And the Vedic recitations of the Brahmanas mingling with the twang of bows of the sons of Pritha, produced a union of the Brahmana and Kshatriya customs that was highly beautiful.
When recitations were over, when they had gotten their money's worth, they returned to their lodgings in the same brisk business-like manner, for dormitories are scarce out there.
Then with a few recitations and solos on the way back he could be put to bed.
These recitationsof the whole of the Kur-an are performed on various festive occasions, but are most usual after a death; the merit of the performance being transferred to the soul of the deceased.
In the recitations and improvisations, the voice of the orator was aided by that of a rhapsodist or crier, who was stationed near him, and repeated his words.
Recitations were over an hour ago, and he was now at liberty to go where he chose, and accordingly started for Culm at once.
Noll's study-hours were at his own discretion; the recitations came in the afternoon, and after four the boy had the remainder of the day to spend as he liked.
I have laid away in our family Bible quaintly worded “Rewards of Merit”—printed forms upon paper which crackles under the fingers that unfold it—testifying to perfect recitations and good behavior.
Let one example suffice: One of our recitations was spelling, with the definitions, from Walker’s Dictionary.
Every Sunday night all the negroes who were beyond infancy assembled in the dining-room for Scripture readings expounded by her own pleasant voice, and for recitations in the Shorter Catechism and Village Hymn-book.
All marks for tardiness and absence from recitations would be doubled, and the moment any total reached twenty, that boy would be immediately suspended from the institution.
Chapel and the first two recitations over, the esplanade of the Upper was crowded with fourth formers, circulating critically in the dandified throng, chattering excitedly of the coming event.
The fad spread like wildfire, and Sally spent all her waking hours that were not actually taken up with recitations painting jewelry on fair necks and arms.
In view of having an entertainment, we are teaching the girls some of the "Golden Boat songs" as well as recitations which the boys also are learning.
Some of the recitations were rather feeble, but perhaps we only were conscious of it.
All this holds largely in college recitations as well as elsewhere,--in case the students have the privilege of doing anything beyond listening to teachers there.
There is no reason for assuming that all recitations should be spent in this manner, nor, perhaps, half of them; and they would not prove highly successful without training on the part of both teachers and pupils.
The reason that memorizing constitutes the main part of study, not only in the elementary school, but in the high school and the college, is that reproduction has been the principal thing required in the recitations all along the line.
In very many recitations children should have responsibility for rejecting some of the answers and for accepting others.
Such recitations secure far less individuality of thought and far less directness and force in its expression than is acceptable anywhere outside of the academic atmosphere.
The reason that recitations are so largely memory tests, too, is that teachers put mere memory questions more easily than they put questions that provoke thought.
The writer's experience in the observation of recitations with graduate students has often illustrated this fact.
University students preparing for supervision of instruction often observe recitations together, with the object of discussing their merits and defects.
The average teacher conducts recitationsin the same manner.
Or is that particularly what recitations and marks are for?
During the intervals between the songs and recitations the room was noisy with laughter, talking, and the clinking of glasses.
Illustration: 0149] At this last-named place, singing and recitations with music were in order, a small platform at one end of the room being reserved for the piano and the performers.
My readings and recitations were generally attended by the manifestations of violent emotion or admiration on the part of my audience.
He led a contemplative life in his villa on the bay of Bebek, and took great delight in my recitations of Turkish poems.
Possessed of a good memory, he had retained the many recitations made him by his mother in geography and sacred and profane history.
Thus it is that Tuskegee Institute has never been satisfied with being merely a school, concerned wholly with its recitations and training in shop and field.
These buildings were in such bad condition that when it rained it was necessary for the teacher and students to use umbrellas in order to protect themselves from the elements while recitations were being conducted.
Observe various schools at work for the purpose of determining whether opportunities for expression in the recitations are adequate.
Observe several recitations for differences in the amount of interest shown.
In his eighth year he returned to Edinburgh, with his mind largely stored with border legends, chiefly derived from the recitations of his grandmother, a person of a romantic inclination and sprightly intelligence.
Towards the recovery and publication of the ancient ballads and songs of the Scottish borders, which had only been preserved by the recitations of the peasantry, Scott had early formed important intentions.
He soon proved that he was one of the best scholars in it; but to judge from his recitations it was long since he had been to school or received any regular instruction.
There were few lectures in the college course, and the recitations were a mere routine.
As far as possible, topical recitations should be encouraged.
Recitations and examinations may be conducted by having a map drawn upon the blackboard with colored crayons, and requiring the class to fill in the names and dates, describing the historical facts as they proceed.
First class, recitations and engineer and military drawing.
The rhapsode was in some sense an actor; and when these recitations reached Attica, they thus brought with them the germs of theatrical dialogue.
The doctrine of the immortality of the soul there found its most solemn expression in mysterious recitations connected with the rites of sepulture, and treating of the migration of the soul from its earthly to its eternal abode.
The recitations of the Greeks were accompanied by it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "recitations" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
