Major Macomb was conspicuous for his attractive personality and imposing presence and was said to bear a striking resemblance to Prince Albert, the father of Edward VII.
She bore a striking resemblance to her grandfather, and, although a woman of commanding presence, was simple and unaffected in manner.
She was a great beauty, bearing a striking resemblance to Fanny Kemble, and was remarkable for her strong intellect.
This conception has a striking resemblance to Avienus's "Ora Maritima" (see above, pp.
Professor Moltke Moe has called my attention to a striking resemblance between it and the legends of the two runners or spies who accompanied Sinclair's march through Norway in 1612.
Wineland, should form the only exception in this concatenation of fable and reminiscence, and suddenly be genuine and not borrowed from Isidore, to whom it bears such a striking resemblance?
Striking resemblance of various portions of the coast of Australia.
Footnote 2: "The ancient edifices of Chi-Chen in Central America bear a striking resemblance to the topes of India.
The buds of the tree bear a striking resemblance to cabbage when boiled; but when they are cropped, the tree dies.
Their shape has a striking resemblance to the lower part of a ship; and there is no doubt that the form of the fish originally suggested the form of the ship.
This little fish bears a striking resemblance to the shrimp, but is neither so common nor so small.
In matters of government, the pomp of their monarchs, the arbitrary power, and the obligation of all to military service present a striking resemblance to the powers and privileges of the kings of ancient Israel.
The sculptures and hieroglyphics on these ruins bear a striking resemblance to those found in the ruins of Babylon and Nineveh.
Marriage was celebrated by religious ceremonies and the laws pertaining thereto bore a striking resemblance to those of ancient Israel.
Our train, for instance, had been held up in the night by a band of robbers in black masks, and rescued by a traveller who bore a striking resemblance to my Cousin Robert Breck.
Other statues of like character have been unearthed near Mentone, and they have a striking resemblance to the figurines of fat women found in the pre-dynastic graves of Egypt and in Crete and Malta.
One at Tegneby in Bohuslaen bears a striking resemblance to a boat seen by Sir Henry Stanley on Lake Victoria Nyanza.
These Scottish brochs bear a striking resemblance to the nuraghi of the island of Sardinia.
When he returned to his own lovely Hawthornden, he met a lady named Logan, of the house of Restalrig, whom he fancied to bear a striking resemblance to his dead mistress.
Some of the earliest statues in stone and clay bear a striking resemblance to those of Egypt.
At this point the west side of the valley of the Nile is walled in by a range of limestone hills, one of which bears a striking resemblanceto a pyramid.
We believe the visitor was Lord Rosebery; he certainly bore a striking resemblance to that childlike peer.
Seeing, then, that all systems of religion have been found to be essentially alike in spirit and in practice, the all-important question arises here, What is the true cause assignable for this striking resemblance?
This globe shows a striking resemblance to those of Schöner of 1515, a fact which has led Marcel to refer it to the Schönerian school, though not to attribute it directly to Schöner himself.
There is a striking resemblance of its land configurations, and of its geographical nomenclature to that of the Gilt globe, of the Wooden globe, and of the World map of Orontius Finaeus of 1531.
This digression in the song of the nymph bears, in manner, a striking resemblance to the histories which often, even in the heat of battle, the heroes of Homer relate to each other.
The number, blasphemy, and absurdity of the Jewish legends of the Talmud and Targums, bear a striking resemblance to the holy legends of the Brahmins.
The under wing surface bears a striking resemblance to a leaf and the hind wings project to form a tail which looks like the petiole of the leaf, and there is also a mark running across the wings which mimics the midrib.
Each caterpillar then changes to a chrysalis which is remarkable because the form and color of its back bears a striking resemblance to the face of a miniature monkey.
The rings of the body just back of the head are much swollen and on the top of the swollen part there are two large circular marks which bear a striking resemblance to eyes.
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