It is impossible to convey a correct idea of the beauty, the magnificence, of some of the scenes through which we passed.
This is the spring I write of; and to have a correct idea of the beauties and the sweetness of this spring, you must first spend a winter in Hudson Bay.
I conducted him in silence towards the window which was still open and assisted him to enter, and having obtained to my cost a correct idea of the spot, directed him how to avoid a fall.
It would be necessary to describe his features separately, one by one, in order to form a correct idea of the whole, and comprehend the perfect regularity and beauty of each.
It seems that historians have made it a point to pass them over in silence; and yet it is, I think, by the rehearsal of just such deeds that a correct idea of the Emperor's character can and should be formed.
The above engraving will convey a correct idea of the Pambatee and his instrument.
How frequently do we obtain, from the ordinary articles of domestic life which they were accustomed to use, a correct idea of the habits and tastes of whole communities which have long since passed away.
It is easy to obtain a correct idea of the formation of fog and rain; one need but observe for one's self.
Before speaking of the process of nutrition in the human body, we must first obtain a correct idea of what is meant by nutrition.
How few physicians there are who can interpret the thoughts, and glean, from the expressions and sentences of a letter, a correct idea of the morbid conditions which the writer wishes to portray!
How important it is to have a correct idea of God can be known from the truth that the idea of God constitutes the inmost of thought with all who have religion, for all things of religion and all things of worship look to God.
The broad, open square about the Madeleine affords an excellent opportunity of viewing the exterior; and one needs to make two or three detours about the building to obtain a correct idea of its magnitude and beauty.
It is impossible to convey a correct idea of it to the lover of art, or even the longing lover of travel who has Europe in prospect.
In this way we form a correct idea of Christianity, if we may so speak, or rather we show it as it really is, not as men vainly represent it.
Stabian baths at Pompeii, which gives a correct idea of the smaller thermae and serves at the same time to illustrate the combination of baths for men and women under the same roof.
No verbal description can give a correct ideaof the elaborate workmanship of the numberless idols.
Those who have seen a newt in its larva state, may form a correct idea of the gills which project from either side of the head.
Thus I hope that, with the aid of the numerous illustrations in the work, a correct idea will be gained of the wilder and more romantic portions of the great Western World.
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