Mechanically I turned round the miniature to examine the back of it, and on the back was engraved a pentacle; in the middle of the pentacle a ladder, and the third step of the ladder was formed by the date 1765.
Impatient to examine the tablet, I removed the saucer.
At length, when the repetition of complaint had been justified by the repetition of public misfortunes, the notary Palladius was sent from the court of Treves, to examine the state of Africa, and the conduct of Romanus.
When the judges of this awful contest proceeded to examine the heart, and to scrutinize the springs of action, the superiority of the Imperial Stoic appeared still more decisive and conspicuous.
The King, before he went away, sent Stainberg to examine the Prince's children in their learning.
At six that evening they named a committee of which Lord Hartington was chairman, (as having moved for it,) to examine the lists.
Ready waded through, as he wished to examine the turtle-pond, which was on the other side of the stream.
And now let us examine the spring, father," said William, leading the way to the ravine.
Hume took upon himself to examine the proofs, and to do the needful to the edition.
Having made arrangements for a supply of fresh meat and a few vegetables during my stay, I walked out to examine the settlement.
Early this morning, I took Mr. Scott with me, to examine The Mundy, leaving the overseer to proceed with the party.
Upon going to examine the supply I was again disappointed at finding it so much less than when I had been here in 1839.
It may not be improper, in this place, to examine the influence of bodily endowments, and of the goods of fortune, over our sentiments of regard and esteem, and to consider whether these phenomena fortify or weaken the present theory.
Physician, Li Chu-kwo [6], to examine the Books on medicine.
As we use a glass to examine the forms of things, so must we study antiquity in order to understand the present time [2].
Abou Hassan heard all these remonstrances of his mother very patiently, holding down his eyes, and clapping his hands under his chin, like a man recollecting himself, to examine the truth of what he saw and heard.
The first care of the robbers after this was toexamine the cave.
Madame d'Arlange laid down her knitting and proceeded to examine the earring.
The great difference that exists in wounds made by firearms, according to the distance from which the death-dealing missile comes, was seen when the physicians began to examine the last of the murdered men.
First, Therefore, a little to examine the nature of your holiness and righteousness, as yourself hath described the same.
With these I managed to delay my execution, and one of the party ventured to come up to examine the "suspect" more closely.
Hewitt, of the army, was there, and I asked him to examine the wound.
My habit has been to note in pencil the suggestions of critics, and to examine the substance of their differences; for critics must differ from the author, to manifest their superiority.
He thought of telling the dustman he had lost a paper, and setting him to examine the mountain of ashes on the London Road; but here caution stepped in: how could he describe the paper without awakening curiosity and defeating his own end?
They awoke from it to examine the coin, and see if it was real, or only yellow air.
But the shrewd old judge had caught the sincerity with which the words were uttered, and put on his spectacles to examine the speaker.
Mr. Crawford the attorney called and told papa his son had instructed him to examine the trust-deed, and to draw his marriage settlement.
If we examine the knives, awls, scrapers, and saws, we come to the same conclusion, although comparison is not so easy.
This station was protected by intrenchments of so great an extent that it has been impossible to examine the whole of them.
We have studied the earliest efforts at navigation, made in the pursuit of fish, and we must now go back to examine the weapons, tools, and ornaments of these ancient peoples, and trace in those objects the dawn of art.
May I have your permission to examine the list of cabin passengers?
John Mangles, the Major, and Paganel just then came out of the wagon on purpose toexamine the state of the river.
However, the only way to know was to examine the bottle, and Glenarvan set to work without further delay, so carefully and minutely, that he might have been taken for a coroner making an inquest.
He paced restlessly up and down; sometimes stopping to examine the sails, or gaze inquiringly over the wide ocean, at the far horizon.
After their departure, Glenarvan and McNabbs went down to examine the state of the water by looking at the notches they had made on the tree, and Wilson and Mulrady replenished the fire.
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