So he followed the colonel about with disparaging comments that drove Coley to the verge of madness.
He comments on the brilliant smoothness and finish of the original miniature paintings.
The nuns of Admunt in Bavaria are also spoken of as devoted to transcribing, and Wattenbach commentson the neat and elegant way in which they mended the parchment leaves of their manuscripts with coloured silken thread[649].
It contains the martyrology of Usuard, the Rule of St Augustine with the comments of Hugo of St Victor, the constitutions of Marbach and a homily for every day in the year[650].
The writing of glossaries, glosses, or commentsfor illustrating an author.
Many of hiscomments on current events are preserved in the notes or in the memories of his friends.
Within the armed services, the tone of grudging admiration is never missing from such altogether familiar comments as: "He's a queer duck but he has what it takes.
And it should contain, not less, comments on techniques and methods used by other speakers and instructors, which were visibly unusually effective.
It would be futile to make these comments on the nature of moral leading if it were not fully within the power of the average young officer to cut his cloth according to the suggested pattern.
As the entire body of this book is directed toward the consideration of the fundamental responsibilities in officership, the special comments in this chapter will relate mainly to propositions not stated elsewhere.
As the third is not used to hearing such comments on his character, Judge Temple, I shall not name him.
He was in one of his most malevolent moods, and Sabine could not help laughing against her will at his unmerciful comments upon many of the company.
Anton heard none of these comments upon him; and if the hum of the company around had been as loud as that of the great bell of the city's highest steeple, he would not have heard it better.
He said: "This letter is a frank breath of expression [and his comments were equally frank].
To me the association was invaluable; it drew from him a thousand long-forgotten incidents; it invited a stream of picturesque comments and philosophies; it furnished the most intimate insight into his character.
He dictated that morning some matters connected with the history of the Comstock mine; then he drifted back to his childhood, returning again to the more modern period, and closed, I think, with some commentson current affairs.
Bixby" was usually pronounced "Bigsby" on the river, but Brown made it especially obnoxious and followed it up with questions and comments and orders still more odious.
His comments on the orthodox religion of Saint-Simon's period are not marked by gentleness.
The opinion I hold of Mr. Blaine is due to the comments of the Republican press before the nomination.
He concluded with some commentson the possibility of America following Rome's example, though he thought the vote of the people would always, or at least for a long period, prevent imperialism.
In one of hercomments Mrs. Clemens wrote: Page 597.
He complained in a specially bitter manner of the unfavourable comments which men of science had made upon his views in private letters addressed to him in reply to his communications.
Indeed, these last he treated, as they deserved, with a scathing satire quite different from his humorous and not ungenial comments on the wonderful theories of the honest paradoxists.
William Jennifer had many comments to make in the matter, and with praiseworthy reticence concluded to make them mainly to himself.
She leads you on with a number of irrelevant comments and questions, until you find she's extracted from you a whole host of things you never meant to say.
In his comments Mr. Chase seems to approve the remarks, and describes the President's assailant as "well read and extremely intelligent.
Lincoln's own commentsupon his inaugural address, like everything he ever said about himself, are unique.
Mr. Lloyd George, the new War Secretary, without wasting breath on the pessimistic comments of his colleague Mr. Churchill, has given an encouraging survey of the general situation.
Our children are mostly lapped in blissful ignorance, but their comments are often illuminating.
I think you will find the bills and my comments on them well worth your consideration from the point of view of advantage to your railroad.
His comments upon his neighbours were kindly but incisive, except when the question of spirituous liquors occurred to him.
A smooth-faced, red-cheeked gentleman in gray flannels leaned over the balustrade and made audible comments in a penetrating voice which betrayed the fact that he was Mr. Humphrey Crewe.
It is needless to pretend that a man of his appearance and qualities had reached the age of thirty-two without having listened to feminine comments of which he was the exclusive subject.
Brother Johann brings Beethoven a proposition from Johann Sporchil, historian and publicist, and Sporchil, receiving encouragement, submitted a work act by act to the composer, who wrote comments on the manuscripts but never did more.
After the concert Beethoven's friends, as was natural, came together to exchange comments and felicitate him.
Besides this, he is responsible for comments and glosses on the Great Learning and on the Doctrine of the Mean.
While in Paris she received from Professor Meiklejohn the comments upon her latest volume, "At the Wind's Will.
Continuing her old habit at school, Mrs. Moulton for many years kept notes of her abundant reading, and the comments and extracts set down in her exquisite handwriting throw a most interesting light on the growth of her thought.
Boston publishers sent to her all books of especial interest, and her comments upon them were of solid value.
The journalists of the day made many friendly comments upon the marriage of their brother editor.
British official comments emphatically underlined the significance of the visit, and the German Press followed suit, although voices were not wanting to warn against any over-estimation of such acts of courtesy.
There have been many comments on the attitude of the Churches in the Netherlands, and we quote some of them below.
Some Comments and Evaluations It is to the honour of the Churches in the Netherlands, that they already protested against one of the first steps taken against the Jews, in October, 1940.
His comments on the Calvinistic teaching of his pastor, Daniel Mills, are characteristic.
Alexander Abraham made no comments on my operations, though he groaned loud and often, and said caustic things to poor Mr. Riley, who hadn't the spirit to answer back after his drubbing by William Adolphus.
He was well read, and frequently surprised Anne by his shrewd comments on men and matters out in the world, of which only the faint echoes reached Deland River.
Ludovic, meanwhile, stood still on the road, quite oblivious to the hoots and comments of the vastly amused small boy contingent, until Theodora and his rival disappeared from his view under the firs in the hollow of her lane.
Among the interesting comments on the marriage was Joseph Arnould's letter to Alfred Domett, under date of November of that year.
Bitter and plain were the comments among men upon his conduct.
It is probable that some injudicious comments in the Press may have warned him that the police were using them as a bait.
A new subspecies of soft-shelled turtle from the central United States, with comments on the application of the name Amyda.
The orange coloration is confined to males (all examined were sexually mature) and is probably not of seasonal occurrence (see comments under secondary sexual variation).
For further comments on intergradation see the account of T.
See comments under subsection entitled "Remarks" and Fig.
The tubercles on the anterior edge of the carapace in adults of both sexes vary from round to equilateral and conical to low and flattened (see comments on tuberculation under subsection entitled "Geographic Variation").
Actually, they are from an area of intergradation between those subspecies (see comments concerning intergradation under the accounts of the subspecies pallidus and guadalupensis).
The Brazos River drainage is inhabited by a population that more closely resembles pallidus than guadalupensis (see comments under subsection entitled "Remarks"; see map, Fig.
Comments on the taxonomic status of Apodemus peninsulae, with description of a new subspecies from North China.
Most comments pertain to a description of the bony carapace and plastron, which Geoffroy depicts in Plate 4.
For further comments on intergradation between these two subspecies, see the account of T.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "comments" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
