Whenever an opportunity offered in which to propose this country as an example worthy of the imitation of his own countrymen, he has never failed to urge the superiority of our system.
The name "mountain house" suggests a lofty structure and was perhaps the designation originally of the staged tower at Nippur, built in imitation of a mountain, with the sacred shrine of the god on the top.
He had already made several lifelong friends at Bonn, of whom the chief were Count Waldstein and Stephan Breuning; and his prospects brightened as the archbishop-elector, in imitation of his brother the emperor Joseph II.
The exact imitation of the style of the genuine classics was the highest perfection at which he aimed.
They excelled also in making paper from flax, or cotton, which was probably an imitation {313} of the paper made by the Chinese from silk.
From imitation they passed to the field of creation, and advances were made in the contributions to the sum of human knowledge.
My second ball was a colourable imitation of my first, only this time it was wide to leg.
Mr. Paley took his turn, with a really tolerable imitation of being both ready and willing.
An imitation duchess got into the carriage, which was waiting outside Cane and Wilson's and she alighted on the road.
A Paraphrase on the 53d Chapter of Isaiah in imitation of Mrs. Anne Wharton.
Among Lady Mary's earliest attempts at authorship were romantic stories in imitation of these her favorite authors.
In direct imitation of the French damsels she calls her looking-glass "the counsellor of the graces," and urges upon her maid fashionable language and pronunciation.
He speaks an imitation West Point idiom with the Tippecanoe accent, and his voice rivals in resonance the venturous wild-fowl honking high in air.
Let this example of amiable concern for the reputation of another, and the general comfort of the guests at this nuptial feast, stimulate us to an imitation of her kindness.
For the instruction of youth in military affairs there were public spectacles on Sundays, and on festivals, in imitation of a knightly melee.
Mortimer kept a round table of knights in Wales professedly in imitation of Arthur,[4] And afterwards Edward III.
Ridiculous imitation of chivalry by the profligate soldiers of a profligate king, 228.
Well, he was put under glass in a museum that shall be nameless, and he found himself set next to his own imitation born and baked yesterday at Frankfort, and what think you the miserable creature said to him, with a grin?
At first, at Stoke, he made only earthenware, and his blue and white ware in imitation of the Nankin porcelain won him distinction.
Some of this red tea and coffee ware or "old china," as it was called, is marked with a seal in imitation of Chinese marks.
Great fondness shown for village groups, with figures with tree background Ralph Salt (of Hanley) (imitation of Chelsea style).
This mosaic work in imitation of granite was employed also at Leeds.
Later developments of this ware--vases and important classic pieces in imitation of coloured marbles.
Under-glaze blue-printed ware was an imitationfrom the porcelain printed at Caughley.
It is admittedly an imitation of the appearance of porcelain, and not an imitation of the qualities peculiar to porcelain.
Surface decoration in imitation of agate had been produced by employing two different coloured clays on the surface of a vessel, and when in a wet state combing them to represent the desired veining of the stone to be simulated.
The black over-glaze transfer-printing came into Staffordshire in imitation of the transfer-printed delft tiles of Liverpool.
As before, the actor wriggled and flapped his arms in imitation of the fluttering of the insect when it first leaves its chrysalis case in the ground and attempts to fly.
I'll give you a good imitation of a boy sailing over the mountains on the freight deck of a mule!
The two men disappeared again, but this time Ned saw the opening to the work-room, as they had termed the underground apartment, when they swung an imitation rock made of plank aside and stepped down.
A remarkable imitation of an antelope's horn, a process of the mandible of an insect, in the possession of R.
The very difference between the original and your imitation might seem the result of an effort on her part to disguise her speech.
Be illustrious in the world, be prosperous in your own life, leave an example for the happy imitation of your posterity.
The Biga is made in imitation of the moon, the Quadriga of the sun.
Our royalty is an imitation of yours, modelled on your good purpose, a copy of the only Empire; and in so far as we follow you do we excel all other nations.
Lastly, we learn that Symmachus, 'in imitation of his ancestors,' put forth a Roman History in seven books.
Letters, origin of, from imitationof flight of cranes, viii.
In them, the natural progress of refinement has led from the admiration of the art of imitation to the love of the subjects imitated.
Over these dresses they wear (at present) smallimitation shawls, of wool, silk, or cotton.
Very different is the expression which belongs to the softer pictures of Correggio--of that great master, whose name is associated in every one's mind with all that is gentle or delicate in the imitation of nature.
But the long tail and the cocked hat, are worn inimitation of the higher orders of older time.
From Prior's imitation of Gualterus Danistonus ad Amicos; the poem mentioned by Boswell in his Hebrides, Aug.
He said theimitation of Ne sit ancillæ tibi amor[424], &c.
As this imitation may amuse my readers, I shall here introduce it:-- 'No saying of Dr.
The laws of imitation are broken by every word introduced since the time of Spenser.
Such discourses, if we may form a judgment from the three which are extant (for the so-called Funeral Oration of Demosthenes is a bad and spurious imitation of Thucydides and Lysias), conformed to a regular type.
And these are truer proofs of motherhood in a country than in a woman, for the woman in her conception and generation is but the imitation of the earth, and not the earth of the woman.
Whether the Menexenus is a genuine writing of Plato, or an imitation only, remains uncertain.
I think, however, that less improbably they were produced by Spanish craftsmen in imitation of the Roman manner, and during the time of Roman rule in the Peninsula.
The ornate casing, similar to that upon the Cross of Angels, was added later, and contains 152 gems and imitation gems.
This knowledge displays itself not only in the imitation or adaptation of particular poems, but more especially in the use made of incidental passages and details.
I have examined it myself, and it is typewritten in imitation of the usual form, but it never went through the company's hands.
Fibsy watched carefully, though unostentatiously, and when the judge had finished, the boy gave a perfect imitation of the man's correct and graceful motions.
