by the superior affinity of the copper over mercury, for oxygen and fulminic acid.
It is more soluble in water than baryta; and has such a strongaffinity for it, as to be obtained only in the state of a hydrate.
The affinity between the stearine of tallow and the alkali, is so great that a soap may be speedily made from them in the cold.
In the chapter entitled "Moorish Romances of Spain" the reader will find specimens of the romantic fictions of that people, from which he can judge for himself of their affinity or otherwise with the Spanish romances.
That it has a close affinity with the Romantic literature of the Peninsula is evident from the name given to these poems by the Spaniards, who call them romanceros.
The Koch lymph is evidently not a poison to the germs, and probably has no other action on the affected organs than that of an irritant, having a selective affinity by virtue of the kinship with its contents.
But that this parasite has a special affinity for consumptive tissue there is no question, and that it thrives therein with great rapidity, hastening retrogressive changes, is also to be granted.
The atoms of chlorine and bromine, however, being only monovalent, have all their affinity satisfied when they are united to a single other atom of chlorine and bromine.
The evident selective affinity of Koch's lymph for tuberculous tissue may enable it, in certain cases, to effectually seal the arterial capillaries about the affected parts, owing to the intense vaso-motor disturbance produced.
To him, affinity and kinship with the other animals is a repugnant thing.
He was familiarly known as "Siwash" George--a derogatory term which had arisen out of his affinity for the Indians.
The Pithecanthropus of Java alone shows perhaps more affinity to the apes.
Hence it appears that our classification will in the near future have to undergo revision, since the stages of culture from Aurignacian to Azilian show a much closer affinity to the Neolithic than they do to the earlier Palaeolithic.
If Clovis could have looked on his affinity in his absence her prospects of becoming some day Marquise de Gange might have been less promising.
What if, deprived of her, he had pitched on an affinity of exactly the opposite stamp?
Old de Vaux, grateful ever to the marquis and his affinity for their treatment of his sciatic nerve, came riding over with crumpled gazettes in his pocket, his eyes goggling in his head.
The particles of chalk come in contact with the yolk--there being a chemical affinity between the alkali and the oily matter of the yolk--immediately unite, and a true soap is formed.
There is in this a marked affinity to the Venetian architecture, and its origin accounts for it.
This action is very suggestive of an affinity between the German and Italian Masonic Lodges.
The art of the Catacombs has no affinity with these frescoes, which are of a more free and natural style, and the true ancestors of the Tuscan school of fresco-painting.
There are Bonaventura and Apparecchiato da Lucca, Dato Pisano, Vincino da Pistoja, a list which proves the affinity between all the Tuscan schools.
That the oldest churches in Normandy have a great affinity to Lombard buildings is evident on examination.
It accounts for the so-called Norman architecture in Sicily having so much more affinity to Italian forms than to French-Norman; and it accounts for the Saracenic cast which Lombard architecture took after that era.
The bonds of relationship have been rudely snapped asunder, and the very name of brother is the stern curse of those whose only crime is their affinity to the monarch.
Although distinct in itself, the language bears a singular affinity to that of the Amhara, but Arabic forms the written character.
Throughout all this evolution the belief in an inherent affinitybetween insanity and genius persisted.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "affinity" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
