This basin is embellished with finely executed statuary, representing Diana and her nymphs, in voluptuous attitudes, enjoying the luxury of the bath.
At one time, chords representing most tender appeals; at another, plaintive reproaches, cries of joy and anger, felicity and pain.
With others he coolly reasoned, and endeavoured to recal them by representing the fatal consequences that would certainly attend such rash proceedings.
This gave umbrage to the governor of Augustine, who complained of it to the court of Madrid, representing it as an encroachment on the dominions of Spain, and intended to seduce the Indians from their allegiance to his Catholic Majesty.
The marbles representing this Trojan prince give him the baretto; the Persian Mithras also wears it, as I have observed in the common symbolic group where Mithras is seen slaying the bull.
The upshot was a request for a drawing representing "The Parnell Commissioners enjoying themselves up the River" during a pause in the trial of Parnell v.
He found a small outlet for his feelings in the cartoon representing a Chinese mandarin as "The New Paper-weight" (p.
In the meantime four Headquarters' detectives, representing themselves as lawyers, visited the apartments.
It is interesting to note that among the counsel representing Miller upon his trial was Ammon himself.
Here Ammon deposited the contents to his own account, as well as the certificate of deposit for one hundred thousand dollars previously mentioned, and a check for ten thousand dollars, representing the balance of Miller's loot.
Paris; one figure representing the shell entire, and the other a vertical section, while the small figure between represents it in its natural size.
Every one has heard of the green oysters of Marennes, the preservation, amelioration, and ripening of these oysters, so to speak, representing a very considerable branch of industry in France.
These classifications are imperfect, not because they are founded on ideal connexions where none exist, but only because they fail in representing adequately the subtle and pervading order which binds together all living things.
Apolemia contorta magnified twelve times, 100 representing the reproductive pair under the same magnifying power.
Such are these curious beings: they occupy a sort of middle or transition state between animals permanently fixed to some spot and those capable of motion, representing in our own times the last remains of extinct generations.
By the table representing the composition of the water of the ocean and of that of the Mediterranean, we see that salts of lime and potassium, as well as iodine and silica, are only found in infinitely small quantities.
It is only in quite recent times that an attempt has been made to develop fully the powers of photography in representing the celestial objects.
Pistils and stamens in flowers are modified petals, or rather petals are modified stamens, the "doubling" of flowers representing the being thus accomplished, while the petals again are mere changed leaves.
The pedestal is adorned with bas-relievos of but ordinary sculpture, representing different actions of the emperor Theodosius in relation to the races that were performed in the Hippodrome.
Two in the middle are in alto-relievo, of most exquisite workmanship, and parts of the same design; representing the death of Patroclus, and the bringing of his body to Achilles.
Finally, on the fifth, golden figures, representing lions and bulls, were placed alternately.
This was a hunting piece, representing Semiramis on horseback throwing a javelin; and Ninus, her husband, piercing a lion.
Amongst the paintings there was a piece drawn by the most celebrated hand in Greece, representing Bacchus, the beauty of which was not known to the Romans, who were at that time entirely ignorant of the polite arts.
On the outside, another brass ornament was found, representing a bird: and a little farther on, they discovered the skeleton of a child.
The extremities of the axletrees were made of gold, representing the mouths of lions biting a dart.
The four corners were adorned with statues of gold, representing victories, with trophies of arms in their hands.
ABC, and for the other OA'C'; and the curve representing half the combined brightnesses is E'BE.
Scriptures to see God in the sense that certain figures are formed in the senses or imagination, according to some similitude representing in part the divinity.
Such knowledge then approaches rather to the specular kind; because the angelic nature is itself a kind of mirror representing the Divine image.
So when Jacob says, "I have seen God face to face," this does not mean the Divine essence, but some figurerepresenting God.
The essence of God, however, cannot be seen by any created similitude representing the divine essence itself as it really is.
Fixing in this way a point corresponding to opal, and another representing the character of zircon, draw a straight line from the one to the other.
An older Miocene form, termed Mesohippus, has three toes in front, with a large splint-like rudiment representing the little finger; and three toes behind.
Of late, those institutes have occupied my thoughts as representing the readiest means of collecting liberal ideas into a profitable focus.
No sea there, it is true; but a sea was only useful as representing the noise of a stormy democratic audience.
These corporations, representingonly a small fraction of the total business of the country, had added billions to their property values during the four years.
Mr. Rosenwald's committee on "Shoe and Leather Industries" consisted of eight persons, all of them representing shoe or leather companies.
Still the Souls had had their day and, as representing an effort to establish an exclusive social coterie to which intellect or wit formed the chief passport, demand at least a passing word.
The climbing down of the Government in the autumn session is illustrated in a further cartoon representing Labour as the predominant partner.
The contest gradually became one between the governor-general representing the crown and the assembly controlled almost entirely by a French Canadian majority, with respect to the disposition of the public revenues and expenditures.
In the administration of Canadian affairs the governor-general is advised by a responsible council representing the majority of the house of commons.
While Christian in management, this college is not denominational but is under the control of an American board representing a number of churches.
Very few of the bonds representing the French debt are held outside of France.
The baron then saluted the other officials in the same manner and, turning, bowed to a group of Japanese ladies representing the Woman's Patriotic Association.
The mattresses are of white satin, and the walls are hung with Flemish tapestry representingscenes from the history of Nebuchadnezzar.
Some beautiful porcelain work is done in Kyoto, the decorationrepresenting a high degree of artistic skill.
The walls are covered with figures in colors representing the king in the act of making offerings to the various gods.
The figures representing incidents in the life of Buddha are very skillfully carved and one can not help feeling indignation at the vandalism of the foreign soldiers who, during the Boxer troubles, defaced this ancient monument.
The sentiment of the French people on this subject is shown by the fact that the figure representing Alsace-Lorraine in the group of statues in the beautiful Place de la Concorde is always covered with mourning wreaths.
Lloyd Griscom, the American minister, I had an audience with the emperor, these audiences being arranged through the minister representing the country from which the caller comes.
Mr. Ando, the president of this society, is a Japanese gentleman of great earnestness and intelligence, who was converted to Christianity a few years ago when he was representing his country in Honolulu.
Sometimes the trinity is spoken of as representing creation, destruction and renovation, in which Krishna appears as the principal god.
Plans are already being prepared for this structure, and one of the officials showed me a picture representing Peace, which may be reproduced upon the ceiling or walls.
Three newspapers are published in Leeds, of large circulation, representing three shades of political opinion.
Queen Victoria sits in bronze upon a massive pedestal, surrounded by famous figures representing the various colonies of the British Empire upon which it has been frequently stated that the sun never sets.
The venerable Brian Boru, then seventy-three years of age, was camped in what is now Phoenix Park, surrounded by twenty thousand warriors representing the different Irish clans.
Associated with and sitting with this body would be the present Irish members of the House of Commons and their successors representing the constituencies as at present defined.
A smaller effigy in black marble, representing the upper half of a human form, lies beside him and is said to mark the tomb of Strongbow's son, whom his father literally cut in half with his mighty sword for showing cowardice in battle.
It is that which apologizes for all these abominations,--so humiliating and odious, by representing them as less humiliating and odious than they are.
A statue of exquisite beauty, representing some hero, or an Apollo, because of its beauty, seemed to the Greeks a fit object of worship .
On the stern Father Time watched the progress of the barge, which was urged on by the oars of eight women of great beauty representing the Arts and Industries.
It is well worthy of the honor, and is a monument to the artist’s capacity for “taking pains,” representing as it does many years of study and experiment.
For instance, artists who do not succeed in representing the force of piety or of love of country, add to their colourless imaginings declamation or theatrical effects, thinking thus to arouse such feelings.
There are also the divisions into oriental art, representingimperfection of form; classical, perfection of form; romantic or modern, perfection of content and of form.
For De Sanctis, form was identical with imagination, with the artist's power of expressing or representing his artistic vision.
Others, on the contrary, pronounce the word realistic about a strongly felt picture representing a scene of ordinary life, while they talk of symbolic in reference to another picture representing but a cold allegory.
