It was the great desire of the prince to overtake his father, who had sailed considerably earlier, and this emulation was one of the causes of the disaster.
And let our only emulation be, Not drinking much, but talking wittily.
To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
In that meadow Count Pulaski exercised his legion of cavalry, and his dexterous movements were the wonder and emulation of the officers, many of whom were considerably injured in attempts to imitate his feats.
It is wonderful what an amount of emulation these prizes excite--emulation not so much for the value of the prize as for the distinction.
Nay, it caused a simplicity of manners and an emulation for the best habit of body; their ideas too were naturally enlarged, while they were not excluded from their share of bravery and honour.
There they sometimes indulged in a little raillery upon those that had misbehaved themselves, and sometimes they sung encomiums on such as deserved them, thus exciting in the young men a useful emulation and love of glory.
On the contrary, they often endeavour to excite emulation in them to the attainment of this end.
To this important period, the day of sale, they cheerfully look forward, manifesting not a little emulation to be "sol' fust.
Emulation and Rivalry of Advantage to Artists, iii, 257.
Emulation carries with it neither envy nor unfair rivalry, but inspires a man to surpass all others by superiority alone.
There is an extraordinary emulation between these urchins--as to who shall make her bed most neatly, and it amuses them quite as much as making a bed for their dolls.
All must have observed the beneficial effects of this principle in children, as an incitement to emulation and good conduct.
For this reason, perhaps, my Brutus, he appeared less pleasing to you than he would have done, if you had been old enough to hear him, when he was fired with emulation and flourished in the full bloom of his Eloquence.
They seem to have led to no emulation in other parts of Europe, and we read of no chess competitions of any kind in France, Germany, or England.
Clever sensitive children, subjected precociously to emulation and emotion, are always liable to such maladies.
I was advertis'd their great general slept, Whilst emulation in the army crept.
Her end when emulation misses, She turns to envy, stings, and hisses: The strongest friendship yields to pride, Unless the odds be on our side.
Joseph Gales the younger had his boyish emulation of Roscius and Garrick, and performed "top parts" in a diversity of those sad comedies and merry tragedies which boys are apt to make, when they get into buskins.
It was not until the year 1766, that the trade regained its old channels; but it was then pursued with much avidity and emulation by individual merchants, and soon transcended its former bounds.
He was overruled, however, and the party began to ascend the mountain, striving, with the ardor and emulation of young men, who should be first up.
They likewise take it by turns to do the business of the house and emulation excites them to a cleanliness which could not by any other means be preserved.
If we take from the noble steed the emulationthat may hurry him over the precipice, we will see him distanced at the next St Leger.
Let emulation be by all means encouraged; but let all teachers and parents impress upon the minds of the fortunate competitors the true value of the prize won.
The election of Chacham Bernays as head of the Hamburg congregation, and Mannheimer's activity in establishing the order of service in the Vienna synagogue, gradually aroused the emulation of other German communities.
For in that unnatural and bloated civilization, all that was noble in emulation was forbidden.
He there exerted all his talents, as he was excited to it by emulation of Caracciolo, who had painted in that place a picture, which was long admired as one of his finest works, and was afterwards transferred into the monastery.
In emulation of him, he painted at the Certosini that great Deposition from the Cross, which alone, in the opinion of Giordano, is sufficient to form a great painter, and may compete with the works of the brightest luminaries of the art.
From these extraordinary advantages the fine arts have extended their influence to circles where they were before unknown, and have received a new tone fromemulation as well as interest.
He did not often pass the bounds of mediocrity, which is frequently the case with artists residing at a distance from a capital, and who have not the incitement to emulation and an opportunity of studying good examples.
The ideal merges the two elements of efficiency and solidarity in one larger group within which mutual confidence and emulation take the place of conflict.
Emulation and rivalry represent conflict at higher social levels, where competition has been translated into forms that inure to the survival and success of the group.
