Thus theology and morals formed the two chief motives, or rather the points of attraction in all abstract inquiries.
On the other hand, if I only think a number in general, which may be either five or a hundred, this thought is rather the representation of a method of representing in an image a sum (e.
Henry, or rather the marquis of Villena, piqued at this opposition to his wishes, resolved to intimidate her into compliance; and menaced her with imprisonment in the royal fortress at Madrid.
The Moorish wars terminated, in Aragon, with the conquest of Valencia, or rather the invasion of Murcia, by the middle of the thirteenth century.
In the former, however, he was no match for the confederates, or rather the marquis of Villena, their representative on these occasions.
Various members of this race are found active in myths of the creation, or rather the construction, of man and of the world.
A special feature of the festival is that every one must carry in his hand what is called a radica ( "root"), by which is meant a huge leaf of the aloe or rather the agave.
When the mystery of incarnation had taken place, the man, or rather the god, removed about a mile and a half from the margin of the lake, and there awaited the appearance of the new moon before he engaged in his sacred duties.
Indeed it appears that in old days he had to resign the seals, or rather the pails, of office whenever any member of his clan departed this life.
The simple procedure, orrather the absence of all formal procedure, at the Assemblies, illustrates admirably the essentially practical character of the institution.
Now I would ask you, is it right, is it generous, to refuse the colored people in this country the advantages of education and the privilege, or rather the right, to follow honest trades and callings merely because they are colored?
Any change, or rather the thought of a change--for there never was any--always upset her very much.
You have to look at facts," he said drily, "or rather the want of them.
Such was the state of Rome under the reign of Honorius; at the time when the Gothic army formed the siege, or rather the blockade, of the city.
The good old gentleman, with the courtesy, or rather the cordiality, of a true Spaniard, accompanied me to the posada, to see me off.
It is divided by a low tongue of land, or rather the sand-bar of Saltes, from the river Odiel, with which it soon mingles its waters, and flows on to the ocean.
The Cordilleras of Ancuma and Moquehua, and the longitudinal valley, or rather the basin of Titicaca, which they inclose, take a direction north 42 degrees west.
The port, or rather the bahia, is nearly nine miles and a half long, if we compute the length from the town (near the suburb of Jehemani or Xezemani) to the Cienega of Cacao.
Before taking possession of the Tuileries we had frequently gone there to see that the repairs, or rather the whitewashing, which Bonaparte had directed to be done, was executed.
He, or rather the Prince of the Peace, acting in his name, arrested the warmest partisans of the Prince of the Asturias.
Such was the enthusiasm, or rather the fanaticism, which Napoleon could inspire among his troops when he thought proper to rouse them, as he termed it.
It was in fact the symbol (or rather the actuality) of the permanent undying life of the race, and as such was sacred to the uses of the race.
Hasn't he rather the air of a sheep who has strayed from the fold?
Your devotion to Lucille, or rather the singleness of your devotion to Lucille," she remarked, "is positively the most gauche thing about you.
The gods, or rather the goddesses, have helped you towards immortality.
But in the Cabinet I do not think his position improved, rather the reverse.
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