Murders, rapes, and scenes of robbery multiply under cover of the plague that rages at Rome, and the horrors resulting from the pestilence are described with a vigour that reminds us of Defoe, without however equalling him.
The comic school was far from equalling the fecundity of its romantic rival; it existed however, and though absolutely forgotten now, it helped to keep up and improve the natural gift of observation which belonged to the English race.
The great article of Californian commerce consists in the furs of the northern and pearls of the southern province, the pearls equalling in size and beauty those of Ormuz or Ceylon.
In Maine it is grown in great perfection, nearly equalling the Jackson White and Carter as a table potato.
The seeds are remarkably large, separate easily from the pods, and, green or ripe, are remarkably farinaceous and well flavored, nearly or quite equalling the Dwarf and Running Horticultural.
In his own military expeditions he had become acquainted with El Cascabel's second in command, a sub-chief, equalling the others in hostility to the whites, while far excelling him in ability.
Augustin, who had cherished the hope of equalling the earthly kingdom of Christ to that of the Cæsars, was going to see the ruin of both.
An Augustin had dreamed of equalling one day this obscure pedagogue, of whom nobody, save for him, would ever have spoken again.
The talons of these Falcons are proportionately larger and more formidable than those of any other Bird of Prey; the leg is strong and muscular, and the tarsus short, the middle toe almost equalling it in length.
These birds are furnished with a slightly conical beak, the upper mandible of which is straight and somewhat pointed, the corners of the mouth bent downwards, the lower mandible almost equalling the upper one in height.
The penultimate joint, instead of terminating in a simple claw, ends in three bristle-like appendages of dissimilar lengths -- the longest equalling that of the entire leg.
Among them were the teeth of a gnawer, equallingin size and closely resembling those of the Capybara, whose habits have been described; and therefore, probably, an aquatic animal.
It is supposed to have been a tree-climbing frugivorous ape, equalling man in stature.
Professor Owen has proposed the name of Galestes for the largest of the mammalia discovered in 1858 in Purbeck, equalling the polecat (Mustela putorius) in size.
In the year 1855, the tibia and femur of a large bird equalling at least the ostrich in size were found at Meudon, near Paris, at the base of the Plastic clay.
Four observers counted, on an average, four hundred each minute and a half; and not a few fireballs, equalling the moon in diameter, traversed the sky.
Though far from equalling his rival in talent, knowledge, and authority, he greatly surpassed him in his skill as a lobbyist.
Allow me to tell you, my dear Emiral, that your honours and dignities are far from equalling what you deserve.
Animals are eager to unite in their own fashion, but the various marriages of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, and reptiles are far from equalling in lust the nuptials of the trees.
They are about six inches long, equalling the wing, and can be raised at right angles to it, or laid along the body at the pleasure of the bird.
Rivalling in depth, although not equalling in colour, the pure azure of native ultramarine, it answers to the same acid tests, but is sometimes distinguished therefrom by the effervescence which ensues on the addition of an acid.
The zodiacal light shines from an hour or two after sunset till midnight, with singular brightness, almost equalling the milky way.
Tried by the posthumous test of internal capacity, three skulls of nameless Frenchmen, derived from the common cemeteries of Paris, in like manner showed brains equalling in size that of Cuvier.
He is burningly jealous, equalling the chaffinch in fiery emulation.
Far from equalling the nightingale, we have been unable to express or to render an account of his sublime song.
The tadpoles grow to a large size considering that of the adult, the body equalling in size a sparrow's or even a small pigeon's egg, and they often remain more than a year in that condition.
Thus Agrippa became one of the greatest princes of the east, the territory he possessed equallingin extent that held by Herod the Great.
In the former character he surpassed both predecessors and contemporaries; and it was long before the anatomists of the following age could boast of equalling him.
Three largest Ocean Ports with future capacity equalling New York Harbor to be constructed in North, Central and South China.
Beyond the great hall was probably a domed chamber, equalling it in width, and opening upon a court, round which were a number of moderate-sized apartments.
The bulk of the troops were footmen, the proportion of the horse probably never equalling one third of a mixed army.
Thou wilt remember that I said equalling to certain parts.
I saidequalling certain parts, meaning always, too, in certain things.
This yield seems almost incredible; but, if we can believe the statements of men of unimpeached veracity, there have been numerous instances of reproduction of wheat in California equallingand even exceeding this.
There is certainly no breed in the United States equallingthem in size.
In this the Maroon lieutenant claimed to have skill almost equalling the regular professors of the art.
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