| 单词 | at first hand |
| 例句 | It was written that some of the original black people should be brought as slaves to North America—to leam to better understand, at first hand, the white devil’s true nature, in modem times. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We may be even less willing to face the issue at first hand than our predecessors because of a secret new hope that maybe it will go away. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We will be having new opportunities to learn more about the physiology of death at first hand, from the increasing numbers of cardiac patients who have been through the whole process and then back again. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew how shocking the destruction of that world had been, for he had experienced it at first hand. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z So, by permission of the authorities and with your help, I am coming here to learn what I can at first hand ... Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I had been made to go to church, I had given God’s existence a sort of tacit assent, but after having seen His creatures serve Him at first hand, I had had my doubts. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Harper; 320 pages; $27.99. Buy from Amazon.com; Amazon.co.uk The former chancellor of New York’s department of education knows at first hand how much a child’s education is linked to his or her success in life. Page turners 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z As Hungarian Jews, his brother and father were killed in concentration camps, but his mother survived Auschwitz; after the war, he saw the brutality and intolerance of communism at first hand. A guide to György Ligeti's music 2012-08-27T12:11:24Z “My plans included transferring to Columbia, but secretly I wanted to experience at first hand the steam-heated life of poetry and some other, seemingly connected fantasies of accelerated living,” he wrote in his autobiographical essay. Bill Berkson, Poet and Art Critic of ’60s Manhattan In-Crowd, Dies at 76 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z These novels, however, are about the alienation of fantasists reduced to imagining a pleasure they cannot experience at first hand. is less indirect and evasive. Nicholson Baker 2011-08-13T23:04:05Z “If the works continue to be read, they continue to leave a mark on their readers…. Great deeds, no matter how meritorious, can never be experienced at first hand again, but thoughts can.” The Bizarre, Complicated Formula for Literary Fame 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Shechter, who grew up in Israel, and has seen at first hand the effect that extreme political indoctrination can have on a nation's youth, has an unambiguous message for us: it's a lie. Political Mother 2010-05-22T23:04:00Z In England, the saintly Archbishop Anselm had confronted Henry I over these ideals, and Becket witnessed similar struggles at first hand as a clerk in the service of the gentle but shrewd Archbishop Theobald. Thomas Becket, Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim by John Guy - review 2012-05-18T21:55:07Z It removed music by artists who supported those causes, at the time saying record companies and aggregators are “at first hand responsible for the content they deliver.” Should Streaming Music Services Penalize Bad Behavior? 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z All of this, riveting in itself, underlines the breadth of Austen's experience of life; spinsters in vicarages know more of the human condition at first hand than might be imagined. The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne – review 2013-02-08T07:00:02Z Living in Los Angeles, he was privy to the glamorous Hollywood era and saw the corruption at first hand. Partners in crime fiction 2011-07-22T08:00:02Z "We really got to know people in the community at first hand and built relationships with them." Newspaper marks 50,000th edition 2013-09-23T06:32:35Z His father was a lace importer, and the young Carter often accompanied his father on buying trips, which allowed him to learn French and Flemish at first hand. Elliott Carter 2012-11-06T03:26:13Z Having seen atrocities at first hand – an F-16 bombing, apparently deliberately, a bus full of women and children – he himself became a terrified refugee without a friend in a country under siege. The General: The Ordinary Man Who Challenged Guantánamo by Ahmed Errachidi – review 2013-04-08T07:00:06Z Wearing a doctoral cap and gown, Minogue told students at Wednesday's graduation ceremony that being diagnosed with cancer made her "appreciate at first hand the hard work that goes on to support patients through it." Doctor Kylie: Minogue honored for cancer work 2011-10-05T19:17:10Z Writers who knew this way of life at first hand had found their moment: they wrote about the conflict between individualism and community, self-fulfilment and conformity, modernity and tradition, ambition and betrayal. Stan Barstow obituary 2011-08-01T19:06:48Z Jack Haines was a poet and solicitor living nearby in 1914 and was one of the few people who witnessed the transition at first hand. Edward Thomas, Robert Frost and the road to war 2011-07-29T21:57:01Z After all, they were not designed to be seen at first hand, but through a lens, on a screen. Hollywood Costume – dressing the part 2012-10-12T21:55:14Z But it was also to witness at first hand the inescapable cruelty of his condition: physically locked-in, his mind remains free to roam. Tony Nicklinson: 'I have a fear of living like this when I am old and frail' 2012-06-23T21:04:49Z In Hong Kong, Dhaka and Santo Domingo, she met with garment workers, observing at first hand the hardships they put up with to secure United States contracts. Books of Style: Fashion’s Price, Hidden and Otherwise 2012-08-29T20:32:27Z He recovers the experience of warfare from the soldiers he treats, but knows nothing of it at first hand. Regeneration by Pat Barker 2012-08-24T21:55:08Z "I experienced at first hand a rather pathetic attempt by an agent provocateur to put me in a great deal of trouble," he said. Dafydd Iwan: Fake plot to kill Prince Charles, says singer 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z "I saw young people learning at first hand about something that so easily could become redundant and irrelevant." Following the plough: A snapshot of a disappearing skill 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z "It is a real pity he is not here because I would have liked him to hear at first hand of disappointments, frustrations and anger," Mr Kelly told the conference. Chris Heaton-Harris 'uncaring' about police financial problems 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Ten Hag is about to discover the fanaticism for the club in the Far East at first hand - and his biggest name will not be there to take some of the glare of attention away. Ronaldo to miss Man Utd trip - is his time up? 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z In 1961, the Berlin Wall was built and Shaw was there to view it at first hand. The Irish artist who charmed East German children 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z He had, he said, “seen at first hand the effects of a most grievous fault.” Retired Pope Asks Forgiveness Over Handling of Abuse Cases 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Blair said, as a neighbouring MP, he had seen Kumar's commitment to the North East at first hand. Ashok Kumar: Teesside's gentle, tenacious and respected pioneer 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z He has examined the effects of chemical and biological warfare at first hand, especially in Iraq and Syria. Biosecurity warning over loosely-regulated virus labs 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Mr Harris - who saw the cost at first hand - is now concerned about other vulnerable people, particularly those isolated during the pandemic, who are still paying too much through no fault of their own. 'Shopping around is impossible when you don't have a computer' 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z Paul Garner, a infectious-disease researcher at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK, has experienced this at first hand. The lasting misery of coronavirus long-haulers 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z Morrison now questions whether it’s even possible to do that through simulations alone, or whether people must experience an epidemic at first hand. Two decades of pandemic war games failed to account for Donald Trump 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Hume lived in the Bogside, scene of some of the earliest confrontations, and he witnessed at first hand the slide from peaceful protest to violent street confrontation. Obituary: John Hume 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Merkel saw at first hand a major thoroughfare and busy hub of China’s industrial power. For virus-tamer Merkel, global alliances trumped nationalism 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z I learnt at first hand the power of storytelling, not only for entertainment, but also for communicating science. What Hollywood can teach researchers about scientific storytelling 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z He knew at first hand the poverty that he fought. Is it a coup or a return to democracy? Battle for Bolivia’s soul rages 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z I observed a similar struggle at first hand, as my twin brother Islam, when we were 18 years old, started to lose his hearing. Beethoven’s dream 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z The owners of Fairtransport were inspired to revive sail cargo after witnessing at first hand the yellow smog caused by commercial vessels. Winds of change: the sailing ships cleaning up sea transport 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z I experienced this at first hand on my rounds as attending physician in an intensive-care unit. From reproduction to the right to die: bioethics now 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z She spent formative years in Beringia, encountering at first hand what it meant to live close to migratory animals. An environmental reckoning in the High Arctic 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z When the two men quarrelled at a dinner in Manchester Square in London, Phillips witnessed Beckett’s artistic intransigence at first hand. Another side of Samuel Beckett 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z “Leaving some of the deposits in place is valuable not only for scientists but also for visitors, who will be able to see at first hand how the volcano destroyed the town.” Pompeii row erupts between rival scientific factions 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z “As a refugee from Nazi Germany,” Walter later said, “I saw at first hand the terrible consequences of a political doctrine based on hatred and racism.” My friend Walter Wolfgang’s life was a portrait in moral courage | Jeremy Corbyn 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z I’m also deeply disturbed that critics of Israel’s brutal policies are frequently threatened with repression of their freedom of speech, a reality I’ve now experienced at first hand. I fought South African apartheid. I see the same brutal policies in Israel | Ronnie Kasrils 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Both her parents witnessed the tests at first hand; her father died from a stroke at 41 and her mother died from heart issues at 70. The nuclear sins of the Soviet Union live on in Kazakhstan 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z But, if confirmed, Barr may soon experience at first hand Trump’s disregard for the norms of governmental conduct. William Barr and the Crucial Role of the Justice Department 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z “It means there are some expectations from us. She will learn something about our culture and learn at first hand what Ghana is like.” Melania Trump, in Africa (and Far From Washington), Seems at Ease 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Rachel Nuwer, a conservation biologist turned science journalist, traces at first hand the front lines across the globe in her hard-hitting, wince-inducing report. The sex lives of vegetables, life in a heart beat, and the cold-war engineer who cracked supercomputing 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z But the same conditions were not satisfied in Bill Clinton’s case in 1998, which I witnessed at first hand in Washington. Impeaching Donald Trump is not the way to defeat Trumpism | Martin Kettle 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z As someone who had experienced war in Europe at first hand, he felt that joining the EEC meant that future conflicts could be avoided. Obituary: Lord Carrington 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Brownback spoke in Bangladesh, where he was on a mission to see at first hand the plight of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya crammed into refugee camps in the Cox’s Bazar region bordering Myanmar. U.S. official calls on Myanmar to free journalists 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z She said that the Home Office would work with the tax and benefits authorities to "establish those records which may not be available at first hand to the individuals concerned". Reality Check: Could you prove you've been living in the UK? 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z There is an aching part of America that knows the history of slavery at first hand. To Appreciate Freedom, Remember Slavery 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z To visit national or municipal history museums across Europe is to see at first hand this experience of fragmentation. Europe’s future now rests on who owns the story of its past | Natalie Nougayrède 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Along the way, he has made a point of meeting Trump voters, sampling the mood in post-industrial backwaters, and seeing at first hand evidence of his country’s opioid crisis. Do we really want Mark Zuckerberg to run the world? | John Harris 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Having witnessed the English revolution at first hand, it is war above all that Hobbes most fears. The 100 best nonfiction books: No 94 – Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes (1651) 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z In both cases, the colour is best appreciated at first hand. Blue is in the eye of the bee-holder 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Also, they are are much less likely to experience at first hand children dying from preventable diseases. Reality Check: Does educating women boost vaccinations? 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z The company was just then laying a cable between Britain and Denmark, and Heaviside learnt at first hand the challenges of getting a new line up and running. Engineering: Reclusive genius who connected the world : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Mr Johnson will see the relief effort at first hand, visit affected communities and meet local governors. Boris Johnson to fly to battered Caribbean 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z He also went to the Netherlands to learn at first hand about Dutch shipbuilding techniques—part of an effort to strengthen his naval campaign against Russia’s Ottoman neighbours. The bloody founding of St Petersburg 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z However, nothing beats being able to observe courts at first hand. UK Supreme Court to sit in Edinburgh for the first time - BBC News 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z The 45th President of the United States found himself immersed for the first time and at first hand in the complexities of the EU. Blunt Trump averts diplomatic disaster in Brussels - BBC News 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Correspondents say the other G7 leaders are eager to hear Mr Trump's thoughts on trade and other issues at first hand. Trump heads for Saudi Arabia on first foreign tour - BBC News 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z I’ve seen the effects at first hand, from Sudan to Afghanistan: gilded presidential palaces next to slums; people seeking justice from extremist organisations because there is no rule of law. Even in an age of austerity, aid works. We have to keep giving | David Cameron 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z I’ve seen the impact of war and generations of poverty at first hand. Why all Women’s Marchers should carry an extra pair of shoes | Anonymous 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Lippmann had worked in American propaganda during the first world war and had seen at first hand just how easy it was to manipulate public opinion. How the education gap is tearing politics apart | David Runciman 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands of commuters experience this failure at first hand, but nobody is accountable. Peter Thiel: Trump has taught us this year’s most important political lesson 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z In the pilot review, evaluators also stressed the ERC’s impact on an individual’s career, something that Hanganu-Opatz experienced at first hand. Europe’s premier funding agency measures its impact 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Those who witnessed Bryan and Eckford’s reunion at first hand described it as authentic, uncannily beautiful. White Plight? 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z I witnessed the heartbreak of losing home and community at first hand. My family fell victim to a warming world. Now we need to build for this new reality | Vicki Arroyo 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Wales boss Chris Coleman made the trip to Dublin to analyse the Slovaks at first hand and he will have noticed that the team ranked 26 in the world can hurt you on the break. Republic of Ireland 2-2 Slovakia 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z At the end of the war, he was among the first British troops to enter the newly liberated Belsen concentration camp in Germany, witnessing at first hand the horror of the Holocaust. The ex-MPs who died in 2015 - part three - BBC News 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z I think it helped people first to see at first hand that it was true, that these things really did happen, but also to think more deeply what had happened.” The day Israel saw Shoah | Jonathan Freedland 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z We tried to visit Hpakant earlier this year to see at first hand how the jade industry works. Myanmar landslide: 'Many missing' at Kachin jade mine - BBC News 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Berger’s team has uploaded data including 3D scans of the remains to the MorphoSource repository, and welcomes other researchers to study the material at first hand. Crowdsourcing digs up an early human species 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z At the time, I happened to be reporting on extremist white-rights groups, and observed at first hand their reactions to his candidacy. Donald Trump and the White Nationalists 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Professor Banks went to Oakland Zoo in California to observe at first hand, and Professor Love took his camera to the Yorkshire Dales to record changing pupil shapes in the field. Eye shape reveals whether an animal is predator or prey, new study shows 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Travelled in Europe during his holidays, and witnessed at first hand the might of Nazi Germany at Nuremberg in the 1930. Who was Ted Heath? A profile of Sir Edward Heath - BBC News 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Sifton, having seen at first hand the instability of post-Taliban Afghanistan, was prescient enough to imagine even worse in Iraq, and he opposed the war. Violence in the Age of Terror 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z I have seen at first hand a variety of experiences where workers united in cooperatives and other forms of community organization were able to create work where there were only crumbs of an idolatrous economy. Read Pope Francis' Speech on the Poor and Indigenous Peoples 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Everything about it was a benchmark - and England saw at first hand exactly what they had to do bring their one-day cricket up to speed with the modern game. 'Bold England energised for Ashes' 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Growing up in a small city in western Japan, Ariana experienced it at first hand. The beauty contest winner making Japan look at itself - BBC News 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Quiet, calm deliberation disentangles every knot” He witnessed at first hand the horror of the Holocaust. Obituary: James Molyneaux 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z As those of us who have been following Japan at first hand over the years know, the lost decades story is one of the most absurd urban myths of modern times. Why The Real Basket Case Is Not Japan But A Place Closer To Home 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z Maud had been travelling regularly to Ireland, learning at first hand of the rent strikes and evictions in the countryside. Ireland's heroine who had sex in her baby's tomb 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z "We see at first hand the utter devastation that these young people going to Syria - the devastation that causes to families." Britons jailed over Syria terror camp 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Curtin, who has seen developments and the culture of the club at first hand, has been sensibly keeping a low profile, while repeatedly posting “for your consideration” results on the field. Seattle Sounders come up roses as rivals slip and trophies home into view 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z He was to discover at first hand what it was like to incur the wrath of Murdoch’s News International. Rebekah Brooks Escapes Jail but Questions Linger for Murdoch Hodgson was right to make nine changes against Costa Rica to ensure as many players as possible tasted the World Cup at first hand - but the uninspiring performance probably left him with more unanswered questions. What Hodgson must do for England to prosper 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z "Seeing what I can only describe as the cancer in our society, and this is payday lenders, at first hand - then there's obviously a requirement out there," he says. Why credit unions are not popular 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Your correspondent went undercover to observe at first hand the dangers tourists face in their clutches. Undercover on a Segway: Tourists beware 2014-05-08T14:57:56Z Some of the once-loyal ANC supporters who witnessed at first hand the township violence of the 1980s and early 1990s, in which thousands were killed, are anxious now. Turbulence in South Africa's townships clouds ANC's re-election drive 2014-05-04T08:05:23Z Ms Leadsom pointed out that she had been elected in 2010 and therefore had not experienced at first hand the methods of any of his predecessors in the chair. Leadsom: Speaker's insults 'hurtful' 2014-02-24T14:47:38Z The Vauxhall MP says the new shadow secretary must "not rely on briefings from political parties but hear from local groups at first hand". Government complacent on NI: Lewis 2013-10-19T08:47:29Z It allows him to see at first hand the crushing impact of disproportionately high rates of unemployment, alcohol abuse and ill health. Australia forms indigenous council 2013-09-26T07:19:28Z Any period of history changes when there is no-one left alive who remembers it at first hand. How Israel keeps Holocaust memories alive 2013-06-18T23:43:30Z I had seen at first hand in my own undereducated family of Jewish immigrants that an inability to control the language meant an inability to control their own lives. Melanie Phillips: Melanie Phillips: she's putting the world to rights 2013-05-11T23:04:13Z The Labour shadow environment minister, Mary Creagh, did appear to have been following events at first hand. Horse on menu but PM's hair is mane event 2013-02-11T22:03:47Z Fifteen years followed, competing for Great Britain in Paralympic Games and other international tournaments, and Kinsella saw at first hand excellent sporting provision for disabled athletes in other countries. Merseyside's magic place - how Greenbank is doing it for the kids 2012-12-18T17:17:14Z As a young player he witnessed at first hand the footballing genius of Jock Stein. Football 'lessons' for healthcare 2012-12-17T02:47:08Z He tells me proudly that his son has decided to adopt a Holocaust survivor as part of a school project - he at least will hear the stories at first hand. How Israel keeps Holocaust memories alive 2013-06-18T23:43:30Z Peachey has seen at first hand how Facebook is providing a bridge beyond the classroom in countries such as Pakistan and India . Facebook success highlights challenge of turning friends into learners 2012-12-11T13:59:01Z Basing myself in Yenagoa in the state of Bayelsa I experienced at first hand the devastating impact of the recent flooding which killed 363 people and displaced more than two million. Drowning world by Gideon Mendel 2012-11-28T00:34:30Z He dismissed fears that there would be any sense of anticlimax following the London Games and said he had seen at first hand how success could breed success. Simon Timson looks to bobsleigh and cricket for Olympic Games glory 2012-11-12T22:00:02Z Osborne does not deserve the sobriquet of a work-experience or part-time chancellor – he is in command of the Treasury and I have seen at first hand how he chairs meetings efficiently and inclusively. George Osborne: the worst of all the British chancellors I've known 2012-07-28T12:28:02Z Their silky partnership rolled on with the inevitability of the setting sun, something we have been able to experience at first hand for the first time in a while. England escapologists needed after South African declaration of intent 2012-07-22T18:57:32Z Unable to witness the momentous events at first hand, she began to speak out. Egyptian Combats Both Army and Islamists 2012-07-18T21:25:26Z I experienced this contrast at first hand on location for Faster Higher Stronger when filming at high-altitude training camps in the Rift Valley. London 2012: Britain has lost a ruthless and competitive edge, and it hurts 2012-07-10T08:00:01Z They left Sulphurville with everybody’s good wishes, because everybody owed to their romantic meeting an opportunity of telling a really good ghost story at first hand, with the liberty of individual elaboration. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Two map-makers, collecting at first hand the same data, would naturally make the same map, and each would equally be entitled to copyright. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z His merits in this respect, however, can only be appraised by the study of his works at first hand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Mr. James H. Stark visited these islands and derived his information at first hand. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z In Ephesians we have, either altogether at first hand, or to a greater or less extent at second, a general, affirmative presentation of Paul's doctrine of Lordship in Christ. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z There is no reason to suppose that either of these authors had ever seen a Hun, or had his information at first hand. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z "We can commend these volumes to the English reader, as giving him what he wants—the Socratic ... philosophy at first hand, with a sufficiency of explanatory and illustrative comment." Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z Mrs Austin, who lives in west Belfast, said the midwives told her they were glad the public were witnessing at first hand the state of the building. Water leaked in room during birth 2012-02-27T18:19:57Z The investigators said they were not allowed to enter Syria to conduct inquiries at first hand. Shelling Resumes in Homs Despite Calls for Cease-fire 2012-02-23T15:01:06Z In the week that one is in the classroom, her partner is in one of the city stores studying retail selling at first hand. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z Greek literature, unfortunately, it was impossible for him to know at first hand. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z His most important contributions as an inventor are, of course, his descriptions of the Canterbury Pilgrims, which are the pure outcome of a keen observation of men and women at first hand. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z In a letter quoted, though not at first hand, by Leonardo Bruni, which is not now extant, Dante is said to mention that he himself fought with distinction at Campaldino. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z If we set aside a few sketches on cylinders and seals, we have no means of knowing at first hand the images of their gods. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z I say that you ought to hold your judgment until you have seen her, and know something of her at first hand. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z For that upon which we ourselves were bent was the discovery of the nature of existence at first hand, and independently of any existing system whatever. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z I may add that the last fifteen years have been passed mainly in Europe studying at first hand the problems here dealt with. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z For three months he wandered through the Moorish land, studying its institutions and its people at first hand, and gleaning a practical insight into the national characteristics. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Sure enough, Mrs. Francis, evidently determined to get her knowledge at first hand, had ventured too far from the train, and had succeeded in getting left behind. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z "Better have them in and get their evidence on the record at first hand," persisted Warriner. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z Half an hour later they were four millions, according to the lesser servants, who had grown old living off gambling without ever seeing it at first hand. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The following may be mentioned: charge or authority, agency, source, chiefly in such expressions as “in the hands of,” “by hand,” “at first hand.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z He had been a fool not to make enquiries about her, but now he would make them at first hand. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z He saw that the mind does act irrespectively of material coercion, and could be dealt with therefore at first hand, and this was health to his bones. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z "Cast aside all conformity, and acquaint men at first hand with Deity." Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z The latter was able to see at first hand the hero of whom Don Marcos, during the last few days, had talked so much. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z It was really worth a long sea voyage to be permitted to get the English language at first hand; to revel in its unexpected sublimities, and gaze down new and awe-inspiring vistas of rhetorical splendour. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z You shall breakfast with me, or rather I'll breakfast with you to-morrow, and tell you at first hand all about the meeting. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z They are never published in the ordinary acceptation of that term, and cannot be bought at first hand. Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs 2011-12-21T03:00:41.820Z All that is required is simply accurate and complete observation at first hand. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z Both thought the current and traditional reports of supernormal occurrences suggestive and worth investigating by the ordinary methods of scientific observation, and inquisition into evidence at first hand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z But thousands of books were written by people who knew the war at first hand and who had literary ambition and some skill, and from all these books none rises to distinction. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z Especially in plants we can observe at first hand the great importance of energy in its most incorporeal form, the sun's rays. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z It is not only accurate topographically and geographically, but it has an “atmosphere” which one who does know this region at first hand will be quick to appreciate. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z He was, in fact, more interested than—from force of habit—he allowed to appear, for now he was going to learn at first hand what he had pieced together in theory. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z Where, on the contrary, he is writing at first hand his descriptions of sites are surprisingly correct. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z His is one of the great names in the study of Nature's pages at first hand and, as literature, ranks with the work of Thoreau. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z While, in becoming emotional, her changed mentality unfits far more than it fits her to cope with life at first hand; with life unadapted, that is, and herself unshielded by the male. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z The matter is too lengthy to discuss here, but the writer, who was able to observe the situation at first hand, knows this to be an error. More Portmanteau Plays 2011-11-11T03:00:27.887Z Now he could get, at first hand, what was rumoured at second—the reason why Mervyn never kept indoor servants. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z "I dare say; still, I think I prefer your theories at first hand." The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z The study of the classics at first hand contributed to the same end. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Young Ryerson was acquainting himself with conditions in Upper Canada at first hand by living among the people. Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada 2011-10-14T02:00:23.300Z The man of the world repeated these phrases with an innocent satisfaction in having them at first hand, and Herrick's own heart went questing into the future. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Dr. Eastman is a full-blooded Sioux who spent much of his youth in a wigwam, so that these twenty-seven Indian myths have the great merit of being told at first hand. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z There were passages, however, that it seemed wise to give at first hand, and with one or two slight changes of wording she was able to read them. Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls 2011-09-09T02:01:09.477Z It was too nerve-racking to begin with; and also, as a girl, I could not go down myself to the docks and arrange matters at first hand. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z Unless he faced her with facts he could not hope to prevail with her, and his facts must be acquired at first hand. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z As their acquaintance grew with the natives, they crowded into the Indians' country, and following the streams, took the otter and beaver at first hand. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z You may wish to hear the story at first hand.” Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Constable knew that in his heart, and, as he advanced in wisdom, art at second-hand held him less and less, and art at first hand, which is Nature, more and more. Constable 2011-08-02T02:00:26.593Z Fortunate will it be, if by instinct and mother wit we take life at first hand, converting it forthwith into thought and habit. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z Each generation of technology met resistance from some in the television industry, a fact that Mr. Kilar knew at first hand before joining Hulu. Is Hulu Boxed In? 2011-07-23T16:44:03Z I do not think old Hugh would have known anything, at first hand, of “the peach bloom,” or of “the blood-red Mars.” McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 2011-07-21T02:00:22.737Z He recalled observing her close relationship with Murdoch at first hand: I remember going to dinners with Murdoch where she was basically holding court and he was like the affable father. Murdoch Finally Accepts Rebekah Brooks' Resignation Over Phone Hacking 2011-07-15T06:35:00Z How he wished he had learned Hindustani, so as to be able to communicate, at first hand, with those who might be able to furnish other clues. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z In the material world men risk their lives and fortunes on the truth of sciences of which, at first hand, they are totally ignorant. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z Uncle heard the tale at first hand, and repeated it everywhere. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z We have two kinds of authority to consult—the older literature; and the monuments, either at first hand, or as described for us by former observers. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z It was life at first hand, not drained dry of its elemental excellences by being squeezed first through the medium of servants. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z This, which applies directly to the collector at first hand, has also its application for the student who would profit by the materials when collected. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z The Christian religion may be tested at first hand. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z We had no knowledge at first hand, of any family life except our own. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z I have repeatedly pointed out in print that it requires91 genius to discern genius at first hand. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z He tried to imagine any of the girls he knew back East accepting a stranger as a man and a brother who could be trusted at first hand, and he failed. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z This study, conducted at first hand only on the American side of the Atlantic, is admittedly incomplete. North Devon Pottery and Its Export to America in the 17th Century 2011-05-14T02:00:10.023Z On that day the coachman was shaved, and, in fact, at first hand,–namely, by his own. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z My father, Serjeant Parry, was engaged in litigation for Plimsoll, and I heard many things at first hand of that great reformer’s hopes and disappointments. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z Saw at first hand what coiled about the breast Of Florence Nightingale when she suffered, strove In the Crimean War, struck down by envy, Or nearly so. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z Many of his greatest treasures he has unearthed, bargained for and acquired at first hand, in remote parts of the globe. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z Constance had the details at first hand, from Mrs. Griffin herself, on the one side, and from Miss Polly Piper on the other: for the feud had arisen about Signor Vincenzo Valli. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z My motive in coming to Pesth was rather a desire to gauge for myself at first hand the possibility of success, should I undertake the task, than the definitely formed intention to attempt it. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z Smollett had been in a debtor’s prison himself, and very likely had heard the story at first hand, for many equally extraordinary stories in real life are well authenticated. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z Those students who desire to gain familiarity at first hand with Renaissance cannot be directed to a purer source. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z I am anxious that a good, scientific, and authentic book on those points should be written at first hand by some competent Japanese.' A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z But electricity is a species of energy which can be expressed in terms of will—which is the only kind of energy that we are acquainted with at first hand. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z He started in that way and still continues the practice, though his business has grown until now he contracts with the government and buys at first hand political prisoners and criminals. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z "It is an opportunity for people to see at first hand what it's all about," he said, acknowledging the existence of "differing opinions" on the substance of Super 15 rugby. Crusaders and Sharks touch down for close look by northern hemisphere 2011-03-25T17:57:47Z He withdrew now without ceremony to take care of his animals, which he loved, as he did everything involuntary, for instance, children, as coming at first hand from God. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z Life among them is found at first hand: their loves and hates are ingenuous, and present social aspects that must vanish before the march of civilization. The Taming of the Jungle 2011-03-23T02:00:16.887Z The Assembly has despatched three of my colleagues and myself to learn at first hand how it fares with the good people of Paris. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z Investigating—like a Newton—nature's laws, Franklin at first hand added to his philosophic assurance of the existence of a Deity, observable in the physical order. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z I have read of such occurrences, but I haven't till now come across one at first hand, as it were. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z But the fallacy lies in choosing literature on this ground, and in depending upon literature to create at first hand what is, and should be, an extra-literary feeling. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z But tenderness, and heroism, and endurance still want their voice, and it must come from the classes whose observation is at first hand, and who speak fresh from nature's heart. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Cast conformity behind you, and acquaint men at first hand with Deity.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z He needs to know the poem or story at first hand, not criticism about it. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z Many of today prefer to read criticism about the dramatist rather than to get their ideas at first hand from his best works. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z We saw it all round us going on in the different colleges, and we saw it in detail and at first hand in our own home. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z These tales were taken down in Santali at first hand, and are therefore genuine and redolent of the soil. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z And though I was humanly curious enough to want the particulars at first hand, I made no effort to draw forth his story. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z But, after several visits, he recognised that I was an unprejudiced traveller, anxious to inform myself at first hand of Eastern manners, customs and politics. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z Agents were sent out all over the country to collect data at first hand. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z "I must begin at the beginning, Julia," said Miss South, "for you are old enough to hear a rather romantic story at first hand, which otherwise you might hear in an incorrect form." Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z They are hard reading, but no one must dare to criticise them unless he has read them, and, above all, no one must make little of them without knowing something about them at first hand. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z The only writers I know at first hand who have really thought the thing through, and avoided the circle in form, are Schumpeter and Irving Fisher. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z I am assured at first hand that to this very day, and in spite of the efforts of the Catholic clergy, the worship of ancestors is still widely practised by the native population. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z Nuri al-Mismari's arrest deprives Gaddafi of a confidante who witnessed at first hand how the North African country returned to international good graces after decades in isolation. Arrested Gaddafi's top aide says was "set up" 2010-12-02T16:41:00Z But it is also a juncture of a more personal kind for all who have experienced the arc of the war at first hand. A Long-Awaited Day 2010-08-31T17:41:00Z “Experiencing at first hand an older person’s struggle to survive, I was myself helped to survive as well.” Robert Butler, Aging Expert, Is Dead at 83 2010-07-07T04:44:00Z Only those who have investigated at first hand will feel free in buying them—unless, indeed, they are guaranteed in some way by a big and well-known house. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z And the striker has seen at first hand King's impact at White Hart Lane since returning to the club for a second spell. Peter Crouch backs 'world-class' Ledley King to shine at World Cup 2010-05-21T14:09:00Z To see the pattern at first hand, consider groups of co-workers who perform similar tasks in your own company. Economic View: In Private Pay, an Implicit Progressive Tax 2010-04-25T00:44:00Z It is not the same as seeing at first hand. County cricket updates from around the country - live! 2010-04-22T09:24:00Z Earlier, Mr Black told the BBC news it was the first time they "had experienced homophobia at first hand, despite being aged 56 and 62". Support for shunned gay couple 2010-03-22T20:44:00Z This was the first time either of us had experienced homophobia at first hand, despite being aged 56 and 62, we were shocked and embarrassed. Gay couple turned away from B&B 2010-03-21T14:27:00Z Maybe that was the problem: having seen all those match-winning goals and extraordinary tackles at first hand, Johnson could not bring himself to accept the reality. Wilkinson out as England turn to Flood 2010-03-18T08:00:00Z My grandmother was often in the next room when I interviewed potential caregivers for the company, so I saw at first hand the type of person she related to best. 2010-02-13T23:14:00Z In a speech to bishops from England and Wales, Benedict said he looked forward to witnessing at first hand the faith of Catholics in England and Wales during "my forthcoming Apostolic visit to Great Britain." 2010-02-01T19:14:00Z If the old man had lost money in the scheme, he was determined to give her no information at first hand about it. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway Nothing less than original research at first hand would satisfy his ardent desire for information and his thirst for accurate knowledge. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time They have their own correspondents in all the capitals of the world, and get the news of the day at first hand. Friend Mac Donald She had a thrilling story to tell at first hand; she had the dramatic instinct and an appreciative audience. The Gay Adventure A Romance She studied working-class life in Lancashire and East London at first hand, and in 1885 joined Charles Booth in his investigations of English social conditions. Women as World Builders Studies in Modern Feminism It will be the unusual man who will get his ideas from books at first hand and thus improve his work and that of his fellows. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses Their power lay in their practical sagacity, in their treatment of life, outside the cloister and the hospital, at first hand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Another would doubt Him straight in the face of all those pledges of genuineness which they had received at first hand. Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day Ruth McEnery Stuart's early life was spent in Louisiana, and there she learned to know the plantation negro at first hand. Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women So by permission of the authorities and with your help, I am coming here to learn what I can at first hand. Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York That he studied nature at first hand his works are clear evidence, but that did not preclude the choice of attractive subjects. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Abstract truth we can make little of at first hand; it needs to be embodied in a living form before we can live upon it. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I But oddly enough when, through her own observation, this life, seen accurately at first hand, amounted only to any other life, seen through the eyes of her mother, it achieved another size. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary In this chapter the information given is based on a smaller acquaintance at first hand with the subject than is the case in the chapters on French proper. A Short History of French Literature This ignorance will always remain until English people go to Russia and learn to know the Russian people at first hand. An Outline of Russian Literature Every man has to get his own at first hand. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel “I happen to be in a position to state certainly, at first hand, something which modifies the other evidence,” said Dines slowly and confidentially. Stepsons of Light M. De Treville, who had heard it all at first hand, gave his Eminence all the details, not forgetting the episode of the napkin. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 The trapper spends an idle month or two of each year wandering through a wild world learning the technic of his craft at first hand. The Story of the Trapper But it would not shrink from providing itself with carrion if a touch of one of its underground wires would suffice.—Might not The Guardian know the history of the green-covered order at first hand? The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients In order to obtain for The Scrap Book some facts, at first hand, concerning his early life, I interviewed him in his dressing-room one afternoon after a matinée. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 He had heard vague rumors about such arrangements, but had half-discounted them; any of the peoples whom he knew at first hand would have scorned to enter into alliance with an alien species. World of the Drone Yes, I saw into his studio, watched the artist at work at first hand. Captain Macedoine's Daughter He grew familiarly acquainted with the chiefest 'Captaines,' the greatest merchants, and the best mariners of our nation, and acquired at first hand somewhat more than common knowledge of the sea. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war I shall study reactions at first hand that will astound the world! Astounding Stories, June, 1931 I was full of sympathy for the poor little thing, but I don't deny that I was immensely interested, and fairly palpitated with the thought that I was actually seeing life at first hand. Ancestors A Novel Where can I study the forest and its furry people, at first hand, as in the Hollow? A Daughter of the Forest If she does not know the right recipients at first hand, let her send it off to the nearest working clergyman’s wife, and see how gratefully it will be received! Kept for the Master's Use In this way, we get information at first hand from the participants in the events of which they write. Bible Studies in the Life of Paul Historical and Constructive He also came to hear at first hand the story of our run into Antwerp. A Journal of Impressions in Belgium If anything was needed to set the final seal upon my disgust with life at first hand it was the mean and sordid details that attend death and burial in Paris. Ancestors A Novel The judgment about Richardson’s incessant emphasis on sex anticipates much later criticism, and is made at first hand, though connected with the stock comment that modern tragedies dwell too exclusively on the passion of love. Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela (1754) Here we have before us at first hand the public opinion of Germany. German Problems and Personalities He knew the needs and the possibilities of the West at first hand. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time "There is, you see, very little to tell," I said in conclusion, "only there is always a certain amount of impressiveness about any experience of the kind when related at first hand." Four Ghost Stories She had traveled and observed much of life at first hand. Mystery Ranch So the only other person who knows anything at first hand about the existence of the alleged will is this person Higginson?' Miss Cayley's Adventures Their pride was satisfied with the absolute lordship of immense areas, while the ownership of land gave them the manifold benefits and greater profits of trading with the Indians at first hand. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times We were considerably subdued and sobered; for this was the first coherent account we had heard at first hand. Gold Commissioners were sent to investigate the Colony at first hand. The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 The revolutionaries thought him a caricature and a libel, the reactionaries a scandalous glorification of the Devil; and impartial men such as Dostoevsky, who knew the revolutionaries at first hand, thought the type unreal. Fathers and Children The certain fate they had foreseen was forgotten; it is not often given to an astronomer to check at first hand his own indefinite observations. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 In the summer of 1888, there were 5 marks paid at first hand for 5 hundredweights of shellfish; the retailer paid the wholesale dealer 15 marks; and the public paid 125 marks. Woman under socialism That human creature must be studied at first hand. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching Such was the social emancipation of the period that he could address himself at first hand to a musical public eagerly receptive and constantly growing. Music: An Art and a Language There is a stimulus in contact with great men at first hand that is scarcely to be gained in like degree in any other way. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science A distorted Earth—and he knew the distortion came from the mind of the being before him who had never seen the earth at first hand; yet he knew it for his own world. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 I am sorry that I am unable to confirm or to gainsay at first hand Borrow's wonderfully high estimate of certain Welsh poets. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 But he saw no reason why, as part preparation for his work of moral uplift, he should not continue to seek, at first hand, the answer to the world-stirring query, What does the Bible mean? Carmen Ariza These cases were collected at first hand by the author and a friend of the author, Mr. James Ward, both of whom mingled among the men in the disguise of working men. The Social Work of the Salvation Army He was then “very cautious of declaring too positively” on either side of the question; but he was loath to give up his belief that Shakespeare knew the classics at first hand. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare It forces you to sin by proxy, to be redeemed by proxy; and the only thing it does permit you to receive at first hand is Hell. Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures That this was the case I learned at the time and at first hand. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 The rest of his mental furniture was gathered at first hand from his conscience, his life, and his occupations. Bunyan Captain," he said, "you saw this at first hand. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 Languages are fascinating to conquer; and then, the literature of your country is so splendid, one must be able to read it at first hand. The Princess Virginia The boys would learn at first hand; they would learn slowly and thoroughly; and many of them would stay on the land. Another Sheaf In nearly every document the majority of the statements do not come from the author at first hand, but are reproductions of the statements of others. Introduction to the Study of History His mind was full of objects which he had gathered at first hand, from observation and reflection. Bunyan A more prosaic passage follows presently, occasioned by the innuendoes of Condivi as to Vasari's intimacy with Michelangelo and his knowledge of the facts of his life at first hand. Six Centuries of Painting He felt at once ashamed and awed as he viewed at first hand the unfolding schematic structure. We're Friends, Now He has mastered the Napoleonic battle fields at first hand, and is an ardent collector of Napoleonic literature and relics. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War Its functions were to collect at first hand all useful data about Italian commerce and industry, to draw up tabulated reports for the use of Germans at home engaged in trade and industry. England and Germany I located the second boy, and got his story at first hand. The Crevice There was nothing we could do but hang there and discover at first hand exactly what happened to things that were clamped in those mighty, living vises! Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 The present manuscripts bear the best testimony that you have been gathering your material at first hand. A Breath of Prairie and other stories The faculty thinks we should see the situation at first hand. Be It Ever Thus And, of course, he wants Black Hawk to see at first hand what he's up against. Shaman They were the heroines of the hour, and had to repeat their story afresh to those who had not yet heard it at first hand. The Manor House School I suppose, however, this man just wants to talk with us at first hand and, perhaps, by staying until to-morrow, get an idea of what’s down here for himself. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards Students gain in this way a sense of dealing at first hand with a subject-matter that is alive and with a science that is in the making. Introduction to the Science of Sociology We need simply to take the existing words out of their place in the sentence and let them stand alone, and we have root words at first hand. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Then, too, they saw or heard at first hand of the indescribable cruelties and atrocities of the Huns. Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam To beat an enemy you ought to study him at first hand. One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America Experience, not gained altogether at first hand, be it understood, but such as a clever woman easily gathers from the lives of those about her. A Modern Mercenary If she talked politics she did so in the pursuit of her affirmed desire to learn of politics at first hand. A Man of Two Countries The last he in time received at first hand from the lips of its leader, who, after nightfall, had hastened back to the city and reported himself at the Palace. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Prolonged investigations, made at first hand and not, like mine, at second hand, would add greatly to the list of similar workers. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles "Now suppose you go down to the press room and see some of ours at first hand." Paul and the Printing Press It is doubtful, however, whether he really knew Aristotle's more important treatises at first hand and in detail. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Many commodities have but little circulating capacity, because no one desires to purchase them but at first hand. Principles Of Political Economy But to me such evidence does not greatly matter, and I know very little about it at first hand. The New Theology The anatomy of the eye is next described; this is done well and evidently at first hand, though the functions of the parts are not given with complete accuracy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" In the course of the reign of Justinian, we get references at first hand to India, and coupled withal to a general theory of cosmography. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest We are thus justified in saying, that Saadia's sources are Jewish literature and tradition, the works of the Mutakallimun, particularly the Muʿtazilites, and Aristotle, whose book on the "Categories" he knew at first hand. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Sufficient for the moment that they were unmolested, and that he had a chance at first hand to make observations more complete than the world of entomology had ever dreamed of. The Raid on the Termites But art is not quite the same as life at first hand; it is rather the distillment of it. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life The overgrown girls have a furnished flat in which they learn the arts of home-making at first hand. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) If interested in the work of foreign missions abundant opportunity offers for their study at first hand. Wanderings in the Orient I knew of one feathered seeker of cast-off clothing which met disaster through trying to get a supply at first hand—a sparrow was 100 found dead, tangled in the hairs of a pony’s tail. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year We went on and on at a lazy mule trot, hearing the unwritten annals of the range from one who had seen them enacted at first hand. The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories The difficulty of verifying the legends which came to hand from various sources has been almost as great as the attempt to procure them at first hand. Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation What an opportunity to inculcate lessons in domestic economy at first hand! The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) His was the least war-like spirit there, but he couldn’t withstand this knowledge at first hand of real, live Indians. Dorothy on a Ranch Two men, Rogers and myself, followed each other on the stand and made diametrically opposite statements; and neither one of them reserved himself in stating that it was knowledge at first hand. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated But hearsay is not enough; he must see at first hand. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary It is sad, all the same, to know nothing of one's own child for one's self, at first hand. Robin Redbreast A Story for Girls These future American leaders are learning at first hand through the ways of the woods how to make the work of their hands live far beyond the span of their lives. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 It was some satisfaction, however, to establish the fact at first hand that the western chipping sparrows breed at an elevation of nine thousand five hundred and eighty feet above sea-level. Birds of the Rockies Subsequently, I was at the headquarters of the Russian High Command and there learned at first hand the extraordinary efforts that Alexieff was making to support Rumania. World's War Events, Vol. II There was a difference between him and those who delighted to grapple at first hand with nature. The Long Portage You know, mother, that I can tell something at first hand about learning one’s job. At Plattsburg He saluted and turned a baleful glare upon the girl, the import of which she was to learn at first hand. The Keepers of the King's Peace One of our boys, we remember, wanted to discover something at first hand of the real interests of employees in his father's firm. The School and the World She studies vice conditions in Chicago at first hand and what she sees turns her into a crusader. Little Lost Sister I determined to see the undertaking at first hand. An African Adventure Now and again she dropped something that had a sifted, selected air—the sound of an impression at first hand. A London Life and Other Tales There must be good teachers before there can be good schools, and good teachers can only be formed in institutions that are chiefly concerned with knowledge at first hand. Colleges in America M. Cyon, therefore, as a serious observer, asked for one person who could speak at first hand. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship In their turn they will instruct me, for I shall learn much about Housing Conditions and have an opportunity to examine at first hand the various industrial problems of the day. Tutors' Lane The more experiences I have of151 the world, the more I am convinced that the only proper and the only safe way to judge any one is at first hand and by your actual experience. Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization Nashe returned to England in 1589, after a two years' absence upon the Continent, and cannot have acquired at first hand the knowledge he shows of dramatic affairs in London during the preceding year. Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 It was under his administration that both Lee and McClellan, later to be arrayed against each other, were sent to the Crimea to study modern war at first hand. A History of the United States Humanity at first hand, whatever its social standing or its pursuits, was, in truth, always slightly agitating to him. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Was she herself to learn at first hand, and on her first evening in Africa, enough about African frailty to last her for the rest of her life? The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 The faculty of selecting truth at first hand and appropriating it for one's self is a lawful possession to every Christian. Natural Law in the Spiritual World Red-hats may not always know much about life in the trenches, but they can tell you at first hand what strafing was like when there were no trenches to live in. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916 Katherine Mayo studied their work at first hand, met the men of the force, visited the scenes of their activity, and in The Standard Bearers, tells of their daring exploits. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day This affords the Fisk students a splendid opportunity to serve society at first hand. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 Like these physically and mentally blind men we are too often satisfied with mere wordy descriptions of subjects when we might study the subject at first hand if we would. Where We Live A Home Geography That experience is to him personal, at first hand. The Chief End of Man It is not often that the gall of my bitterness overflows, for I have learned the wisdom of the Stoic at first hand. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain He is interested in public morality and "affairs," in generalities rather than individuals, in ideas about life rather than in life at first hand. Personality in Literature But no verbal similarities confirm this conjecture, and there is no reason why the dramatist should not have known both plays at first hand. The Facts About Shakespeare And one cannot close this chapter without emphasizing what has often been overlooked by those who do not know Western affairs at first hand. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police He gave me a description of the scene of Dreyfus's public degradation on the Champ de Mars which was like a chapter of Carlyle's French Revolution at first hand. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile One more week and we would have known something at first hand. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 We were getting on to ground perilous for me, because Marget had evidently heard something and was determined to test it at first hand. The Black Colonel He is enabled to see "the wheels go round;" has the chance of getting his knowledge at first hand. Impressions of a War Correspondent I knew little at first hand of the transactions and tumults which filled the spring and early summer of 1886. Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography I did not myself witness the scene of his discomfiture, but I had the story of it at first hand within ten minutes of its happening. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile He was "cadging" supplies to the camp that winter and was a witness at first hand of what happened. Children of the Tenements There they could not only discuss slavery, but they could learn about it at first hand from the negro students. Stories Of Ohio He is an original writer, which means that he takes his material at first hand and eschews documents. The Bibliotaph and Other People I shall confine myself for this purpose to what he states at first hand in his capacity as an eyewitness, and to two salient cases which may be taken to represent the whole. Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer He was a singularly shrewd, impartial observer of life, who had studied men at first hand as well as from books. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Beverley's knowledge of these matters was evidently at first hand, and his descriptions here are very fresh and interesting. Brief History of English and American Literature He learned to know the war at first hand, and he was well fitted to make his history of "Ohio in the War" the most important of all the state histories. Stories Of Ohio But I was anxious to get all my information at first hand, to see everything with my own eyes, in order that I might be able to frame my plans with certainty. A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron Had the name been a more distinctive one, I might have mentioned it, although realising that Major Pulford was too young a man to have known anything about the Mutiny at first hand. Seen and Unseen That of the first quality can be had, at first hand, only from James river, in Virginia; those of the second and third, from the same place and from Baltimore, in Maryland. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) Why had not Mina heard it at first hand? Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House He casually referred the question to two others, one of whom was a H.Q. staff officer, and saw Currie at first hand for months at a time. The Masques of Ottawa It is sensation at first hand with these charmingly impressive amateur artists. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets The inspector's message did not arrive, and Tarling went down through Whitehall to hear the latest intelligence at first hand. The Daffodil Mystery In this case the precise site of the dubious relics is given, by a p. 35man of honour, at first hand. The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore It shows his personal characteristics, being a clear and accurate statement of the facts actually observed and of the information acquired by him at first hand, without diffuseness or unnecessary theorizing. Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 During boyhood I was constantly about amongst ships, and had learnt at first hand all the popular shanties before any collection of them appeared in print. The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties This faith that in a life at first hand there is something sacred is perhaps the most characteristic note in Emerson's writings. Memories and Studies Those so unfortunate as to be unable to learn it at first hand will be forever ignorant of the real meaning of war. The Emma Gees Those who procure at first hand the raw material of manufacture and of commerce are too precious to social order for any neglect of conditions in their work. The Family and it's Members The things which Germany has done in Belgium and France have been placed on record by those who have suffered from them and who know them at first hand. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 I have collated these later versions with those which I learnt at first hand as a boy from sailor relatives, and also aboard ship. The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties I seem to go behind Shakespeare, and to get my intelligence at first hand. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune I cannot tell you how glad I was to see you over here and I only wish that more of our people would come abroad to study conditions at first hand. A Journey Through France in War Time The family, however, is now, as it has always been, the interior, vital, and so far indispensable social relationship, beginning, as it does, at first hand the training of each individual toward membership in society-at-large. The Family and it's Members Here is an account of a visit paid at will, which is reported at first hand in the "Proceedings of the Psychical Research Society." Real Ghost Stories The greater number of these writers, however, obtained the evidence at first hand, and it must therefore be accepted although the statements do not bear the construction put upon them. The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology "What!" exclaimed the woman, as if genuinely alarmed, and learning the bad news at first hand. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV "And Godolphin would say that if you let the carpenter have something to do he would give the scene itself, and you could have the effect of it at first hand." The Story of a Play A Novel Like the child, we must get our knowledge of objects, if we are to get it well, from the objects themselves at first hand, and not second hand through descriptions of them by others. The Mind and Its Education Those who know anything about the writers of the Middle Ages at first hand are not likely to think of them as neglectful of science even in our sense of the term. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages He continued his education, keeping in close touch with Jowett and Temple, and, when he saw a chance of studying politics at first hand, he eagerly availed himself of it. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies I knew you would prefer to learn of this at first hand from the bank; indeed, from me, its president. The Winning Clue More than that, it is even possible for men, and especially for women, to go down alive into the nether world and prosecute their enquiries at first hand among the ghosts. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia In his zeal to acquire knowledge at first hand, he had a narrow escape from destruction in Baltimore. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money Its one claim to superiority lay in the fact that it had received the little training it had at first hand. Quin On undertaking to handle this subject in Nicholas Nickleby, he journeyed to Yorkshire to gather evidence at first hand for his picture of Dotheboys Hall. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies Mr. Jacobsen, who was by profession a botanist, and translated Darwin into Danish, no doubt came by his "advanced views" at first hand. Essays on Scandinavian Literature "Well, there is one thing sure that I'm learning some geography at first hand this morning." Bob Hunt in Canada Abstract or general notions cannot be acquired at first hand without specific illustrations. The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart Americans who are interested in learning of these things at first hand will do well to make the grand tour of the trenches when the war is finished. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army In Edinburgh his colleagues, with all their opportunities for learning at first hand, seemed strangely indifferent to Lister's presence in their midst, even when foreigners began to make pilgrimages to the central shrine of antiseptics. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies The remaining stories of the volume, "An Ugly Reminiscence of Childhood," "Mother's Hands," and "One Day" betray the same contempt for romantic standards, the same capacity for making acquaintance with life at first hand. Essays on Scandinavian Literature "The Oriental element did not always in the case of the Gnostics, originate at first hand, but had already passed through a Greek channel." History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) The discussion of the concept and of the inductive process has shown that concepts cannot be found at first hand. The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart In direct defiance of the modern French canons of centralization, the great audience was brought together not to ratify opinions formulated by Parisian critics but to express its own opinion at first hand. The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals Also he took endless pains to acquaint himself at first hand with the facts. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies Estabrook tried to learn, at first hand, whether they had improved as the result of new environments, and free from the handicap of their name, which for their new neighbors had no bad associations. Applied Eugenics I heard it within a few hours after it happened, and have heard it at first hand more than once since. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 The strangest thing of all was that she had never heard his music, knew nothing at first hand of his talent, yet believed in it with such vital force, such completeness. The Way of Ambition "Me, too," echoed Eli, who, although a woods dweller all his life, had never made a practice of taking furs; and unless one goes into this business at first hand the result is always disappointing. Canoe Mates in Canada Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan We'd go all over the china factories, and you could see porcelain made at first hand. The Story of Porcelain "I should like to know something at first hand of the history of the school, its—well, prestige, special advantages, curriculum, and so on," Dundee began deprecatingly. Murder at Bridge I am, in moments borrowed from more palatable business, the editor of an American magazine, and I thus know at first hand what the burden is. A Book of Prefaces Again, certain preparations of plants used only for their specific curative methods are to be got exclusively from the Homoeopathic chemist, unless gathered at first hand. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure We are face to face here with his very self at first hand. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I Study at first hand of conditions in Pennsylvania mining regions and the Slav population. Aliens or Americans? The two leading schools of thought can thus be contrasted at first hand. Stonehenge Today and Yesterday Peg was eager to hear at first hand all that had happened, and made friendly overtures with that design in view; but this did not deceive Frank in the least. The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain I brought her up with me, so that you should get her information at first hand. The Silent House And now, having considered these outrages as part of the German policy of terrorism, let us turn to the facts presented by those who made investigations at first hand in devastated Belgium and Northern France. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War It is, indeed, a prime necessity, because it means that the superlative writer must write at first hand of things genuinely conceived and realized by his very self. Platform Monologues I was still away on my little jaunt, and did not get it at first hand. A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium The author gathered much of his material at first hand and had the knack of telling a story; but he is not very trustworthy. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 Denzil was much pleased with the courtesy of the detective Link in permitting him to gain, at first hand, further details of this mysterious case. The Silent House We hear at first hand from officers and men specified local instances of unprintable wickedness. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 The Reformation brought the reading of the Bible at first hand, and a new style of preaching and exhorting directly from it. Platform Monologues He was rabid against the Belgians and had an endless series of stories of atrocities they had committed—though he admitted that he had none of them at first hand. A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium What the Florentine publicist especially admired in Caesar's statecraft were some examples of consummate perfidy and violence which he had the opportunity of observing at first hand. The Age of the Reformation Such tales of danger, suffering, and endurance have often been told at first hand, by the heroes of them, far more vividly and correctly than a mere story-teller can narrate them on hearsay. The White Sister They had much to tell me which I had heard already, but which I now obtained at first hand. Three Years' War He had placed himself in the hands of Betterton, an investigator at first hand. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays I mean to say that the man that would know something, can only get the knowledge at first hand. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story He had spent two of his Harvard vacations there, and he knew this at first hand. A Pair of Patient Lovers In the first place, I want to hear at first hand just what did happen out there at that terrible mill-pond; and how you managed to save that little boy of my Sarah from drowning. The Chums of Scranton High Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight I've been too busy till lately to know at first hand what goes on in the 'smart' or the artistic set. The Second Latchkey I went to England and France to study this problem at first hand. The War After the War Yesterday I heard at first hand of the treatment of some civilians by Germans, and I visited a village to hear from the people themselves what had happened. My War Experiences in Two Continents We had already had some hint of this, the first day we met her, and we were not surprised at it now, my wife at first hand, or I at second hand. A Pair of Patient Lovers Of the summer climate of New Orleans I know nothing at first hand, and judging from what people have told me, that is all I want to know. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' The following narrative is quite unique in its way, and fortunately he was able to get it at first hand from the only living person present. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter He wanted to know at first hand what the man's representative fellows would do if the church should at any time decide to act after Philip's plan. The Crucifixion of Philip Strong She was at Dinant, at her own château, when war broke out, and she was most interesting, and able to tell me things at first hand. My War Experiences in Two Continents But it did not seriously occur to him that by two or three hours' tramping he could answer these idle speculations at first hand. The Hidden Places If it comes to knowledge I should say you had a rather remarkable stock of an unusual sort, and at first hand. The Good Comrade He would inspect the western limit of the frontier now under his care and obtain at first hand a knowledge of the peninsula. The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 If I now venture to set down what follows in these pages, it is because I had certain opportunities for forming a judgment at first hand for myself. Before the War He had always been curious to know how different men affected different women, and to get his knowledge at first hand. The Helpmate The only authoritative news he received at first hand he got by listening to the public reading of proclamations. Life in a Mediæval City Illustrated by York in the XVth Century The company of the Heptameron are the latest representatives, at first hand, and with no deliberate purpose of presentment, of the mediaeval conception of gentlemen and ladies who fleeted the time goldenly. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.) Lowis doesn't know at first hand about Rangoon is not likely to be missed. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-15 I have some business interests down that way, and so hear a good deal of what is going on at first hand. The Strange Case of Cavendish There is a considerable propriety in restricting it to this meaning; or, at all events, in treating the art of becoming wise through reading, as different from the arts of observing facts at first hand. Practical Essays Being the possessor of a valuable Stradiuarius violin, he challenged our artist to play, at first hand, a manuscript concerto which he placed before him. Great Violinists And Pianists Strange to say, they never seem to be consulted or studied at first hand by those who speak most loudly about the "German peril" in Brazil. The German Element in Brazil Colonies and Dialect Here he was able to observe events, meet a number of the old settlers, and obtain his information at first hand. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba These are the apparent advantages of knowledge gained at first hand. Public Speaking V. A fifth point is the proportion of book-reading to Observation of the facts at first hand. Practical Essays Though the story had not come at first hand, she believed it was true, and thought from her knowledge of him that the man would weaken under a mild third degree. The Big-Town Round-Up I may add that I myself had the privilege of hearing at first hand the narrator's own account of this incident, which was much emphasized by his gestures and tones. Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) An Index to Kinships in Near Degrees between Persons Whose Achievements Are Honourable, and Have Been Publicly Recorded Logan was inclined to reply that he could furnish, at first hand, an exception to the rule, but this appeared tactless. The Disentanglers But I do not know enough facts at first hand to form an opinion. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II Inevitably the condition of the people in his own homeland enlisted Page's sympathy, for he had learned of their necessities at first hand. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I Neither was he acquainted at first hand with the labor of farmers and mechanics. History of the United States Of the value and discipline of knowledge of facts gained at first hand from objects themselves either in original investigation or with the aid of books, Huxley had the highest possible opinion. Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work Our good friend General Wetmore can tell us of this at first hand for he was one of those present. Greenwich Village Those to the text of the poet are for such persons as wish to increase their acquaintance with Horace by reading at first hand the principal poems which have inspired the essayist's conclusions. Horace and His Influence You cannot be really bored with a world which contains the mother of Parliaments, particularly if her news is communicated to you at first hand by one of her members. Dangerous Ages That of the first quality can be had at first hand only from James river in Virginia; those of the second and third from the same place, and from Baltimore in Maryland. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 The children who, had the course of events never been ruffled, would have grown up in a vicious and futile court, were forced to practise economies and learn at first hand the dignity of labour. Secret Bread I have no doubts on the subject, for I receive the reports of natives of intelligence at first hand, and they have no motive for deceiving me. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 It can be had only at first hand. Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works The old laird had made himself the dream-avenger of injuries adopted, not felt at first hand. Foes There are other forms of good living that Paris knows not of, so to speak, at first hand, native to England. Lost Leaders It is a curious kind of reflected majesty that these important functionaries get, who take at first hand the magnificent orders, and sustain temporary relations of silk-and-velvet intimacy with Spreadsplendid Park. The Other Girls Tapping Original Sources The surest way to give life to speech-material is to gather your facts at first hand. The Art of Public Speaking Not for me to attempt detailed consideration, even if it were not the duty of every amateur to fall a victim at first hand to Mr. Kapp's amazing art. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04 I have set my heart upon it: one does not get every day the opportunity of hearing of these glorious exploits at first hand. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow Beverly's knowledge of these matters was evidently at first hand, and his descriptions here are very fresh and interesting. Initial Studies in American Letters The reader will doubtless accept the fact that the inspired writer, the author of Luke's gospel, obtained his information at first hand, from God himself, who inspired the record. The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism He must be carefully studied at first hand. Crime and Its Causes "Not every economist," Carl remarked whimsically, "can learn at first hand how the proletariat lives." How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers She wanted to ride, to see for herself what was going on in Linrock, to learn of that wild Pecos county life at first hand. The Rustlers of Pecos County Some time before the writer called on the famous violinist to get at first hand some of his opinions with regard to his art, he had already met him under particularly interesting circumstances. Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers The treatment of civilian inhabitants in Belgium and the North of France has been made public by the Belgian and French Governments and by those who have had experience of it at first hand. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 It is probable that, by constant use of his manuscript glossary, the words became fixed in Chatterton's memory and he acquired some facility in composing at first hand in this odd jargon. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century I, too, was learning at first hand much about my own profession. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Not if you understand them from study at first hand, as I do. Success A Novel He exchanged names, and therefore affinities, with a friendly native of the Louisiades, and learned much at first hand as to their physical and mental characteristics, which stimulated his subsequent anthropological work. Thomas Henry Huxley A Character Sketch For what every judicial tribunal desires, first of all, is to hear witnesses at first hand. A Century of Wrong So, dissatisfied with its world-view and realizing that it is incomplete, the self seeks at first hand, though not always with clear consciousness of its nature, the Reality which is the object of religion. The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day "Not every economist can learn at first hand the law of supply and demand." How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Having a small income of his own, the ex-Professor decided upon a life of investigatory vagrancy, with special reference to studies, at first hand, of the voluntarily unemployed. Success A Novel He read all that had been written on the curing of the raisin; several enterprising men went to Spain to study the subject at first hand; but despite all this no progress was made. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 Studied with sympathy and at first hand, the black man of America will be seen to possess certain predominant idiosyncrasies of which the following form a fair catalogue: He is intensely religious. The Negro Problem In nearly every part of the United States there is a unit of civil society in which the people exercise many of the powers of government at first hand. Elements of Civil Government The study of authorities at first hand, to which he had given so much of his own time, he regarded as the work of a few, and as occupation for later years. The Life of Froude Yes, I do think it is, for young people, who haven't learned anything of life at first hand. The Brimming Cup I speak simply from an insight gained through many years of observation and study at first hand. The Black Man's Place in South Africa I was asked only the other day why it was that, having such a rare critic at first hand as my father, I did not more often submit my manuscripts to his judgment. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 If young fellows want to be really comfortable in life, we thought, and see a little at first hand just what sort of people make up the world, they must not be too particular. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 I am told, at first hand, that there is as much variety in the reasons urged in support of applications as there is in the manner of the applicants. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 31, 1917 They didn't seem to catch at first hand the spirit of the A.E.F. caucus which positively refused to take action on large questions of policy until the Home Army could be consulted. The Story of The American Legion But the proof of the art of the novelist is that—at first hand or very shortly—he "enfists," absorbs, delights you. The English Novel Having their time wholly to themselves after finishing in Arizona the dauntless young pair went to Nevada, there to study mining at first hand. The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater The first story of mine which appeared in the "Atlantic" was a fictitious narrative of certain psychical phenomena occurring in Connecticut, and known to me, at first hand, to be authentic. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 It was a most fortunate thing, he reflected, that he himself had means of getting exact and accurate information at first hand. Queed Zenana or harem ladies, e.g. the widowed mothers of the minors, would thus be able to consult a trained lawyer at first hand within the zenana or harem. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments The play of different qualities and textures in the masses that go to form a picture must be appreciated at first hand, and little can be written about it. The Practice and Science of Drawing You know Dad spent his boyhood on a great southwestern cattle ranch, and knew at first hand a great many things about Indians and tramping and mining and 'explorin',' as he calls it. Buffalo Roost |
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