Marco Polo narrates how young girls were exposed by their mothers on the public highway in order that travellers might freely make use of them.
Besides, the teacher who narrates and describes well gains a strong hold on the affections of his pupils; he will find them more obedient in matters pertaining to discipline.
It is also true in geography and in mathematics, as where, for instance, the teacher narrates the methods of the ancient Egyptians in the development of geometrical ideas, or those of the Greeks.
As an illustration we may quote from Chapter XVI, which narrates the quarrel between King Charles and his people:-- 202.
A tradition of the Church narrates that St. Lorenzo, deacon and martyr, daily distributed alms to the poor in front of this church--then the house of Sta.
Dion Cassius narrates that "Domitian put to death several persons, and amongst them Flavius Clemens the consul, although he was his nephew, and although he had Flavia Domitilla for his wife, who was also related to the emperor.
One of the inscriptions on the basement is false, as it narrates that Constantine received at the Lateran the baptism which he did not receive till he was dying at Nicomedia.
Dion Cassius narrates that this temple was erected on the spot where the body of Julius was burnt.
Suetonius narrates that it was removed by Augustus from the Curia, and placed upon a marble Janus in front of the basilica.
With regard to these temples, Pliny narrates a fact which reminds one of the story of the Madonna of Sta.
According to accounts given by Marco Polo, who evidently narrates the exaggerated gossip of the Chinese court,(127) Kublai Khan had at this time conquered the Sung dynasty in China and reigned with unexampled magnificence.
He narrates his interview at Hongkong with Sir John Bowring, who told him that he was empowered to negotiate a commercial treaty.
Xavier, in letter 79, narrates his meeting with the Buddhist priest whom he calls Ningh-Sit, which name he says means Heart of Truth.
A German legend narrates that Eve went with Seth to Paradise, where she encountered the serpent; but the Angel Michael gave her a branch of Olive, which, planted over the grave of Adam, grew rapidly.
Theophrastus narrates that the Cinnamon flourished in the valleys frequented by venomous serpents; and that those who repaired thither to collect it were compelled to wear bandages on their hands and feet.
A Swedish popular tale narrates how a king's son, passing a cottage one day, saw a pretty girl sitting on the roof spinning.
Macer Floridus states that it will drive away serpents; and Bauhin narrates that it used to be employed against epilepsy.
A legend of the Tyrol narrates how a boy who had climbed a tree, overlooked the ghastly doings of certain witches beneath its boughs.
A popular legend concerning the flight of the Holy Family into Egypt, narrates how a Date Palm, at the command of the child Jesus, bowed down its branches to shade and refresh His mother.
Trithemius narrates that Albertus Magnus, in the depths of winter, gave to King William on the festival of Epiphany a most elegant banquet in the little garden of his Monastery.
Respecting the origin of this oracle, Herodotus narrates that two priestesses of Egyptian Thebes were carried away by Phoenician merchants: one of these was conveyed to Libya, where she founded the oracle of Jupiter Ammon; the other to Greece.
Virgil narrates that the plant formed the basis of a design embroidered on the mantle of Helen of Troy; and tells us that the handles of Alcimedon's cup were enwreathed with what he elsewhere terms "Smiling Acanthus.
This fable further narrates that the daughter of the river Sangarius fell in love with the beautiful tree, and after gathering its fruit, gave birth to a son named Atys.
This deed of confirmation first narrates the charter, which has been already quoted, and then proceeds to mention other grants, which had been conferred upon the burgh, during the minority of James V.
It narrates the loves of Theagenes and Charicleia, and was written in his youth by Heliodorus of Emesa, who flourished about the end of the fourth century, and died as Bishop of Tricca in Thessaly.
Payne narrates the case of a woman suffering under a nervous affection whose milk, two hours after an attack of the disease, became viscid, like the white of an egg.
It narrates a few of the accusations against the Jesuits, but does not accept them as ever having been proved.
The amazing Southey narrates this event as follows: "He did by the Jesuits as they would have done by him and all their sect:--put them to death.
In the course of his conversation he narrates many stories of this wild region and of the prospecting and hunting adventures that have happened in it.
In the August Overland of the same year, Captain Coe narrates the first steamboat trip up Snake River.
He narrates that, when the Medes had rebelled against the Assyrians and gained their independence about 710 B.
Quintus Curtius, romantic historian, who wrote a history of Alexandria which is too generous towards the legendary, narrates brilliantly and strews his pages with vigorously phrased maxims and apothegms.
The Poem of the Cid, or The Song of the Cid, dates from the commencement of the thirteenth century; in rude but expressive language it narrates the ripe years and old age of the famous captain.
Each of the four Evangelists narratesthat a woman anointed Jesus while he sat at table; and it becomes difficult to determine with certainty whether they refer all to the same event, or some to one event, and some to another.
An episode in the story narrates the death of a father by the hand of his son in the Barons' War of Henry III.
Similarly the canto on "Education" narrates how a fairy knight, while conducting his young son to the house of Paidia, encounters the giant Custom and worsts him in single combat.
The inscription of the bullsnarrates this campaign, which extends to the establishment of Assurnadin in Babylon; so the cylinder Smith, which dates from the year 697 B.
The fragment of an inscription of Esarhaddon, which narrates the events of his tenth campaign, and which we cannot place before the year 673 B.
Diodorus narrates that he was of a very weak body, but surpassed all his forefathers in acuteness of mind: his decisions were so excellent that many were quoted even in his day.
It narrates the carrying away of the people of Elam, like the cylinder, and then continues: "After this (?
The cylinder which narrates them bears the date of the beginning of the year of Belsimiani, i.
The great inscription of Tiglath Pilesar which narrates his deeds down to the seventeenth year of his reign, i.
It does not deal much in antiquities or descriptions, it chiefly narrates experiences; tells us the things that Murray does not tell us.
Black Prince, it narratesthe strange solecism of English rule in France, and ends in 1435 with the still more romantic mission of the Maid of Orleans, and the Congress of Arras, and the extinction of the English cause in France.
He narrates fully the history of the discovery of this remarkable monument by the Rev.
We all know how lucidly, beautifully, and sympathetically Miss Yonge can write, and all that is best in her devout feeling flows forth without restraint as she narrates the marvellous stories of Carey, the Judsons, and John Williams.
Tradition narrates that these were used as dwellings by the first settlers, or perhaps as hiding-places for themselves, or for their cattle, in times of war with the Indians.
His chaplain narrates their method of stalking the ostriches: 'They have a plume of ostrich feathers on a long staff, large enough to hide a man behind, and with this they stalk the ostriches.
Nasica himself however, narrates the affair very differently in a letter to one of the kings.
He narrates that the Romans were compelled to remove their camp, owing to the river being tinged with its blood, and the air in the vicinity being corrupted by the pestilential effluvia.
The letter that follows, written at Pine Grove several days later, narrates the events of these days, beginning with April 16, in Beaufort.
Land's End, narrates the events of her return trip as follows.
With childlike delight he narrates the brilliant spectacles around him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "narrates" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
