Sieur du Plessis having presented him with a glass of wine, or of cider, he turned about, and gave it to a Frenchman to taste; this Frenchman tasted it so well, that there was none of it left.
He took up the subject, and in the evening presented it to those who ate at our Captain's table.
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He conducted me to the hut of his parents, where I found an old woman who was his grandmother; he said two or three words to her which I did not understand, and this good old woman presented me with four smoked eels.
As to the little Savage, having presented myself at one of the doors of the Cabin, they said to me: aouesse, "go away.
He also says that copies of these dictionaries were presentedto Louis XIII.
As good luck had it, our Savage had brought us a small piece of Bear, which we presented to him.
When he had successfully performed it, his master (the Little Wonder) presented him with a twopenny cigar clothed in a flashy cummerbund, to show how generously he rewarded achievements.
This presented a fine opportunity for making experiments at an extremely high velocity around a very large circle.
As the mathematical equation is an extremely simple one, it is easily presented so as to be understood by any one having the least smattering of mathematical or engineering knowledge.
The kite would therefore mount until at b, where itpresented the same angle to the wind as with the horizontal wind at a, and if it should be made to fly at a higher angle, it might pass over to the position shown at c.
Who can contemplate a masterpiece without being awed by the immense vista of thought presented to our consideration?
These assemblies presented a problem which might intimidate the most capable chairman.
The whole question was presentedby him as "one of expediency and necessity, not of principle.
He told me how the King had received them all, stayed with them for some intercourse of welcome, and had been specially marked in his courtesy to Redmond himself, who had of course never before been presented to him.
It was agreed in private conference that only one view should be presentedfrom the Nationalist side, and that the view of what was at this point clearly the majority.
They persisted in their resignations, and only finally withdrew them on receiving a written undertaking from the War Office that they would not be again presented with the alternative of resigning or attacking Ulster.
The original sketch Hogarth presented to his friend Forrest; it was etched by Sherwin, and published in 1775.
He neither forgot nor forgave the insults he suffered at Calais, though he did not recollect that this treatment originated in his own ill humour, which threw a sombre shade over every object that presented itself.
In her hand she displays a watch, which might be either presented to her, or stolen from her last night's gallant.
Thomson had never before attended a thoroughly Highland market; and the scene now presented was wholly new to him.
My son and I are but too happy, although we deplore the cause, of having been presented with an opportunity of testifying our reverence and love for a minister of our holy religion.
What "association" is in the case of Memory, so is the material object presented as the "associated object" in Psychometry.
This man's life was at that momentpresented to my mind.
We who had felt strangely as stage-passengers and tavern-lodgers were suddenly naturalized there and presented with the freedom of the lakes and the woods.
Seen from this point, Mount Kineo, and two other allied mountains ranging with it northeasterly, presented a very strong family likeness, as if all cast in one mould.
No guerilla leader presented a balance-sheet, and it was generally known that the famous Boris Sarafoff allowed himself, each year, a few months in Paris.
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But in August 1916 Radović presented a memorandum in favour of the formal union between Montenegro and Serbia, under King Peter's son and King Nicholas' grandson, Prince Alexander.
This gentleman, who lived in his native place, had presented it with a very fine school, and then had gone there himself, to learn how to read and write.
His England is strange, I think, because it is presentedaccording to a purely spiritual geography in which the childish drawling of "Witney on the Windrush manufactures blankets," etc.
There I stood, just above the principal arch, looking through the balustrade at the scene that presented itself--and such a scene!
Of course, the subject bristles with difficulties, but I do not see that they are more insuperable than those which presented themselves when first the idea of registering and licensing the medical and legal professions presented itself.
The hungry pack of wolves, waiting by the trenches at night, presented a force which called for united opposition, and the European war had to wait whilst the men of the opposite armies joined in killing them.
The examination was soon completed, for the room presented no facilities whatever for escape.
Charlie Brooke's love for his old school-fellow and playmate seemed to become a new passion, now that the wreck of life and limb presented by Shank had awakened within him the sensation of profound pity.
Punctual to the minute Zook presented himself to Mrs Butt next morning and demanded audience.
With this very slender clue Charlie Brooke presented himself in due time at Scotland Yard, at which fountain-head of London policedom he gave a graphic account of the missing man and the circumstances attending his disappearance.
After this he laid the matter before the members of the Harvard Musical Association, and, having thus gradually prepared the way, presented it for consideration before the Board of Directors of the Music-Hall Association.
Missiles were thrown at him, when he presented his musket, warned the party to keep off, and called for help.
At this moment a man rushed from a thicket and presented a pistol at Lovell.
Fanny's pistol had taken the life of one of the enemy, and the other was presented to the breast of the Captain of the Dolphin, whose sword was also upraised to strike her, when both paused in astonishment, gazing at one another.
The pursuivant presented the king a lance with a broad piece of board at the end.
The king was particularly desirous on this occasion to give Marsk Thorkild Knudsen a proof of his special regard, and presented him with the knightly sword of state, which he had this day worn himself.
The king now presented him to his brother as a rare scholar and an extraordinary artist.
In the packet was one of Master Thrand's optic tubes, and some polished glasses, which Aage had bought at Skanoer fair, and which he now presented to the king as extraordinary rarities.
As she shook hands with Miranda the twopresented marked contrasts.
Up to the present time no scheme has yet presented itself which seems to afford a better method of handling capital than that of individual ownership.
We had not settled the matter by April, and as a favourable opportunity had presented itself for carrying on the same business on my own account, I resigned my position.
These facts being presentedto the organizers of the enterprise, it was shown that no real need for such an institution existed.
About the year 1890 I was still following the haphazard fashion of giving here and there as appeals presented themselves.
I owned some turkeys, and she presented me with the curds from the milk to feed them.
One day, I remember, I was in a neighbour's office, when the local plumber presented himself with a bill about a yard long.
The large Otumpa specimen, mounted on a separate pedestal, furnishes a good example of the less distinct, and more or less damascene, appearance presented by the etched surface of some meteoric irons of octahedral structure.
It was this card which he had presented to Miss Morris as his own.
As I dashed through the gateway, I could hear the rich voice of Emmeline swelling exultingly with the tones of her piano, and my fancy presented me with the images of Col.
Looking back from the other side a most striking sight is presented by this mass of water bursting out of the precipitous hillside, and broken by the rocks and little bushy islands into foaming cascades.
Kaffir campaigns, owing to the obstacles presented to the dwarfed carriage by the long grass so abundant in all parts of the colony.
The face of this terrace presented a wild and singular appearance.
By noon on that day the camppresented a curious sight.
Distinct from anything in the more civilized parts of South Africa was the aspect of the landscape presented to view on the second morning of the march.
A rolling grassy plain, leading to some easy and gentle slopes, was presented to view, and evidently to the astonishment of most of the party, who had been accustomed to the rude and rocky fastnesses in which these kraals are usually built.
After this Setewango went to Ulundi, and after great difficulty he and the indunas persuaded the king to allow them to visit Lord Chelmsford, at whose camp they arrived early in June, having first presented themselves to General Wood.
In a very short time he presented himself again before Dr Rowlands, and when he had with difficulty swallowed the cup of tea, they sallied out.
In this very clumsy way he had at last reached the desk, and presented his missive.
To poor students whose funds were "doubtful," he presented free tickets to his college lectures, afterwards showing them marked attention.
It is true, however, that he acted as rector for the colony, reading prayers and preaching whenever a congregation of ten presented itself, which occurred only semi-occasionally.
Such a gamy highwayman as Job presented evidence of being deserves to be treated!
The empress presented him with a fee of twelve thousand pounds, and a life pension of five hundred pounds.
On one occasion a lady, who doubtless had heard of his brusque characteristic, entered his consulting-room, at Bedford Row, and silently presented a sore finger.
If but a few negroes presented themselves, the rector ordered his clerk to give them a bit of silver, with which to buy them off.
A few days after the doctor had taken his discharge, without fees, the poor woman presented herself at the consulting-room, bearing in her hands a large basket.
The licentious characters presented in all the glowing tints of a depraved imagination cannot fail to injuriously affect the youthful organism.
Eva presented her son to me, saying, 'You have preserved for this little one a father and mother: henceforth the Zingarees will know thee as a friend!
Greenwood caught hold of Lady Cecilia's hand, fell at her feet, and presented her with the purple morocco case containing the diamonds.
But what was the surprise of Mr. Monroe--what was the joy of Ellen, when Marian advanced towards the bed, and presented the child to her mother!
I shall pay the bill into my banker's this afternoon, and it will be presented for payment at Lord Tremordyn's agent's to-morrow morning.
The bells rang blithely from every steeple; the troops presented arms, the military bands played the national hymn; and the procession was welcomed with joyous shouts, the waving of handkerchiefs, and the smiles of beauty.
He was afraid of sleep; for when he closed his eyes in slumber, visions of hell, varied in a thousand horrible ways, presented themselves to his mind.
The other presented the annexed superscription to view:-- [Illustration: SIR T.
The vehicle arrived and Lady Cecilia was already upon the threshold of the front door of the house, when a servant in a handsome livery ascended the steps, presented a letter, and said "For Sir Rupert Harborough.
This is really a beautiful landscape," observed Captain Dapper, as he turned over the leaves of the book which the beautiful Italian presented to him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "presented" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
