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Example sentences for "this piece"

  • I did not disguise the vexation which this piece of intelligence excited in me.

  • This piece of news has not occasioned me much surprise, I always believed in the potency of beauty to carry all before it; but, shall I confess it?

  • This piece of meanness did not surprise me, but it made me shrug up my shoulders, and sent me to my cabinet to take the sum deficient from my own funds.

  • This piece of wit made me laugh, and under cover of my applause I embraced her without experiencing much resistance.

  • This piece of good luck decided me on staying at Soleure till my love was crowned with success, and I determined to take a country house.

  • But in spite of this piece of comedy, Marcoline and I were sad all the way.

  • This piece of extravagance on the part of the monk exasperated me to such an extent that I felt a very strong inclination to thrash him.

  • This piece of simplicity restored my good temper completely, and I began to ask Moreau, as he called himself, several questions.

  • This piece y is soldered in the sleeve G so its flat face stands vertical.

  • This piece p is simply a short bit of brass wire with a female screw tapped into the end, which screws on to the pivot.

  • On this piece of brass we sweep two arcs with a pair of dividers set at precisely 5", as shown (reduced) at a a and b b.

  • The death of the latter was quite recent at the time of the production of 'The Frogs,' and the fact lent all the greater interest to this piece.

  • The majestic grandeur of Aeschylus' periods, coupled with a touch of parody, is to be recognized in this piece.

  • I have but a few words to say: let the wise judge me because of whatever is wise in this piece, and those who like a laugh by whatever has made them laugh.

  • Most open to criticism of all the features of this piece, is the dissimilarity of the separate stanzas.

  • This piece is remarkable for its rhyming arrangement, each rhyme being carried through four lines instead of the usual couplet.

  • I say, to this piece (Sappho), from the extreme harmony of its versification and the pathos of the sentiments expressed therein, an effect which I doubt any tragedy of Euripides or Sophocles surpasses.

  • The plot of this piece is very similar to that of Venice preserved.

  • My aunt is a very managing person, and I think I perceive her purpose in this piece of management.

  • This piece of information caused Lawrence Croft to open his eyes very wide.

  • Uncle Isham made no answer to this piece of advice, but taking up some clothes which Aunt Patsy's great granddaughter had washed and ironed for him, he left the cabin.

  • No, sir; with the exception of this piece of friendly advice I shall be strictly neutral.

  • This piece of common sense convinced everybody on the spot except Mrs. Bazalgette.

  • This piece of consolation soothed David like a bunch of stinging-nettles.

  • This piece of inconsistent legislation removed one restraint, irksome but salutary, from commercial enterprise at a moment when capital was showing some signs of a feverish agitation.

  • Among some of the scattered allusions to this piece of folk-lore in the literature of our own country, may be mentioned one by Shakespeare in "I Henry IV.

  • Again, it is interesting to observe how, under a variety of forms, this piece of superstition has prevailed in different parts of the world.

  • The style of this piece is plainer and more simple than that of his other writings.

  • This piece, moreover, is too direct a confutation of the Eutychian error to have been written before its birth: or if it had made its appearance, how could it have escaped all the antagonists of that heresy?

  • The king equally admired his humility and learning, and the orthodox triumphed exceedingly in the advantage their cause gained by this piece.

  • The antiquity of this piece is confirmed by Montfaucon, Catal.

  • In this piece, too, I came at once into the unfavorable light of full comparison with my aunt's performance of the part, which was one of her famous ones.

  • By far the best account and criticism of this piece is Mr. Barham's metrical report of it in the "Ingoldsby Legends.

  • This piece of satire occasioned a great deal of mirth at Weazel's expense, who muttered a great many oaths, and threatened to cut Isaac's throat.

  • It was, however, on the very edge of this piece of land that the three little gardens were situated.

  • This piece of armor was so highly polished that the whole surrounding scene had its image in the glittering steel.

  • The modest little wife had wrought this piece of tapestry while the other guests were talking.

  • Make a hole in the center of this piece 1 in.

  • A small piece of metal is glued on this piece of wood at the point where the bolt meets it.

  • Draw the temper in the ends of this piece of file, but do not heat the center.

  • The shape of this piece can be made so as to accentuate the rivet heads and thus give a pleasing effect.

  • No glue is used on this piece, as it is removed later to form the space, C, after the paper shell, D, has been wound upon it.

  • The left hand is always left in the lurch in the difficult, skipping basses of this piece, and in others of the present style, which are rich in harmony and modulations.

  • There is a religious character in this piece, something holy about it!


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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