Gardening in towns was an art little considered in his day, and contemporary descriptions show us that 'vacuities' were speedily filled with heaps of dust and refuse.
The letters, which were full of personal anecdotes, and gave descriptions of noted individuals, proved very attractive, and gave him a most valuable hint as to what readers take an interest in.
Offers most interesting descriptions of the strange and curious inhabitants of the insect world, sure to excite inquiry and to foster observation.
Eye-witnesses as well as Cromwell's agents have left descriptions which give a striking picture of the brutality of the proceedings[1137].
Interest in descriptions of the Holy Land was increasing.
His descriptions of them were lying in the library at the time of the bombardment, and were only rescued by the devotion of a friend[670].
The descriptions are highly coloured throughout, but their application is often very obscure.
While some descriptions are excellent and obviously based on direct observation, as for example that of the properties of soda, others are entirely fabulous, such as that of the unicorn.
In some of his poems he gives interesting descriptions of the districts through which he has travelled, his account of a part of the Rhine valley being specially graphic[175].
The account she gives of Wilibald's experiences contains one of the earliest descriptions written in northern Europe of a journey to Palestine, and modern writers have commented on it as a curious literary monument of the time.
This life of Hedwig, written some time after her death, emphasizes the ascetic habits which she embraced, and in agreement with later descriptions and pictures represents her as an emaciated person worn thin by self-denial and fasting.
In numerous particulars the writings of these nuns bear a striking resemblance to the imagery and descriptionsintroduced into the Divine Comedy by Dante.
The following descriptions occurring in visions will give some idea of the spirit in which Mechthild wrote[853].
Do we fully understand, from the foregoing descriptions and distinctions, the Nature of Credit?
It furnishes more information than whole folios of statistics, or any number of glowing descriptions by hasty, prejudiced, and uninformed correspondents.
The descriptions of the varied scenery, the character sketches of the settlers, and the laughable incidents recounted, give an additional pleasure to the volume, which is enriched by several illustrations of Oregon scenery.
The above examples of under-line and over-line bridges are given more with a view of illustrating some of the many different descriptions of flooring, rather than to point out or suggest the type of main girder to carry the load.
More than thirty years ago several descriptions of cast-iron sleepers were introduced into notice and tried on some of our leading home railways.
For some descriptions 203 of traffic a much heavier section of rail has been used, having a base sufficiently wide to provide ample bearing on a bed of concrete without the intervention of either transverse or longitudinal sleepers.
Several descriptions of eight-wheeled carriages have been tried on our home lines; but the system which is now most in favour is the ordinary bogie truck, which has been in use for so many years on all American railways.
There are so many descriptions of roof-principals used in railway stations that it would be impossible here to introduce more than a few examples.
As the shaft is continued downwards the mode of working may have to be varied; different descriptions of material may be encountered, and blasting, shoring, and pumping may each in turn be necessary.
The latter is the section which experience has proved to be the best to sustain the enormous all-round pressure exerted by certain descriptions of swelling clay.
Some descriptions of clay will not stand at the above slope, but require a slope of 2 to 1, or even 3 to 1.
There are some descriptions of shale which when first opened out appear to have the solidity of hard rock, and yet, after a few days’ exposure to the atmosphere, are changed to the consistency of soft mud.
The outer portion of many descriptions of rock consists of blocks or layers of stone partially or entirely separated from the main bed, and these, lying in a loose condition, are deceptive and treacherous as a foundation base.
This will serve to do away with that vacillating condition of mind which is often the result of reading a number of plant-descriptions before fixing firmly in mind the characters of the specimen under consideration.
The author's technical descriptions have in every instance been verified by comparison with one or more of the above works.
It has been impossible upon so small a page to maintain a uniform relative size in the drawings, for which reason the plant-descriptions in fine print should be consulted for the size.
The descriptionsgiven of the people have at least an equal interest with those of the scenery.
All the way Antony plied his companion with the most glowing descriptions of the wealth and fortune to be obtained in the distant East, not to speak of the honour, and glory, and renown.
He spoke, however, of his meeting with Waymouth, and of his descriptions of the wonders of the East, and the wealth to be speedily obtained in those distant seas.
Then there are several German descriptions of the Court, reliable enough in their way which is a dull one, to those who are not impassioned monarchists or hide-bound bureaucrats.
One of the best and most interestingdescriptions of his kindly and characteristic way of treating artists is that given by the late Norwegian composer, Eduard Grieg.
They are mere historical descriptions of events of all sorts which occurred in the political, religious, moral, and intellectual life of the people of Israel.
It is difficult to communicate an impression of the Court, whether at the Schloss in Berlin or the New Palace in Potsdam, and at the same time avoid the dry and dusty descriptions of the guide-books.
Accordingly, suchdescriptions as we have of Goethe from those who knew him best convey the idea of a character notably different from that of the English poet.
The coarse buffoonery of this work is often relieved by touches of genuine poetry, as well as by graphic descriptions and acute criticisms of men and manners.
If we were to judge by the somewhat vague descriptions of different disorders by Greek and Roman writers, this disease has been a European malady for more than 2000 years.
The average elevation of the surface of the state above the sea-level is less than that of any other state except Louisiana, but there is not the monotony of unbroken level which descriptions and maps often suggest.
I prefer to quote two descriptions by Journalists who have seen these girls at work in the field.
Work of all descriptions will be executed as far as possible by hand labour.
India is concerned, to complicate matters by referring to obscure descriptions or possible descriptionsof a species only represented in India, so far as we know, by a specialized local race, to which separate references are given.
Descriptions of Asiatic Species[V] and of Animals associated with them.
Footnote V: Descriptionsof Siberian sponges are not included in these references.
But up to this time no conclusion has been drawn from these individual descriptions that would allow any generalization.
Pantheon, the proportions of which I have constructed according to the descriptions of the monument and the idea that I had of the life of the Greeks.
Although the descriptions and pictures of Helène S.
His discoveries were never mere happy guesses or vague descriptions from the accounts of natives; each spot was determined with the utmost precision, though at the time his head might be giddy from fever or his body tormented with pain.
In 1686 followed "Twelve ingenious Characters, or pleasant Descriptionsof the Properties of sundry Persons and Things.
He is worse and more nasty than a dog, for in his broad descriptions of others' obscene actions he does but lick up the vomit of another man's surfeits.
Notwithstanding the descriptions we had heard of the great change which emancipation had wrought in the observance of Christmas, we were quite unprepared for the delightful reality around us.
The descriptions which the special magistrates give of the lower class of overseers and the managers of the petty estates, furnish data enough for judging of the manner in which they would be likely to act when clothed with arbitrary power.
His descriptions of many trees and shrubs are extremely interesting; and he has rendered them more so by his frequent quotations from Mr. Hanbury.
Not the least remarkable of his published visions is that in which he relates his journeys through the Astral Regions; his descriptions cannot fail to astonish the reader, partly through the crudity of their details.
To some Christians hisdescriptions have seemed scandalous.
Oral and written descriptions supply subject matter for practice in English.
Descriptions and pictures were studied with great earnestness to find out how to fix it, and the children made it as they thought it ought to be.
These narratives and descriptions may be made excellent practice in either oral or written English and will be of the sort Dewey characterizes as "having something to say rather than having to say something.
As the children learn to write they may add first the name and then short descriptions of the pictures, the development proceeding by easy stages until their composition work takes the form of the illustrated story.
A third-grade class used the sand table to illustrate what they had gleaned from reading several stories and descriptions of life in Japan, in connection with elementary geography.
The hackneyeddescriptions in the guidebooks profane the spirit of a place; I never look at them till after I have found the object, and then only for dates.
It contained pasture-grounds and groves in which were all descriptions of animals, wild and tame.
Some of his descriptions of the cholera, and the pictures he gives us of the catacombs of the dead, are ghastly.
There is one remark I may as well make here, with regard to the personal descriptions and anecdotes with which my letters from England will of course be filled.
He has been in almost every part of the world also, and hisdescriptions are very graphic and sensible.
Many of his descriptions of natural scenery are more like pictures, than sketches in words.
I had made up my mind how he should look, and between prints and descriptions thought I could scarcely be mistaken in my idea of his person.
On Tuesday evening Mr. Silsbee came to read some letters which he has written to his friends, chiefly giving his observations on Art, together with descriptions of Venice and other cities on the Continent.
We now took our leave of the housekeeper, and came homeward to our inn, where I have written the foregoing pages by a bright fire; but I think I write better descriptions after letting the subject lie in my mind a day or two.
The slight alterations that I have made in the original form of the descriptions was made with the design of bringing them, in a measure, up to the present time.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "descriptions" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
