But if a man is balked at this game; he not unfrequently loses his temper; and when nobody came any more for Pen's poems, he began to look upon those compositions in a very serious light.
These three letters Mr. Pen used to read at intervals, during the day and night, and embrace with that delight and fervor which such beautiful compositions surely warranted.
As a first step of development we notice the combination of animals and arabesques, at first with half-human, half-animal figures, soon followed by compositions belonging mostly to a certain limited circle of myths.
The most animated and boldestcompositions are sculptured in these reliefs.
Skillfully managing the hues, and giving to the figures in their compositions an exquisite harmony, they resembled at a slight distance real paintings.
The single figures ofcompositions are loosely connected by the general idea of the story.
The compositions show an admixture of local myths and usages, not to mention Etruscan inscriptions.
This statue is probably one of the masterpieces of the celebrated Pyromachus, who executed several groups, and large compositions of battle scenes for Attalus, King of Pergamus, to celebrate his decisive victory over the Gauls (B.
Don't you know that school compositionsare nearly always didactic and doleful?
This dialogue bears a remarkable resemblance to at least three similar compositions by S.
These compositions belong to the domain of historical songs and ballads, and owe their popularity to their being the expression of traditions already widely known among the people.
So were the compositions of the others; but his was different.
There is one boy," he went on to state, "whose compositions are generally good for that reason.
All theatrical compositions ought to have three essential parts.
And in both these kinds, the executive talents of Pilades and Bathillus corresponded to the boldness and beauty of the kind of compositions they had ventured to bring on the stage.
Besides these general laws of the theatre, which are in common to those compositions of dances, that are to be executed on it, they are subjected to other particular rules, which are derived from the primitive principles of the art.
The compositions of Bathillus were in the lively, gay, and sprightly stile.
I have heard of her and her compositions in this country; and I am happy to add, always to the honour of her character.
The mass of compositions of this nature do not militate against this opinion, but rather prove its truth; for I am not acquainted with one single work of the kind that has been successful.
His compositions are certainly of no great value, and the same may be said of the whole music here.
As Allegri composed only one verse, on which the rest are chanted, I heard the three compositions which they gave on that day.
It occurred to me that the octett and the quintett might make a very good appearance among my works, being in fact better than many compositions that already figure there.
These compositions were a novelty for piano-forte players, and inaugurated a new style, full of interest, gradually setting aside the variations and sonatas which had become so meaningless and tedious.
Thus you must not expect from me a formal critique on the singing, as to whether they intoned correctly or incorrectly, in tune or out of tune, or whether the compositions are fine.
He also refers to some of his Latin compositions modelled on the Psalms, which are eminently poetical.
Among these was Annette Ferrier, whose clear, high soprano had a brilliant effect in bravuras or compositions requiring strong passion in the rendering.
These meditations differ very much from ordinary compositions with that name.
As the songs of chivalry became the most popularcompositions in that language, they were emphatically called Romans or Romants; though this name was at first given to any piece of poetry.
How different is the case with most men whose work is mental; more particularly how different is the case with most men whose work is to write--to spin out their thoughts into compositions for other people to read or to listen to!
The French long retained this fondness for proverbs; for they still have dramatic compositions entitled proverbes, on a more refined plan.
In his compositions he was an active agent in the crystallization of the sonata form.
The public was persistently informed that his compositions were beyond ordinary comprehension, and yet designed, as they were, to picture man's essential life, they have slowly but surely found their way to the popular heart.
In a collection of thirty sonatas he explained his purpose in these words: "Amateur, or professor, whoever thou art, seek not in these compositions for any profound feeling.
This was actually the first opera, although the term was not applied to such compositions until half a century later.
Polish patriotism steeped in Parisian elegance shaped his genius, and his compositions portray the emotions of his people in exquisitely polished tonal language.
These compositions were usually written for the harpsichord and perhaps three instruments of the viol order, the master himself playing the leading melody on the violin.
With the exception of the sacred volume, it would perhaps be impossible to name any compositions with so large a proportion of simple ideas and Saxon monosyllables.
We consider Milton's address to his father to be one of the most beautiful compositions extant, and rejoice in presenting it to the reader in an English form, so worthy of the original Latin poem.
Bateman: "Not a long one, why there's poor Willis used to complain how tedious the old Gregorian compositions were abroad.
He was a musician of great genius, but not of popular reputation; there was in all hiscompositions something capricious and fantastic which did not please the taste of the Dilettanti of Naples.
As a poet, his intellect and compositions were powerfully influenced by exterior circumstances, and especially by his place of abode.
Signor Colombo and my friend Massimo urged me to prepare two compositions on the published themes; but I reminded them that I had no right to appear uninvited.
Every academician had to recite two compositions in prose or verse, as he thought fit.
I wrote and read my compositions to myself, without seeking the applause of an audience or boring my neighbours with things they do not care for, as is the wont of most scribblers.
The money spent in boiler compositionswould be better applied in securing a supply of proper water, or in filtering and purifying the water before it enters the boiler.
Much mischief is often done by the injudicious use of compositions in the boiler that are designed to prevent incrustation, especially where there is no blow-off cock or where its use is neglected.
Almost every one of Chopin's compositions was inspired by women, and a large proportion of them are dedicated to them.
Similarly, family honor made it incumbent on Fanny Mendelssohn to refrain from publishing her musicalcompositions under her own name.
For portrait painters she had Titian and Leonardo da Vinci, while, as decorators of her home, she had Bellini and Perugino, whose compositions she herself arranged, even in the minutest details.
It forms a happy addition to the two other compositions consecrated by Poussin to Phocion, and which have been so admirably engraved by Baudet, Phocion carried out of the City of Athens, and the Tomb of Phocion.
One of his prettiest compositions is the group here reproduced from "Punch's Almanack" for 1877.
The direct comparison of the percentage compositions of water and hydrogen peroxide does not give any simple relation.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "compositions" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
