In the notes, which I have thought necessary aids to the better comprehension of these volumes, my only wish has been to convey to the general reader such illustrative information as may familiarise him.
To my mind, therefore, no excuse is needful for the attempt made in the following pages to familiarise the reading public with what was once a famous knowledge-book of the Middle Ages.
The end which Ennius had set before him was two-fold, to familiarise his countrymen with Greek culture, and to enlighten their minds from error.
By reflection upon a conjecture we familiariseourselves with it, and end by thinking it better established; while the truth is, we are merely more accustomed to it.
It is also very salutary to familiarise oneself with the principles of historical method, and to analyse the theory of them, one by one, as we propose to do in the present volume.
You must familiarise learners with the subject on many different sides, and in relation to many different points of view, each presenting more or less chance of error or confusion.
In return for this they have the run of the papers, from which they are no doubt enabled in some degree to familiarise themselves with the advocate's profession; if they require tuition, they must employ a regular coach.
To enable the learners to familiarise themselves with the parts of an instrument, Messrs.
But then, remembering the description on the card, I asked my friend what books, English and French, he recommended his students to read in order to familiarise themselves with the current literature of the day.
It is the charge which is always brought against the white man who has sought to familiarise himself with the civilisation in which he is to pass the greater part of his career.
And to make my meaning clearer and to familiarise the thing by giving it a name, I have chosen to call one of these methods or ways Anticipation of the Mind, the other Interpretation of Nature.
In 1783 Mr. Baron Maseres endeavoured to familiarisethe mind with the doctrines of life annuities.
He must know many languages and many sciences, and, that his style may be worthy of his thoughts, must by incessant practice familiarise to himself every delicacy of speech and grace of harmony.
When we first form them, we know them to be absurd, butfamiliarise them by degrees, and in time lose sight of their folly.
But even my careful mother was obliged to admit that I would have to familiarise myself with the character before I interpreted it.
I had for years cherished the wish to undertake a journey to the Holy Land; years are, indeed, required to familiarise one with the idea of so hazardous an enterprise.
At the first moment I was scarcely able to gaze down from the dizzy height into the deep distance; I could only examine the pyramid itself, and seek to familiarise myself with the idea that I was not dreaming.
So if we aspire to be priests in deed as well as name, we must familiarise ourselves with the minutest and most repulsive details of all kinds of sin, so that we may recognise it in all its stages.
To familiarise the technical terms of rhetoric by substituting English descriptive ones, led to a ludicrous result.
We might as well hope to familiarise ourselves with the world of forms that teem within the bosom of the sea by observing the few that now and again come to the surface and soon return into the deep.
It is his business to familiarise himself with facts, and, as we all know, the path from familiarity to contempt is an easy one.
But for a good and honest heart it is very hard, you know, to familiarise itself with such people.
But I repeat, my dear, do advise him tofamiliarise himself a little,--the first step is half the battle.
The head turnkey, who is a very good sort of man, advised me to recommend Germain, for his own sake, not to keep himself at quite such a distance from his companions, but to try and familiarise himself with these bad men.
In the development of the ideas above laid down we are not restricted to the method there pursued; in fact, that method was selected only as one especially fitted to familiarise us with the phenomena.
Familiarise yourself with all the best examples of drawing you can find, trying to see in nature the same qualities.
All the student can do is to familiarise himself with the best examples of portraiture, in the hope that he may be stimulated by this means to observe finer qualities in nature and develop the best that is in him.
Where there are numerous slaves, every freeman is induced by the strongest motives to familiarise himself with the use of arms.
The hours which a citizen could spare from his ordinary employments, though by no means sufficient to familiarise him with the exercise of a man-at-arms, might render him an useful foot-soldier.
Why do we not work the direct system of supply whilst we are at peace so as to familiarise ourselves with the operations it entails before the stress of serious emergency is upon us?
Having little or no naval protection, the American seaman had to defend himself in many circumstances, and was compelled to familiarise himself with the use of arms.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "familiarise" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
