May brings the lord into the field to examine his flock, and superintend the shearing of the sheep.
As Captain Hazard placed the most implicit confidence in Morton's capacity to purchase and superintend the making of the requisite spars, the latter, to his great joy, was requested to take charge of the shore department.
So saying, he rolled off towards the forecastle, to superintend the knotting of one of the fore shrouds, that had been shot away in the engagement.
The music was furnished by the best musicians of the city, and the supper was a miracle of epicurean excellence, Delmonico having sent one of his chief assistants from New York to superintend its preparation.
You see, the Don and I made all arrangements yesterday afternoon, and I came down to the island to superintend the placing of the fireworks in the evening.
Donna Lucia left orders that she was not to be disturbed until five o'clock in the afternoon, but Madame Sevier decided to get up at twelve o'clock, in order to superintend the work of clearing away the decorations and debris of the ball.
Egbert was too agitated to eat any breakfast, and went out to superintend the strengthening of the poultry yard defences.
The emperor Augustus had gone in person to Gaul to superintend the war and the organisation of the new province.
Mr. Poole's reduced state of health rendered it necessary that a dray should be prepared for his transport, and I requested Mr. Browne to superintend every possible arrangement for his comfort.
That no disputes might arise, two persons were appointed to superintend all such trading transactions.
He was now in extreme old age, and, believing himself to have but a short time to live, he wished to see Paris once more, putting forward as his principal motive his desire to superintend the performance of his tragedy of "Irene.
His cult survived the metamorphosis of the ancient Vedic nature-worship into modern Hinduism, and there still are in India fire-priests (agnihotri) whose duty is to superintend his worship.
Allacci was sent to superintend its removal to Rome, where it was incorporated with the Vatican library.
The director's province is to superintend the studies of the painters, sculptors, &c.
Thither he went in 1846 and made it an especial part of his duties to superintend the establishment, and laying out of the British settlement, which has developed into such an important feature of British commercial life in China.
But at that early stage the difficulty was to find experienced workmen, and still greater to discover men who could superintend them.
The hierarchy wore no peculiar badge or dress, nor was it the sole depositary of learning, and it had not to superintend education, or to do parochial work.
Its Committees may command, but they cannot superintend the execution of their commands.
They are alike in their essential purpose, which is to enable a mass meeting of representatives to superintendadministration and get good laws made.
He employed the best scribes, and obtained the rarest books; nor was there anyone in Italy better qualified than himself to superintend the choice and arrangement of such a library.
When he first entered the household of Lorenzo, he undertook the tuition of his patron's sons, and continued to superintend their education until their mother Clarice saw reason to mistrust his personal influence.
The inspector had come, he said, to superintend the removal of the body of Reginald Dimmock to the mortuary adjoining the place of inquest, and a suitable vehicle waited at the back entrance of the hôtel.
Most modern hôtels have a male clerk to superintend the bureau.
Bonaparte used often to walk on deck to superintendthe execution of his orders.
Every one of the sex ought to know how to sew, and knit, and mend, and cook, and superintend a household.
Let the woman play the gossip at a given moment, that is all very well; let her superintend the laundry or the kitchen at another, that is also very well; but these duties only comprise two-thirds of her mission.
To superintend these work-houses, and become responsible for the proper management.
Borrow, who has had to superintend the work, has in every way afforded satisfaction to the Committee.
He looked forward to the time when only an agent would be required to superintend the engagement of colporteurs, and to make arrangements with the booksellers.
I took these people through their parts a few times, and in consequence found myself obliged to attend the stage rehearsals to superintend their performances.
I answered that naturally I could only have in view a theatre in which it would be possible for me to superintend the task of production in person.
When, a year after this flying visit, I again stayed some time in Frankfort tosuperintend the production of my Meistersinger, I imagined that at last this more favourable opportunity for seeing Schopenhauer had come.
Thus the fulfilment of my wish remained impossible, and I shrank in dismay before the problem of how to secure a performance of my Tristan which I could superintend in person, as I had determined to do.
Lucile, who, though barely eighteen years of age, had finished high school and had spent one year in normal school, was to teach the native school and to superintend the reindeer herd at that point.
Her brother went on board to superintend the unloading.
I shall myself superintendthe intake, and will know how to deal with you if it is insufficient.
If you would like to join me, you shall superintend the more active portion of the business; and I have no doubt but that in a year or two you will be master of the whole.
