| 单词 | par excellence |
| 例句 | “Word’s spread all over Manifest and beyond that you’re a con man par excellence,” Shady observed. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The opening words of Antony’s funeral oration in Julius Caesar are, covertly, an ethos appeal par excellence: a positioning of the speaker with relation to the crowd. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Yutar finished by saying that the case was not only one of high treason “par excellence,” but of murder and attempted murder — neither of which was mentioned in the indictment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The printed book – the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction par excellence – is astonishingly stable over time, place and reader. Why ebooks are a different genre from print 2013-03-26T08:21:56Z The former Weavers member and a founder of the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, called Elliott a “folk guitarist par excellence” and a “very good raconteur.” At 91, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Still Wants to Tell You a Story 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Las Vegas does excess par excellence, and its restaurants are no exception. Where to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in Las Vegas 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Eggnog is the American Christmas drink par excellence – even if the commercially available versions these days are a pale shadow of the drink’s former glory. Low-grog eggnog: Christmas cocktails that won't knock you out 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z It's a modern tragicomedy par excellence and should be read by everybody, immediately. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z Wheeldon is the choreographic craftsman par excellence, and makes his dancers look fabulous. Electric Counterpoint, Asphodel Meadows, Carmen; Dystopian Wonders; Breakin' Convention 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z Once a dirty doldrums of industrial-supply outlets, the area between Place Garibaldi and Nice’s port has emerged as the arty-cool district par excellence. 36 Hours in Nice, France 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Cyrano — we are told by his gossipy friends and admirers — is a mythic hero, a “rare being” who’s a poet, duelist, soldier and gourmet par excellence. Theater Review: ‘Cyrano de Bergerac,’ With Douglas Hodge 2012-10-12T02:00:00Z The Western is the philosophical and political genre par excellence, because it considers a pre-bureaucratic state in which societal functions are realized onscreen in direct, physical action. Martin Scorsese Tests His Limits in “Silence” 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Wagner, the self-styled musical redeemer par excellence, made drastic changes to this tale in order to affect his hero's salvation. Wagner's Tannh?user 2010-12-11T00:06:00Z Wohl, wearing a sharp suit, swaggered into the president’s lobby like he belonged among the wounded wealthy, the “vaccine injured,” and the s--- talkers par excellence. After a bumpy ride, Donald Trump Jr.’s book tour arrives at a safe space 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z “Kitchen Brigade” is a white-savior story par excellence, though at least it’s not difficult to swallow — the young people are lovely, and so is the food. ‘Kitchen Brigade’ Review: Oh Chef! My Chef! 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z “We have contaminated things par excellence, and only by accepting mixture do we become ourselves and our own. There’s not a single sci-fi concept we haven’t taken and adapted to our context, turned mestizo.” Science Fiction From Latin America, With Zombie Dissidents and Aliens in the Amazon 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Ayn Rand was a philosophical extrovert par excellence. Jamaican, gay and Ayn Rand made it OK: My amazing “Atlas Shrugged” love story 2014-04-25T23:00:00Z After all, masters of the land as they are, these bleating creatures even preside in the kitchen, where the delicious curry goat stands out as the local delicacy par excellence. Goats Rule on the Island of Anguilla 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z “I consider myself a s--t-talker par excellence,” he writes on page 9. After a bumpy ride, Donald Trump Jr.’s book tour arrives at a safe space 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z James Brown — the self-proclaimed “hardest working man in show business” – built his reputation as an entertainer par excellence with brilliant dance moves, meticulous staging and a cape routine. The soundtrack of the Sixties demanded respect, justice and equality 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z The critic is a digresser par excellence: His task is to wander away from a text in order to devise a richer route of return. Celebrating Strange Faces, Gorgeous Sentences and Circular Prose 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z The proletarian garment par excellence — identified particularly with the young, rebellious American male — the T-shirt also serves as a surface on which its wearer may advertise his affinities and attitudes. Art Review: Richard Prince at Gagosian and Salon 94 Bowery 2010-05-27T21:22:00Z It's fashionable to point at Twitter as the forum par excellence for this carnival of hate, but it's a symptom as much as it's a problem in itself. Royal pranksters have gone from hunter to hunted 2012-12-09T20:30:06Z In the annals of French art history, the superfan par excellence is Edgar Degas: the most Parisian of all the Impressionists, and an obsessive of the first magnitude over the opera and ballet. Degas: A Superfan at the Opera, Where Art Tips Into Obsession 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z She is the tragic spinster par excellence, a pain-seeking missile who couldn't be more open to repeated nuptial disappointment if she wore a large sign on her back saying: "Jilt Me". Rewind TV: Downton Abbey; Restless; Loving Miss Hatto; The Girl; David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul – review 2012-12-30T00:06:04Z True cantaloupes “are sweet dessert melons par excellence,” Goldman writes. Perspective | The melon still wraps its tendrils around seed guru Amy Goldman 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z “Deep and vibrant, the Armani shade par excellence pervades everything, defining a timeless, velvety elegance that is perfectly balanced,” show notes read. Giorgio Armani presents a 'Rhapsody in Blue' at Milan fashion show 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z This is the Romantic experience par excellence, a fervent desire to erase all boundaries. Fleet Foxes enchant an ecstatic Moore Theatre crowd 2011-05-03T18:38:06Z But was it all down to nostalgia for a bygone era, or a promotional campaign par excellence? How The Artist turned silence into gold 2012-02-27T11:29:35Z Luther wasn't any old maverick; he was the maverick's maverick par excellence. Luther; The Fairytale Castles of King Ludwig II – TV review 2013-07-03T05:00:05Z The Death Instinct: separation, individuality, Avant-Garde par excellence; to follow one’s own path—do your own thing; dynamic change. The case for doing nothing: It's an intentional strategy, not a luxury or a cop-out 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z "Kentucky Route Zero," an episodic video game about 8 years in the making, is a Gesamtkunstwerk par excellence. "Kentucky Route Zero," a magical realism masterpiece, is proof art can thrive in trying times 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z It’s mumblecore par excellence but laced with a satire of white Australia and its historical amnesia. New Directors/New Films Turns 50 With a Bracingly Eclectic Lineup 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z An exuberant painter, Alsop presents himself as the artist/architect par excellence. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2011-08-12T14:57:47Z But Pialat’s hostility to the New Wave deals a paradoxical twist to filmmakers inspired by him: he was the anti-cinephile par excellence, openly hostile to the New Wave’s studious devotions. The Misunderstood Maurice Pialat 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Although we now think of him as a religious painter par excellence, Cima’s illustrations of pagan legends also reveal his knowledge of the literary humanist scholarship of the age. Ode to Cima From Conegliano 2010-04-09T13:55:00Z “The ingénue symbolizes the mutable character par excellence, the blank slate in search of an identity,” the French scholar Julia V. Douthwaite wrote about the role of the ingénue in Ancien Régime French fiction. Riff: Thelma, Louise and All the Pretty Women 2011-04-24T01:43:01Z Lillian Hellman, self-promoter par excellence, would have been a terror on Twitter. Lillian Hellman is once again a presence in Washington 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z She was a New Yorker par excellence, a compulsive fixer and interferer. Nora Ephron had a reputation for sharpness, but she was absurdly kind 2012-06-27T06:06:50Z An archivist par excellence and excavator of the collective unconscious, Klahr creates striking, deeply personal assemblages using found images and objects, with jolts of sound and music. ‘Circumstantial Pleasures’ Review: The Lyrical Junkman Cometh 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Sidney Falco, a name that replaced Sammy Glick as the slick nogoodnik par excellence, is a pretty boy on the make — all hustle, no morals, and with a line of patter like petty larceny. Remembering Tony Curtis: The Best of Everything 2010-09-30T22:15:00Z Raylan is the Leonard hero par excellence -- quieter, hipper and more manly than most of his contemporaries, but not obnoxiously so. "Justified": How FX's struggling TV western redeemed itself 2011-02-23T16:13:00Z But Feig’s work, arising from his years of experience in television, the sociological medium par excellence, is all Zeitgeist. “Ghostbusters”: Bland, Mechanical, and Completely Worth Seeing 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Despite such news, 2015 saw jazz reassert itself as the ambitious and protean American music par excellence, its greatest practitioners reaching stunning new heights. In 2015, jazz reasserted itself 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z In Knockaround Guys, an albatross film par excellence, Diesel was merely one of a quartet of inept young mobsters trying to start out on their own, with predictably dismal results. What makes a film an albatross for an actor? 2011-07-07T21:30:01Z Mr. Serra remains, after all these years, the Process artist par excellence. Richard Serra Scales Down With ‘Ramble Drawings’ 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Zahler’s a troll par excellence, literally elevating the act to an art form. Trolled across concrete: why Mel Gibson's new film is a curious provocation 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Heartbreaker is escapism par excellence; a smart jolly that doesn't warrant too much examination. Romain Duris: Hero or antihero? 2010-06-24T21:40:00Z Any view of this culture as "other", as mysterious or "curious" – as implied by André Breton's remark that Mexico was "the Surrealist place par excellence" – she passionately rejected. Mexican modernism and the politics of painting 2013-06-29T07:59:01Z A New York story par excellence, Ben Ryder Howe’s “My Korean Deli” is a hilarious account of clashing cultures and backbreaking, soul-squeezing vocational juggling. | 'My Korean Deli' 2011-03-15T19:34:55Z Greenwich Village, where the author lives, is her model par excellence. Review: ‘The Death and Life of Great American Cities,’ by Jane Jacobs 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Sandison became the librarian because he was a book aficionado par excellence. A Q&A with author Ivan Doig, whose latest novel is 'Work Song' 2010-07-16T23:02:00Z Montaigne was, as Sarah Bakewell observes in her book How to Live, the philosopher par excellence of modesty, particularly the self-restraint that helps people to engage with others. All together now: Montaigne and the art of co-operation 2012-02-10T22:55:14Z The Maltese Falcon is a MacGuffin, as are the letters of transit in “Casablanca,” and a MacGuffin par excellence is all the more potent, dramatically, because its exact significance and innate value go unexplained. | To Have and To Hold 2014-03-06T14:00:39Z Watts, a Lisztian par excellence, concluded with a riveting account of the composer's extroverted Transcendental Etude No. 10. Pianist André Watts is playing like a teenage phenom at age 69 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Watts, a Lisztian par excellence, concluded with a riveting account of the composer's extroverted Transcendental Etude No. 10. Pianist André Watts is playing like a teenage phenom at age 69 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Hiaasen’s latest is Bad Monkey, a beach book par excellence, in which satire meets police blotter. Books of The Times: Beach Reads From Stephen King, Kevin Kwan, Carl Hiaasen and More 2013-06-06T21:14:31Z Franklin wasn’t simply the soul singer par excellence. “Amazing Grace” Gives Us Aretha Franklin at the Spellbinding Height of Her Powers 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z So if “Media vita” was written near the end of Sheppard’s life — as it may well have been — this profound meditation in the face of death might be the pandemic piece par excellence. From a 1550s Pandemic, a Choral Work Still Casts Its Spell 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z A magic elixir for the whole process came in the form of Bob Gottlieb, editor par excellence and friend forever after. Katharine Graham at 100: Inside the making of one of the greatest Washington memoirs ever 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The temperatures across Europe dropped last week from Indian summer to shivering winter, just as Max Mara, coat-maker par excellence, celebrated its 60 years in style. The Overcoat as Object of Design 2011-10-24T12:00:56Z Carl C. Icahn, an activist investor par excellence, is a veteran of what the practice actually entails: buying a stake in a company and pushing for changes in management or strategy. ‘Icahn: The Restless Billionaire’ Review: Right on the Money 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The director of the Colosseum Archeological Park, which includes the Palatine Hill, in a written description of the restored palazzo, dubbed it “the power palace par excellence.” Ancient ‘power’ palazzo on Rome’s Palatine Hill reopens to tourists, decades after closure. 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Make no mistake: This is all part of DeSantis’ effort to make himself look like a culture warrior par excellence, with no goal other than to obtain the GOP’s presidential nomination. Column: Ron DeSantis and the whitewashing of slavery's horrors 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z His critique of the religious impulse, his deep interest in the human mind and his compulsive correspondence with peers, building connections, are all humanistic activities par excellence. Review | Sarah Bakewell takes us on a 700-year tour of humanism 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z In either case, the AR-15 is the weapon par excellence of the “slow civil war.” Opinion | The American love affair with guns 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z He is an accomplished résumé padder, an expert with the evasive fallback answer when challenged, a skillful deflector of the awkward question, a quibbler par excellence and just stunningly self-confident. Opinion | Maybe we’re looking at George Santos all wrong 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z “He represented the West par excellence,” he said. Benedict’s Death Leaves Catholic Conservatives Bereft 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Byatt once described him as “the ironic German par excellence” and an “ideal European — polyglot, polymath, skeptical and humane, with a strong sense of history both good and evil.” Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Leading Light in German Letters, Dies at 93 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Whether writing sports or political history, David Maraniss is a portraitist par excellence. The National Book Festival is back in person. Here’s who to see. 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z George Washington served as a role model par excellence for the new republic, embodying the exceptional talent and public virtue prized under the political and social philosophy of republicanism. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z "In a world where copper is the conductor par excellence and where there aren't many new deposits either, the price of copper looks very firm because the future looks very electric." EXCLUSIVE Copper giant Codelco sees 'very firm' copper price ahead despite recent drop - chairman 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z To the friendly audience at the Bush Center, the Iraq-Ukraine mix-up landed as a Bushism par excellence, a harmless and endearing slip-up. When George W. Bush Confused Russia’s War in Ukraine With Iraq 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z The reproductive rights movement has been diligently planning for this, and those folks are organizers par excellence. So what happens now, after the downfall of Roe? Not anything good 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Under Clinton — “America’s neoliberal president par excellence,” Gerstle writes — the project was perfected. Review | How the neoliberal order triumphed — and why it’s now crumbling 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Of course, eventually Jack makes the sunglasses indoors look a permanent fixture of his steez, which is absolutely a freak move par excellence. The bow tie can set you free with tastefulness. But this is not a tasteful time 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Lansing, who called Wilson “a phrase-maker par excellence,” warned that “certain phrases” of Wilson’s “have not been thought out.” Opinion | Putin, in his feral cunning, is Bismarckian, with a dash of Lord Nelson 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z “He was a teacher par excellence,” Jackson said. Civil rights activist, historian Timuel Black dies at 102 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Within L.A.’s fashion hierarchy, a Pro Club T-shirt was par excellence; it reigned supreme. How a simple, white T-shirt became the soundtrack of L.A. and changed fashion forever 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z A cop comedy and a cop drama par excellence. The essential Tony Leung: Where to find the 'Shang-Chi' standout’s best movies 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z On paper, Rhodes looks like an establishmentarian par excellence: prep school, Rice University, presidential speechwriter and deputy national security adviser by his early 30s. Review | A three-pronged examination into what happens to America next 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z But among recursive patterns that appear in living beings, Romanesco broccoli is a fractal par excellence, it seems. What makes Romanesco broccoli so mathematically perfect? 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Most important, they must be a leader par excellence with a proven track record of successfully helming large, complex organizations. Opinion | Of course Lloyd Austin is well-qualified to be defense secretary 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z I think of Chris as sort of a smuggler par excellence. Why Christopher Nolan gave in and helped a critic interpret his movies 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z This wasn't the first time President Trump tried to capitalize on arms sales to the Middle East to consolidate his political position at home and his posture as this country's dealmaker par excellence. The U.S. of A(rms): The art of the weapons deal in the Age of Trump 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z “A scholar par excellence, a towering statesman, he was admired across the political spectrum and by all sections of society.” Former India president Mukherjee dies after developing lung infection 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z And then there’s this schoolmasterly paragraph par excellence: “Although this claim has been repeated every night of the convention, the president still did not preside over the strongest economy in US history.” America reacts to Donald Trump's RNC acceptance speech – US politics live 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z “America had the reputation of being non-ideological, super pragmatic, problem solvers, par excellence,” he said. America was unprepared for a major crisis. Again. 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z “Europe is the destination par excellence,” said Dias, who retired late last year from Brazil’s Federal Revenue Service. Brazil's gangs emerge as major cocaine exporters, flooding Europe with white powder 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z "This is an example par excellence of the dehumanization of women," he said. Victor Davis Hanson blasts Bill Clinton for admitting to using Lewinsky as human 'Xanax or Valium' 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z He was a pioneer in body art, considering the body to be the artistic medium par excellence, and he was also a believer in shock as an artistic tactic. 'He stole Hitler's favourite painting!' – the naked genius of my friend Ulay 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z “Gravity’s Rainbow,” written during a stint in Manhattan Beach, and “The Crying of Lot 49” are both spiritually Western in their explorations of counterculture and technology, and “Inherent Vice” is Westside noir par excellence. This week's five best book events are all about the best coast 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Like a professor par excellence, it’s addressed ecological vulnerability and land management, extinction and de-extinction, the plight of endangered species and the dangers of invasive ones, and, most recently, the real costs of climate change. What Pokémon can teach us about conservation and climate change 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z It’s Silicon Valley automation obsession par excellence, and epitomizes the neoliberal cultural moment — the reduction of everything, even human emotions, to a series of quantifiable, often binary metrics: Good or bad, yes or no. "Ad Astra" feels like ruling class propaganda 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Wu plays the matriarch and tiger mother par excellence Jessica Huang, a spirited and indefensibly blunt woman whose fierce devotion to her children is matched only by her uncompromising expectations for them. Constance Wu’s Hollywood Destiny 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z “His home was in language . . . an inhabitant, par excellence, of the Outside.” Why Lafcadio Hearn’s Ghost Stories Still Haunt Us 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z And yes, the president has been an invader par excellence in these years — not a word I’d use idly, unlike so many among us these days. Who are the real invaders on planet Earth? 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z “Protecting” voters' rights by destroying their ballots is bad faith par excellence. Party of relentless bad faith: How Republican lies and hypocrisy hit an all-time high 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z What a way to cap off a personal performance par excellence in that quarter final. Women’s World Cup 2019: Guardian writers pick their highs and lows 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z The Smiley Face is now the corporate logo par excellence. Why I hate emojis | Suzanne Moore 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z "It is impossible to think of Trump as craving authorship per se ...Trump, tycoon par excellence as portrayed in this book, is a rocket looking for a target." Co-author of Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ says the book should be reclassified as fiction 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Goldstein thanked Trump for being, “as they say in Yiddish, a mensch par excellence.” Trump marks National Day of Prayer with synagogue victims 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z The rabbi ended by thanking Trump for his response as a "mensch par excellence." Rabbi wounded in synagogue shooting urges Trump to bring 'moment of silence' back to schools 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Munch is the miserabilist par excellence, and generous to a fault. Edvard Munch: Scandi novelists on the master of misery and menace 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z You can listen to it for the richness of the music – west coast soft rock par excellence, with not a note misplaced and melodies rolling in like breakers on to the beach. Jenny Lewis: ‘It’s scary to share this stuff, but it’s true’ 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Also, you are a sexist, par excellence, and I hope you learn a valuable lesson with your newfound free time. An AI video game moderator goes rogue in "Machine of Loving Grace" 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z In Vienna, the café city par excellence, the Jewish cafégoer wanted to seem not Austrian but, instead, a sophisticated cosmopolitan. What Cafés Did for Liberalism 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Following this method, Gray shows convincingly how, for example, Voltaire — the Enlightenment’s atheist philosopher par excellence, as he’s usually characterized — “seems never to have been an atheist.” Review | How different really are atheists and believers? 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z In other words, he’s a lot like Colorado, purple state par excellence. Opinion | Can Colorado Save America? 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z “Public space is the place, par excellence, for democracy: this space that belongs to all of us,” she told me. Barcelona’s Experiment in Radical Democracy 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z It is the apocalyptic narrative par excellence – Noah’s flood. Rising seas: 'Florida is about to be wiped off the map' 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Kushner, the thinking citizen par excellence, wishes the play weren't so terrifyingly resonant. Tony Kushner, thinking citizen: The playwright on 'Angels in America,' 'West Side Story' and surviving Trump 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z On Thursday Jews don costumes and feast to celebrate Purim, the “they tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat” holiday par excellence. The Iranian Threat and the Eternal Meaning of Purim 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Not to do so, they said, would be a “moral hazard par excellence”. How Bill Gates aims to clean up the planet 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z My feeling was that they were in a bar not at work, and the bar is a liminal zone par excellence. Has #MeToo gone too far, or not far enough? The answer is both | Laura Kipnis 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z “The Holy Land is for us Christians the land par excellence of dialogue between God and mankind,” he said. U.N., European Union and Pope Criticize Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Instead, he seemed content to serve as the president’s gatekeeper, or “Johnson’s “bureaucrat par excellence,” as historian Robert Dallek wrote in his Johnson biography “Flawed Giant.” W. Marvin Watson Jr., a top White House aide to Lyndon B. Johnson, dies at 93 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Grace may be the unreliable narrator par excellence but Ms Gadon’s nuanced performance brims with precision even while embodying the mercurial nature of truth. “Alias Grace”, another triumphant Atwood adaptation 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z This is urban redevelopment par excellence, with a former fire station and wine cellar structure incorporated into the redesign of this property. TRAVEL: Detroit history, automobile museums, baseball and music abide in Michigan city 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z But Pettis is making his name — and it’s starting to be uttered more and more in national circles — as a punt returner par excellence. Punting the football to Dante Pettis is risky business 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z McMaster, a three-star general and deep state mandarin par excellence, has a point, even if it is Washington conventional wisdom. Why is the “deep state” on the tip of so many tongues these days? 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Emerging from the outpouring of tweets and statements that followed was the notion that the senator is a warrior par excellence who will surely win his latest battle. Perspective | It doesn’t take a warrior to beat cancer. It takes a treatment that works. 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Our critic calls “Baby Driver,” the new action movie from the director Edgar Wright, “a pop pastiche par excellence.” Donald Trump, Senate, George Pell: Your Evening Briefing 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z For nearly two centuries, the dead Jefferson has been a political shapeshifter par excellence. Mike Lee’s bad history: Utah senator’s book is an ignorant hodgepodge concocted to justify the modern GOP 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z That mainstream was forcefully represented by city planner par excellence Robert Moses, perhaps the most powerful unelected official in New York City history. It's bulldozers vs. neighborhoods in 'Citizen Jane's' clash of the urban renewal titans 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z For much of the 20th century, France was the country of immigration par excellence. The Prophet of France’s Fracture 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z In addition to being half of the legendary duo Mobb Deep and a hip-hop trendsetter par excellence, the rapper Prodigy is an undeniably tragic figure. Know the ledge: the best hip-hop autobiographies 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Attenberg, 45, has for some time been building up a reputation as the writer par excellence of tricky, independent women. Jami Attenberg: ‘I wanted to see if there were other happy endings for single women’ 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The first page of the book was set up in three alternative kinds of type and two drawings each were ordered from five sky-priced artists before the jacket par excellence was selected. “I.O.U.” 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Tim and I enjoy our drinks and dessert of deep-fried Snickers, which is indulgence par excellence. TRAVEL: Memphis and northern Mississippi show birth, maturing of the blues 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z He, Lakoff argues, “is a pragmatic conservative, par excellence” – as well as a master of political framing. ‘Make America Great Again’ – why are liberals losing the war of soundbites? 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Cinematic fusion cuisine par excellence, “Tampopo” mixes genres and styles with similar gusto: It’s a western one minute, a yakuza thriller the next, with ample downtime for dream sequences and grotesque interludes. To slurp with love: 'Tampopo' makes a welcome return 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Because who is the appropriator par excellence, really? Lionel Shriver's Controversial Cultural Appropriation Speech 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention over and over again is the very root of judgment, character and will… An education which should improve this faculty would be the education par excellence. How Meditation Can Help Make Your Mind Happier 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z The respondents asked the court Monday to stop officials and the Marcos family from giving “the tyrant” and “plunderer par excellence” a hero’s burial, saying that would flout principles enshrined in the constitution. Philippine court asked to block hero's burial for Marcos 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z The Lynwood-reared pop music parodist par excellence reached yet another milestone in his astonishingly long-running career with the first of two performance Friday night at the venerable Hollywood Bowl. Weird Al Yankovic celebrates four decades of pop music parodies at the Hollywood Bowl 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z He is also the practitioner of contemporary art par excellence thanks to the famed plurality of his output. SFMOMA's reopening: a 'game-changer for San Francisco' – and contemporary art 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z He was a militant civil rights activist, a shrewd political strategist and an organizer par excellence. Ivanhoe Donaldson, civil rights organizer, confidant of Marion Barry, dies at 74 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z But the human mind and the human persona are both shape-shifters par excellence, well capable of believing in almost anything, while accommodating to the most twisted of realities. A Point of View: Does screen violence make society more violent? - BBC News 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Take inspiration from these 10 international breakfasts that contain both the nutrients you need and deliciousness par excellence. 10 Healthy International Breakfasts 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z His refrain was that he was the economic manager par excellence and that India was now open for business. Dr. Modi and Mr. Hyde 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z A day when Americans suspended "all the grievances and resentments" and set a freeze in place "for everyone in America who is suspicious of everyone else. It is the American pastoral par excellence." Thanksgiving: A Story of America's Pluralism 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z To tackle so huge a question required intellectual audacity, and the authors of the pioneering books on sustainability were all big-picture, interdisciplinary thinkers par excellence. Sustainability: The launch of Spaceship Earth : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z It’s not terribly surprising that Carson leads Trump among women and evangelicals: Trump is the misogynist par excellence and Carson is a proud religious fanatic – these are natural demographics for Carson. Don’t write Donald Trump’s political obituary just yet: Why surging Ben Carson looks like a flavor of the month 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z This was attacking rugby par excellence, performed by a side who prefer the stiletto to the lead piping. New Zealand’s Julian Savea scores hat-trick in nine-try rout of France 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Since the 1990s, Cap d’Agde has gained a lurid reputation as a meat market par excellence. Welcome to the naked city: sun, swingers and very little shoplifting 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z "Circus is something you need to actually be there for. It's the art form par excellence for the presence and the actual," he says. The reinvention of an Australian circus - BBC News 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z It is, in the new China, a bucket-list city par excellence, a purpose-built place on the southern coast of Hainan Island that is kept warm year round by the currents of the South China Sea. What’s behind Beijing’s drive to control the South China Sea? | Howard W French 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Her career has made her the enemy of idiocy par excellence. Why did the Boston marathon bombers do it? An interview with Masha Gessen 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z How many vouchers we obtain and what we have to do to get them is the political question par excellence under neoliberal capitalism. Viewpoint: Why do people waste so much time at the office? - BBC News 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z But Zink is a comic writer par excellence, one whose particular gift is the capacity to keep a perfectly straight face. Bricklayer, Bird-Watcher, Literary Sensation 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Thus was born the example par excellence of psychological invisibility: the Somebody Else’s Problem field, which, by means unspecified, amplifies our natural desire not to deal. A Beginner’s Guide to Invisibility 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z "It's a place that the surrealist Andre Breton described as 'the surrealist place par excellence' and she was absolutely fascinated by its culture," she says. Surreal trip from Chorley to Mexico 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z Election campaigns are the example par excellence of the phenomenon, and the world is now entering another “Season of the First Step.” When It Comes to Peace and Prosperity, Talk Is Easy 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z DNA is nature’s Houdini, an escape artist par excellence. The G.M.O. Hunger Games 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z But these leaders are the general managers par excellence: they deal with cash flow, products, clients, strategy, execution and operations on a daily basis. Importance Of SMEs Is Grossly Underestimated 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z He was also hailed by the U.N. secretary general as a “diplomat par excellence” who appeared ready to resolve “this last legacy of the Cold War.” Book review: ‘Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy,’ by Christopher Hill These are urban events par excellence with sounds and lights, smells and tastes. An urbanist's guide to Cairo: ‘a city weighed down by stereotypes’ 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z From 1966, another riff that’s almost profound in its simplicity, another cry of berserk sexual frustration: Hungry is garage rock par excellence. Paul Revere – five great songs from one of America's 60s rock legends 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Joseph Schumpeter once referred to the investment banker as “the capitalist par excellence,” and as Trammell’s passage reveals brightly, Schumpeter was 100% correct. Why The CEO Whom You Work For Earns Much More Than You Do 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Last year the EU and Ukraine concluded an “association agreement”, an ENP instrument par excellence that included a free-trade deal and various political elements. Europe’s ring of fire 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z “It is necessary to reiterate the strongest opposition to any direct attack on life, especially innocent and defenseless, and her unborn child in the womb is the innocent par excellence,” the pope said in April. Pope Francis Visits 'Cemetery For Abortion Victims' in South Korea 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z The subject of a major new retrospective at the Whitney Museum of Art, Koons is an appropriation artist par excellence. Is Jeff Koons' New Blockbuster Whitney Exhibit Better Than The Colbert Report? 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The Freudian question par excellence: “What are you getting out of your abstinence?” Book review: “Becoming Freud: The Making of a Psychoanalyst,” by Adam Phillips Google is, par excellence – and to a degree rarely seen in industry – an engineering company, and engineers dislike the untidy irrationality of real life. Will Google's self-driving pods spell the end of the road for car ownership? 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Each, as Mackay noted, was "the slang par excellence of the Londoners, and afforded them a vast gratification". 10 slang phrases that perfectly sum up their era 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z A senior Israeli official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the statement had not yet been published, described Hamas’s charter as “an anti-Semitic document par excellence” and said many Hamas leaders were Holocaust deniers. Palestinian Leader Shifts on Holocaust 2014-04-27T02:04:02Z “He is the Socratic method, par excellence,” said Michael Martinez, a former prosecutor who worked for both Mr. Christie and Mr. Fishman. In Inquiry, It’s Christie Against Prosecutor 2014-02-10T01:41:03Z No word yet from conspiracy theorist par excellence Alex Jones, but one imagines it’s only a matter of time. Donald Trump and other birthers reignite conspiracy theories in wake of Loretta Fuddy’s death 2013-12-13T15:25:00Z Bezos is widely considered to be a tech visionary par excellence. Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos to Buy The Washington Post for $250 Million 2013-08-05T22:35:27Z In 1977, he said that their handling was “likely to become the academic scandal par excellence of the 20th century.” Geza Vermes, Dead Sea Scrolls Scholar, Dies at 88 2013-05-16T14:42:27Z This is a man who built his reputation as one of Brazil's footballing gods, a goal-scorer par excellence, the master opportunist. Romario: From football rebel to politician 2013-05-14T23:34:37Z Texas itself, the location of the film, is the land of male violence par excellence. Is Ted Cruz the future of Texas? 2013-05-04T14:00:00Z “Cinema was the medium par excellence, and Fidel was aware of this,” Mr. Guevara said in an interview with The Associated Press in 2009. Alfredo Guevara Valdés, Steward of Cuban Cinema and Castro Ally, Dies at 87 2013-04-22T23:53:22Z Pinter was the cricket romantic par excellence – "I saw Len Hutton in his prime/Another time/another time" – and treated as bible, talisman and memoir. Happy birthday Wisden, the fount of wisdom 2013-04-06T23:04:20Z Poland was Europe’s victim nation par excellence; the Poles had suffered under the Nazis and were suffering miserably under the Soviet Union when Wojtyła was elected. Benedict’s Act of Grace 2013-02-15T17:00:00Z As a senior economist at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in New York put it at the time, he was seen as "a crisis manager par excellence who will hit the ground running". Tim Geithner: a legacy of financial failure containment 2013-01-30T12:30:01Z Cannes, the playground of toffs par excellence, was a favourite. PG Wodehouse and his French connection 2013-01-08T01:19:39Z Walt Disney was an inventor and marketer par excellence from a different era. Steve Jobs Thought Bigger, Tim Cook Thinks Smaller 2012-11-28T17:26:16Z The Duke of Zhou is the good ancestor par excellence. Confucius's hero 2012-10-09T23:21:29Z All 10 rounds were a blue-collar brawl par excellence. The Joy of Six: great boxing rounds 2012-10-05T10:19:04Z The fame of Mahabali made him a ruler par excellence, without any parallel in history before or after. India Ink: In Kerala, Feasting, Splurging and Mollywood Usher in Onam 2012-08-30T07:21:07Z But sometime near midnight this past January, he called me directly and launched into a rapid-fire account of how Somary, “a manipulator par excellence,” groomed him for victimization. The Horace Mann School’s Secret History of Sexual Abuse 2012-06-06T17:00:07Z Olive oil is the loss leader par excellence of Spanish supermarkets. Olive farmers squeezed as competition and supermarkets push down prices 2012-06-04T18:45:11Z He is a classical pianist par excellence, and his readings of Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms are authoritative and final. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z One false impression in business circles is that Romney, the private equity manager par excellence, will come to their rescue, deploying his campaign’s resources to defend his old industry. Taking a Whack at Romney's Private Equity Past 2012-05-17T22:59:48Z This had been the universal language of the upper class and up till the middle of the fourteenth century it was still par excellence the courtly tongue. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Mill himself called the Conservative party the stupid party par excellence, and he took great pains to explain that it was so, not by accident, but by necessity. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z First comes architecture—in the main, symbolic art; then sculpture, the classical art par excellence; they are found, however, in all three forms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z I look forward eagerly," B�low wrote to a friend, "to your Chopin, that immortal romanticist par excellence, whose mazurkas alone are a monument more enduring than metal. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z To begin, Ireland is, par excellence, the land of wild flowers because of its moist, mild climate and generally rich soil. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z The World Bank is the Big Development institution par excellence. The World Bank: Kim selection 2012-04-19T15:09:45Z Next but one to this letter comes one of those charming descriptions which are, par excellence, Pliny’s chefs d’œuvre, minutely detailing the features and attractions of his villas. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z The documents of the Inquisition constantly refer to “heresy and Waldensianism,” designating Catharism by the former term as the heresy par excellence. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z He is, despite his marked restrictions of physique and mentality, a Chopin player par excellence. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Every schoolboy knows that Cape Horn is even more dreaded than the other “Cape of Storms,” otherwise known as “The Cape,” par excellence. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z And that what the men of Deal are par excellence—hardy, brave, and skilful—the men of our coasts are very generally. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z However, the morning performance par excellence, was the production of a new and original poetical drama in five Acts, called Nitrocris, by Geo. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, Nov. 11, 1887 2012-04-02T02:00:24.930Z At a soirée, par excellence, music, dancing, and conversation are all admissible, and if the hostess has tact and discretion this variety is very pleasing. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z It is the sign of manhood par excellence; it is the arm of all men who have the right to carry arms. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z The most common delusion under which the average equestrian is apt to labor in every part of the world is that his own style of riding is the one par excellence. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z He was afterward to become, par excellence, the poet of France. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z In one morbid condition of the kidney, however, jaborandi is the remedy par excellence, and that is the acute parenchymatous nephritis which frequently follows scarlatina.... A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The James art is Cerebral Comedy, par excellence. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The novel, distinctive, and most useful article which the Firm engaged to supply was a bread called par excellence the Bread of Life. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z Let us then bow to him, as the inventor, par excellence, of our era. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z HOUND, a dog, now used, except in poetry, only of dogs of the chase, and particularly of the breed used in hunting the fox, the “hound” par excellence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The last of our five forms of animal vaccine, that produced by the continued propagation of spontaneous cow-pox through calves, is what is now known as animal vaccine par excellence. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z It is a very high compliment to any man to tell him that black becomes him, and it is probably owing to this property that black is chosen, par excellence, for evening or ball dress. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z But the ships were, par excellence, the bewitched craft, the Flying Dutchmen of the Flats. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z England is nothing if not religious, and London is, par excellence, the Christian city of the world, and yet it is the most intemperate. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z I am now collecting some papers into a volume; and the Article, par excellence, in the midst. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z The general opinion at first was, that the place meant was Jerusalem itself, for that must have been from the earliest times “a royal city” par excellence. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z Lorenzo is the villain par excellence; his accomplice is grotesque as well as evil; and Bel Imperia, both prettily sentimental and desperately revengeful, is of a type not uncommon in later tragedy. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Although so close to the hills, Christchurch stands upon almost absolutely level ground, a corner indeed of the big Canterbury plain, par excellence the farming country of the Dominion. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z One indicates, par excellence, physical, and the other sexual, power. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z I did so with some inward reluctance, for this was the seat par excellence of the master of "Hildebrand Hundred"; from this very coign of vantage Francis Graeme had toppled to his death. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z The Babylonian home-land of the story seems certainly to be indicated by the mention of two kinds of bitumen or pitch for caulking the vessel, Babylonia being the land of bitumen par excellence. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z There is no other mystery in it than the religious mystery par excellence. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z Although the sixteenth century was par excellence the era of ornamental bindings, it cannot be said that England made much progress in the art. Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs 2011-12-21T03:00:41.820Z The kitchen and wing were par excellence the bachelor apartments, of an evening at all events. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z It would almost seem that the country around where the Snowbird lay was chosen as a winter residence par excellence for the great Polar bear. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z No, and Mrs Rayne—although the cottage would be the home of the cats par excellence—would often visit it and spend many an hour therein, with her books or her knitting. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z “Harry has been that, par excellence, for many years,” he said. Harry Morgan of ?M-A-S-H,? ?Dragnet,? made small roles big; a character actor ?par excellence? 2011-12-07T22:31:13Z It is the opera par excellence of duets. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Nevertheless, the Greek peninsula within the limits described above, together with the adjacent islands, was always regarded as Hellas par excellence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Upon this coast it is called par excellence 'The Tern', all the other species passing under the general name of 'Sea Swallows'. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z These gentlemen who are talking about amending it, and talking about guarantees as a condition to remain in the Union, claim to be par excellence the Union men. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z For measuring economic goods, money is, of course, the standard, or common measure par excellence, for most purposes. Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive 2011-11-19T03:00:28.253Z Henceforth 'the Shí‘a' par excellence was the party of ‘Alí, which regarded the House of the Prophet as the legitimate heirs to the succession. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z The soil is remarkably fertile, and this is the coffee region par excellence of the world. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z However, the finest flower of the whole bouquet—the rose par excellence—is the one he has gallantly presented to his French-Canadian compatriots. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z Its beauty, when polished, would make it the wood par excellence for elegant furniture, except that it is difficult to work, and it splits easily. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The Assyrian often represented Ishtar as the upright fish, probably because of the fecundative powers of the fish, and as the creature par excellence of water. Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z Maple syrup is the syrup par excellence for pancakes and waffles, but alas, it is difficult to procure. The Myrtle Reed Cook Book 2011-10-12T02:00:46.677Z This charming spot is the home par excellence of the merle and thrush, the saucy robin, the bold pert chaffie, and murmuring cushat. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The Roman Catholics hated her as the land par excellence of Protestantism and free thought. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z This is the pine nut par excellence, whose newest market is among confectioners and fancy grocers throughout the states. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Things were in this uncomfortable state, when Miss Lucinda Mandeville, the belle par excellence, gave a turn to them which we shall relate, after presenting our readers with a sketch of the lady herself. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The breakfast beverage par excellence is coffee, at least in American households, but, rather than have coffee poorly made, it is better to have no coffee at all. The Myrtle Reed Cook Book 2011-10-12T02:00:46.677Z Certain subjects are then to be regarded as intellectual or logical subjects par excellence, possessed of a predestined fitness to exercise the thought-faculty, just as certain machines are better than others for developing arm power. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z The desire for "true glory," which is carefully distinguished from what he called the "halo of glory," was the aristocratic sentiment "par excellence." Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z It was the abode par excellence of gloom and misery. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z "I conclude," said Miss Clements, "the alarm par excellence was when the enemy sailed up the Chesapeake to attack Baltimore, and there was an apprehension of their crossing over to Philadelphia." Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z But the domestic cat is, par excellence, the playmate and friend of childhood. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z When the artist is preoccupied overmuch with means and materials, he may achieve wonderful technique, but not the artistic spirit par excellence. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z There was more than one dog in the ship, but his drawing-room manners and knowledge of “sentry-go” made him saloon dog par excellence. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z This is the home par excellence of the happy family. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z The Northern Barbarians, as the Romans contemptuously styled them, all claimed to belong to the "Thiudu," or the nation par excellence, and from that word the term Teutonic is supposed to be derived. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Those who wish their friends well from such a noble motive are the friends par excellence. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Given a genuine difficulty and a reasonable amount of analogous experience to draw upon, the difference, par excellence, between good and bad thinking is found at this point. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z Treasuries continue to be the risk free asset par excellence,” he said in an interview. Brazilians Urged to Spend as Stocks Tumble to Two-Year Low 2011-08-08T23:35:02Z It has no worth, it is a social value, Value of a marquise, par excellence. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Clarke is a links golfer par excellence and his unique skills were ideally suited to the bad weather and hardcore challenge of Royal St George's. Former US PGA champion John Daly adrift on sea of golf's lost souls 2011-08-06T21:55:03Z Patriotism is a duty of all classes and all professions; but it is particularly one with those who are commissioned to defend the country: it is, therefore, the military virtue par excellence. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Popular icon, protester par excellence, Glezos does not require much to goad him into action. Greek protester who resisted Nazi rule turns fire on EU 2011-08-02T18:45:48Z To this day Andalusia is a country of dreamers, and Seville, despite its electric trams and motor cars, its barracks and cosmopolitan hostelries, is par excellence the city of dreams. Murillo 2011-08-02T02:00:19.967Z Each aspired to be the ruler of the club, each regarded himself as the performer par excellence. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z The country par excellence of practical Buddhism is Burma. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z For he taught that, in a sense, Classical Art is Art par excellence, and that in Greece beauty held a position such as it never held before and will not hold again. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z And even though your modesty may rebel, I shall persist in regarding you henceforth as the novelist par excellence of New York. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z It is certain that Mr. Browning was a student of the latter “theosophist” par excellence. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The Scotch-Irish in general kept nearest the outward frontier and became par excellence the Indian fighters. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z She will never be a lady, but she will be a “woman” par excellence. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Patience is the courage of the conqueror; it is the virtue, par excellence, of Man against Destiny—of the One against the World, and of the Soul against Matter. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z So that it is clear the popular economist, in calling his science the science par excellence of getting rich, must attach some peculiar ideas of limitation to its character. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z Thus it was that Nakhitchevane, the town of traffic par excellence, to which purchasers resort from the distance of twenty-five leagues all round it, arose amidst the wilderness of the Don. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Virgil also admitted nine divisions—three times three, a number sacred par excellence. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Especially is this the case with his treatments of Heine,—the one poet par excellence in whom he discovers all he can desire of power, of pathos and of passion. A Day with Robert Schumann 2011-06-21T02:00:28.690Z Irregular Phases of Psychotherapy.—The quack has always been a psycho-therapeutist par excellence. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z "What shall I say about love?" answered the Guest par excellence. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Let this dainty little person take care, or she may not long remain the friend par excellence of the family. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z Of these weld is much the prettiest, and is the yellow silk dye par excellence, though it dyes wool well enough. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z It may be said, therefore, that just as the unity of action is par excellence the Aristotelian unity, so the unities of time and place are beyond a doubt the Italian unities. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z He considered that the moxa must be admitted, without contradiction, to be the remedy par excellence against rachitis. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z This was the term applied to all the diners, except to one alone, the guest par excellence. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Flanders, the meeting-point of the three great European states—England, France and Germany—was then the industrial centre par excellence of the west and the rendezvous of all the merchants of the old world. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z By thinking upon such a being, man feels a sentiment that is par excellence the religious sentiment. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Albert Dürer may be regarded as par excellence the typical German artist—far more so than his great contemporary Holbein. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z I mean the brewing of Beer that is to be called, par excellence, “October,” some ten or fifteen years hence, when it is worth drinking. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z Miss Rehan is, par excellence, the life and soul of the piece; and when there has been, in her absence, a dull moment or two, she re-enters and Rehanimates the whole. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 5th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.440Z He was great chiefly in negotiation, the art par excellence of ecclesiastics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z But the art par excellence, that which surpasses all others, because it is incomparably the most expressive, is poetry. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z In a certain grade or stratum true merit and worth are not considered of any moment, but wealth and pecuniary par excellence constitute the law of attraction. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z James Grant, the newsletter writer, author and gold bug par excellence, asserts that gold money is superior to the “fiat” money of the Fed. Be Careful Wishing for the Fed?s End 2011-04-30T20:58:32Z The squatter, as we called him, par excellence, pulled the logs and bits for his dwelling actually out of the river, as a muskrat collects bits of drift for his house. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z What could I mean but the world of fashion, the world par excellence? That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z God is, par excellence, the beautiful—for what object satisfies more all our faculties, our reason, our imagination, our heart! Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Louis the Well-beloved possessed, par excellence, the subtle knack of taking care of his august person, and above all of his august reputation. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z This was, par excellence, the land of sham mock heroes, mock statesmen, mock publicists, and mock patriots. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Erech became the capital of the kingdom, and it was perhaps at this time that it acquired the name which it bore ever afterwards of “the city” par excellence. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Syria is the Arab police state par excellence. Syrian forces arrest 200 in rebellious town: lawyer 2011-04-13T00:19:11Z It is, par excellence, the philosophic faculty; it sometimes engenders doubt and skepticism, sometimes convictions that, for being rational, are only the more profound. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z For a name applied to many things is analogical if what it signifies is realized par excellence in one, and in the others only subordinately and dependently on that. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z "Certainly!" replied Capriani, "but the business was merely a pretext,--imagine it,--a pretext for me,--a business-man par excellence--to obtain an opportunity of conveying my personal sentiments ...." 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z We are now so accustomed to consider Pennsylvania the "tariff State" par excellence, that it is difficult to conceive of a time when she was not such. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z Chopin's compositions are the very essence and consummation of the piano, and he is, therefore, the pianoforte composer par excellence. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z Every pretty girl in San Francisco is a belle, but Nina Randolph is the belle par excellence.” A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z The reviewer "par excellence" of our own country makes a yearly incursion into French literature, as an Indian would do into his hunting-ground. Nuts and Nutcrackers 2011-03-08T03:00:45.687Z The city of philosophy and eclecticism par excellence received him with open arms as an old friend. Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. 2011-03-04T03:01:05.837Z Near the upper end of the room the belle, par excellence, seemed to be; for in her train flowed all that were wittiest, and gayest, and loveliest there. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z It is not without reason that Barry Cornwall has been styled the "Poet of woman," par excellence. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z The tough woods, par excellence, 55 are hickory, rock elm and ash. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z After all, Warney – cricketer; commentator; poker player par excellence – was on holiday in Abu Dhabi. Is Twitter the new celebrity PR? 2011-02-22T20:30:01Z Amongst the performers on the piano was one who, par excellence, was divine: this was a Miss W---. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z He wrote only for poets, and had no public during his lifetime among general readers, by whom, however, he is now regarded as the poet par excellence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Authors are, par excellence, button-holders, and they cannot relinquish their grasp on the victim whose lapel they have caught. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z Homer and Dante were always noted for their beautiful and effective similes, and they were also the poets of the imagination par excellence. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z New Orleans, then, may fairly claim to be considered a metropolis; and, among its many titles there is one which it enjoys par excellence, that is, in being the head-quarters of the duello. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z The people of Agrigentum have never ceased to honour his name, and even in modern times he has been celebrated by followers of Mazzini as the democrat of antiquity par excellence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z She does not want to be thought clever, nor even eccentric, which is the governess failing par excellence. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z He was king of the stage, prince of feuilletonists, the literary man par excellence, in that Paris then so full of intellect. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z It is adopted for instance by the British Association Committee already referred to, as par excellence the measure of the change in the value of the monetary standard. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z Cowper, the moral poet par excellence of the English language, attained this eminence chiefly because he wrote, not like a fanatic, or a canting pietist, but like a Christian gentleman and a man of sense. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Good bed-making is the one trait par excellence in all good chambermaid work. Guide to Hotel Housekeeping 2011-01-27T03:00:39.557Z He is the idol par excellence of persons who have nothing to lose whether he succeeds or fails. Notes of an Itinerant Policeman 2011-01-24T03:00:19.187Z This was the boulevard of the time par excellence, and its tree-bordered allées—sidewalks and roadways—bore, throughout its comparatively short length, eleven different names, often changing meanwhile as it progressed its physiognomy as well. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z The Royal high school, the burgh school par excellence, dates from the 16th century, but the beautiful Grecian buildings on the southern face of Calton Hill, opened in 1829, are its third habitation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z The black cat is the cabalistic animal par excellence! The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z Both belonged to Watier's, the dandies' club par excellence, and, being the only persons in the set who were men of letters as well as men of fashion, they were naturally drawn together. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z And the form of value with which we are here concerned, economic value par excellence, is a phenomenon of social, rather than individual psychology. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z A fine Madeira may be served with the soup instead of sherry, and is the wine par excellence to drink with terrapin. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z He is, par excellence, the big dog of the village. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Akosh, on the other hand, who had the advantage of the best education which Paris and London can afford, had taken it into his head to act the Magyar, par excellence. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z If we believe the scientific men, Australia is, par excellence, the land of birds, song-birds, plumage-birds, and birds of wonderful interest, such as the Satin Bower Bird. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z This is the dynamic function of money par excellence. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z And he is pushing back with some of the same message-molding that earned him a label as a “spinmeister par excellence.” Key Lobbyist?s Client List Puts Him on the Defensive 2010-12-31T02:28:17Z The Pacific Ocean, within the tropics is, par excellence, the coral sea, and the navigator of that ocean is familiar with the phenomenon, which I am about to describe. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z So far has scientific discovery, and its practical applications to human benefit by invention, now progressed, that every one considers this to be, par excellence, the scientific age. The Scientific Basis of National Progress Including that of Morality 2010-12-30T03:00:25.567Z Verlaine, man of moods par excellence, adjusts himself to life in his own manner. Paul Verlaine 2010-12-28T03:00:19.670Z The American money market is par excellence a New York market, and the primary type of paper discounted in the American money market is stock exchange paper, and foreign bills of exchange. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z Jute is, par excellence, the industry of the city. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Opportunist par excellence, he never asks all or nothing. English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z The novelist Phillip Roth called Thanksgiving “the American pastoral par excellence and it lasts twenty-four hours,” so enjoy the holiday to its fullest. What Small Businesses Can Give Thanks For 2010-11-24T14:12:00Z And the mirage men par excellence are government agents, masters of disinformation. 3 books on UFOs 2010-10-13T04:00:00Z A multinational, a creature par excellence of neoliberal globalisation, was not too big to fail, but too big to control when it did. Obama and BP: American David, corporate Goliath 2010-08-05T23:05:00Z The two most expensive players in the world par excellence didn't help them get what they want. Roy Hodgson orders Fernando Torres to stop making excuses 2010-08-04T23:06:00Z These trousers say 'ironic country gent' par excellence. The Open 2010: A fashion editor's guide to John Daly's trousers 2010-07-16T21:00:00Z Goldman Sachs, of course, is the power networking machine par excellence, propelling old boys and girls into high places in the UK, the US and the rest of the planet. Heading the Takeover Panel is no job for an investment banker 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z Ashton, with 71 tries in 71 games for the Saints since arriving from rugby league, is a poacher par excellence and has built up an excellent understanding at club level with the 24-year-old Foden. Wilkinson out as England turn to Flood 2010-03-18T08:00:00Z Nani has been erratic so often, but this is end product par excellence. 2010-01-31T12:51:00Z Projectiles Employed.—“Time shrapnel,” say the German Field Artillery regulations, “is the projectile par excellence ... against all animate targets which are not under cover.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Despite his being the practical philosopher par excellence, be always seemed to be more and more hopelessly out of touch with the practical side of life. The Undying Past I danced, played on the flute, handed round the tea and the sweetmeats—all par excellence—and was quite an adept in the art of speaking a great deal without saying anything. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Entomology is undoubtedly, par excellence, the study for youngsters. Butterflies and Moths (British) The 19th century is the period par excellence of architectural “revivals.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" The field howitzer, the weapon par excellence for the attack of field works, has never perhaps been more extensively employed than it was by the Prussians at that time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" He was the soldier-monk par excellence, possessing grand physical powers, devoutly pious according to his creed, and a grand example of chivalry. The Story of Malta To those accustomed to think of Mimosa as the sensitive plant par excellence my words may sound strange. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History Music is truly the art of the nineteenth century par excellence; it is the art which expresses best incredible aspirations; it is an art democratic in its essence. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 The Japanese were from their earliest times great archers, and the bow was the weapon par excellence of their soldiers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" In this country par excellence of arcades we had never seen such as these. Glories of Spain Furthermore, the conceptual model, built on the lines of a calculus of mathematics, is often considered the truth par excellence after the analogy of a camera's portrait. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Indeed it would be impossible to catalogue his activities, and he has always been recognised as the type par excellence of the gifted amateur. The Old English Herbals Since it is only used at the Mass, or rarely for functions intimately connected with the sacrament of the altar, it may be regarded as the Mass vestment par excellence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" In fact, this is the true treasure story, par excellence, of the whole Atlantic coast, with sufficient mystery to give it precisely the proper flavor. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day I am said to be intellectual, and this walking-stick is intellectual par excellence, and 'birds of a feather flock together,' you know. On the Heights A Novel Indeed, he speaks of nature as the artificer par excellence. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude She is par excellence the woman with a grievance, and self-labelled the greatest nuisance of modern society. Her Royal Highness Woman The complete system is pure thought, the Universal par excellence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" “In Agamemnon returning to his palace after ten years’ absence, and falling by the hand of his unfaithful spouse, we have the event which is tragical par excellence in pagan history. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I The Karroo System is par excellence the geological formation of South Africa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" But is this attitude of interest in just foot-pounds of energy the attitude par excellence or solely entitled to be called economic? Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude The serial, "The Exile of Time," is a story par excellence. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 From 1870 to 1880, Iowa, Kansas, northern Missouri, and Nebraska constituted the most stirring and favored region—the Northwest par excellence. The Greater Republic A History of the United States She knows that advancing age is the enemy par excellence of popularity for stage people, so she makes a point of always referring to the delinquent as "La M�re So-and-So!" Confessions of an Opera Singer Strychnine, in short, is the antidote par excellence of snake-poison, and cannot be surpassed by any other substance known to us. On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote If I could have what I wish, I’d choose to love, to be loved, like the great masters in the art, the lovers par excellence of the ages. What a Man Wills According to the false ideal which had come to take the place of the higher one of earlier days, the Southern woman was par excellence the aristocrat of America. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) Thus the man who seeks only or primarily his own moral perfection is an egoist par excellence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" The Osmanli, whom we are accustomed to call Turks par excellence, and who form the ruling portion of the Turkish empire, must be traced to the same source. Lectures on The Science of Language These are his "set," par excellence, and he knows them thoroughly. One Of Them At the era of decadence of chivalry, however, minne came to mean sexual enjoyment par excellence. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) These features constitute the literary element par excellence of Chinese dramatic composition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" It must have been an enterprising bagman who first went round Sikkim and persuaded the Sikkimese ladies that black velveteen was the match par excellence for their complexions. To Lhassa at Last In the depths of that sanctuary, all resplendent with gold and bright colouring, the Lama-King, The Holy, as he is called, par excellence, receives the homage of the faithful, ever prostrate, in succession, before him. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] The seventeenth was, par excellence, the century which can boast of that incomparable society the cult of which was the highest in all things--art, religion, philosophy, poetry, politics, war, and beauty. Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) Henceforth, the Assembly of the Tribes tended to become more and more the legislative assembly par excellence, while the Assembly of the Centuries remained the chief elective assembly. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. Several factories have of late years been started in our own country, but the cigarette par excellence is made in Havana. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Ah, here it is," and proceeded to read as follows: "'The Sword is a fierce Virgin; it is par excellence the Frenchman's weapon. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Furtively, to replace the horrible masses upon the table would be imprudent; openly to express to our Amphytrion our repugnance to this par excellence Tartarian delicacy, was impossible, as wholly opposed to Tartar etiquette. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] From Rome, the new institution--already distinguished by the name of religion, or religious life, par excellence--extended itself over all Italy. Women of Early Christianity The most remarkable illustration of "high Art," is presented by the Sun in his character of a Photographist; and indeed he may be regarded as par excellence the rising artist of the day. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) This fellow—the arch-charlatan of his day, the quack par excellence of his nation—dares to warn me against the perils of his class and kindred! Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Theoretically, he is the man of taste and culture par excellence; he is, or should be, in most cases, the arbiter, the dictator to his publisher, the chooser of style. The Art of Illustration 2nd ed. There is no great wealth in it, no great activity; but, on the other hand, there is little poverty; it is a well-to-do city par excellence. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things Up came the light carbine—the weapon par excellence for saddle trips—while I sighted across seventy yards of sunshine at the brown beast moving gracefully about, nipping at hanging moss and oblivious of danger. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making They may arise from inequalities of birth, differences in religious faith, or great discrepancies in age; but whatever their occasion, they are always a far-reaching and irretrievable mistake; the mistake par excellence of any life. Maids Wives and Bachelors Boar's Hill, we need not remind our readers, is par excellence the fashionable intellectual suburb of Oxford, and has been called the "Paradise of Bards." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 16, 1920 A consort, Nin-lil, a “mistress of the lower world,” was assigned to En-lil and was known also as Belit, the feminine form of Bel, i. e. the lady par excellence. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations As I have said, I am par excellence a super in the play. Captain Macedoine's Daughter The greatest poet of the lyric age, the lyrist par excellence Pindar, adds much to our conception of Greek love at this period. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion In Christianity, we have a most striking instance of this ethical transformation of the one deity who is the superhuman agent par excellence. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance At the store it was found that Checkers' talents were those of a salesman par excellence. Checkers A Hard-luck Story If the obsidian mirror was the symbol, par excellence, of Mexican star cult, there are evidences that the small mirror of polished pyrites was that of the sun-cult. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The reviewer “par excellence” of our own country makes a yearly incursion into French literature, as an Indian would do into his hunting-ground. Nuts and Nutcrackers The simple statement of facts of history will serve to expose the methods of those who pose as par excellence the soldiers’ friends and the defenders of national faith. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 Just hold your neck as straight and your head as high as he, and I do not know but you would be par excellence above the man himself; you have an opportunity. Silver Links Moses was par excellence proud, ambitious, and willful. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine You remember the Countess of Lanswell; she was la grande dame par excellence in London last summer. A Mad Love Editor of The Christian Science Journal:—Permit me to say that your editorial in the August number is par excellence. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 The three halls on the main, second and third floors, were really galleries of art "par excellence," they were so profusely adorned with choice collections of photographs, etchings, water colors, paintings and statuary. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century When his own regiment was brigaded in France, it was called, par excellence, "the King's Regiment;" and Dominick Sheldon, "an Englishman," was gazetted its Colonel. Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The State which is Catholic par excellence is a by-word for misgovernment, because the orthodoxy and piety of its administrators are deemed a substitute for a better system. The History of Freedom A monarch is an egoist by nature, the egoist par excellence. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 They were jealously sensitive of their independence, and of their reputation as being the Church Settlement par excellence, but Selwyn treated them with wise consideration. A History of the English Church in New Zealand Perpetual Change of the Social Structure.—We confine ourselves to that economic society par excellence which we have called the industrial center of the world. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy Lowell and Holmes were the wits par excellence, though Judge Hoar did not fall far behind. Home Life of Great Authors He generally has culture, he always has breeding, he often has gallantry; and, with these endowments, the poetry par excellence of the peerage is well within his reach. By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects In particular, his fellow-countrymen are no longer quite willing to regard him as the Swiss novelist par excellence. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Old Mrs. Marrable—Granny Marrable par excellence—had but one available personality, and had to be either here or there, never everywhere! When Ghost Meets Ghost Beyond this point a protective duty becomes a trust builder par excellence. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy Latin Christianity" that "The Eastern and the Western Church have each four authors of note, whom they recognize as Fathers par excellence. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia For the bard of Avon is par excellence the poet of England. By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects The United States is the land of propaganda par excellence! My Three Years in America In other words, he is the symbol of the �on of �ons, the �on par excellence. The Gnôsis of the Light Now the Mayas called LA, that which has existed for ever, the truth par excellence. Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa M. Bergson does not differ from this when he says that, "the soul—essentially action, will, liberty—is the creative force par excellence, the productive agent of novelty in the world." God and the World A Survey of Thought Now if evil is a non-vital, deciduous, and sterile phenomenon par excellence, art must be necessarily opposed to it, and opposed in proportion to art's vigour. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion According to the authors, just as with Schopenhauer, woman is a grown child, a liar par excellence, weak of judgment, fickle in love, incapable of any deed truly heroic. Woman under socialism Nomenclature.—Isn't it the place par excellence where umbrellas and waterproofs are in request? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 19 April 1890 This �tude, deservedly popular, may be considered the example par excellence of Chopin's style. Music: An Art and a Language We are now face to face with an "egoist" system par excellence. Anarchism and Socialism A Yorkshire gentleman he was, par excellence, in every point; about fifty-five years old, but looking at first sight still older, for his hair was silver white. Shirley He was, moreover, par excellence the aristocrat of the Cabinet, and such a type of public man is rare in Canada. The Day of Sir John Macdonald A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion Montcalm himself is indeed one of the most heroic and gallant figures in French Canadian history—the personage, par excellence, of the closing chapter of French dominion. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France By that time Hoppner was dead, and Lawrence's claim to be painter par excellence to the fashionable world was undisputed. Raeburn This hunt after the best ideal of the society of the future, is not this the Utopian method par excellence? Anarchism and Socialism That true being was the deliverer, par excellence, for it was the message of truth that bade men deny themselves, their carnal selves, and know but the one God, infinite mind. Carmen Ariza But par excellence he who has the right is the priest, the medicine-man, the divine king. Five Stages of Greek Religion Mr. Editor, your choice of authors is par excellence. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 Notwithstanding that Bellini’s great superiority was becoming clear to the more cultured Venetians, Alvise, when Lotto was a youth, was still the painter par excellence for the mass of the public. The Venetian School of Painting Once again, he is the theorist par excellence of egoism. Anarchism and Socialism Agriculture, which is par excellence the basis of the prosperity of nations, has made considerable progress; its development goes on day by day in geometrical progression. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 Here is the symbol par excellence of generation. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex We have not yet spoken of Allah, who is understood to be the god par excellence of Arabia. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems There is nothing more difficult for us to realize, civilized as we are, than the mental state of the man far behind us in cultivation, as regards what we call par excellence 'morality.' The Negro Farmer Preëminent in the class of the thrifty we think of the man of affairs; the business enterprise indeed is supposed to be the money-maker, par excellence. Creating Capital Money-making as an aim in business It is Greek industry which to-day plays par excellence the most active part in the propagation of culture in the East. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 The dove is, par excellence, an example of conjugal love. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex Ahura becomes the god par excellence, the supreme god; while "deva," the title which in India remained in honour, is in the Avesta that of evil gods who are not to be worshipped. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems A soft, black glove with long, wrinkled wrists, and a long, slim umbrella, tightly furled, completed a charming picture of a New York girl par excellence. Against Odds A Detective Story The captain was Isaac H. Elliott, of Illinois, the athlete, par excellence, of the University, a tall, handsome man and a senior. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War The evil is sedulously pointed out, and the only practicable remedy is resisted by the same persons—the friends, "par excellence," of the people! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 When the war started the monoplane was considered the machine par excellence for war use; its high speed and quick maneuvering being cited as most important for fighting in the air. 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 At least, he is the example par excellence. A Breath of Prairie and other stories Of the Treble Viols very little is said on the subject of bowing, the most complete instructions on that head being given for the viol par excellence, the viola da gamba. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. The poet of The Elegy par excellence, hath written two lines, which run thus— “Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.” Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI He was, in a peculiar sense, the professional soldier par excellence, the man who lived in and for warfare. Louisiana Lou A Western Story Mr. Lucander waxed eloquent on the "springiness" of the springs, and assured them that no bed could be better; that this was the bed par excellence of all the beds in China. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Oatmeal porridge is the food par excellence of the infants born north of the Trent, or was, at least, and stalwart people were the results.’ The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience Above all, know-nothingism pervades all around Scott, who is himself its grand master, and it nestles there par excellence in more than one way. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 I have seen many—of all colours; but the butterfly par excellence, I know not. Say and Seal, Volume II Money, with its abstract standards of value, is not only a medium of exchange, but at the same time symbol par excellence of the economic nature of modern competitive society. Introduction to the Science of Sociology The general notion of the Unconditioned is the same in all these cases, and all must finally culminate in the last, the Unconditioned par excellence. The Philosophy of the Conditioned A horse then, which was pre-eminent in this particular, was termed a clipper, i.e. a hackney, par excellence. Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Napoleon, an artillerist par excellence, considered campaigns and battles to be something more than duels of artillery. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 They were all pretty girls, the three Misses Challoner, but Nan was par excellence the prettiest. Not Like Other Girls There can be no doubt that the Radish was so named because it was considered by the Romans, for some reason unknown to us, the root par excellence. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare They had stopped a moment at the top of what was known as The Steps—par excellence—which was the shortest cut up to the field-path. Somehow Good The main carriage—for there are several in the suite—called, par excellence, the emperor’s own, is eighty-five feet long, and something over the usual width. The Land of Thor One of the special economies which a large capital possesses over a small, and which a Trust possesses par excellence, is the power of making advantageous bargains with its employees. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production "We shall be amazed if it is not immediately recognised and adopted as par excellence the student's manual of the history of architecture." Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery It was first simply called Nut, as the Nut par excellence. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare In fact, there were words, and the words almost went the length of taking the form known as "language" par excellence. Somehow Good This is the time of evil, par excellence, in which the cow has been reduced to the last extremity and has to stand upon one leg! India, Its Life and Thought In England, par excellence the manufacturing country, the growth of the town as compared with the country is strongly marked during the last thirty years. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production It was the age, par excellence, of spread-eagle oratory, when the American Bird soared higher and staid up longer than he ever has since. John Brown: A Retrospect Read before The Worcester Society of Antiquity, Dec. 2, 1884. For in those days parson had not lost its original honourable meaning, whereby the clergyman was spoken of as par excellence “the person” in the parish. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution No, not all, there remains to be mentioned the rifle—the arm par excellence of the American hunter. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness He is, par excellence, the bird of the merry heart. Birds in the Bush In them, was lived the truly nomad, gipsy life of the wandering Arab, who is a herdsman by heritage, and in following that vocation a roamer par excellence. In the Tail of the Peacock If you are a lover of the Terpsichorean art, you will fold New Orleans, par excellence, the town to your taste. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West "Omnipotent" also in the case of an intellectual being denotes the act of the intellect par excellence, which is knowledge. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Mill himself called the Conservative party the stupid party par excellence, and he took great pains to explain that it was so not by accident, but by necessity. Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays Yet the thrushes are song birds par excellence, while the phœbe, the least flycatcher, and the kingbird are not supposed to be able to sing at all. Birds in the Bush “Placed between the abstract and the concrete, between the creative intelligence and the objective creation, man thus conceived, appears like the mediator par excellence, or the veritable Demiurge of the gnostics.” Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts They regard the poet as the creator, the inventor, the maker par excellence, and he who can imagine or make the greatest eidolon is the greatest poet. The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry After his death Averroes gained in prestige and influence until he succeeded in putting into the shade his Arabian predecessors and was regarded by Jew and Christian alike as the Commentator of Aristotle par excellence. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Indeed, Eyton was par excellence a ladies’ doctor, for so many of the gentler sex get burnt up in the mad rush of a London season. The Seven Secrets Granted that they were not born on Puritan soil, par excellence, but were they not of the spirit and understanding of the Puritans? Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He had been essentially a man's man hitherto, in spite of his gay light love for lovely woman; a good comrade par excellence, a frolicsome chum, a rollicking boon‑companion, a jolly pal! The Martian But the Red-blood nation par excellence is the American; so that, in comparison with them, Europe as a whole might almost be called Mollycoddle. Appearances Being Notes of Travel Holbein is par excellence the draughtsman of skeletons. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving And yet this is, par excellence, the sort of tediousness in which devotees of culture complacently wallow. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations His magnum opus appears to have been his Miscellany; a farrago of prose and verse, which, to distinguish it from the herd of books bearing that title, is yclept, par excellence, Brett's Miscellany. Notes and Queries, Number 214, December 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Barty was a man's man par excellence, and loved to forgather with men. The Martian He means the series of charts containing the first three chief parts, which Luther considered the Catechism par excellence. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Sight is, therefore, perception par excellence, since we become most easily aware of objects through visual agency and in visual terms. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory Whatever the reason, it is beyond dispute that the United States is par excellence a land of beautiful villages. Village Improvements and Farm Villages He is to be found at the Heralds' College, and he is the, par excellence, "Ulster King-at-Arms!" Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 20, 1893 Montaigne is Pyrrhonist par excellence; and undoubtedly p. 180the famous Essays had greatly fascinated Pascal, like many others in his generation. Pascal They are game birds par excellence, and, says Chapman, trusting to the concealment afforded by their dull colors, attempt to avoid detection by hiding rather than by flying. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 2 August, 1897 In the Aryan race, the Vedic epoch, despite its sacerdotal ritualism, is considered as the period par excellence of mythic efflorescence. Essay on the Creative Imagination Uses.—The fruit of both species has the same therapeutical application being stomachic and carminative par excellence. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines We wonder that this clever diminutive person has never appeared as "the Claimant par excellence." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 7, 1893 Thus does Pathology, which is really Physiology reversed, become the self-revealer par excellence. Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis This will appear all the more remarkable when it is remembered that the Picidae do not descend head downward at all, while the Sittinae are the head-downward goers par excellence. Our Bird Comrades But this intermediate moment is par excellence the moment for psychology. Essay on the Creative Imagination After the pupil has mastered the difficulties of the trot, she will appreciate the enjoyable motion of an easy canter, which is the lady’s pace par excellence. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. They were, par excellence, places of defence against the frequent enemy; so, in bastion and tower they were piled in curving masses around the scenes of the later Gothic tapestries. The Tapestry Book The enema, regularly and properly used, is the remedy par excellence. Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis Our little striped friend, usually called in the books the black-and-white warbler, is not, after all, so expert a creeper as is the nuthatch, which may be called the arboreal skater par excellence. Our Bird Comrades For him, Louis XIV and Voltaire are respectively the French king and writer par excellence. Essay on the Creative Imagination |
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