Our own recent history in its vicissitudes supplies us with the most striking examplesof this.
On the walls are examples of the great modern masters--Manet and Monet.
Thus, then, we have reviewed the most interesting examples of existing villa architecture, and we have applied the principles derived from those examples to the landscape of our own country.
Looking first to the mind of the people, we cannot expect to find good examples of the chimney, as we go to the south.
These three windows differ entirely in their feeling and manner, and are broad examples of such distinctions of style as might be adopted severally in the habitations of the man of imagination, the man of intellect and the man of feeling.
The streets of our cities are examples of the effects of this clashing of different tastes; and they are either remarkable for the utter absence of all attempt at embellishment, or disgraced by every variety of abomination.
The chimneys must have a chapter to themselves; they are splendidexamples of utility combined with ornament.
When I am considering the fortress and the palace,[4] I shall be compelled to devote a very large share of my attention to Spain; but for characteristic examples of the cottage, I turn rather to Switzerland and England.
We could give some particular examples of this grouping; but, as this paper has already swelled to an unusual length, we shall defer them until we come to the consideration of street effects in general.
A few more examples of the statements of the authorities may here be given.
Many striking examples of the great difference in the cost of the two services are furnished in different Post-Office Reports.
Fine examples of many branches of the arts of these peoples are in permanent exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, and the museums of great cities throughout the country.
Two other rapidly fatal cases are noticed in the same journal, as well as two examples of death from the sting of a wasp and one from the bite of a spider.
March, 1860); and has also given short abstracts of several examples collected by Dr.
It may also occur spontaneously, as in stomatitis or inflammation of the mouth; and very troublesome examples of it may occur in pregnant women.
It is true there were examples of conjugal devotion, for the gentle human affections never quite disappear in any atmosphere; but the fact that they were considered worthy of note sufficiently indicates the drift of the age.
If you can feel safe under these conditions, without my cutting off my hair, I swear to you to execute them religiously; and if you need examples to fortify you, I will tell you that the Queen saw M.
We all know examples of men holding opinions with trenchancy, decision, and even a kind of fervour, and yet with no strong desire to spread them.
I have been compelled to limit myself to the presentation of typical specimens and examples of this continuously advancing spiritual movement which found one of its noblest figures in John Smith.
III The men whom I am here calling Spiritual Reformers are examples of this wider synthesis.
These painted face, silk-worked pictures are the only needlework examples the collector need to beware of, as they are being reproduced by the score.
There are many examples of this famous "Spanish" work in the South Kensington Museum.
In addition to the collection formed by the generosity of the donors, the authorities have exercised a very catholic judgment in selecting the choicest and most illustrative examples of the lace-maker's craft.
A little lower, examples of drawn threadwork are seen, while the upper portion illustrates satin stitch patterns, which more properly belong to embroidery.
The Phoenicians carried examplesof each country's work from one to another.
American dollars are doing much to rob not only the Old Country of the fairest flowers of her garden, but the Continent of their finest and best examples of the genius of the past.
Examples of an almost Euclidean method of argument may be found in the Natural Faculties (e.
Characteristic examples of attempts to force facts to fit premises will be found in Book II.
One of the noblest examples of this service to humanity is furnished in the life and the writings of St. Paul.
On the other hand, the life which starts from the sweet examples of a hallowed home, and all its timely chastisements and discipline, presents a most entrancing history.
Leaving this important question to social reformers, we may note how beautifully this book employs the examples of insect life to teach and stimulate human beings.
I could give innumerable other examples of such odd illusions.
Examples of his conduct were known to Glencairn, who communicated them to Charles.
With him was the prototype of Scott's Dugald Dalgetty, Sir James Turner, who recordsexamples of Leslie's senile incompetency.
Examples of the transmutation of force into heat abound everywhere.
The examples are so many," Peter answered, "that I hardly know what to mention first.
There is no end to the examples of conduction which one might give.
He braces us, on the one hand, with examples of heroic duty and helpfulness; on the other, he touches us with pitiful instances of people needing help.
Those with three and four blades are a small class, examples of which came to light at Olympia, and suggest as a date the end of the sixth century B.
In a few examples from the island of Cyprus, the metal is almost pure copper.
Among the Romans the processions of the Salii or dancing priests of Mars are among the best-known examples of religious dancing.
Several examples of Roman cinerary urns and sepulchral relief are here shown.
Examples of the different types will be found in the Phigaleian Room downstairs and in the Gallery of Casts.
The vast accumulations of treasure in the various temples naturally demanded careful cataloguing, labelling and supervision on the part of the temple officials (see examples of marble labels from the sacred enclosure of Demeter at Cnidos).
A peculiar bronze hook, of which there are several examples in these cases, was sometimes used in the Roman period for hanging up the lamps; in the example illustrated (No.
Other examples are heavier, and have a broad decorated rim (No.
A few selected examplesfrom the Tolley collection of polished specimens of the materials used in ancient Rome are here exhibited (No.
Many examples may be seen in the Second and Fourth Vase Rooms.
If it survived the risks of manufacture, the pot often needed repair when in use, and several examples are shown of rivets, large and small, employed for this purpose (No.
Several examples in terracotta had long been known, and were explained with little plausibility as covering-tiles.
We are reminded of him by the attempt to classify the Dodsons socially in a scientific manner, and to accumulate small examples of their idiosyncrasies.
Conspicuous among these shells were examples of the genera Baculites and Cardium.
This platform of reef, and also the sandy beach proper, together exhibited examples of a good many shells, most of which, however, were dead specimens.
These luckily afforded us good examples of the style of art, and were accordingly, and without many conscientious scruples as to the sacred rights of ownership, carried off in triumph and deposited on board.
The natives, he said, were a very friendly, well-disposed people, of whom we saw two very promising examples in the canoe alongside.
There were also some examplesof Sertularia and other flexible hydroids.
The prevailing tree was a good-sized banyan, of which manyexamples appeared to be very old.
In a fresh-water lake, where I made some casts of a light dredge, I obtained from the bottom of stinking mud several examples of a large Unio shell, and some small shells of the genus Chilinia.
Examples of the larger species of Pteroptochus (P.
We have plenty of examples to copy in our military defenses, but when it comes to the civil branch of our national guard, we dare not borrow foreign models.
Aye, I have looked, and I see plainly that these horrible examples are due to the same causes as any shining example that could be named.
In two years, he was glad to come back," and so the examples ran on.
Examples of this occur in plenty in the literature of every country, and the trial is constantly being made.
These sermons will afford to the young clergyman excellent examples of the kind of composition which is calculated to render his pulpit-ministration effectual.
The examples cited above prove also that these relations are by no means confined to the judgments we derive on the basis of immediate sensations.
It is true that the scientific works of the great pioneers and leaders in the special sciences furnish practical examples of such logical activity.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "examples" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
