That precise period was, indeed, the fairest that had yet dawned upon the philosopher.
The imprisonment of the unfortunate Henry, though guarded with sufficient rigour against all chances of escape, was not, as the reader has perceived, at this period embittered by unnecessary harshness.
He was regarded with small favour by the queen, who knew him as the companion of Edward in his pleasures, and at a later period accused him of enticing her faithless lord into unworthy affections.
The reception of printing into England chanced just at the happy period when Scholarship and Literature were favoured by the great.
She is the care-taker of the mansion, bears an aristocratic old Virginia name, and is wrapped around with that air of gloomily garnered memories characteristic of women who were in the heart of the crucial period of our history.
He caused his four sons to be brought up in luxurious ease, his wish for them being, that they should remain ignorant of pain and sorrow for as long a period of their lives as was possible.
All was quiet enough during lesson-hours, it is true; but as soon as ever that period had elapsed, the young princes became as restless as ever.
I am put to it to think of a subject for talk, and we may have to do with a period of silence, but that will do your jaw no injury at any rate.
I was obliged to be silent for a considerable period in order to gather head and tail of this marvellous sentence.
Tis a regular dog's life," spoke Jem Bottles after a period of reflection.
At this period it was the custom of Lutheran pastors, when they administered the rite of Baptism, to follow the liturgical form which prescribed "exorcism.
In these words we are instructed, that not only the period of every man's life, but even the place and manner of it, are appointed by God.
Whatever we enjoy from the time of our birth to the period of our dissolution, is all the bread of mercy and affliction, and designed to supply the bare wants of this mortal life.
At the periodof the Reformation, Zwingli and Calvin (Inst.
Arndt decided to make this place his home, and he labored here with eminent success, during a period of seven years, as the pastor of the church of St. Nicholas.
We have already referred to the disastrous influences of the mysticism and fanaticism which, in addition to other corruptions of the true faith, had appeared about, and after, the period of the birth of Arndt.
At a considerably later period a fifth, and then a sixth book, were added.
Be this as it may, the whole country, at the period of which we write, was in a state of general commotion and tumult altogether unparalleled.
To their sufferings and unexampled patience, however, we shall be obliged to refer, at a subsequent periodof our narrative; and for that reason, we dismiss it for the present.
Such is the brief history of Matthew Purcel, at the period when he makes his appearance upon our humble stage; and it only remains that we add a few particulars with regard to his family.
This now is not an overdrawn picture of particular cases--and they were numerous--which occurred during the period of what was termed the Tithe rebellion.
If there were anything wanting to prove the truth and accuracy of our statements, it would be found in the bitter and relentless spirit with which the Established Church and her pastors were assailed, at the period of which we write.
It may be objected that I have assumed, as the period of my story, one which was calculated to bring into light and action the worst feelings and the darkest criminals of my country.
Now this worthy priest, for such he was, had not been many weeks in the parish at the period of his meeting with the little boy; and it so happened, that his residence was within about a quarter of a mile of the glebe house.
Katty, a complacent, kind-looking woman, somewhat past the middleperiod of life, then made her appearance.
If the Yucatan cities flourished, as I have conjectured, between the third and tenth centuries, Palenque may be conjecturally referred to a period between the first and eighth centuries.
The blocks of earth are of unequal size, but placed with symmetry, and the perfection with which they have lasted during a period which cannot be less than three hundred years shows great skill in the art of building.
This was a city of the Incas, that is, it belonged to the later period of Peruvian civilization.
Calculations based on the known rate of increase for a definite period fix the age of the lowest relics at from six thousand to one hundred thousand years according to the locality.
The occurrence of the remains of an altar, looks like the period of Indian worship.
The condition of this side structure seems not to have changed materially between Dupaix's and Charnay's visits, a period of over fifty years.
Its building is attributed in different records to the Toltecs, Olmecs, and Totonacs, in the very earliest period of Nahua supremacy.
It was during this period they forgot to keep tally of time, and they either lost or gained a day, they knew not which--nor cared.
During this early period of convalescence--the period of tremulous legs and ravenous hunger--the Fourth of July arrived, and they celebrated the occasion by a sumptuous dinner.
I wish I could show my young sister nurses how good for them this period of the patient's convalescence might be.
At the period in question, more perhaps than at any other in the history of the race, moral considerations had but little weight in determining the conduct of either the individual or the tribe.
They thus presented the pathetic spectacle of a people lingering away back in the Palaeolithic period of the world's history, while the world around them had marched on through the long centuries involved in the Bronze and Iron Ages.
During all this period no attempt was made to bring him to trial, though no pains were spared by the Governor to secure the evidence which would ensure his conviction.
The traditional accounts of the Maoris have it that at this period Te Rauparaha was "famous in matters relative to warfare, cultivating generosity, welcoming of strangers and war parties.
But the same cause which drove these wandering Asiatics into Java, at a latter period led to its evacuation.
Every one knew that at this period a considerable traffic had sprung up in native heads,[89] which were preserved by a crude process and traded away to Europeans in exchange for muskets.
It does not occur to her to stay at home during her period of mourning, and it is acknowledged on all sides that she does not miss Lydia much.
The proteins remaining in solution were stable over the period necessary to complete the investigations.
This formolization was found to be necessary to inhibit the action of autolytic enzymes over the period of time required to complete the investigations.
At the period that I crossed the prairie in the company of Loyal-heart, we frequently found rich nuggets beneath our feet, and ever turned from them with contempt.
Shall we allow it to pass away without attempting one of those daring strokes which we usually perform at this period of the year?
The Mexican moon commenced in a month; before that period he must strike a decisive blow, which would inspire the Indians with a wholesome terror, prevent them combining and thus foil their plans.
At the period when we were in America chance allowed us to witness one of the boldest enterprises ever conceived and carried out by these daring adventurers.
At the period the event occurred which we are about to describe, the streets were narrow, dirty, deprived of air and sun.
Blas Vasquez was what is called in Mexico a hombre de a caballo, versed for a long period in Indian tricks.
I hope, during the period I may have the felicity of passing near you, to succeed in proving to you that you have judged me wrongfully.
The Gila, at this period of the year swollen by the rains which had fallen in the sierra, had a width double of what it was in summer.
The weather, however, continued favourable, though the stormy periodof the year had now come on.
Norman Foley's chief feeling was disappointment at the probability of not being able to return to Jamaica for an indefinite period of time.
She was Madame Tallard, a lady of high rank and fortune--it being the custom of the country for ladies of distinction to offer themselves at thatperiod of the year as sponsors for the children of the poorer classes.
I may venture to say that during that period I did not import and export less than twenty thousand pounds' worth of goods every year.
It appeared to her that it would be the most dreadful period of her existence.
Norah looked with no little dismay at the dark recess in which she and Gerald were to pass the period of the impending action.
Briefer summaries of the general history of at least a part of the period treated in the present volume are to be found in Frederic L.
During the same early period of his Presidency, Roosevelt found himself confronted with a situation in South America, which threatened a serious violation of the Monroe Doctrine.
Then the day began earlier with a long morning, followed by a pleasant period called the forenoon.
It may have been owing to difficulties with the Benchers of the periodover questions of discipline, or it may have been a distaste for the profession itself, which induced him to throw up the law and adopt the profession of arms.
The second period of Mr. Browning's poetry demands a different line of argument; for it is, in my judgment, folly to deny that he has of late years written a great deal which makes very difficult reading indeed.
The sad records of this period show that many a Catholic family was impoverished and destroyed by the fines levied upon it.
Gairdner with the fullest knowledge of this period declares.
The firstperiod of a nation, as of an individual, is the period of unconscious strength.
And if any appear never to assume the chair, but always to stand and serve, it is because we do not see the company in a sufficiently long period for the whole rotation of parts to come about.
Well, boss, it looks this way to me," said Bud, after a periodof deep thought.
Hastily he awoke the others, and, after a prolonged period of listening, there was little doubt from the military character of the sounds outside that the newcomers were indeed troops.
In the brief period of lighting, Jack Merrill surprised a wickedly radiant look on Ramon's face.
During this periodthe reindeer existed in this part of Sweden.
No less than eighty theories touching that many facts and discoveries have been developed during the period of fifty years, that were brought before the Institute of France in 1806, and not one of them survives to-day.
Recent scientific discovery demands that we should almost modernize the animals we used to regard as belonging to a period of a hundred thousand years ago.
Do these facts justify men in carrying human remains, found along with the remains of these animals in the caves, back to the remote period of one or two hundred thousand years?
At this period we still run after the pleasures of youth, not from an absolute propensity but from habit.
It is remarked, that at the middle period of life men are chiefly subjected to those languors, or vapours.
If left to a late period they retain all the impetuous ferocity of the male sex, and are scarcely governable.
In 1858 there came a period when for four years he was incapable of the slightest mental application, and the attacks varied in duration from four hours to as many months.
Finlay of Edinburgh for three years and a half, and that during that period he acquired both a large amount of medical knowledge and also of medical experience.
One of the pleasantest episodes of this period occurred early and related to Sunna.
So, after the little dance given to Boris, there was a period of marked quietness in Kirkwall.
And as it is in this transient period of the last century that my hero and heroine lived, I have thought it well to say something of antecedents that Americans may well be excused for knowing nothing about.
What compact had been made between them no one knew, but it had been sufficient to prevent all religious disputes during a periodof twenty-six years.
At the momentous period when Shaftesbury was committed to the Tower, the Duke of Ormond was sent for to England, that his presence might add respectability and weight to the king's councils.
Cromwell was upwards of forty before he made any remarkable figure; and Pompey, when he had attained the same period of life, was deserted by the good fortune which had accompanied his more early career.
The daring spirit of Monk was not more conspicuous at anyperiod of his adventurous life than in this grand and desperate action.
Shaftesbury was at this periodlittle above sixty years old.
He had rather dreaded the honeymoon, and now had come to realise that it formed the most pleasantperiod of his life.
Something of the Ming Period or the Chang Dynasty, he was not very sure what, but it cost a great deal.
For this purpose, I resolved to repeat the Creed: when I came to the second period of it, all traces of the former were struck out of my memory, nor could I recollect one syllable of the matter.
The night cometh when no man can work; and, if I am ordained to work to better purpose, that desirable period cannot be very distant.
But the happy period which was to shake off my fetters, and afford me a clear opening of the free mercy of God in Christ Jesus, was now arrived.
He was always soliciting more time, and when the appointed period was expired, he renewed his application for fresh delay.
We subjoin a brief specimen from each of these writers, as illustrating the style and poetical pretensions of that early period of English literature.
In his principal subjects, the same acumen, which distinguished him in the early period of life, is happily employed in illustrating and enforcing the truths of which he received such deep and unalterable impressions in his maturer years.
The period therefore to which I would refer you, is the two or three last years of James the First.
Of these hymns two were written at the period of Cowper's recovery at St. Albans, when his mind had received those gracious impressions which so powerfully influenced his future principles and writings.
It has been deservedly called "the best edited English Classic up to theperiod of its publication.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "period" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
