Handed down from a bygone age, Indra has become more anthropomorphic and surrounded by mythological imagery than any other Vedic god.
Mr. Tyler opposed with great power the clause prohibiting the abolition of the slave trade till 1808, and said, "My earnest desire is, that it shall be handed down to posterity that I oppose this wicked clause.
His earnest desire was, that it should be handed downto posterity, that he had opposed this wicked clause.
Mr. Tyler opposed with great power the clause prohibiting the abolition of the slave trade till 1808, and said, "My earnest desire is, that it shall he handed down to posterity that I oppose this wicked clause.
Mencius says, "a Chuntse when creating a dynasty aims at things that can be handed down as good examples.
Is it not the greatest misfortune to set up an example that cannot be handed down as a precedent?
The Spaniards destroyed nearly all the books, ancient monuments and paintings which they could find; had it not been for this, much more regarding the religion of the ancient Mexicans would have been handed down to us.
All ancient nations were very superstitious in regard to the influence of the stars upon human affairs, and this ridiculous idea has been handed down, in some places, even to the present day.
St. Jerome says: "It is handed down as a tradition among the Gymnosophists of India, that Buddha, the founder of their system was brought forth by a virgin from her side.
It is the old Yule-feast which was held by all the northern nations, from time immemorial, handed down to, and observed at the present day.
A curious legend of Metz is handed down to us from the beginning of the thirteenth century.
A few miles below Treves we pass Pfalzel, which lies on the left bank; this little town is interesting, as it is said to be the site of the beautiful legend of Genoveva, handed down to us in so many different versions.
He united to him two confederates, a man named John Stern, and a woman whose name has not been handed down to us.
Consequently characteristics from each parent are handed down to the new individual.
The most important of these is freedom from germ diseases which might be handed down to the offspring.
Illustration: This chart shows that feeble-mindedness is a characteristic sure to be handed down in a family where it exists.
They were not arranged or classified according to subjects, but were strung together without connection, or handed down separately, sometimes joined to the name of the authority from whom they were derived.
She was the only queen in Judaean history whose name has been handed down to us with veneration, and she was also the last independent ruler of Judaea.
Such was the trio of coadjutors chosen by Oloffe the Dreamer to accompany him in this voyage into unknown realms; as to the names of his crews they have not been handed down by history.
In neither case is the degeneracy the fault of the degenerate: in both cases it is handed down to him by his parent or parents.
For instance, just as some special excellence of some special organ may be handed down, so may some special defect A child may inherit the defect, or the excellence.
Capable of being transmitted; derived, or handed down, from one to another.
It was therefore with holy zeal that they judged it proper to collect and compile all the oral tradition explanatory of the written law and commit the same to writing, in order that it should be handed down to posterity.
Thus ended the life of him, who is handed down to posterity as one of the most wretched beings recorded in the annals of Jewish history; and it is worthy of notice how God punishes the wicked.
They were guided by the conviction that both were derived from the same fountain, as handed down by the tradition from father to son.
For these things were recorded and handed down to posterity that we might be encouraged by such examples and might know that God in the same manner is ever willing to protect and defend us.
And yet, such is the boasted authority of this supposed great man, that inflated hypocrites set down all these, his foolish inventions, as if handed down to them by oracles from heaven.
For it is to be received as a sure fact, that the end of all the sacrifices which have been handed down to us from the beginning was none other than to set forth this great hope!
These institutions which have thus been handed down, these habits of thought, points of view, mental attitudes and aptitudes, or what not, are therefore themselves a conservative factor.
Labour would unavoidably become dishonourable, as being an evidence indecorous under the ancient tradition handed down from an earlier cultural stage.
Among the stories Kinnesasis told them, as handed down by his forefathers, the following is perhaps the most interesting: "Long ago there were great monsters on this earth.
I have been to the wigwam of the great Shuniou and from him I have learned much about them, as handed down in the tradition of our forefathers.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "handed down" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
