The town was in our rear, and to the east was a fine extent of wild country covered with bush and dwarf-cypress, which formed a marked contrast to the naked surface we had left behind.
Trieste in this affords a marked contrast to Marseilles, as it supplies a marked analogy to Cumae and Ancona.
Small towns and villages, detached houses, land tilled with the vine and the olive, now skirt the bases of the mountains, in marked contrast to the mere stony hills of the earlier part of the voyage.
In marked contrast to the lofty assumptions of superiority which characterized the samurai of Old Japan, was the equally marked assumption of inferiority which characterized the rest of the people, or nineteen-twentieths of the nation.
The freedom, too, with which individuals come and go during the service is in marked contrast to our custom.
The sacred books are printed in the vernacular, in marked contrast to the customs of the other sects.
The home life of the people gives an impression of listlessness that is in marked contrast to that of the West.
Materialism, but that on the contrary it rather admits of legitimate development in a quite different manner.
It is among the larger species that we first meet with longitudinal and oblique stripes.
In this case, however, the ontogeny teaches us that the spot also succeeds the subdorsal, so that we can state generally that all these spot-markings are of later origin than the longitudinal striping.
That the coloured edges are correctly explained as imitations of the oblique shadows of the leaf-ribs, may also be proved from another point of view.
The supporters of a “fixed direction of variation” would answer this question in the affirmative.
I am disposed to regard the blood-red or rust-red spots which occur in the last stage of the three species of Smerinthus larvæ in the neighbourhood of the oblique stripes as a case in point.
In marked contrast to the claims of Navy recruiters, the marines reported no difficulty in attracting white volunteers for messman duties.
The tendency to pander to each other's vanity, however, shows up in marked contrast to the harshness and abuse of authority often employed in political matters.
In marked contrast to the most typical and highly organized fishes so abundant to-day, all Devonian fishes were of simple types with cartilaginous skeletons and vertebrated tails.
In marked contrast to the brachiopods these bivalves have rather steadily increased in numbers of species and individuals to the present time, now being represented by thousands of forms.
In regard to abundance of fossil animals the oldest (Cambrian) Paleozoic strata stand out in marked contrast to the Proterozoic.
In several respects there is a marked contrast in the position of ministers and missionaries.
It may, however, be confidently affirmed, that looking at our governing conduct as a whole, it presents by its faithfulness to engagements a marked contrast to the conduct of those who had entered into treaty with us.
The apparent unity of the plan, and the skillful workmanship somewhat resembling the pueblos of the Chaco are in marked contrast to the irregularity and careless construction of most of the Tusayan ruins.
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Many of the terraces now face outward and are reached from the outside of the pueblo, being in marked contrast to the early arrangement, in which narrow passages to inclose courts were exclusively used for access.
The effect is in marked contrast to the warmth and play of color frequently seen elsewhere in the plateau country.
His breezy manner and the glow of health in his cheeks were a marked contrast to the look of weariness and pallor on the face of his companion.
The other was hurrying along with quick, nervous steps, occasionally looking at his watch and breaking into a short run, while his strained expression and panting breath formed a marked contrast to the easy deportment of his friend.
He is a marked contrast to Sherman in this respect.
And after Antoine came Gabriel, a marked contrast--Gabriel, five feet six, and the glare showing but a faint dark line on his quivering lip.
Whereupon he set out with great strides, in marked contrast to his former languorous gait, and after a while they came to a sort of gorge, where the street ran between high banks of clay.
In marked contrast to the earnestness of young Mr. Vane, who then rested, Mr. Billings treated the affair from the standpoint of a man of large practice who usually has more weighty matters to attend to.
These were represented as dreary centuries of ignorance and violence in marked contrast to the civilization of the Greeks and Romans on the one hand, and to the enlightenment of modern times on the other.
Its language and civilization had always been Greek, and owing to this and the influence of the Orient, its culture offers a marked contrast to that of the Latin West, which was adopted by the Germans.
In this respect it offered a marked contrast to the heterogeneous and mongrel population of its great rival Austria.
There is the usual native Malay division with its system of mud architecture, its dirt and smells; and that of the European residents--a marked contrast to the irregular jumble of the other.
This presents a marked contrast to Chinese art, which appears to be simply the result of the artist's fancy.
These abodes present a marked contrast to the Chinese dwellings, which, as we saw, were foul and grimy, whilst here all is cheerful and airy.
The English policy was here in marked contrast to that of Russia, which, even at that early day, cultivated almost ostentatiously friendship with America.
On this account as well as for its reception by the public it stands in marked contrast to "The Spy.
The young lady's attire and general appearance were inmarked contrast to those of the previous evening.
Her mother showed such a genuine interest in his work and was so pleasant and quiet and friendly, was, in short, such a marked contrast to Mrs. George Powless, that he found himself actually beginning to enjoy the visit.
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