Then he went through about a thousand of the wildest caprioles that had ever been performed either by a bird or a horse.
You--that haveperformed so many wonders, and spent such a toilsome life--cannot you content yourself to repose a little while on the margin of this peaceful river?
The young lovers, provided with the necessary certificates and accompanied by two witnesses, presented themselves before the Patriarch of Venice, who performed over them the marriage ceremony.
What wild schemes of revenge my brain engendered while, with a looking-glass in my hand, I was groaning over the shameful havoc performed by this audacious priest!
It performed only one miracle, that of being of service to me in a moment of great need.
Yet, even in temperate countries, the work of winning or gaining new land plods steadily onwards, and it is performed by humble, inconspicuous little plants.
The most curious vivisections have been performed on Mimosa.
Some of the featsperformed by gardeners in this way are almost incredible.
The actual manufacture is, in India and Ceylon, all performed by machinery.
The most horrible rites, accompanied by atrocious cruelties, wereperformed amongst certain West African tribes and are continued amongst their descendants, the freed slaves of the West Indies and of the Southern United States.
The ceremony was performedon the lawn, under the big forest trees, and Bess and Louise made two charming and happy bridesmaids, quite worthy of such a lovely bride.
This last was performed with particularly fine effect by Carl and Louise, and everybody knows how funny it is when well done.
And never was a danceperformed with more reverent devotion.
This office was performed by Elsie and Aleck, who also collected and counted the votes, and announced the election of Will Archer.
For man's great actions are performed in minor struggles.
His knees gave way under him, and he had not even time to deliberate, as the scene he had before him was being performed with such furious precipitation.
He performed his work thoroughly, and was so well satisfied with the prospective wealth of the region that he established himself there permanently.
Stone cutting is performed as by lapidaries every where with small wheels covered with diamond dust or emery.
It was repeated at the club-rooms and on two or three other occasions during my stay in Chetah, and though learned so hastily it was performed as well as by any ordinary band in our army.
Nearly all these unfortunates were of noble families and never performedmanual labor before reaching the mines.
A good shaman who has performed wonderful cures receives after death a magnificent tomb to his memory.
Cutting was performed with an instrument resembling the short scythe used in America for cutting bushes.
The fatigue of holding these crowns was considerable, and required that those who performed the service should be relieved once by other bridesmen.
The tour of the world thus performed might be found monotonous.
Wooding up' was not performed with American alacrity.
A Bouriat man-of-all-work undertook the job andperformed it very well.
In 1771 occurred the first voyage from Kamchatka to a foreign port, and curiously enough, it was performed under the Polish flag.
The whole operation was performed by tightening the girdle and rubbing the half-opened eyes.
The ceremony had to be performed eight or ten times.
One night, in the mining region near the Cauca River, we were forced to sleep in the very shed where we had performed the comic opera entitled "The Children of Captain Grant," a most popular seafaring tale set to music.
He stood back of the proscenium somewhere and bellowed or whispered in fine frenzy at every dramatic point, as the marionettes performed their astonishing evolutions.
What good have I performed that corresponds to the blessings I have received and enjoy?
He found his way back, how he hardly knew, to his place of business, and mechanically performedthe tasks allotted him, until evening.
Certain scheduled maintenance services will beperformed at these designated intervals.
No carburetor adjustment, other than idle adjustment as performed in item 12, is required on this vehicle.
The services set forth in this section are those performed by driver or crew before operation, during operation, at halt, after operation, and weekly.
NOTES: (1) Operations allocated will normally beperformed in the echelon indicated by X.
If unusual operating conditions, such as fording streams, have indicated probable contamination of lubricant, this service should be performed more frequently.
Operations allocated to the third echelon as indicated by E may be performed by these units in emergencies only.
If this schedule is performed thoroughly, the vehicle should be ready to roll again on a moment’s notice.
At‐halt Service may be regarded as minimum maintenance procedures and should be performed under all tactical conditions, even though more extensive maintenance services must be slighted or omitted altogether.
All tightening operations should be performed with sufficient wrench‐torque (force on the wrench handle) to tighten the nut according to good mechanical practice.
Replacements and repairs which are the responsibility of ordnance maintenance personnel may be performed by using arm personnel when circumstances permit, within the discretion of the commander concerned.
They will not be performed by the fourth echelon, unless the unit is expressly authorized to do so by the chief of the service concerned.
Near Bengal, Bombay, and elsewhere, in Eastern India, sowing is performed at the close of May or early in June.
This operation is also performed from time to time, and is called "suckering tobacco.
If the season should be sufficiently wet, the sowing may be performed in May; but a June sowing is very rarely remunerating.
Mr. Piddington says he took care to ascertain that this process had not been performed with the tobacco used for this experiment; and adds that Bengal cheroot makers do not know of this method.
This process must be performed with great nicety, for the cuticle contains a resinous matter, which imparts color and a disagreeable flavor to the fecula, which no subsequent treatment can remove.
This operation always begins to be performedabout three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest part of the day.
The grain is trodden out with the feet, and is then parched or dried in the sun, to allow the more easy removal of the chaff in the process of pounding, which is performed in wooden mortars.
The time when the seed is committed to the soil varies in different parts of India, and, even in the same place, admits of being performed at two different seasons.
Yet in some districts of Bengal, particularly about Furudpore, the sowing is performed without any previous ploughing.
To such dissentients I will remark, that a great portion of the work can be performed by women and children.
The first weeding is best performed immediately after a shower of rain.
For grubbing up the roots, if not very large size, the assistance of about a dozen cattle would be required, a labor which would be performed by means of the common grubbing machine, an implement in the form of a claw.
It is burned in iron cribs or grates, on the top of poles as torches, in processions, and as means of illumination for work performed in the open air at night.
No description could give an adequate idea of the amount of labor performed by Miss Anthony during those eight months.
Baldwin, president, and city organizations of women of equal ability and prestige, who were in daily communication with State headquarters and performedthe most valuable and conscientious work.
They simply allowed domestic duties or the demands of society or apathetic indifference to prevent their rendering any assistance, and they could not be prevailed upon even to give money to help those who performed the labor.
Anthony, ostensibly had charge of the department of distribution and State correspondence, but all this was only a small fraction of the labor performed by her.
It is not possible to describe in detail the vast amount of labor performed at these headquarters, but it is thus summed up in the report of the corresponding secretary: .
One would think Bach's music difficult enough whenperformed as written, but the artists think nothing of putting it through the different keys.
Everything must be performed from memory--solos, concertos, even accompaniments.
If scales are played they should be performed with a beautiful quality and variety of tone; if one attempts a Czerny étude, it should be played with as much care and finish as a Beethoven sonata.
I will pass over the pilgrimages, prayers, supplications, and fasts which Florida regularly performed to ensure the safety of Amadour.
This he did as befitted their rank, and gave them into the safe keeping of Amadour, who performed such extraordinary deeds during the war, that they seemed to be acts as much of despair as of bravery.
In the year 1747 he performed an important public service by organizing the militia.
Farther, when we consider by whom these ancient tunes were composed and how they were first performed we shall see that such harmonical successions of sounds were natural and even necessary in their construction.
How much can be done in eighty vigorous years, and what labors had he performed and what pleasures and vast experiences enjoyed in that time!
We performed one big chunk of--we covered a big chunk of territory which is about 5,000 miles, on foot.
Do you have a recollection as to whether you noticed, when you performed your own ablutions that morning as to whether the shower had been employed, that is, was the shower curtain moist or wet?
Then the people recognised a miracle performed by the Virgin, and falling on their knees before the statue in the Oak, they asked pardon of the shepherd.
Similarly when a Cambrian youth has been jilted, and his sweetheart marries a rival, the same operation is performed upon him, as a solace, by the village lasses.
It would seem that, after the execution of Garnet and his companion Oldcorne, tales of miracles performed in vindication of their innocence, and in honour of their martyrdom, were circulated by the Jesuits.
This operation was to be performed so that the Eastern and Western sun shone through the fork of the rod, or it would prove of no avail.
A similar prize is awarded in the East of London by an active member of the Roman Catholic Church--the ceremony of crowning the Rose Queen being performedannually in the Crystal Palace at Sydenham.
It grows in woods, where the people used to assemble, and where the priests taught and performed their mystic rites; and therefore it may have been the plant plucked by St. Patrick.
Unfortunately hybridizing was not performed early enough in the season, and disease prevented the making of crosses.
The batteries of the orchard were no longer serviceable, and it was necessary to take away the cannon, an operation performed by our valiant men, exposed without protection to the hostile fire.
And according to what I have heard," said Father Luengo, "the Señor Augustine has performed prodigies of valor.
There the last rites were performed by Father Callaghy, a priest who was himself "boycotted" for resigning the presidency of the League in his parish, and for the still graver offence of paying his rent.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "performed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: complete; done; executed; grown; made; raised
