The continuity, however, of visible causation is often broken; there are everywhere many missing links in the chain, and a chasm extending through a large part of the second century.
His theatre is considerable, extendingto twelve volumes.
An immense outburst of epic and narrative verse has taken place, and lyrical poetry, not limited as in the case of the epics to the north of France, but extending from Roussillon to the Pas de Calais, completes this.
They are of the most various length, sometimes not extending to more than a score or so of lines, sometimes containing several hundreds.
He died in his hundredth year, and almost at the end of it, his long life extending from the very earliest glories of the Siecle de Louis XIV.
It is remarkable for its spacious and beautifully arranged grounds, combining ornamentation and usefulness in a striking degree, and extending over some twenty acres of ground.
The cavity is hewn out of the solid rock, extending nearly two hundred feet directly into the hill-side.
Rows of tea-houses were frequently in sight, extending occasionally into a village or town of considerable dimensions, and filled with an active population.
Portions of it are a thousand fathoms deep, but the shores on either side are lined with a net-work of coral reefs and sunken rocks extending well out from the coast.
The so-called tank is an artificial lake extending over six or eight acres, with a temple in its centre, very picturesque in effect, and approached only by boats.
There may be any diversity of creeds among a people, extending even to idolatry.
One can touch the houses of these streets on both sides at the same time, by merely extending the arms.
It was a legitimate structural device, and the simplest means of extending the capacity of a spanning system.
It apparently occurred to Bollman that by extending the number of rods in a longitudinal direction, this effect could be practically amplified to such an extent as to be capable of spanning considerable distances.
Extending that kind of code to the other sex, it is surely the first duty of an intellectual man to be intelligible.
A still more important amendment was proposed with the object of extending to the wife the same right of divorce as was given to the husband.
On either side of the house, extending in both directions, are orange groves, and back of the groves comes the second world, the world of the black folk.
Washington himself wrote to his step-son, who was in college: "You are now extending into that stage of life when good or bad habits are formed; when the mind will be turned to things useful and praiseworthy or to dissipation and vice.
The enemy had gained possession of Rhode Island, Long Island, the city of New York, Staten Island, and nearly the whole of the Jerseys, and seemed on the point of extending their conquests into Pennsylvania.
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Quite to the contrary, he performed a notable service in extending popular education, establishing an agricultural college, regulating the liquor traffic (even though the system he established has since degenerated).
A census map which is here reproduced well shows the region of largest proportionate Negro population, extending from South Carolina through central Georgia and Alabama to Mississippi.
There's an immense branch extending under the water, and with our combined weight we won't get off in a hurry.
Indiana rose lazily from the grass, also shaking off a shower of blossoms, and leaned against a low-spreading apple tree, extending her arms on the branches each side of her.
It is a hillock, containing two or three tiers of galleries with connecting passages, and from the central chamber it has passages, or rows, extendingin different directions.
Their shadows had halos of light around them, extending about eighteen inches from each figure, all around it.
A gunpowder train is arranged, extending to the place where the king is.
At the extreme point of that vast continentextending from the snows of Siberia to the Equator, and terminating in the long narrow Malay peninsula, is the little island of Singapore, separated from the mainland by a narrow strait.
At each side of this central pyramid is erected a wing, by means of other smaller posts, and extendingabout forty feet, and facing the four cardinal points of the compass; and each wing is also capped with a pagoda spire.
At each end, at the comb of the roof, is a peculiar shaped horn extending out, which is peculiar to royal buildings and temples.
Pain running round one side, but not extending to shoulder or arm.
The conception of a rich and powerful race extending the blessings of order, good government, and industrial enterprise into the backward parts of the earth for the universal benefit of all mankind is a magnificent conception.
Farewell," said Mrs. Chichester, extending her hand towards her deliverer.
Markham stepped forward to reach the clothes, and, in extending his hand to take them from the peg, he advanced one of his feet upon the floor of the closet.
To get by this obstruction and still be able to utilize the work done, he changed the entrance from a circle to an ellipse by extending it downward.
In my eventful career as a detective, extending over a period of thirty years of active practice, my experience has been of such a character as to lead me to pay no attention to the outward appearance of men or things.
After further questioning him, Bucholz learned the story of the old man's eccentricities, the fact of his large possessions, and the probability of his extending his travels as far West as California.
Being of a communicative disposition, and gifted with a seemingly frank and open manner, he found no difficulty in extending his circle of acquaintances, particularly among those of a curious turn of mind.
Bucholz, extending his hand, "I will see you again in the morning.
He debarked at the head of an avenue of colossal lions of red granite,[51] extending far as the eye could reach, and ascending the side of the mountain, which was cut into a flight of magnificent steps.
Fortunately, however, a wise and humane tolerance is growing in the world, and extending towards the most flagrant heresies.
Democracy is here and daily extending itself, overwhelming slowly but surely all impediments to its supremacy.
Drawling; or extending the sound of words or syllables beyond their natural length.
Through this line we had to pass, as well as the blockhouse line extending from Bloemfontein to Ladybrand, via Thaba 'Nchu.
Between us and the enemy there was then a ridge, extending parallel with the Orange River.
Hence eastward is the land of the Veneti (who are also called Silesae), extending south-west over a great part of the territory of the Moravians.
Then parallel with this land southward is Sweoland, on the other side of the moors, extending quite to the northward; and running even with the northern part of it is Cwenaland.
