But no; they are merely vigorous and faithful representations of what anybody might have witnessed, when a traitor like Ravaillac or a Lombard untore was being put to death in agony.
It was in the summer of 1835 that these curious self-representations were first obtained.
Hitherto we have presented to the reader the representations of distant objects, obtained by the use of a Camera Obscura.
The representations of rivers, mountains, and provinces, were carried before the Imperial car.
It was enriched with the gold which the Scandinavians had acquired in their piratical adventures, and sanctified by the uncouth representations of the three principal deities, the god of war, the goddess of generation, and the god of thunder.
India yielded their most extraordinary productions; and several animals were slain in the amphitheatre, which had been seen only in the representations of art, or perhaps of fancy.
Are there, we wonder, in France or elsewhere, any persons so simple as to rely on his representations of historical characters and events?
The Evangelic history as handed down is not the history of Christ, but a collection of allegoric representations of the great history of God and the world.
In yet another case(1) grotesque hunting adventures of Baiame are told in the mysteries, and illustrated by the sacred temporary representations in raised earth.
As a rule, however, the statues of historic times were beautiful representations of kindly and gracious beings.
When his curiosity about human sacrifices was satisfied, the pilgrim in Greece might turn his attention to the statues and other representations of the gods.
When Christianity became powerful, the Christian writers naturally attacked heathen religion where it was most vulnerable, on the side of the myths, and of the mysteries which were dramatic representations of the myths.
Clemens says the snakes were caressed in representations of the loves of Zeus in serpentine form.
To all of these representations Malfatti answered me coldly and drily: "Say to Beethoven that he, as a master of harmony, must know that I must also live in harmony with my colleagues.
Whatever may have been their earlier feelings and convictions, however, the representations of "Fidelio" at Prague and Dresden under the direction of Weber warmed their hearts towards each other.
Rich people wore sumptuous garments embroidered with representations of Biblical scenes.
The people took delight in these representations and they were soon enlarged.
They make in this manner domestic utensils and vases, with grotesque representations of men, animals, and birds, in relief.
The conical hats and stout bodies 'brought to mind representations of Siberian tribes.
These grave-houses are of split boards about one inch in thickness, six feet high, and decorated with painted representations of various heavenly and earthly objects.
Dramatic representations usually accompany these saltatory exhibitions, wherein the various phases of a lover's trials, comical sketches, or battles are depicted.
Representations of an adult Troglodyte measure 35°, and of a Satyr 30°.
They profess to have tried the efficacy of theserepresentations in their own experience.
Such are the Scripture representations of the life of God's own people.
These representationswould be utterly inconsistent with what we know to be the essential conditions of orange culture, and with the well-known habits and climatic nature of the Polar bear.
The representations of these divinities were not monstrous, like those of the Indians; the human form predominates, but the symbolic is still the most important element.
No opening for windows, no colonnade interrupted the monotonous flatness, which is covered, as by one long tapestry, with hieroglyphs, and representations of gods and Pharaohs.
He is right in so far as he goes, but both representations are those of tapestry looms which fact is indicated by the warp threads in both cases, and by the design marked on the warp threads of Fig.
For the characters andrepresentations of folly are only the effects of observation; and observation is an effect of judgment.
You are instructed to sell these stamps as sets, and as sets only, representations having been made to the department that in various parts of the Dominion there is a desire to obtain such sets for souvenir purposes.
Despite the representations made to him, he insisted upon penetrating to the sick-chamber.
Despite the representations of Madame de Saint-Simon, she usurped all the honours of a queen; she went through Paris with kettle-drums beating, and all along the quay of the Tuileries where the King was.
Never having been into the East myself, yet every one who has been there declares that nothing can be more perfect than my representations of it, its people, and life, in Lalla Rookh.
We can well conceive the effect of such representations on a young man who, with all his poetic and patriotic devotion, did not like poverty and contempt, and did hope to live comfortably.
The spaces within the oval borders are coloured of a turquoise blue tint, on which is painted a series of representations of different fossil plants met with in the coal formations.
At the base, in each pilaster, are representations of different specimens of Sigilaria--a fossil found in coal formations.
This portion of the decoration is extremely striking and appropriate; and we need scarcely say, the representations of the plants are strictly correct.
By what representations or misrepresentations he obtained the object of his ambition, history does not tell us.
He knew through Fraulein Marker how Herr von Pechlar was trying to supplant Wilhelm, and that he took every opportunity of making abominably false representations about him.
By his own representations the paper paid him very irregularly, and the most curious accidents constantly occurred to prevent the arrival of the expected payments.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "representations" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
