In the door of one of the rooms he noticed the remains of a "very flat arch," the stonescomprising which were of prodigious size and weight.
His stock of cattle, comprising horses, mules, horned-cattle, sheep and goats amounts to nearly three million head!
The mountains occupy sixty degrees of the horizon, and stretch over upwards of 250 miles, comprising the greatest extent of snow visible from any point with which I am acquainted.
The First Two Volumes, comprising "The Diary," are now ready.
It was a very beautiful figure, comprising a great deal of work for the arms, and was received with unbounded applause.
In the evening of December 2 he delivered before the American Geographical and Statistical Society, in New York, an elaborate address on the Northwest, comprising fifty-six printed pages.
General Hunter divided his department into the Northern and Southern Districts, and gave Benham the command of the former, comprising South Carolina, Georgia, and part of Florida, and nearly all the troops.
The second part of the life of the Virgin Mary begins with the Annunciation and ends with the Crucifixion, comprising all those scriptural incidents which connect her history with that of her divine Son.
It is sometimes treated apart as a separate scene; and a series of pictures dedicated to the honour of the Virgin, and comprising only a few of the most eventful scenes in her history, generally begins with her Nativity.
The practice of giving a Christmas treat, comprising a good dinner, some small presents, and an enjoyable entertainment to the aged poor, was begun in 1865, and is still kept up.
The mountain muse: comprising The adventures of Daniel Boone; and The power of virtuous and refined beauty.
Also, an appendix, comprising all his most valuable public papers, and his last will and testament.
Moreover, the army of Pausanias, comprising very few Spartans, consisted chiefly of allies who had no heart in the cause, and who were glad to be required by the Thebans to depart.
But her district also reached down to the coast, comprising among other towns the classical name of Ilium, and probably her own native city, the neighboring Dardanus.
Peiræum was occupied by so numerous a guard, comprising Iphikrates and his peltasts, that Agesilaus, instead of directly attacking it, resorted to the stratagem of making a sudden retrograde march directly towards Corinth.
The messenger replied, that it was a great extent of country, comprisingmany large cities and villages.
Comprising Definitions of the Phyla, Classes, and Orders, with explanatory Remarks and Tables.
Between six and seven o'clock she dined with the Emperor, or in his absence with Madame de Montebello, the dinner comprising only one course.
Any facts relative to the life of this prelate will be acceptable, as I am about to go to press with a work comprising Lives of the Bishops of Ossory.
Congresses of the Soviets are convoked by the respective Executive Committees upon their own initiative, or upon request of local Soviets comprising not less than one-third of the entire population of the given district.
Side by side with the Workmen’s Supreme Council of the Labor Unions, committees of inspectioncomprising technical specialists, accountants, etc.
In both cases we see a brutal and desperate attempt to establish the dictatorial rule of a class comprising only 3 per cent.
Such some of the splendors mad Fashion has strewed All over the surface comprising the ----.
Comprising Characteristic Selections from the Works of the more Noteworthy Scottish Poets, with Biographical and Critical Notices.
The furniture, it should be noted, is not the original but a clever and exact copy of the articlescomprising it.
Such a jargon at the outset is little else than a vocabulary comprising names for the most common objects and the most tangible relations.
A Dictionary of Religious Knowledge, for Popular and Professional Use; comprising full Information on Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Subjects.
The gentlemen comprising the various deputations were subsequently entertained by the noble Earl at an elegant and sumptuous luncheon, after which they thanked his lordship for his cordial reception, and retired.
Handbook of the River Plate=, comprising the Argentine Republic, Uruguay, and Paraguay.
Comprising Menus in French and English, as well as Suggestions for Arrangement and Decoration of Table.
An interesting genus, comprising many curious, and some very pretty species.
One of the largest and most decorative genera of epiphytal Orchids, comprising several hundred species and a large number of hybrids.
The school was a small, select one, comprising the children of all ages from the best families of Poganuc.
Songs of the Mexican Seas, comprising The Sea of Fire and The Rhyme of the Great River, 16mo, $1.
