| 单词 | exactness |
| 例句 | He paused to let us consider the profoundly revealing exactness of this phrase. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I was reminded for a moment of Richard, who had always seemed able to recite with exactness anything he’d ever read. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The prints, not noticeable to the naked eye, registered on film; indeed, the delineating glare of a flashbulb had revealed their presence with superb exactness. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Let me put down with exactness all that happened, as well as I can remember it, since last I made an entry. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z She could go on and in her sorrow put a pot of beans in the oven, bake six pies, and plan to exactness how much food would be necessary properly to feed the funeral guests. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The exactness of the number startled me, as he hadn’t checked the ledger in the storeroom. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z What does feel new — what’s always new, when you find it — is the glitter and squalor and joy and exactness in King’s writing. ‘Tacky’ Finds the Joy in Bad Taste 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z The exactness of your spoof can sometimes backfire. American Vandal and our growing obsession with the mockumentary 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z The copious dance routines – which in some revivals have thudded on to the stage with a mite more energy than exactness – are polished and precise. The Mikado ? review 2011-03-01T18:13:01Z “The exactness, the attention to every conceivable detail.” Die Hard at 30: how it remains the quintessential American action movie 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Steel writes with force rather than exactness; the background to the play's events is smudged and it's as if everyone is not only physically threatened but also besieged in the brains department. Ditch; Marine Parade 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z Knausgaard writes beautifully about landscapes, and he describes his inner life the way he describes a landscape, simply noting, with tender exactness, what is there. Knausgaard’s Selflessness 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z We thought we were documenting it for posterity, but there they are, haunting me with an exactness that doesn’t even scratch the surface. Modern Love: Downloadable. Unsustainable, Too. 2011-08-11T18:57:16Z Mr. Butz’s portrait of the alcoholic Michael, with his whipsaw changes of mood, combines idiosyncratic specificity with textbook exactness. Review: ‘The Whirligig’ Is a Feast for Actors, by a Knowing Chef 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z The Brazilian company Barbatuques offered a more youthful presence, moving through spatial patterns and layering rhythms with exactness. Dance Review: International Body Music Festival at Lincoln Center 2010-08-15T23:12:00Z I remember reading the Denby collection in one sitting and marveling at his exactness. Young Arts Critics 2010: critical conditions 2010-05-24T20:30:00Z The novel comprises 117 short, chronological chapters, each displaying a Confucian exactness. Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell – rereading 2012-06-08T21:55:17Z The Talea players, conducted by James Baker, performed with their customary exactness and commitment, handily conveying Mr. Furrer’s whispers, moans and explosive outbursts. Music Review: Talea Ensemble and Ekmeles at the Czech Center 2013-05-17T22:02:36Z Mr. Hwang’s comedy, about a bewildered American businessman hoping to make his fortune in capitalist China, is laid out with the frame-by-frame exactness of a comic strip. Theater Review: ?Chinglish,? by David Henry Hwang, at Longacre Theater ? Review 2011-10-28T02:00:00Z "It was a creative revolution how they played as a team," he said, comparing the punishing, aggressive manner of North American hockey to the exactness and fluidity of the Soviets. 'Red Army' explores Russia's soul through Olympic hockey, Slava Fetisov 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z She still remembers the city then with vivid exactness — even the tins of water in which her bed legs sat, to keep ants from crawling up. ‘A Writer Writes’: Penelope Lively’s Fiction Defies the Test of Time 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z In the first half, Strauss's most refined tone poem, Don Quixote, took a little while to gather the measured momentum and pristine exactness its neoclassical undertones demand. LSO/Previn ? review 2011-01-18T22:31:01Z Insofar as exactness in language is impossible to achieve and awkward to attempt, a little expedience can be a good thing. Do guns or people kill people? 2013-03-06T13:12:00Z Klay’s writing about tending to the wounded is electric in its exactness. Phil Klay’s New Novel Is a Sobering Look at America’s Wars 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Once again, he brings to the play his particular gift for documentary exactness. All My Sons; Henry VIII; Paradise Found 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z The paintings, she said, have a different goal: “multiple exactnesses.” Distinct Prisms in an Ever-Shifting Kaleidoscope 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Some lines have the almost hallucinatory exactness of his best poems: “The black wren this morning on my windowsill: a charred pear.” ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ Captures a Young Immigrant’s Troubles and Ecstasies 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z "This is precisely the eighth time I have begun to write this book," Stothard tells us with a deceptive exactness in his opening sentence. Alexandria: The Last Nights of Cleopatra by Peter Stothard – review 2013-07-05T11:00:01Z The corps de ballet was loose, lacking exactness, and the atmosphere felt heavy and uncertain rather than magical. Suzanne Farrell Ballet soars in ‘The Concert,’ stumbles in ‘Swan Lake’ “I don’t think exactness is the standard but robustness is,” said Representative Dan Bishop, Republican of North Carolina and a member of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus. McCarthy, Bracing for Defections, Eyes a Fraught Path to a Debt Limit Deal 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z There is an exactness in the book and its recipes that may surprise readers expecting a loose, “let the good times roll” approach to New Orleans drinks. New Orleans cocktail book shows city’s elegant drink side 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Such exactness first led the scientists to speculate that perhaps they had found signals from an intelligent civilization. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z It was somewhat difficult to estimate his mentality with the usual exactness since others had already used the tests, and it was impossible to say how much Jean had learned from his previous examinations. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Other details were laid out in clinical exactness. NIH experiment injected beagle puppies with cocaine in search of addiction treatment, documents show 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z It took roughly 130 different sets to pull off the feat, all of which were painstakingly designed to match the exactness of the frame as scenes were shot with different aspect ratios. ‘French Dispatch' uses color, frame and miniatures for an alluring production design 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z It dispenses with expectations of scientific certainty and exactness, including with respect to cause and effect; everything is provisional, and relationships are often reciprocal. America's deepest and most dangerous divide isn't between Democrats and Republicans 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Up close, the new paintings seemed to swarm with woozy, almost psychedelic energy, while from a distance the image would emerge in all its photographic exactness. Chuck Close, artist of outsized reality, dies at 81 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z I find myself drawn in by the details, which are meticulous and must have required an incredible amount of patience, exactness, physically intense labor. What exists at the edge of our perception? Artist Kenturah Davis is here to show you 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z The other thing with Brady is his exactness. Lizard eyes, grit and avocado ice cream: QBs analyze Tom Brady's greatness 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z The detail and the anatomical exactness stuns onlookers like Erin Averill, a 26-year-old from Orange County, California, who was recently perusing the flowers. Realism of Harvard’s Glass Flowers still dazzles 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z “I could give you twenty-four policies right now,” he said, which made me notice, fleetingly, the exactness of that number. Jay Inslee Wants to Be a Presidential Candidate for the Climate-Change Era 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Such exactness paid off in a big way for the Italian star. December Golf - Golf Digest 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z I looked up the meaning of “precise”: “marked by exactness and accuracy.” Should These Tests Get a Failing Grade? 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z It requires exactness, yes...but not just in the fairway. U.S. Open 2018: Shinnecock is revealing an embarrassing truth about some of golf's biggest names - Golf Digest 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z But the point she wanted to make did not hinge on exactness. Speaking, Not Sexually, With Dr. Ruth at 90 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z “You can do all the technical things but at some point, you’re implying a degree of exactness that doesn’t exist.” ‘Raw democracy in action’: How the GOP will replace Rep. Thomas Garrett on ballot 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The game’s necessary devotion to the exactness of its rules failed to include a dollop of common sense. At U.S. Open, Unfairly Left in the Dark While Officials Dispute a Rule 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z The Oxford study received plenty of criticism — understandably, given the patina of exactness that it tried to apply to a speculative exercise. The Robots Are Coming for Wall Street 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z In Clay’s case there is exactness,’’ said Haden in a statement issued Monday morning. Bill Plaschke: USC got it right with hiring of Clay Helton 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z “We’re all trying to bring exactness to this business that doesn’t really exist,” Mr. Ross said. Mixed Signals on U.S. Oil Output 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Apple launched the first salvo by giving Music listeners the ability to rate tracks with both stars and hearts leaving us struggling to define our feelings with such pictographic exactness. Twitter's battle between hearts and stars is a battle for hearts and minds 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z He stirs, counts and plunges with the exactness of a neurosurgeon. What Coffee, Life and Money Happiness Have In Common 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Potential applications include building medical products with nanoscale exactness, manufacturing nanocrystal geometries for electronic devices and manipulating single molecules such as proteins. The Laser Beams That Pick Up Particles 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z A high-gloss exactness and practicality that his mother had never achieved but would have admired—was that why he could feel this twinge of bizarre and unreliable affection? Alice Munro: “The Bear Came over the Mountain.” 2013-10-14T04:00:00Z By contrast, in writing workshops, introspective scholars preached exactness, revision, and the infinite gray of the soul. Wall Street needs an MFA 2013-09-12T15:51:00Z Reciprocity when it comes to loss is not a justification for bloodthirstiness, but rather a demand for exactness. Is Israel Immoral to Retaliate? 2012-11-24T19:25:00Z “I like everything to be neat and tidy and symmetrical,” Scott said in reflecting on the exactness of her compulsories. Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian Figure Skater, Is Dead at 84 2012-10-01T18:08:24Z A half hour later, he received the pass from Alba and played it back to him with great exactness. Spain 4, Italy 0: Euro 2012 Final — Spain Flexes Its Muscles, Beats Italy 2012-07-01T21:05:44Z Harmony of colour depends upon great exactness of tint. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z Tausig excelled him in exactness and brilliancy; Von B�low was a greater master of interpretation: Rubinstein went beyond him in power and in richness of tone-colour, through his consummate use of the pedal. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z In these injunctions he laid down with great exactness the conditions to be observed in granting nuns permission to leave their convents. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Standards were not particularly high, especially not as regards exactness; but they called for vigor of approach. Mohave Pottery 2012-04-26T02:00:09.420Z This narrative follows with great exactness the same course as that, or rather as those of Genesis, and the analogies are on both sides striking. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z This exactness is rarely attainable in the case of two marbles. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z Their great regularity and geometrical exactness evokes surprise from all who see them for the first time. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z It is of cut stone laid on with geometrical exactness, as sound and as solid as ever it was. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z The habit of careful investigation and exactness of thought and statement, will be discarded for random guesses and the temporary expedients of the hour. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Rush, who was a master of words when verbal exactness was imperative, had created an impression in his companion's mind of the impeccability of the murdered man's widow. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z His criticisms are worth more than his constructions; indeed for exactness and penetration of thought he is quite on a level with Hume and Kant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z A cause of further departure from absolute exactness is the residual charge. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Both finish with scrupulous exactness; but the latter never makes finish paramount to the proper expression of his subject. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Take care and send them home with exactness. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z All this he did with the greatest exactness, naming the author, the book, the words, and often the very number of the page in which the passage referred to was inserted. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Those possessing the essentials in an art craftsman—infinite pains, neatness and exactness—are sure to make rapid progress. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z A work which, by the accuracy of its information, the exactness of its detail, and the refined taste conspicuous in every page, proves its authors to be worthy inheritors of the honoured name they bear. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The Church of England has also preserved other doctrines with more or less of exactness, such as the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, the incarnation, baptism, and the like. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z How many lads between the ages of fourteen and eighteen come within the sphere of influence it is not possible to say with any exactness. Boy Labour and Apprenticeship 2012-03-30T02:00:18.807Z Nor because a horse can perform the reversed pirouette with perfect exactness will a School-rider stop in the middle of a park road and parade the accomplishment. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z A cool head and a steady hand are the first essentials in a finisher, and after these the feeling for neatness and exactness. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z Its general exactness with respect to facts is fully proved by comparing it with contemporary documents. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z This manual for the middle ages arranged the rise and fall of empires with convincing exactness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The state or quality of being accurate ; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z If Patroclus fails to do this feat with exactness, I can always recognize my own error in too late an indication, rather than his in obeying it. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z In this class of positive gear great truth or exactness is possible, because both the projections and cavities may be turned in a lathe. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z He maintains a barometric exactness and regularity in all the habits of his daily life,—eats at fixed hours, takes his time, and leaves the table with some appetite for more. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z Is this a general assertion concerning the universe as a whole, or may we apply it with distributive exactness to each particular thing? The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z In temperance and frugality he was remarkable through life, and always studied and practised it with the utmost exactness, which gave him a constant feeling of dignified independence. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z This circle was divided with the greatest exactness I was capable of, first into five parts, and each of these into three. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The centuries of astronomical research since Newton's day, however, have verified the great law with the utmost exactness. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z The daily newspapers retail cases of divorce and hideous criminal trials with greater exactness than the debates of Parliament; and the appetite for this garbage grows by what it feeds upon. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z This perspicuity and exactness are secured by a new vocabulary which may seem at first glance, on account of its unfamiliarity, elaborate and incomprehensible, but which is, when mastered, the greatest possible aid to understanding. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z The traits most needed for success in diagnosis are exactness and comprehensiveness. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z It obeys orders with soldierly exactness but its sympathy is most unmartial. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Meridian lines were often traced with exactness on the floors of churches in Continental Europe. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z The Chinese observe much exactness in their courtesies and great neatness in their apparel, both men and women; they generally go very well dressed, from the quantity of silk there is in the kingdom. The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) 2012-03-01T03:00:25.290Z Those that adopted both metals served as a balance-wheel to steady with exactness their relative value. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z This can only be determined by inoculation, or by experiments which furnish the conditions of scientific exactness. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z It was considered that parliamentary elections reflected the balance of power with sufficient exactness. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z It is apparent, even from the brief summary just given, that the importance of Hume in the history of philosophy consists in the vigour and logical exactness with which he develops a particular metaphysical view. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Such wigs are made of horsehair, cleaned and curled with care, and woven on silk threads, and shaped to fit the head with exactness. England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z His bursts of eloquent enthusiasm over men whom the church outlawed—Spinoza for example—made amends with them for the absence of doctrinal exactness. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z It is evident that the exactness of method which is the demand of the physiological investigator cannot be secured by the pathologist. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Hence the striving of the military organization to bring clearness, definiteness, exactness of relations and responsibilities, to the highest degree of development. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z The directions are given with such exactness that no one with reasonably good lungs can go astray. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z But we are now able to trace his journey with some degree of exactness. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z I repeat, the early lessons should, if anything, be a little overdone in the way of exactness, because any careless habit acquired at such a stage is most difficult to get rid of afterwards. The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises 2012-02-13T03:00:14.370Z Like all brief statements, the writer is well aware that the foregoing definition is necessarily imperfect, and stands in need of further limitations to meet the requirements of exactness. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z One may admit that the Council of Deputies falls behind both the party and the trade union in the sense of the clearness of its programme, or the exactness of its organization. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z "I suppose," said I, not knowing what else to say, "that you find your occupation one of almost painful exactness." Bolanyo 2012-02-12T03:00:14.503Z The detailed account of this event, with the general pillaging of the Isthmus by the English buccaneers, has been narrated with much exactness and great interest. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z A greater or less degree of exactness can be secured, according to the greater or less frequency with which the register is taken. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Nearly all the negroes belong to one sect or the other, and keep the outward ordinances of religion with exactness. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z To fully understand its action it is necessary to know with exactness its composition. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z But if you fix the time at all, is it not worth while to fix it with approximate exactness? The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z Of course, such people know nothing of the intense exactness of thought of St. Thomas or Albertus Magnus or Duns Scotus. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z In some actions of tort the damages can be calculated with exactness just as in cases of contract, e.g. in most cases of interference with rights of property or injury to property. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Michael Scott depicts with photographic exactness and brilliancy every phase of the West Indian day, and enables us to imagine the light and shade that surrounded the strange race of whom we write. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z One meal a-day was now the rule, and the victuals were served out by the quartermaster with the exactness of gold. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z As might have been expected, the translation is not marked by painful exactness of rendering. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z He explained the spiritual natures with such exactness and eloquence that his hearers were astonished that such words could come from the mouth of a man so simple as he was. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z It is very difficult to determine with exactness the order and the place of Dante’s wanderings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Still he did like his studies very much, for he was just beginning to appreciate the inspiration of Virgil, the wonders of the science work, and the sturdy exactness of algebraic equations. The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z But how great is the cumulative evidence of the four together to the exactness of the account of the race’s origin, establishment, and education, which we receive through Moses. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z It is a matter of great regret for the historian of chemistry that Gilbert left nothing on that branch of science, to which he was deeply devoted, “attaining to great exactness therein.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z King Louis ordered his expenses with the exactness of a debtor and creditor account in a banker’s ledger. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z Tell me, with minute exactness, of her temper, her sentiments, her employments, her pleasures. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z In some few cases, indeed, the ordinary student would have no means whatever of solving the problem which the calculating boy unriddled with ease and exactness. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z The expert testimony, as you scarcely need to be reminded, has shown that the bullets which killed the two victims fitted with exactness the revolver with which Hinckley was armed. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z The apparatus had worked with meticulous exactness, and Evelyn Mansfield was avenged—at least in part. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z He recalled the project of a millionaire friend of his, a member of the Institute, who had built a Roman house on the Riviera, Roman in all the exactness of its details. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z But he seemed, at least after he reached manhood, to want almost wholly the power, so common with inferior understandings, of retaining, with regularity and exactness, a number of unimportant uninteresting particulars. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z The yarn which is spun by machinery is sorted with the greatest exactness, and numbered according to its quality. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z But he found me my orders readily—he was a splendid disciplinarian—and when I read them I marvelled indeed at the extraordinary exactness with which the Nihilists had been able to anticipate matters. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z "Jack Sheppard," with its requisition of antiquarian exactness so plausibly met, may well have suggested to Cruikshank a more epic theme than the exploits of a master-thief, revolving about a nobler gaol than Newgate. George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z ‘The crupper, such as we have just defined it, D, H, may also be found to a fair degree of exactness, as regards length, four times on the same horse.’ Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Gurney’s hypnotic experiments, marked by great exactness, patience and ingenuity, were undertaken in 1885-1888. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The breathing world, I believe, held no secrets from this man, and the mechanism of his reasoning worked with the exactness of a chronometer. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z The philosopher, in so far as he seeks exactness of logical method, in his reflection, must meanwhile aim to be, within his own limits, a mathematician. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z Give Jonson, indeed, a peculiarity to start with, and he worked it out with logical exactness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z I have read with great interest the passages of the manuscript relating to precious stones, and I have admired their conscientious appreciation and exactness in details. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z Those of Canterbury and York form a unique collection of church history, while others are models of exactness or statesmanlike precision. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z The furniture, the curtains, the articles on the dressing-table, even the coverlet on the bed, had been restored or copied with utmost exactness. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z All lettering must be done with much care, with exactness, and with the greatest neatness. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z Change a few names in this passage, and it describes, with considerable exactness, the state of the translation market in the United States. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z Speaking broadly, it may be said that the works of substantive sculpture in our museums are in the great majority of cases copies of doubtful exactness and very various merit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z To do this would involve a deliberation of thought, an exactness of style, to which even Mr. Ruskin cannot pretend. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z In recompense for their scrupulous exactness to fulfil these duties, they were permitted to commit the most frightful of crimes. Letters To Eugenia Or, A Preservative Against Religious Prejudices 2011-11-24T03:00:47.570Z The possible influence exerted upon the development of his political philosophy by French thought has been the subject of lengthy discussions and probably will never be determined with any degree of exactness. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z They are more savage than the other races of the island, but they fulfil their engagements with rigorous exactness. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Professor Boys took as the exactness to be sought for 1 in 10,000. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z One of the first essentials in this question of service is promptness and exactness of delivery. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Susini—himself a soldier of courage and experience, a veteran of the Italian rebellion—made his entrance, walked forward, stood, faced one General after the other and saluted each with the most military exactness. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z It is not to be expected that metallurgical results of this period will "tie up" with the exactness of the modern operator's, and it has not been considered necessary to calculate beyond the nearest pennyweight. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The tribes of Mindanao pay their debts with scrupulous exactness. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z But the work was carried on under enormous difficulties owing to the severity of the weather, and no exactness could be expected. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z As soon as Don Maximo gave an order she fulfilled it with admirable exactness. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z He was a big artist, and to big artists, especially in singing, music is almost mathematical in its exactness. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z It has considerable powers of mimicry and can imitate the common sounds it hears with wonderful exactness. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z His model man, whether forester, sailor, servant, or gentleman, is always bent on bringing some especial thing to pass, and the progress from the plan to the achievement is described with military or naval exactness. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Interpolations can be made, but this exactness is not required. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z They seem narrow, to my mind, under their pretence of broadness, and false beneath their air of mathematical exactness. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z Silver and labor were calculated with exactness, and no limit to the Indian's industry was prescribed save that which was imposed by his capacity for work and his power of endurance. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Like others of our writers, there is a variety in her writing and choice of subjects which makes it somewhat difficult to place her with exactness. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z During his periods of consciousness he made a detailed statement, bearing out the conclusions of Martin Hewitt with the most surprising exactness, down to the smallest particulars. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z Had he been a volunteer upon parade, and firing at an inanimate target, he could not have gone through the manoeuvre with more precision and exactness. Rocky Mountain Boys Camping in the Big Game Country 2011-10-21T02:00:18.430Z The mind, occupied with matters of detail and routine occurrences, is apt to lose in comprehensiveness as much as it gains in minute exactness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Then he asked Lydia about her health, with an exactness which she thought very kind. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z Only by mentioning the scientific name can a writer indicate with exactness which species he is talking about. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z But this was only a trouble to the father, as if the boy should be brought up to his own busy exactness. The Fisher Girl 2011-10-13T02:00:46.980Z The result was that he produced scenes from Nature with an exactness that the most uninitiated in art are able to understand and appreciate. Birket Foster, R.W.S. Sixteen examples in colour of the artist's work 2011-10-13T02:00:42.493Z Then set forth with the same exactness the thing that is to be proved. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z Fellows was a man of perfect truth and exactness; he assured me that the stories disparaging to Paine personally were quite false. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z This tree presents a tapering trunk, with a top of mathematical exactness, a regular cone. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z Both are a wonderful contrast to the minute visual exactness of Dante. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z He used his office for the purposes of extortion; and the only proof he gave of exactness was in the exactions to which he submitted all who were under his authority. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Moliere's play is followed with considerable exactness, allowing for such variations as the change of the scene from Paris to London appeared naturally to demand. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z What Mr. Albert Badeau's religious opinions are I do not know, but no one acquainted with that venerable gentleman could for an instant doubt his exactness and truthfulness. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Her fantastic, oriental costume, was meant to represent some queen, Semiramis or Cleopatra, it was difficult to say who, for its magnificence was greater than its historical exactness. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z As far as exactness goes, as far as intimate verbal interpretation of Vondel's verse is concerned, it equals Andrew Lang's wonderful prose translation of the Iliad. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z It is difficult to judge, with any exactness, in what proportion of neuralgic cases this occurs, but its slighter degrees must be very common. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z —In confirmation of the statement made as to the expression "in print" meaning "with exactness," &c., Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 88, July 5, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-29T02:00:13.910Z "For," as Aristotle reminds us, "it is the mark of a man of culture to try to attain exactness in each kind of knowledge just so far as the nature of the subject allows." Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) 2011-09-27T02:00:21.343Z There were no scales near the joints, and the legs were fastened to the body with such exactness that it was impossible to perceive the smallest defect, even by means of the strongest lens. The Cochineal 2011-09-24T02:00:14.700Z "In printsy guards" means the same, therefore, as "Guards in print," or, robes put on "with exactness—with the utmost nicety." Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 86, June 21, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-23T02:00:20.637Z Again, with lateral movement in first and second machines, it is difficult for the steerer to know to exactness when his rudder is ‘off.’ Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Sam had an excellent watch, the gift of his dead mother and valued accordingly, and this enabled them to measure the time with military exactness. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z Each may be subdivided, though not with great exactness, into smaller groups, either according to physical characteristics, of which the form of the head is most important, or according to language. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Small objects are invariably the best training to work upon, as being certain to inspire appreciation for neatness, exactness, and accuracy. Hand-Craft The Most Reliable Basis of Technical Education in Schools and Classes 2011-09-18T02:00:30.783Z We shall follow, though not with exactness, the order of development in the unfolding human being. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z In all these faculties alongside of rigorous scientific exactness there prevailed a noble liberalism without the surrender of the fundamental Catholic faith. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z I only gave evidence in order to re-establish the reality of the facts in all its exactness. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z The Abbé Gosselin has defined with great exactness his attitude towards religion. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z Tausig strikes every note with rigid exactness, and perhaps his very perfection makes him at times a little cold. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z The value of technical terms Terms used with intentional exactness so as to express a meaning, the whole meaning, and only the meaning, are called technical. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z The Best Example of his Candle-light Scenes.—He frequently painted by the aid of a concave mirror, and to obtain exactness, looked at his subject through a frame crossed with squares of silk thread. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z His numerous drawings of classical ruins and localities, executed with great detail and exactness, are preserved in the British Museum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z He had method and exactness in carrying on his work. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z But, rich or poor, educated or uneducated, they must all be kept in strict subordination in the army, and do their duty, whatever it may be, with scrupulous exactness and punctuality. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z They are not permitted to deviate by a hair's breadth from the line of strict logic, and the most absolute exactness of demonstration is required. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z When mind is added to life, the problem becomes still more complicated and mathematical exactness still less likely to be attained. Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z Hence the particular inferred by a causal law must be only described with more or less exactness; it cannot be named until the inference is verified. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z A work of science, on the other hand, depending partly on the exactness of the facts which it sets forth and on which it is founded, may gain from the suggested emendations of a critic. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z The imitative impulse of childhood is wont in these cases to follow out the correct and prescribed order with punctilious exactness. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z The notion of a miracle, considered as a proof of a divine mission, has been stated with great exactness by divines, and is, I think, sufficiently understood by every one. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z And suiting the action to the word, she placed her hand lightly on the lady’s head, examined the comb, and expressed great admiration for it; in short, she fulfilled with great exactness the whole suggestion. Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z They owe obedience and exactness in the duties pertaining to their service. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z The arrows were made with the greatest labor, care and exactness, and those manufactured by each individual were so marked that they could at once be distinguished from those of every other maker. Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people 2011-08-02T02:00:20.603Z Whence, by the way, one may infer that wisdom in managing children shows itself in nothing more than in a scrupulous exactness in the use of words. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z Towards the close of January, 1840, the inquiry was concluded; but, after all, not much more had come to light than had been known with more or less of exactness before. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z It has been criticised for its lack of scientific exactness, and the supposed error of representing light as created before the sun, ignoring the early existence of aquatic life, and similar points. Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z Nothing is more rare than this exactness of judgment. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z All danced, all sang, all acted with the utmost gravity, with exactness of time, motion and voice. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Its exactness, its modulation, its force of expression, its foreseeingness of all the issues of ideas, came at will. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z His greater accuracy of mind and exactness of speech are an offence, because a reproach to the careless or unscrupulous intellects of those who conduct life on secondhand opinions. The Limits Of Atheism Or, Why should Sceptics be Outlaws? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.300Z The finest seeds, such as grass and clover, onion and turnip seed, and delicate seed like rice, are handled and sown by machines without crushing or bruising, and with the utmost exactness. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Yet this definition is as good as any, and comes nearer exactness than most What has not the animal Man collected? In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z Smeaton commenced the undertaking by visiting the rock in the spring of 1756, accurately measuring its very irregular surface, and in order to ensure exactness in his plans, making a model of it. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z Absolute deference and punctilious exactness are the rule, not only among the artistes but also among the singers of the minor r�les. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z Exactness of speech necessitates exactness of thought, and dictates modesty of pretension. The Limits Of Atheism Or, Why should Sceptics be Outlaws? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.300Z Ph�dra got up and attended to the arrangement of the house and the preparation of breakfast with her usual exactness. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z Indeed, we cannot remember any recent example of political truths expressed with such exactness as well as spirit in humorous verse. Verse and Worse 2011-07-12T02:00:34.607Z If that Philosopher has one characteristic more eminent than another, it is commonly supposed to be the precision and exactness of his logic. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z The pleasure of reading together from a black-board, on which the letters should be printed with great exactness and perfection of form, in order to resemble those in the book, often gives this desire. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z The linings let into the corners are in every instance done with minute exactness. Antonio Stradivari 2011-06-28T02:00:11.050Z Prepared to facilitate fluency and exactness in writing. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Intelligence, so extraordinarily difficult to judge, is indicated in the above way with a really curious exactness. Mentally Defective Children 2011-06-19T02:00:24.963Z Most of what we read in newspapers attracts so little of our serious attention that it is no wonder that we do not recall with exactness when events took place. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z This, however, appears a necessary consequence of greater exactness. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z They prepared at great cost, and with elaborate exactness, statistics to show the commercial position of the country. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Dr. Conant will preserve as nearly as may be the manner of the old translations, endeavoring only to combine the fidelity and exactness of modern scholarship with the simplicity and strength of the common version. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Despite the fact that Father Martinez gives distances with a great air of exactness, these distances cannot be tied to recognizable points. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z I heard the story at length, very shortly after the event, told me with painstaking and scientific exactness and in tones that clearly indicated the narrator's earnest desire to be minutely correct. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z That apparatus was the type mold, which experience has since proved to be the most efficient means of securing exactness and uniformity in a number of small pieces of metal. Type Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #1 2011-06-12T02:00:07.280Z "Of course, of course," he said, with his provoking analytic exactness of phrase. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z By adding fictitious embellishments, he adapted it with more exactness to his purpose. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z Everything in this argument, therefore, depends upon this: that the Stars are like the Sun; and we must consider, what evidence we have of the exactness of this likeness. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z The government was of great antiquity, and the ancient ceremonies of the country were observed with the most scrupulous exactness. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z Because of the exactness of his time-piece, which none cared to deny, he had usurped the office of master of ceremonies. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z And again, in the time that has passed and in the changing course of circumstances since 1579, some exactness has almost inevitably been sacrificed. Francis Drake and the California Indians, 1579 2011-05-26T02:00:16.780Z To have found her friendless and indigent, accorded, with the most fortunate exactness, with his views. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z Even if we accept this history as true and authoritative, it would not be wise to be rigidly tenacious of the chronology, as to its minute exactness. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z It may not be necessary or desirable to copy Niebuhr’s course with exactness. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z They had made it of wax, with great exactness, and presently it was at full. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z When mamma took me down to see the cook make a cake once, I saw her spoonfuls, and her ounces, and her handfuls: she dashed and splashed without minding exactness, or the recipe, or anything. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z I may say, as an evidence of the exactness of my memory, that Miss Hawtrey was dressed exactly as she is at present. Dorothy's Double Volume I (of 3) 2011-05-15T02:00:11.283Z Correctness and fidelity are now considered necessary requisites in a good translation, just as antiquarian exactness is expected in the publication of an old manuscript. An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics 2011-05-14T02:00:10.287Z Mr. Winder seemed to make a point of increasing exactness. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z Keep your accounts with the most scrupulous exactness, and let your husband see that you take an honest pride in rightly appropriating the money which he intrusts to you. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z The Count de Meyrand was awake early, and dressed with the most scrupulous exactness of appearance, without a riband tumbled or a point out of place. Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance 2011-05-07T02:00:29.347Z It was this exactness that he used to pride himself on in his camera work. The Story of Lewis Carroll Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland 2011-04-30T02:00:12.447Z Spare the recital of our assignations, and your constant exactness to them; without calling up such disturbing thoughts, I have enough to suffer. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z This painting is seven hundred years old, but the colors are still fresh, and although life-size it has the exactness of a miniature. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z Every part of the mechanism usually fits and works with the exactness of a gun-lock, as each piece is carefully made to gauge. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z Up to this time English pictures were rather distinguished for colour and effect of light and shade than for carefulness of modelling and exactness of drawing. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z I can lay claim to scrupulous exactness both in detailing facts and in reporting the remarks of others. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z Every detail was carried out with that exactness for which Hendrie's manager was noted. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Butler ran the play with its usual Swiss-watch exactness, and center Matt Howard got a layup. Butler's coach has given team staying power 2011-04-03T04:36:04Z This part of his work has been much applauded by ancient writers for exactness and liveliness; and is frequently referred to, as the highest authority, by Strabo, Pomponius Mela, and other geographers. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z He kept his own books, and looked with exactness after the smallest details. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z It is, however, these vulgar rumors which M. de Tillemont, who piques himself on his exactness and fidelity, ventures to convert into positive facts. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z As far as is consistent with thoroughness of research and exactness of statement, the popular method has been pursued. My Cave Life in Vicksburg With Letters of Trial and Travel 2011-03-30T02:00:13.113Z He had seemed to hear a definite click, and if it was not in the flat, then, he thought, his ears must be losing their old trick of exactness. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z The whole career of Johnson proves the logical exactness with which he followed strict construction dogma in all points excepting the doctrine of secession. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z Reviewing the play, The Village Voice praised the “exactness and inner logic” of the dialogue. Lanford Wilson, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright, Dies at 73 2011-03-25T02:30:38Z In repeating these statistics he reproduced with an ironical exactness the tone of self-congratulation of the pharmacist. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z Further, it seemed to me desirable to keep periodic, separate from permanent squint; this, however, could not be accomplished with exactness. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z It has been thought necessary to define the exact character of these stamps with some exactness, and at the risk of some re-iteration, because their true character seems to be little understood. History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America 2011-03-14T03:01:03.623Z Therefore, it is of the greatest importance that it be kept with great exactness, omitting nothing that is important.348 Also, the minutes of all the meetings should be correct before being duly adopted. The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law 2011-03-14T03:01:02.587Z It is true her books portray the eccentricities, the follies, and foibles of the society in which she lived, caricaturing with terrible exactness its hypocrisy, boastfulness, greed, affectation, and undue subservience to public opinion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z H-m!" says Mascha, in the same tone of humorous impertinence; and copying Anna's glance with photographic exactness, she says: "My dear Anna, would you like very much to marry Count B�renburg yourself? Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z History in later antiquity was chiefly a branch of belles lettres and made no great effort after exactness. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z The facts of the story we give with scrupulous exactness. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z I might have defined right as God in action, or God as right in conjunction with omnipotence, intelligence, and love; but I had no need for exactness of terms. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z She attended to all her religious duties with most edifying exactness. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z Many circumstances are opposed to the exactness of these measures. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z This work does not exhibit quite so much of logical exactness as I could wish. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Practical Conclusions.—An instrument is called good when it produces with sufficient exactness the effects for which it was intended; it is bad, if it fails to produce those effects. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z At present watches are frequently made not thicker than a crown piece, and yet perform their functions with exactness; nay, there are some with perfect works, compressed into a smaller compass than a shilling! The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z But the greatest of its Roman names was Lucretius, whose De rerum natura embodies the main teaching of Epicurus with great exactness, and with a beauty which the subject seemed scarcely to allow. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z It appears that the eye is pleased by the exactness of corresponding parts; and that symmetry is the first character of beauty in thinking beings. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z The stones are hewn square, or curved to form the circular dome within with admirable exactness. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z And no array of words with which I am acquainted will express the exactness of his resemblance to that useful but unintelligent beast.' Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z Although these do not describe with exactness the places which no eye but mine has seen, yet they do picture others very like those which I saw from the hospital terrace. Hospital Sketches 2011-02-16T03:00:37.920Z The dates of the numerous alliterative romances in this dialect have not been determined with exactness, as all survive in later copies, but it is probable that some of them were written before 1300. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Any deviation from exactness in this, that may be produced by varieties in the thickness of the skin, muscles, and other parts, is of no moment. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Hitherto, Osiecki had but rarely been brought in contact with his master, and, on the whole, had followed with fair exactness the instructions received from him. Under a Charm, Vol. III. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:37.767Z He made no objection—he could make none—and, to do the old sea-wolf justice, he performed his duty with elaborate exactness. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z "The word stands, the orders given are to be carried through with the greatest exactness!" he declared. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z During this work the question arose naturally: How far does the exactness of the law extend? Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z While nothing like minute exactness is at present attainable, the general purport of the testimony can not, it seems, be mistaken. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z The result of their effort, whether successful or unsuccessful, will depend upon the exactness of their voice. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z What followed I do not pretend to detail, with any degree of exactness. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Switzerland is a republic that runs with the exactness of a Swiss watch, its machinery as hermetically concealed. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z Our exactness is in every case limited, and as long as the possible variations lie behind this limit, we cannot tell anything about them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Very likely so, of course, and yet I always wondered just how he fixed it with such exactness. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z It is, then, evidently necessary to be able to ascertain, with the greatest possible exactness, what change in this respect is produced in the various oils by a change of temperature. Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology 2011-01-20T03:00:07.073Z But the same verbal exactness is not necessary in historians, whose aim is religious instruction, as in recorders of public inscriptions. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z It is curious with what exactness Fate times its conclusions. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z In recent times not only our belief in the absolute exactness of the law of the conservation of weight has been shaken, but also our belief in the law of the conservation of the elements. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The little picture was still there, reproduced with almost photographic exactness. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z The new landscape papers suggest the old ones, though they are unlike them in tone and character, except in cases where specimens have been taken as models and copied with faithful exactness. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Matthew was trained, by his calling, to habits of severe investigation and suspicious scrutiny; and Luke's profession demanded an exactness of observation equally close and searching. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z O'Flaherty of Moycullen in Galway, a man of great learning, wrote on Irish antiquities "with exactness, diligence and judgment." Irish Nationality 2011-01-11T03:00:30.560Z Thus he was prepared to understand the importance of Dalton’s views and he proceeded at once to test its exactness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Static doctrine does, indeed, lay claim to precision and exactness, and static tendencies may be weighed against one another. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z An insistence upon system and exactness will insure immunity from failures. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z The mention of the astrolabe may be deemed incompatible, at first view, with chronological exactness, as there is no instance of any being constructed by a Mussulman, till after the time of Vathek. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Yet the result proved the exactness of his observations. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z The veteran Owen, who still survives him, was nearly five years older than Darwin, and also helped to a great extent in giving form and exactness to his great contemporary's anatomical ideas. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z Advertising, for example, is being worked out with increasing exactness, and business men are increasingly applying accounting processes to the determination of the question of how much advertising "pays." The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z It is also difficult to judge by dropping it in water unless experienced, but with a sugar thermometer it can easily be determined with perfect exactness and much less trouble. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z Perhaps, if we speak with rigorous exactness, no human mind is in its right state. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Of the events in Christian history which fall between these limits it must be admitted that there are many which with our present information we cannot date with exactness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z The key is balancing the risks of medicating with those of not medicating — a complex calculus that patients, parents and doctors need to conduct with care and exactness. Treating Psychological Ills in Kids: How Young Is Too Young? 2010-10-26T11:25:00Z Something of the exactness of the static method has recently appeared in a decision by a famous jurist, confronted with the fact of the conflict of two legal principles. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z I'm seeing a draconian obsession with the exactness of container volumes and the precise dimensions of harmless objects. 2009-12-18T01:17:00Z To the mind, as to the eye, it is difficult to compare with exactness objects vast in their extent, and various in their parts. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z The great highland plateau which stretches from the Himalaya northwards to Chinese Turkestan, and from the frontier of Kashmir eastwards to China, has now been defined with comparative geographical exactness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" In it he describes with considerable exactness and perspicuity all the species which his predecessors had made known, adding those that had been discovered in his own time. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Roman religion did not demand any profession of faith in any theory of the unseen; all it required was ceremonial purity and exactness. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius He took charge of his son's early education, and naturally laid great stress on language, inculcating the love for purity and exactness in its use, which is one of Heyse's best qualities. A Divided Heart and Other Stories It is of service where a high degree of exactness is not required, as in its domestic use, and it also finds application in the dynamometer for measuring horse-power of machinery. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis The physician used to call on him day after day, and order tonic medicine of various kinds, all of which was given with great care and exactness. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician So much on the multiplicity of assumptions, which in spite of formal exactness, logical reasoning in concrete matters is forced to admit, and on the consequent uncertainty which attends its conclusions. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent According to Schiller, Tacitus has no research, no exactness of military or geographical knowledge, no true conception of the time. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Your gloves should be of white kid, your shoes small and fitting with the nicest exactness. A Hand-book of Etiquette for Ladies The result is often puzzling and inconsistent if we attempt to analyse it with exactness, but rarely fails to charm by its picturesque and irregular vividness. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance A dried and even tanned hide, could it have been fitted to her person with sufficient exactness, would have subserved nearly the same purposes. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician Science in all its departments has too much simplicity and exactness, from the nature of the case, to be the measure of fact. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent But his deepest and most vivid impressions must have come to Juvenal in that period which has been photographed with such minute exactness by Martial. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius While this, as yet, had not been done with exactness, owing to the concealing tactics of the Germans, it was believed that the long-range cannon was hidden in a certain wood near Laon. Air Service Boys Over The Rhine Fighting Above The Clouds Yet none the less did he fulfill the duties of every day and hour with exactness. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches He did not indeed, follow out with exactness the rule of the late Amos Lawrence: "Begin hungry and leave off hungrier," but he came very near it. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician "I suppose yours is a pattern of order and exactness?" The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 After long association with an individual, it is difficult, if not impossible, to set down with any degree of exactness a description of the effect his personality in the first instance had upon me. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance All was done with the rigid exactness of a quarantine regulation; and if the mainland had been scourged with plague, stricter measures of exclusion could scarcely have been enforced. The Fortunes Of Glencore It would be a pleasing task to trace with satisfactory exactness the slow, and almost perhaps insensible progress of agriculture and internal improvement during the latter period of the middle ages. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 It is not possible, of course, to say with exactness, how often, but we shall hardly err in the line of excess. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician The fish soup was incomparable: the curds had set themselves with an exactness that was rarely attained, and the milk pudding was superb. Stories from Tagore All these preparations were made with the exactness of military rule, and with a skill that greatly delighted Henry. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency At the second fireplace sat his son, and, though a mere boy, the lineaments of his father marked the youth's face with a painful exactness. The Fortunes Of Glencore Those of husbandry, indeed, are naturally uniform, and might be anticipated with no small exactness. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 The pumpkin-seed tea was given for the next twenty-four hours, I believe, with great exactness. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician The arrangements for posting are attended to with scrupulous exactness. Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France There is no article of commerce in which the market value is so difficult to be determined with exactness. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. The left-hand dial indicates with greater exactness that the conversation lasted one and one-quarter minutes. Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. Charities, to be permanent and efficient, must be organized with as much exactness and order as business associations, and carry with them something of the same energy and motives of action. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them The movement of retreat of last night, by which the final rescue of the garrison was effected, was a model of discipline and exactness. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude Traveling along this river a close observer will be struck by the exactness of the stratifications in the rock and in the coal beds to be seen on each side of the river. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. The whole numbers are already given with great exactness by the careful ruling of the cross lines, which can be spaced with extraordinary perfection.The microscope. Astronomical Discovery But Josephine usually adhered with scrupulous exactness to her written instructions. Lives of Celebrated Women Cavendish’s scientific work is distinguished for the wideness of its range and for its extraordinary exactness and accuracy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" A more scrupulous exactness in this respect would appear to me arrant pedantry, and necessarily obstruct the free movement of the mind in writing. Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes What in the first instance recommends the geometrical method to Spinoza is, not only its apparent exactness and the necessity of its sequence, but, so to speak, its disinterestedness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" ON the stroke of seven o'clock the next morning, Burton came downstairs with that exactness which even the most careless man can display in regard to his favorite sport. Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance But Clarendon tells us that “after fifty years of life spent with less severity and exactness than it ought to have been, he died with the greatest remorse for that licence.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Cromwell spoke no language but English with exactness, and Chapuys understood English imperfectly. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII I, who was once the type of punctuality and exactness, came late and irregularly to my duties. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience The painstaking exactness of these left no doubt of their correctness; they included items for natural depreciation of perishable properties and, evidently, had been worked over very recently. The Indian Drum D'Alembert contributed to the movement exactness of thought and precision of style, but his influence was more purely intellectual than that of any other member of the philosophe group. A Short History of French Literature There are some crops that will grow in almost any soil and there are others that need an exactness of texture, moisture and plant food which makes them highly specialized products. A Living from the Land The party in the pit imitated our patriotic example with great exactness. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 The engineer cited railways and telegraphs as proofs of the superior exactness of the present day. Edelweiss A Story The Drum—it was not easy to count with exactness those wild, irregularly leaping sounds; one might make of them almost what one wished—or feared! The Indian Drum The matter of both plays is taken with tolerable exactness, in the one case from Plutarch, in the other from Virgil; but a somewhat full analytic description of the first French tragedy must be given. A Short History of French Literature This early self-tuition gave him throughout life a lawyer's skill in drafting documents, and a merchant's exactness in keeping accounts. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools He was, in fact, the personification of exactness, which was evident in the very expression of his hands and feet; for amongst men, as amongst the lower animals, the members are expressive of certain passions. Round the World in Eighty Days The amateur more than perhaps any other person should cultivate habits of neatness, carefulness, and exactness. Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895 His bow to the queen was exceedingly graceful; and not less so, though measured with scrupulous exactness in their expression of deference, were those he directed to her ladies. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 It is the part of wisdom to use greater stringency and more scientific exactness in our household systems, that disaster may not come upon us unprepared. The American Country Girl One of the encampments, however, was in striking contrast with the rest, and might vie with those of the British for order and exactness. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools That eccentric gentleman had displayed all through his most marvellous qualities of coolness and exactness; and after all what had he really gained? Round the World in Eighty Days But in this I had again misjudged this man whose brain seemed balanced with such an exactness. With Ring of Shield Many artists can copy features, but few can copy with perfect exactness either beauty or ugliness. Bedside Manner Mentally she will improve under the discipline of exactness and promptness; morally she will improve under the discipline of the strictness and definiteness required by the responsibility. The American Country Girl He frequently painted by the aid of a concave mirror, and to obtain exactness looked at his subject through a frame crossed with squares of silk thread. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Nevertheless, his life was simple and open enough, but he regulated all his actions with a mathematical exactness which, to the imagination of the quidnuncs, was in itself suspicious. Round the World in Eighty Days "By these same means ye may assist your friend to freedom, and that, without great risk; providing that the aforesaid instructions be followed with exactness and care." With Ring of Shield But I am not naturalist skilful enough to describe them with the exactness they deserve. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts If I give one day of my life, I give, with very nearly exactness, the unbroken course of my existence. That Boy Of Norcott's It is 'natural to be more captivated with what is brilliant than with what is solid, and to prefer splendid negligence to painful and humiliating exactness.' The Use of a Box of Colours In a Practical Demonstration on Composition, Light and Shade, and Colour. Once more he is content, as usual, to teach generally and without exactness. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition It isn't possible old Joe would be able to tell what the British are doing here, with so much exactness as you who seem to be familiar with such work. The Minute Boys of York Town However, the knowledge of writing made possible the inscription upon stone or other material of public documents which required to be preserved with exactness. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. When he returned he had a well-worn pewter tray in hand upon which he had arranged with careful exactness four chunks of cold suppawn and four tin cups of buttermilk. Dorothy on a House Boat The Rev. Hugh Jones subsequently, while on a visit in England, reported to the Bishop of London some things against the rubrical exactness of Commissary Blair. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Temple Bramleigh was a secretary of legation, and lived to see himself—in the uniformity of his manuscript, the precision of his docketing, and the exactness of his sealing wax—the pet of "the Office." The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly The best definition of due diligence in these matters would seem to be, that it is the same diligence and exactness as are exercised in proceedings relating to imposts of excise or customs. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Despite a marked divergence of testimony regarding the amount of tobacco one man could cultivate, we are able to determine this matter with some degree of exactness. The Planters of Colonial Virginia "And exactness means sticking to facts, and that's an excellent quality in a woman." Molly Brown's Sophomore Days Governor Andros took singular pains in arranging and preserving the public records; and when, in 1698, the State-house was burned, he caused the papers that survived to be arranged with more exactness than before. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia To speak with greater exactness, the miya mairi of a boy is on the thirty-first day of his life,—of a girl, on the thirty-third. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition These with the rooms which open off them, are surveyed by engineers with great exactness and according to certain regulations laid down in the mining statutes. Seeds of Pine Fortunately we have at hand for the period in question the means of determining this matter with an exactness impossible for the first half of the century. The Planters of Colonial Virginia What! she said to herself, my husband is minister, or, to speak with great exactness, I am the minister myself, and yet there are people in France who are dissatisfied! Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty This was why he was giving a lingering glance in the mirror, where his external personality was, as it were, painted with an exactness that no artist could command. The New Warden This song has a fascination in its calm intensity of passion; that 'sad earnestness and vivid exactness' which Cardinal Newman ascribes to the master-pieces of ancient poetry. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes In this manner, the minimum, the maximum, and the average period of exposure of milk in the machine tested, can be determined with exactness. Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying He was a young man of about twenty-two years, small in stature, with a pale, delicate skin, and light hair, plastered down by the barber's skill with exactness. The History and Records of the Elephant Club An attempt to unite order and exactness of imagery with a subject formed on principles so professedly romantic and anomalous, is like giving Corinthian pillars to a Gothic palace. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Indeed, eclipses, which to us are well-known phenomena witnessing to the exactness of natural laws, were, in the earlier stages of civilization, regarded as “the very embodiment of miraculous disaster.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare In his first style he painted traditionally and “tight”—that is to say, with minute exactness, clear outlines, and with absolute definition of objects throughout. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" So she points out with a pitiless exactness all the small arts which other women use; and is not only a rival to some young girl, but a traitor to her whole sex. Maids Wives and Bachelors The best of tutors were engaged for us, and the smallest detail of our studies was attended to by my mother with scrupulous exactness. Long Live the King When the survey is complete, the Construction Group will rebuild that civilization with as great an exactness as possible, complete with population, fossil strata, edifices, etc. Instant of Decision It is evident that full dependence cannot be placed upon the exactness of the rimes. The Lay of Havelok the Dane The exact temperature at which substances ignite or take fire is in all cases difficult to determine with any exactness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" It is therefore self evident that a heavy handed horseman can never break a horse to any degree of nicety, or ride one which is already broke to any degree of exactness. Lectures on Horsemanship Wherein Is Explained Every Necessary Instruction for Both Ladies and Gentlemen, in the Useful and Polite Art of Riding, with Ease, Elegance, and Safety It is true that in the evening he invariably added his day's findings to the general store with scrupulous exactness, but on no account would he allow his companion to be present at the washings. Long Live the King To the claim of this exactness I have, therefore, the pretension of at least the desire to be faithful. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I It sobers the vagaries of trope and figure, substitutes truth for metaphor, and exactness for amplification. Coelebs In Search of a Wife She would explain with exactness why she wanted him to see them, what she thought they would do for him. The "Genius" It is important also, in the interest of exactness, to note that S and P, with one exception, represent general names. Logic, Inductive and Deductive "One quarter their days" would approach much nearer exactness. The Economic Functions of Vice Still more vague and futile would it be to attempt to set with any exactness this balance-sheet against that of the other great literary periods of other countries, languages, and times. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Yet, even after making every allowance for his memory and his industry, his friends stood amazed at the range and exactness of his knowledge. Studies in Contemporary Biography The rest of the description is drawn with great exactness, according to the religion of the heathens, and the opinions of the platonic philosophy. The Tatler, Volume 3 And determining the quantity of a common aphorism or saw, the limits within which it is meant to hold good, is a valuable discipline in exactness of understanding. Logic, Inductive and Deductive It is all a matter of system, of scientific and literal exactness, and there is no margin of error. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police The puffed sleeves, scarcely reaching the elbows, displayed the finely rounded white arms, and the exactness 204 with which the airy muslin fitted her form, showed its symmetrical outline to the greatest advantage. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part After that walk, a distance of more than half a mile, we could judge with greater exactness the immense proportions of the extensive base. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise The students from this great school gathered around his father's hospitable fire and rested their brains when weary with the curves of analytical geometry and the stupid exactness of the differential calculus. Cupid's Middleman On page 41 he refers to his conversion, but no record appears to have been preserved, giving any detail or fixing with any exactness the date. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports Though the mills of God grind slowly, Yet they grind exceeding small, Though with patience He stands waiting, With exactness grinds He all. The Evidence in the Case A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia In the uniformity of size and build of the men, exactness of equipment, and precision of movement, it would be difficult to imagine anything more perfect. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 What think you of a scientist in mathematics who finds fault with the exactness of the rule because unwilling to work hard enough to practise it? Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 My Uncle Phineas was a man of great exactness, and Sunday was the centre of his whole worldly and religious system. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings A cutaneous stimulus is located with fair exactness, though much less exactly on such regions as the back than on the hands or lips. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life These explanations, as mighty be anticipated, have no exactness. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition He yielded silently to friendly remonstrance on certain points, and gave up, for example, the ludicrous exactness of I’ve measured it from side to side, ’Tis three feet long and two feet wide. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century These proportions find out and establish themselves; and that with such exactness, that if any one part exceeds its proportion, all the other parts feel it. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 The services he offered to his God were all given with the exactness of an ancient Israelite. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings He found Johnson's definitions wanting in exactness, and often rather explanations than definitions. Noah Webster American Men of Letters She seemed to give her whole mind to it with an anxious exactness; but she appeared to desire no relations with the family other than those of a mere business character. Household Papers and Stories In a general way the birth rate varies inversely as the earning power of the classes in the case, though the amounts of the variations do not correspond to each other with any arithmetical exactness. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy He weighed his chances, and watched his fate with the sad exactness of knowledge. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 The whole thing was burned into Charlotte's memory so indelibly that she reproduced it with photographic exactness. Home Life of Great Authors There is no basting, no pinning together of pieces; all the work is free-hand, and must be done with infinite exactness. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself He has read a little of heathen Ethics with great care; or he has trained himself to the exactness of mathematical inference. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford “It would be possible,” says the eloquent writer, “to frame a table or chart in which all the given imaginable events of the history of a people would be reduced to a mathematical exactness.” Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 It tends also, in a most especial manner, to fit a person to train the minds of others to acuteness, discrimination, and exactness. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education And so there was nothing to be done—except, what I did at once in spite of Herbert's rallying, to mark down the day and hour with scrupulous exactness in my diary. Four Ghost Stories It may be that we carry it too far; that by a servile and Chinese exactness of imitation we are crippling what originality of genius may exist among our draughtsmen, sculptors, architects. Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 They have been careless of exactness of form. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors His name I find it difficult to give with exactness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 It must always be remembered, that the whole success of experiments in modern chemistry depends upon the exactness of this operation, which therefore requires the utmost patience, and most attentive accuracy. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries Precise Questions in Interviews.—If one finds exactness of statement a requisite, one may obtain shorthand results by bringing along a sheet of typewritten questions for submission to the person interviewed. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories But my unhappy condition hath always been widely different from anything that could admit of such an exactness. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors In practised hands it allows of any amount of exactness or freedom of execution. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors The ship’s baker depended upon it to heat the oven, which it did with wonderful care and exactness, never letting the coals fall, and ever getting the right heat. Happy Days for Boys and Girls Should rain happen to fall, the credit is given to the rain-doctor; but should the drought continue, the fault is laid upon the failure of the applicants to fulfil these instructions with sufficient exactness. The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World There is too much truth and nature, and life and exactness about it, to be anything else.” Callista : a Tale of the Third Century The science of Pedagogics cannot be derived from a simple principle with such exactness as Logic and Ethics. Pedagogics as a System In this drawing by Albrecht Dürer you have a splendid example of exactness and feeling for character. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors She does her duty in the Pastor's household with simple exactness; she assists in visiting the parish, and is of material use to her father in this respect. A Danish Parsonage Besides these shirt-collars, there was a great variety of ladies' worked cuffs and collars, adapted to every taste, and imitating the finest linen with the nicest exactness, but all made of paper. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 Doctrinal and expository preaching require so much thought, such careful preparation, such scrupulous exactness in expression. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching Children have naturally a desire to collect things, and this may be so guided that they shall collect and arrange plants, butterflies, beetles, shells, skeletons, &c., and thus gain exactness and reality in their perception. Pedagogics as a System Such a process tends to great deliberation of work and exactness of study. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors Dr. Bird had this bar erected on a truck and located it with great exactness. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Generally they had been peasant boys, who had come to the town to take service with some of the elders, and had thus learnt the Haugian frugality, exactness, and diligence. Skipper Worse The very photographic exactness of the modern novel copies the features without selection or discrimination, and presents each moral character as a mixed one, and makes evil pass into good, and good into evil. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The understanding was trained with all exactness that it might clearly seize all the circumstances. Pedagogics as a System For this purpose a more mechanical process is commonly made use of, which combines the qualities of exactness with a certain freedom of hand, without which the work would be too rigid and hard. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors Of part of the rough land he had made garden-ground, which he cultivated with singular, even with Flemish, exactness and care. Shirley To analyse, with chemical exactness, the constituents of a literary novelty is never easy, if it is ever possible. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 It is unequalled in clearness; bearing the mark of German exactness and fulness, and rivalling French histories in didactic power. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Your punctuality, your exactness, your assiduity, leave nothing to be desired. Mrs. Tree He changes and rearranges it as he pleases, not troubling himself in the least with exactness of drawing, of modelling, of color, nor of anything but that one of composition. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors To test the exactness of the figure we will examine it in all its visible properties, and this will give us daily opportunity of finding out others. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts This result will be largely beneficial to our national reputation; for it was just in these respects, science, thoroughness, and exactness, that our foreign critics were prepared to find us wanting. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 For lack of facilities, I do not insert here a map of these islands, which I have drawn by hand, with the greatest exactness, from my personal knowledge. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. My next care was to manage thy Spitalfields business, which I did with much exactness. The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana You can leave it out if you want to in your picture, but a groundwork of exactness is not to be despised. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors I cannot reproduce with any greater exactness than this the quality and gist of our day-long conversation. The Passionate Friends They found in them the results of a union of the highest scientific acquirement with a corresponding excellence of material and exactness in manufacture. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 The greater exactness of laws governing the invisible electric waves was said to be due to the absence of matter. Carmen Ariza The second man was lighter, straight and trim of figure, with an erectness and exactness of carriage which marked him as a soldier at some part of his life. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman In this stage of the process mechanical exactness of proportion is the thing required, as well as the saving of time; all things having been planned beforehand, and freedom of execution coming in later. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors Mr Barlow.—Then if you were to have some round body, I should think it would correspond to the different parts of the sky, and you might place your stars with more exactness. The History of Sandford and Merton They can learn any art at all with ease, and imitate with exactness any beautiful production that is placed before them. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Do not imagine that your individual threads of experience p. 49form a woven garment of prudence, capable of fitting with exactness any member of the whole human family. The Claims of Labour an essay on the duties of the employers to the employed But in the beginning we cannot but suppose that all things were made with all imaginable exactness. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." Those qualities of character, and truth of representation, and exactness of meaning, you get in the first paintings, together with the more general qualities of color and tone. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors Tommy then went on, and repeated with great exactness the story of his insolence and ingratitude, which had so great an effect upon him, that he burst into tears, and cried a considerable time. The History of Sandford and Merton Their laws and policy, which were not very barbarous for barbarians, consisted wholly of traditions and customs, observed with so great exactness that it was not considered possible to break them in any circumstance. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century In the description of the passion, death, and resurrection it is generally recognised that the exactness of the prediction probably owes something to the disciples' later knowledge of the actual course of events. Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity Its interest is decidedly enhanced for students who demand both clearness and exactness of statement, by the profusion of well executed woodcuts, diagrams, and tables, which accompany the volume.... Fungi: Their Nature and Uses This again is not for any effect in itself, but only for facility and exactness. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors The King succeeded better at Louviers: this town kept a priest in its pay; who, from the top of a belfry, which he never left, played the part of a spy with great exactness. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy They are an obscure and confused chaos, in which no species can be perceived and no points of exactness distinguished.” The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century "Very well," said Norton, returning to his book, which he tossed over and over with greater exactness than ever. Trading The history of the canon in the Syrian church cannot be traced with much exactness. The Canon of the Bible Good drawing is a combination of exactness and freedom; and the exactness must come first. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors The direction in which Will’s secret corrals lay must be given with the last word in exactness, for any delay in finding him might upset his purpose. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country This, however, is, in strict exactness, only true of the rent which is the result either of natural causes, or of improvements made by tenants. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy No one with a heart within him and some regard to the comfort of his fellow creatures, especially boys, had any right to observe times and seasons with such exactness. Young Barbarians An Englishman, however, soon took up the task, adding more exactness to his formulations. Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type First of all notice a basis of perfect drawing,—a knowledge, exactness, and precision which admits of no fumbling, no vagueness, but only of a concise and direct recognition of structure. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors But if any error is made in this work the exactness of the orientation will gradually be lost. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 Great attention is paid in all these rugs to exactness of detail in reproduction. Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference He managed all things with such exactness as if he had made it his study not to give offence.' Bunyan Danzig twisted two dials at the same time with minute exactness. 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