The Dutch Scientific Masters and Their Preëminent Leadership The shifting of globe making interest to the northwest of Europe at the close of the sixteenth century.
The Dutch Scientific Masters and Their Preëminent Leadership.
In view of the destined predominance of English influence in the seaboard colonies of America, the history of the divisions of the Christian people of England is of preëminent importance to the beginnings of the American church.
Hardly any man is to be pointed out as a preëminent leader of the church at this period.
To-day it is almost as cosmopolitan as Buenos Aires, the Italian element predominating among the foreigners, with the British preëminent as investors of capital, as in the latter city.
Now if preëminent intellect and morality were at all linked with the better chances that an inheritor of succession has, then heirs to the throne ought to be more plentiful in the higher grades than in the lower.
Whoever becomes preëminent in any art, nay, in any style of art, generally does so by devoting himself with intense and exclusive enthusiasm to the pursuit of one kind of excellence.
It was rich in points of interest, preëminent among which were its castle and its convent.
It is the property of great artists to discover this preëminent accentuation; but never, to my knowledge, did anyone think of referring these happy inspirations of genius to positive laws.
Nor must we forget that this preëminent tragedian was a perfect comedian, and that this fact entitled him to true enjoyment of the humorous side of life.
If by science man makes himself preëminent in subjugating the things of this world, by art he renders them supernatural by impressing upon them the living characters of his being and of his soul.
Its great beauty may be said to be the magnificent proportions throughout, rather than the preëminent intrinsic value of any specific detail.
Because of its cathedrals alone, the Isle of France stands preëminent among the provinces for each of the thirteen provincial styles of architecture which are allocated by the Société des Monuments Historiques.
In what characteristic is he preëminent among nineteenth-century poets?
It stands preëminent among those world-books which teach men how to live and how to die.
What form of verse in which Mrs. Browning was preëminent was never attempted by Robert Browning?
Quite a number of persons in the classes for seven or eight years following the time here referred to, were preëminent as scholars and as men.
On the floor sat Samuel Adams, who had been the father of the Revolution, preëminent champion of the liberty of the people.
In that rare and precious quality the works of Allston remain preëminent as before.
Marshall's speech in the case of Jonathan Robbins, it stands preëminent in our political literature as a model of profound research, of thorough argumentation, and of overwhelming strength.
Why else did God give the Law, they said, and distinguish us from all heathen peoples, if we were not thereby to be preëminent before God and more pleasing to him than they who have it not?
He was a tall, narrow, angular young man with a small clipped head and preëminent ears.
Of the highest excellence; preëminent in quality, size, or estimation.
All these qualities combined have given them a preA"minent place in every country where ornamental planting is done.
The longleaf pine is preA"minent in importance in the lumber trade and in the production of naval stores.
Many of the lyrics, again, are included as songs in the dramas of the time; and Shakspere's comedies show him nearly as preëminent among the lyric poets as among the playwrights.
Preëminent for natural ability and great industry, he is said to have amused himself with ingenious devices.
The evening star, the star which shines preëminent in the heavens is represented by two glorious goddesses, Ishtar and Sarpanitum: Light of heaven which flames like fire over the earth art thou.
With Ea in the multitude of the gods is thy counsel preëminent With Sin in the heavens thou see'st through everything.
Quilts occupied a preëminent place in the rural social scheme, and the quilting bees were one of the few social diversions afforded outside of the church.
For the women of the farm the exhibit of domestic arts and products occupies the preëminent place at the county fair.
In this species of cultivation the French soon outstripped their Dutch neighbors, and gained the reputation which they still retain, of preëminent skill in the production of new varieties of roses from the seed.
In France, however, is the Rose a preëminent object of horticulture, both in commercial establishments and in private gardens.
Persia, however, was, above all other countries, preëminent for roses.
At his house I first met Sir James Paget and Sir William Gull, long well known to me, as to the medical profession everywhere, as preëminent in their several departments.
In this gathering of fifty-five persons, the proportion between those who were preëminent for common sense and those who were remarkable for special knowledge and talents was very fairly kept.
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