He paints the ocean from the shore to the distant horizon; and this straight line is in beautiful contrast to the rounded clouds, while the severity of the tall masts is relievedby the curves of the puffing sails.
Yet Susanna, strongly relieved against a dark background, is one of the most interesting female figures ever painted by Rembrandt, being remarkably faithful to nature, though not of classic beauty.
The triviality of the subject which he often selects is relieved by the charm of an astonishingly vigorous and spirited execution.
Such hopeful anticipation relieved me greatly, of course, but just about the time I expected to hear that his mission had been achieved I was astonished by the party's return.
This order was issued August 24, and on its promulgation the President relieved me from duty and assigned General Hancock as my successor.
However, when I relieved Hancock, the department was comparatively quiet.
Such abundance of game relieved the monotony of the march to Hackberry Creek, but still, both men and animals were considerably exhausted by their long tramp, for we made over thirty miles that day.
The headquarters of the military department to which I was assigned when relieved from duty at New Orleans was at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and on the 5th of September I started for that post.
There was also an Archa Domini, or Lords' Box, from which the poor that passed by, were daily to be relieved as far as the funds permitted.
At length the barrack was completed, and the men were then relievedfrom the toil of rowing backwards and forwards between the tender and the rock, as well as from the constant sickness which tormented them on board the floating barrack.
A thriving trade was thus established, and England relieved from all dependence on other countries for "thrown" silk.
Gradually the pains in the head grew less severe, but great weakness followed, and he was compelled to keep to his bed, sinking into a peaceful, painless unconsciousness relieved by an occasional flash of his old vigor.
He has been pleased to try my patience, and not until my impatience had yielded unreservedly to submission has He relieved me by granting light upon my path.
I am only relieved by naked trust in God, and it is right that this should be so.
Thus was a worthy family relieved immediately from a state of distressing suspense.
Several hours must have elapsed ere their state of suspense could be relieved by the ordinary means of conveyance.
I was also much relieved to find that neither his wife nor father was present.
The average number of poor relieved in and out of the house, during the previous twelve months, had been 583 weekly!
Madame de Staël kept her promise, and the passage in the novel of Delphine, in which the heroine, abandoned, is under similar circumstancesrelieved and sustained by Madame de R.
Indignant as Corinne felt at Nevil's antipathy to her country, she was relieved by guessing that the fête, and her refusal to speak with him, had ruffled his temper.
The Methodist Society were now relieved of their burden in the person of this widow and four orphans.
Then the diary relapses into the dreariness of most ship-diaries, till they come into the Texel, when it is to a certain extent relieved by discussions about exchanges.
The monotony of the nine days between Ceylon and Australia was relieved in a manner more stirring than pleasant.
Although relieved of all unnecessary fatigue, having at my command nurses and servants to carry out my plans for the sick, the burden of their suffering lay heavy upon my own heart.
Owing to the loss in horses, men, and ammunition expended,' we were relieved and sent to the rear to replenish.
He often relieved me of a task I had sometimes found very wearisome, because so constantly recurring,--that of writing letters for the sick.
On the 18th of July, the news reached us that General Johnston had been relievedfrom command, and that General Hood had succeeded him.
Richardson, however, immediately went to the boy, and administered some medicine which relieved his pain, and put a stop to their mourning.
Hence it appears, that the residents might easily render themselves far less dependent{14} on the Indians for support, and be relieved from the great anxiety which they too often suffer when the hunters are unsuccessful.
We were further relieved by the Company's clerks consenting to take a few boxes of our stores into their boats.
The servants pitying his desperate condition relieved him often, without the knowledge of their mistress until they got him into a planter's service, where though he worked hard he was sure to fare tolerably well.
However, out of this trouble he was relieved by an Irish gentleman, who took him into his service, and carried him over with him to Dublin.
He considers the Martian globe to be everywhere intersected by an elaborate system of irrigation-works, rendered necessary by a perennial water-famine, relieved periodically by the melting of the polar snows.
They were only visible, in fact, when relieved by their brilliancy against the dusky edge of the solar disc.
I regarded it as a puny effort on his part, and was relieved to find they did not intend to visit her themselves.
I confess that I took a little too much that night," said he, suddenly changing his front, and apparently relieved to find that this was the objection to him.
Usually Harry and Desiree watched together, and, when I relieved them, slept side by side on the couch.
Harry relieved me at my post against the door, and I lay down to sleep.
This relieved her mind in regard to herself; but the very relief on that point enabled her all the more to realise the dangers to which Frank might be exposed without any one to render him assistance.
Your coming has relieved my mind from a load of anxiety, and one good turn deserves another, so I'll make my fellows work night and day till your ship is discharged.
The frost had set fast the lake opposite the fort, and, by thus removing the frost-cloud that overhung the open water farther out to sea, relieved the fort from the mists in which it was usually enveloped.
My mind is much relieved by this, Jessie," said Stanley, reseating himself on the keg, while Oostesimow and La Roche carried the fish ashore as Gaspard freed them from the nets.
The evidence of the various exploring parties, when summed up, was undoubtedly most satisfactory, and while it relieved the mind of the leaders of the band, it raised and cheered the spirits of the men.
At dinner he was unwontedly cheerful, relieved at the whole solving of the old, sad mystery, though worried not a little by Clare's disappearance.
You bet,"--and Miss St. Clair relieved him of the letter he proffered.
But Mr. Farvel was relievedwhen he thought you had told me about this matter.
Balcome, relieved of his worry over Hattie, had been strolling about, pulling at a cigar.
Her mind found a comfort in prayer; and the sort of strain and oppression which she felt through her whole frame was soon relieved by a flood of tears.
Indeed, the law was, that those who were relieved were to be marked by a badge.
They therefore turned back, and walked slowly with her towards Folkestone, Caroline Mowbray having relieved her, by taking the child out of her arms.
He felt a little abashed at first coming home; but the kind manner of his mother, who, though her heart was full of grief, would not utter the least reproach, relieved him.
Her aunt went at once to see her, and finding that her presence at the Grange relieved some of Dr.
It was the justification he wanted; he was relieved to fancy himself obliged to tell the direct falsehood, for which a long course of petty acted deceits had paved the way, for he was in deadly terror of the effects of truth.
And Ethel was much relieved by pouring out all she knew, though her alarm was by no means lessened by the effect it produced on her father, especially when he heard of the "funny state.
May for having let her talk herself into this condition, she found that he was satisfied to find that she had so far relieved her mind, and declared that she would be better now.
Norman began to shake off his extreme languor and depression, the doctor was relieved from much of the wearing suffering from his hurt, and his despondency as to Margaret's ultimate recovery had been driven away.
She was almost relieved by detecting otherwise little resemblance; the height was nearly the same, but there was not the plump softness of outline.
She stood colouring, twisting her hands, and wondering what to say, whereupon he relieved her by a proposal to leave an order for ten pounds, to be yearly paid into her hands, as a fixed income for her school.
Mamie, more relieved than sorry, tried to look regretful.
As the traveller approaches it from Versailles, the long lines of a level and somewhat dreary road, only relieved by rows of tall poplar-trees, break into a more picturesque country.
And I parted with Mr. Sherrick, not a little edified by his talk, and greatly relieved as to Honeyman's fate.
Heaven forgive me," cries the Colonel; "I have always felt the fellow was my enemy: and my mind is relieved now war is declared.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "relieved" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
