The form and texture of the coming warfare--if there is still warfare to come--are not yet to be seenin their completeness upon the modern battlefield.
I have seen trainloads of wounded staring out of the ambulance train windows as we passed.
I have seen thousands of poilus sitting about in cafes, by the roadside, in tents, in trenches, thoughtful.
My own manner of testifying must be to tell what I haveseen and what I have thought during this extraordinary experience.
I have seen more men sitting about and standing about, more bored inactivity, during my tour than I have ever seen before in my life.
I have seen Alpini sitting restfully and staring with speculative eyes across the mountain gulfs towards unseen and unaccountable enemies.
But in this journey in Italy and France, although I have had glimpses of much death and seen many wounded men, I have had no really horrible impressions at all.
I have seenthe hardship of the trenches, the gay and gallant wounded.
He sat down with me at a little useful writing table, and after asking me what I hadseen in Italy and hearing what I had seen and what I was to see, he went on talking, very good talk indeed.
One of the chroniclers of her reign says of her: "England had never seen a queen more worthy of a throne than Margaret of Anjou.
While there the royal captive amused himself with painting on glass; some of the beautiful specimens of his art were preserved, and are still to be seen in the chapel of the Castle of Dijon.
The king, who had a taste for finery not often seen in men, wore a garment of gold tissue that glittered with every motion.
Her trousseau was magnificent; among the garments was a robe and mantle such as had never been seen in England for costliness.
The king took no part in this ceremony at all, but remained shut up in the cloister of St. Stephen's a part of the abbey, whence he could overlook all the proceedings without being seen himself.
It was Queen Eleanora who first {170}put tapestry to this use in England in imitation of a Moorish custom that she had seen adopted in Spain.
Cromwell had only seen Sybilla, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Cleves.
At this coronation were worn the most splendid garments ever seen in England.
Those who have spent their lives in the River Plate district have seen this appalling plague crushed by means which Nature, in her own good time, has thought fit to use.
Estancieros and mayor-domos have camp race-meetings once or twice yearly at all the larger polo clubs, and at Palermo and Hurlingham every class of society in Buenos Aires may beseen on the stands.
Hares were to be seen now and then, and sometimes even one of the small wild deer of the forest was noticed before it rushed off to the shelter of the trees.
He was a splendid worker--I have not seen a better one.
Rumour had it that he himself had been seen carrying about pails of scalded milk at 4 a.
His villa is in the castellated style, and stands upon an eminence—a very picturesque object in the landscape, and seen from all parts round.
After we had seen a good deal of Venice we ascended the campanile of St. Mark.
In the centre of the north bay the Villa Eugenie reposes on a rocky eminence, 40 or 50 feet above the shore to the east of the town, and is seen from many points.
On the following day we visited most of the places we had seen the previous year, and some others, including some additional palaces already noticed.
In some of the galleries persons are usually to be seen making copies of more or less merit of noted paintings, the copying of pictures being apparently, as it is in other Italian cities, a considerable branch of business in Rome.
Some of the old gentlemen wear a straw hat loose on their heads, so that occasionally it is seen floating away from the wearer by reason of an accidental wave or submersion.
I have, however, seen many older diving belles jumping from the same pier.
Having seen Pompeii, we did not care to stay longer at Castellamare, and next day, taking a carriage with three horses, the bells jingling cheerily all the way, drove to Sorrento.
But the decision taken by Bavois did not prevent my friends speaking in his favour, and they succeeded in obtaining employment for him, as will be seen further on.
She answered that she had seen me five or six times in her brother's room, that I had asked her whether she would consent to be my wife, and that she had told me that she was dependent upon her father and mother.
You have not yet seen that mysterious closet, but I will shew it to you on the last day of the year.
I then told him that we had never spoken to one another, and that he had not seen enough of me to recollect my features now.
On the other hand, Messer-Grande might have said that, having seen me get out of my bed, he was sure that I had no weapons about me, and thus both of them would have got out of trouble.
The nuns, who had never seen such a merry sight, clapped their hands, everybody laughed loudly, and improving my opportunity I ran through the crowd and disappeared.
Returning to the part where we had seen windows, we opened the shutters of one of them, and the light of the stars only shewed us the cupolas and the depths beneath them.
The young countess had seen me arrive, and received me on the stairs in the most amiable manner.
Have we not seen the Jesuits, under the cloak of our holy religion, thrust into the parricidal hand of blind enthusiasts the dagger with which kings were to be assassinated!
Do you feel disposed to allow yourself to be seen by another man while you are abandoning yourself to the sweet voluptuousness of your senses?
Harry had called up several times, but she had only seen him once, and tonight the desire to see him was so great she called up Mickey and made a date with her to meet on the Mexican side and see Harry.
I've been in here several times, and every time I've seen him, I get all worked up over him.
Of course, him having been places and seen and done things, I was a pushover for him.
I've seen funny sights, but I would have loved to have been a bystander andseen us three wading across that river.
You seen me come in here with this guy, didn't you, Guts?
I've seen her with a bottle so deep in her skull it looked like a feather.
The most exalted form of introduction is seenin the presentation of Mr. Tomkins, American tourist, to H.
He said that, because I had a strange feeling that I had met him before, and asked him if I hadn't seen him at one of the courts.
If anybody dares to touch it, or to discuss it, or to look at or to be seen reading it, he will be hanged to a lamp post.
I had not seen him all day yesterday as he seems to keep out of sight.
Cardboard caravel tossing on black water--seen first right close to us--we are almost on board of it.
I had never seen a Bolshevik before but I knew at sight that he must be one.
I have seen them, in my patriotic concerts where I accept nothing but my expenses and my fee and give all that is beyond to the war.
But the error was seen to have been in the choice of the lecturer.
And when at last he came, his face seemed old and sad as we had never seen it.
Another is called "Modern Science" and in this Science is seen crouched in the dark in the background and Uncle William standing in the light in the foreground.
You may not have seen me, but I have seen you many a time.
When he awoke, he found himself floating over a country quite unlike anything he had ever seen before.
Only think, to have lived to his age and never have seen trees!
Then, just to rest his eyes, he turned them up to the sky, at which he had looked so often and seen nothing.
Just a bunch of green leaves--such as we have seen many times, yet how wonderful they were to him, and he examined the leaves with the greatest curiosity, and also a little caterpillar that he found walking over one of them.
Mag pecked at the tiles with her beak and immediately a little hole opened, a sort of door, through which could be seen distinctly the chamber below.
It felt comfortable; but was the only shabby thing the Prince had ever seen in his life.
If the nurse had seen it she would have taken it for a mere bundle of rubbish.
He had never seen any real live boys, but he had seen pictures of them; running and jumping; which he had admired and tried hard to imitate, but always failed.
It had nothing in it grand or lovely--was simply pretty, nothing more; yet to Prince Dolor who had never seen beyond the level plain, it appeared wonderful.
And all this while the happy little fellow was away floating in the air on his magic cloak, and seeing all sorts of wonderful things--or they seemed wonderful to him, who had hitherto seen nothing at all.
But I have seen my lord again;-- Should not my heart rejoice?
But I have seenmy lord again;-- Now must my heart repose.
I have not yet seen the man who can see his errors, so as inwardly to accuse himself.
Tsz-lu inquired of him, "Have you seen my Master, sir?
But I have seen my lord again, And healed are my heart's wounds.
It did," said the king, and Mencius replied, "The heart seen in this is sufficient to carry you to the Royal sway.
All round the marsh's shores are seen Valerian flowers and rushes green.
Let careful attention be paid to the teaching in the various schools, with repeated inculcation of the filial and fraternal duties, and gray-haired men will not be seen upon the roads, carrying burdens on their backs or on their heads.
A saying of the Scholar Tsang:-- "The virtue of the people is renewed and enriched when attention is seen to be paid to the departed, and the remembrance of distant ancestors kept and cherished.
The latter city, however, has not been able to monopolize the far Southern trade, and never have I seen a finer field of strawberries than was shown me in the suburbs of Savannah.
Only once--it was last winter--have I seen him dismayed by the frowning fates.
It certainly is neater, and I think I have seen increased growth in the young canes, for which more room is made, and to whose support the roots can give their whole strength.
Those who have travelled West and South have seen fine crops of corn growing among the half-burned stumps, and strawberries will do as well.
On Staten Island I haveseen large patches mulched with salt hay.
This is carrying culture to an extreme rarely, if ever, seen in America.
The cabbage- patch may beseen afar, but too often the strawberry-bed even if it exists is hidden by weeds, and the later small fruits struggle for bare life in some neglected corner.
I have seen fields of the Early Wilson and Kittatinny blackberries in New Jersey that presented a melancholy appearance.
By this system, it will be seen that the plants occupy the ground but about ten months, and little or no cultivation is given.
I have seen the ground covered with the fruit of certain varieties, when picking has been delayed.
I have seen the latter badly winter-killed, but it had stood eight years on the same ground without injury before.
He seemed to coruscate with all the conquering insolence of youth; Bertie Patterson had never seen him quite so handsome.
You've heard about her Home, I suppose, andseen the plans for it.
At Milan he had seen reflected in his looking-glass not only Fernando, but Elvino, too, besides Edgardo and Manrico, and that whole romantic brotherhood.
Bertie has never seen an artist, of course, but she has her ideas of how one would look.
I'm so glad to haveseen you here--who knows where I shall ever see you again?
No; I haven't seen her since that first time, so long ago.
Those who had never seen him had at least heard about him.
You have never seen me on dress-parade; take a look at me now.
A finer vision might have seenin Truesdale's prank a good-natured, half-contemptuous indifference alike to place and people.
She herself had traversed these same streets in the days when they were the streets of a mere town, Fane, accompanying her mother's courses as a child, had seen the town develop into a city.
Not only had she heard the composer sing his own songs; she had lately seen him paint his own picture--and hers.
In ancient times this bird was extensively domesticated in Egypt, but it is now seldom seen so far north.
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they hadseen a spirit.
Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
Again: “If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin; but now have they both seen and hated both Me and my Father.
Upon a careful examination of these definitions it will be seen at once that the term “Testament” is a good translation.
Charcot, who when she was two years old had seen Dr.
I then looked at him closely and remembered his features and appearance perfectly, although I had not seen him since I was quite a child.
We have also seen that repetition of the process increases the susceptibility, and in some cases persons frequently hypnotized are thrown into the hypnotic state by very slight physical agencies, such as looking at a bright doorknob.
I have seen a man chat quietly with bystanders while his carotid artery was being tied without the use of chloroform.
Parrot in the children's hospital, but had not seen him since, and when awake could not remember him, named him at once when he entered during her hypnotic sleep.
We have already seen that the pulse and respiration tests are not sufficient.
There are also many other ways of producing lethargy, as we have seen in the chapter "How to Hypnotize.
It is also stated, and the present writer has seen no effective denial, that hypnotism may be produced by pressing with the fingers upon certain points in the body, known as hypnogenic spots.
Luys, whom we have already seen as being himself deceived by professional hypnotic subjects.
The state of mind brought up before him in the most realistic and vivid manner possible the picture of the ride of Tam O'Shanter, which he had seen years before.
If a smile is produced it can be seen to diminish and disappear at the same time as the hand is moved away, and again to reappear and increase when it is once more brought near.
He had no sooner got possession of it, than he loaded it with kisses and caresses, declaring that he had never seen anything to surpass it in beauty.
Anything of the kind he had previously seen had been of boys of his own age, and this merely by stealth when he had no opportunity of making minute observations.
I had been aware from what I had seen of some little girls that there was a considerable difference in our formation, but I was astonished at first on finding her centre-part so thickly shaded with hair.
This, however, I would not promise to do, saying I was too much afraid of being seen when I could have no excuse for being in his room, but I allowed him to understand that I would try to devise some plan for another meeting.
Twas a big black horse, that I had not seen In the part of the race I'd ridden; And his coat was cool and his rider clean, And I thought that perhaps I had not been The only one that had hidden.
Right in the Front of the Army 'Where 'ave you been this week or more, 'Aven't seen you about the war?
The Cavalry went riding on and seen a score of fights, But there they kept them Mounted Fut three solid days and nights -- Three solid starving days and nights with scarce a bite or sup, Well!
He returned to the United States in the early fall of 1862, assuming that he was the only "citizen of the United States" who had even seen the Bessemer apparatus.
A treacherous President stood in the way; and it can be easily seen how reluctant good men might be to admit an apostasy which involved so much of baseness and ingratitude.
The policy that emancipated and armed the negro--now seen to have been wise and proper by the dullest--was not certainly more sternly demanded than is now the policy of enfranchisement.
A German blacksmith whom I knew well was on the train with me, and looked at me very intently, as if he thought he had seen me somewhere before in his travels.
It remains now to be seen whether we have the needed courage to have that cause entirely removed from the Republic.
Rather, they may have unconsciously seen him, and put him down as a bundle of dead twigs and leaves caught up in a branch.
They may, once in the proverbial blue moon; but I haven't seen 'em.
He hadseen him suddenly check and circle downwards.
In that position, even peering closely, you would never have seen him, unless, like ourselves, you knew he was there.
Now, it is quite remarkable how much you can see from the edge of a pheasant-covert without being seen yourself.
Just at this moment it seemed that about the roost unhealthful thing he could do would be to be seen in the air.
And the old cat and her kitten had seen them coming, and had given chase.
Nobody seems to have seen them, after the hunt had once begun, till the others were killed.
During the dry season in the scrub forest there is essentially no amphibian activity; an occasional Rana pipiens may be seenalong a river, or a Bufo marinus may be seen at night.
Etheridge, we again crossed the isthmus several times in order to gather ecological data in the wet season, and studied especially hylid frogs, most of which had not been seen in the dry season.
Lion of Scotland on his tabard, but keen and curious to see this scene--he who had seen the envoy of heaven in Linlithgow Church and so many other wonderful things.
After the simple ceremonial at which he had officiated, of his successor's installation, John Knox returned home in the light of the brief November day, as Melville had seen him, supported by the arm of his faithful servant.
It is on the crest of the hill, a little way below the castle, and is still to be seen from Princes Street--a distinct feature in the picturesque and varied line of building.
The result was a crowd of woeful complainants, "such as had never been seen before.
It might well be that both in Fife and Lothian there were eager lookers-on, as soon as it was seen that the fleet was in motion, to see the ships pass: but their acclaims must have been loud indeed to carry from Leith to Kinghorn.
She had, in fact, seen Captain Hocken pass the window some moments before; and it had not caused her to joggle the tiny ivory hook for a moment or to miss a moment's precision.
But you'll find 'em in the safe all right, though I haven't seen 'em for months.
And now to be laying a table for the likes of her, that before our reverses I wouldn't have seen in the street when I passed her!
The countryside was covered by a few inches of snow, now in the crisp and powdery condition seldom seen except in Switzerland and the colder countries.
I was seen by one man, but I don't think he was suspicious, and so making a short detour I got back to my hiding-place.
I think our people at home would have been well repaid for all the trouble they took in packing the parcels if they could have seen the pleasure it gave us receiving them.
I kept, however, about twenty small meat lozenges, for which, as will be seen later on, we were extremely thankful.
Suddenly I saw Milne, whom I had last seen at St. Omer in 25 Squadron.
As Kicq crossed the bridge he took out his map to throw it into the water, but was seen by his guard, a horrid little fellow who used to help with the clerical work in the bureau.
The German had certainly not seen Ding in the garden, but how he had escaped being seen coming out, considering the commotion he made, passes my comprehension.
One of the camp pickets I thought; but I passed without being seen and struck out, walking and running alternately, across the marshy valley of the Kishon, making to hit the coast somewhat south of Caesarea.
We saw and were seen by several people, but we walked at a good steady pace, when necessary talking to each other in German, and were past before they had had time to consider whether we looked a queer pair.
We passed another sentry (they seemed to be stationed about every 150 yards or so), and then came to the wooden hut which I had seen earlier in the day.
The English and French prisoners who had seen this affair decided that, as the Commandant's conduct had been unbecoming that of an officer, we would hold no further communication with him.
When it was so dark that a man could not beseen at 5 yards' distance I left my cornfield and marched due west.
If you had seen Mrs. Costello and her daughter sitting upon the verandah, as they were tolerably sure to be found every day while summer lasted, you would have owned that it would be hard to find a prettier picture set in a prettier frame.
But Mr. Bellairs told him he had not yet seen a fair specimen; but that there was a little half Spanish girl here who would show him what beauty meant.
It was your first; I had never seen you suffer, and I thought you would die; that God would take you from me as the last and crowning punishment for my disobedience.
I have not seen him, but one of my people, Mary Wanita, who remembers you affectionately, brought me the news.
Lucia wondered still more, yet less than she would have done if she had known how gladly Mrs. Costello would have seen her, also, safely bestowed in the keeping of "a sensible man.
If he had not seen plainly that Lucia was suffering bitterly, he would have been much more angry and less sorry; but, as it was, the whole thing was a mystery.
So the young man had seen various Courts, and improved his French and German; and at nearly thirty years of age he had begun to think that it was time to take another step in life.
He had seen Mrs. Bayne once, and not been delighted,--and a sick child!
A stranger would have seen no signs of emotion or trouble in her look and manner, but this was the utmost she could accomplish.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "seen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
