| 单词 | sinuosity |
| 例句 | Marrying the sinuosity of contemporary dance to a fractured postmodernism, the McGregor style was distinguished by its rattlesnake speed, flickering detail, and extreme and often distorted physical articulation. Ballet's rock star 2011-01-02T00:03:05Z Over time, the sinuosity of the stream becomes increasingly exaggerated, and the channel migrates around within its flood plain, forming a meandering pattern. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Note the sinuosity in the river, which is meandering. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The industrious Saab couture atelier had got to work to weave the signature crystals, sequins and pearls together to - as the program notes put it - depict “the sinuosity of organic forms.” Gaultier fetes smoking, Saab channels Gaudi in Paris couture 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z The industrious Saab couture atelier had got to work to weave the signature crystals, sequins and pearls together to — as the program notes put it — depict “the sinuosity of organic forms.” Gaultier fetes smoking, Saab channels Gaudi in Paris couture 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Like the sight of a spider spinning a delicate web or a shark’s sinuosity, it distilled the power of grace that contradicts negative expectations. Letter of Recommendation: Bogs 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z They are for one thing almost the finest example in English of that style which follows the sinuosities and subtle transitions of the spoken word. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z The sinuosities of the bank, the reeds, and all objects along the shore are brought out in sharp black relief against the bright glow. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z This soliloquizing devil becomes identified with the suggestions and sinuosities of evil that partake of the flux of our consciousness. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The coast line, including larger bays, but excluding reefs, islets, keys and all minute sinuosities, is about 2500 m. in length. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z Probably the plan of the streets dates from long ago as they follow the conformation and sinuosities of the mountain. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z If their sinuosities be taken into the computation, its circuit will be three thousand six hundred miles. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z For the sinuosities and compromises of party politics, however wise and necessary at times, he had no aptitude. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z Almost ahead, owing to the sinuosity of The Narrows, lay the huge fortress of Chanak. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z The fable of the sun and the wind contending which of them could first induce a traveller to quit his cloak, might be paralleled by one invented on the sinuosity of rivers in plain countries. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z They used to say I was crooked,"—he twirled his straw hat, and changed the position of his legs; "but I guess that for pure sinuosity I was never in Tim Margrave's class. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z Never had I seen such a railroad, either for steepness or for sinuosity. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z Jack Wingate lives in a little cottage whose bit of garden ground "brinks" the country road where the latter trends close to the Wye at one of its sharpest sinuosities. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z The road runs down the valley, which, after several sinuosities, debouches on the Severn’s plain. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Our party was thus strung out into a long line, here and there curving according to the sinuosities of the path, and gliding like some monstrous serpent among the trees. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z It is a hem like a serpent, with a serpent's sinuosity and grace, but also with a serpent's hatefulness to those who can do nothing but accept it as a fact. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z Jack Wingate lives in a little cottage whose bit of garden ground “brinks” the country road where the latter trends close to the Wye at one of its sharpest sinuosities. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z It was brindled in some places as if whipped into curds by the wind; but through these continuous streamers were drawn, which were bent into sinuosities resembling a waving flag at a mast-head. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. She seems all soft and mild enjoyment, and the curved lines of her fine limbs, flow into each other with a never ending sinuosity of sweetness. Heathen Mythology The surface of the globe presents in part a vast expanse of water bounded by the sinuosities of the shores, and in part an undulating succession of plains and mountains. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History The headers are made of wrought steel, and except the outer pairs, which are flat on the outer portions, they are sinuous on both sides, the sinuosities fitting into one another. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Within a few miles of the Affghanistan boundary the gorge is traversed by a stream which winds like a snake through the sinuosities of the Pass, and crosses it no less than sixteen times. Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan The boats were immediately launched, and having pulled a short distance from the land, we set the sails, our course being directed to the outer point in view, to avoid the sinuosities of the coast. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea And, believe me, the wake of one of those catfish didn’t have anything on the wake of that Fritz for sinuosity. Sea-Hounds One day, as we were following the sinuosities of a valley, our hearts oppressed with sad thoughts, all of a sudden we perceived two horsemen make their appearance on the ridge of an adjacent hill. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Sinuosities of rivers.—In proportion as such valleys are widened, sinuosities are caused by the deflection of the stream first to one side 206 and then to the other. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The mileage does not take account of the lesser sinuosities of rivers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" Both were equally matched, the white man, tough, powerful, and in the pink of training; the dark man lithe, cat-like, but accustomed to depend more on quick sinuosity of movement than on sheer muscular power. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising But the worst thing was, that these rascally Kitats turned thieves, and took possession of all the goats and sheep that lost their way in the sinuosities of the ravine. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] We started at three in the morning, and after infinite sinuosities and meanderings over this hilly country, we arrived, by nine o’clock, at the foot of the Bourhan-Bota. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Probably each four miles, on an average path, is spun out, by an infinite series of minor sinuosities, to five or six. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 The grand Pallisadoes, the Highlands, and the abrupt sinuosities of this noble river, were calculated to awaken in my mind a sense of the fraility of my nature, and the greatness of a God. Notes on a Tour Through the Western part of The State of New York The land to the northward was no longer visible, and whenever I left the margin of the fast to avoid its deep sinuosities, I was obliged to trust entirely to the compass. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 They by no means observe a parallelism to the mean, but change their flexures, assuming new sinuosities. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition These bones have accumulated in old river beds, and the mining operations are compelled to follow the sinuosities of these streams. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 They rule at once the waves of the mountain outline, and the sinuosities of the minutest lichen that stains its shattered stones. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), The course is sinuosity itself in appearance, but that only renders it the more beautiful. The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit The acme of this sinuosity of movement is reached with those long-drawn-out fishes the eels. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science The American jurists and diplomats insisted that it followed all the sinuosities of the shore. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 All along the brow ran fine sinuosities of light that dazzled like the tracery of pale flame. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart His forehead, large and open, like that of Diderot, indicated a vast and capacious mind; but his forehead having fewer sinuosities, less roundness than Diderot's, announced less warmth, less energy, and less fecundity of ideas. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." For thirty-six hours the Forward followed the sinuosities of the coast of Boothia, without reaching Prince of Wales Land. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Active and diligent servant, it seems to work ever to our advantage, multiplying in its charming sinuosities its power for contributing to our prosperity, accomplishing our tasks, and granting our needs. Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders If the sinuosity is slight we have the Vibrio form; if pronounced, and the spiral winding well marked, the forms are known as Spirillum, Spirochaete, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The length, excluding lesser sinuosities, is about 60 m., Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" From Lisbon back to Lisbon, reckoning the sinuosities of the coast, but making no allowance for tacking, the distance run by those tiny craft was not less than thirteen thousand miles. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest In the rear extended the wide coast of Iviza with its broad sinuosities of projecting points and steep shores. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan To observe the real character of red men, it is necessary to trace the turnings and windings of the Yellow Stone River, or the yet more remote sinuosities of the Upper Missouri. History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians The eruption traveled forty miles in a straight line, or sixty including sinuosities. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror The length of the river, excluding minor sinuosities, is about 75 m., the distance from Bradford to Bath being 10 m., thence to Bristol 12 m., and thence to the mouth 8 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" It follows the real in all its sinuosities. Creative Evolution The sinuosities of this labyrinth of channels permit navigators from the archipelago of the Pityus� to go from one island to another by different routes, according to the direction of the winds. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan There the harbors formed by the mouths of the rivers, or by the sinuosities of the shore, are open and accessible, and at the same time sheltered from the winds and the sea. William the Conqueror Makers of History At length, near ten o'clock, we reached the foot of Mount Cenis, where sinuosity of course could avail us no further. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. The Zambesi is thought to present a great difficulty to the erosion theory, because of the sinuosity of the chasm below the Victoria Falls. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The road following the sinuosities of the stream runs parallel to it, with a strip of a few rods in width between. The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster There you find them winding by a thousand loops like the sinuosities of a great serpent, rolling sluggishly along, with waters red and turbid as though they were rivers of blood! The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness The dear old man did not wind in and out among the sinuosities of thought—no, he was right out on the broad prairie, under the open sky, sounding "Boots and Saddles!" Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Among the farther sinuosities of the valley were groups of tents. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Were the Niagara centre above the fall sinuous, the gorge would obediently follow its sinuosities. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Although philosophical in tendency he had not had sufficient experience in sophistical reasoning to enable him to disentangle the sinuosities of bad logic. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains It moved slowly—by vertical sinuosities, almost in a direct line, with its head slightly raised from the grass. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness Without a word of explanation he strode into the dense undergrowth, through which he went with the agility of a panther and the sinuosity of a serpent. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar While giving a uniform height to their structure, they accommodated its ground-plan to the sinuosities of the rock. Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I The coarse layer is found bent by the pressure into sinuosities like a contorted ribbon. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 By keeping along the river's side, they found its sinuosities greatly lengthened their way, to avoid which inconvenience they penetrated the wood, and in a few days they lost themselves. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. The sinuosities of the creek had caused it to gather in a large part of the rain that had fallen some miles away, and its usual boundaries were overflowed. The Hunters of the Ozark We have not space to follow him through the whole of the serpentine sinuosities of his investigations, but we will watch him at one or two salient points of his course. The Garret and the Garden In this respect the sinuosities of the rocky foundation seem to have determined the mode of action. Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I This crevice, with its windings and sinuosities, is about four hundred paces long, and in many parts eleven, twelve, thirteen feet wide, but generally six or seven. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection I walked on to a higher spot; and, far distant among the sinuosities of the romantic entrance to the harbour, my eye caught, for a moment, her receding pennant. Rattlin the Reefer Fatal soup, which not only distributed itself among the pockets, but into the most secret sinuosities of the man himself! The Man With The Broken Ear From this spot you see all the course of the Wye, with its numerous sinuosities—in one place cutting out a few acres into a horse-shoe peninsula. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland It is only after the frequent sinuosities of the channel, that the two waters are thrown into each other and fairly blend. Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Nothing maddened Maxwell so much as to have his wife take this tone with him, when he had followed her up through the sinuosities that always began with her after a certain point. The Story of a Play A Novel By the latter, one can go in almost any direction; and as they are very winding there is a certain pleasure in following their sinuosities, doubtful whither they tend. Recollections of Europe At last, by way of Nagle and Amsterdam Avenues, they regained Broadway itself, at the point where its many sinuosities end at the bridges over the Harlem River and Spuyten Creek. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York The northern constellation Draco, whose sinuosities wind like a river through the wintry bear, was made the astronomical cincture of the Universe, as the serpent encircles the mundane egg in Egyptian hieroglyphics. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Lost in a vast labyrinth, the sinuosities of which spread in every direction, without guide, clue or compass, I knew it was a vain and useless task to attempt flight. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth At all other places the three marine miles are to be measured following the sinuosities of the coast. The Story of Newfoundland Are the wing-sheaths and the triangular winglets of the larva the moulds whose folds, wrinkles, and sinuosities form their contents in their own image, and so weave the network of the future wings and wing-covers? Social Life in the Insect World I could see only in glimpses through my tears; but along the steep sinuosities of the path something fluttered and vanished, and fluttered again—I recognized Heraine. Tales of the Chesapeake From the summit of the great towers of Bubastis and Saïs the glistening sinuosities of its branches might be discerned for many miles. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Familiar with all the sinuosities of his den, as well in daylight as in darkness, the chances might have favored him even with two powerful enemies within it. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia We fell in with a native path which wound up through a thick scrub in pleasing sinuosities, and emerged upon a tableland similar to the one we had traversed this morning. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 Hers was a fine frame, broad and square of shoulder, tall and lank of hip as some great tiger-cat, and splendid in its sinuosity. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem The sinuosities of the rim sent back their various colors. Among the Forces Following the sinuosities of the river the distance of Windsor from the sea is about one hundred and forty miles; whereas in a straight line it is not more than thirty-five. Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America Before them lay a deep gully, the sinuosities of which could be traced from the elevated position where they stood, though its termination was hidden by other projecting ridges. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest His long thin figure fitted around the sinuosities of the earth, and he seemed to have a curious gliding motion, sliding forward slowly to meet the enemy. The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi Sometimes one horse rose above fern and thicket, or twisted, apparently with the sinuosity of a snake, in and out amidst the clustered trunks, while once the girl lurched forward. Alton of Somasco Looking towards Brest, it seemed to extend indefinitely; but on the other side, it projected its sinuosities into the land, between short hills covered with underwood. Over Strand and Field Almost at his very offset in life, he acquired a notoriety which has increased through all the subsequent sinuosities of his career. Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America This "Ariadne's thread" easily follows all sinuosities, and adapts itself to all circumvolutions. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 Harbours.—With the exception of the estuaries above alluded to, chiefly in the northern section of the island, the outline of the coast is interrupted by few sinuosities. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 The Giesbach is a succession of falls, whose water comes from a glacier, and which are produced by the sinuosities of the leaps and inclined planes of a mountain side, aided by rocks and precipices. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland But as we moved on, turning and twisting and ever rising, we were soon confined to just the few yards the sinuosities of the trail would allow us to see at one time. The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon The coast stretched eastward with little sinuosity, and was sandy, but not so low as before. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Aside from this, the plate is traversed for a space of 0.04 of an inch by curved lines running from one pole to the other, and exhibiting numerous sinuosities. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 It extended also into several bays or sinuosities which gave the scenery a most refreshing aquatic character. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 This river is distinguished by its sinuosity and the number of islets which it embraces, and it retains this character even to Paris. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1 The outlet of Lake Pohenagamook was reached in a distance of 49-3/4 miles from the mouth of the St. Francis following the sinuosities of the river on the 18th of October. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler On the north side of Point Malcolm it stretches north, and then eastward, forming a bight five miles within the land; after which the general trending is north-north-east, with very little sinuosity. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Under the two principal and clearly marked lines that this spark made there are seen two other, very pale and much wider ones, that present no sinuosities parallel with the first. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 When she reached the wood she crept to its beetling verge, and looking across the cañon watched Lance's figure as it vanished and reappeared in the shadows and sinuosities of the ascent. Frontier Stories Meantime the negotiation for the purchase of the Old House of Glaston was advancing with slow legal sinuosity. Paul Faber, Surgeon Following the sinuosity of the shore, our general direction was south, and after we had thus proceeded two miles, we found the width of the river suddenly contract from three miles to one. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. The coast extends from Cape Dussejour to Cape Londonderry, a distance of ninety-five miles, without an opening, and with but few sinuosities of any consequence. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 Each of them seems to be formed of four lines of different sizes, entangled with one another and presenting different sinuosities. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 The whole was crowned by a balustrade of open-worked stone following the sinuosities of the frontage, between the two salient masses that guarded it, the tower and the Musarabé chapel. The Shadow of the Cathedral Column 2 gives the number of sinuosities or vibrations at the corresponding second. Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light Made at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis New Harmony is seated on the banks of the Wabash; and following the sinuosities of that river, it is distant sixty-four or five miles from the Ohio, but over land, not more than seventeen. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America The coast then extends to the north to Endeavour River, and forms a few inconsiderable sinuosities; it is backed by high land, particularly abreast of the Hope Islands. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 It has a general coast line of about twenty-two hundred miles, or, following all its sinuosities, of about seven thousand miles. Cuba, Old and New The pictorial divisions are therefore horizontal in the main, though so combined and varied as to produce the effect of multiplied curves, balancing and antiphonally inverting their lines of sinuosity. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Column 2 gives the corresponding number of sinuosities or vibrations. Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light Made at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis New Orleans is seated on the south-east bank of the Mississippi; and, following the sinuosities of the current, about 109 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America The river then trends in a northerly direction for seven miles, without any sinuosity of consequence. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 In hilly country it is at a still greater disadvantage, the inclines, gradients, and sinuosities of the roads restricting its effectiveness very pronouncedly. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Wentworth, the oldest living contortionist, is about seventy years of age, but seems to have lost none of his earlier sinuosity. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine So-al was a mighty fine-looking girl, built like a tigress as to strength and sinuosity, but withal sweet and womanly. The People That Time Forgot So the Detective followed the Clew a whole year through a thousand sinuosities, and at last found himself in the office of the Morgue. Fantastic Fables He saw how they set their little feet, how they carried their chins, with what grace and sinuosity they swung their bodies. Sister Carrie: a Novel The peculiar sinuosities of its course are indicated; and some of its bends, as, for example, that at New Orleans, are easily recognized. France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 It is perfectly manageable, and, being sharpened to a point, may be applied with certainty to every recess and sinuosity of the wound. The Dog In short, the sublime Newton himself becomes an infant when he quits physics, when he lays aside demonstration, to lose himself in the devious sinuosities, in the inextricable labyrinths, in the delusive regions of theology. The System of Nature, Volume 2 The eastern shore having fewer sinuosities than the western, most of the boats followed its dark, frowning mass, as the nearest route, and we soon found ourselves near the line of the retiring batteaux. Satanstoe The Vanderbilt mine, with all its dips, spurs, angles, variations, veins, sinuosities, rights, titles, franchises, prerogatives and assessments is now for sale. Remarks We observed this degree of precision that we might not add the uncertainty of the measure of triangles, trapeziums, and the sinuosities of the coasts, to the uncertainty of geographical statements. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 The leaves of the original form show numerous sinuosities in their blades, not at the edge, but anywhere between the veins. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Gentleman steer through so many sinuosities in a case; and hardly, at last, dared he come to the question, because he was talking about land—this sacred land! Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 At that period there could have existed none other than narrow paths, irregular avenues following the sinuosities of the forest. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present We found by the bearings of the sinuosities of the river, that this rock is nearly in the latitude of the mission of San Francisco Solano. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 The cow-paths answered as guides for quite a mile, Mike being thoroughly acquainted with all their sinuosities. Wyandotte They warn us that the capacity for such sinuosities is not wholly lost, but only lies dormant in the new variety. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Through the gloom he divined a new swiftness in her step, a certain sinuosity of movement that suddenly melted into immobility. A Man and His Money To avoid the retardment they experienced from the force of the current, they kept close along the water's edge the whole of the way, following all the bendings and sinuosities of the river. The Book of Household Management In the great sinuosities of the river whole days are sometimes passed without advancing more than two or three hundred toises. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 As for Maud, her eyes were frequently cast behind her, for she was fearful Robert Willoughby might miss the path, having so little acquaintance with the thousand sinuosities he encountered. Wyandotte If Robin Lyth had been driven, by the heroic view of circumstances, to rush into embrace constabular, would that have restored the other six men to family sinuosities? Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale It is a great school of practical wisdom, a guide for civil life, and a key to the mind in all its sinuosities. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller The eruption travelled forty miles in a straight line, or sixty, including sinuosities. The Hawaiian Archipelago The two banks, worn by the waters, do not furnish an equal resistance; and almost imperceptible inequalities of the level suffice to produce great sinuosities. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Two hours later, the boats left the shore, and began to float downward with the current, following the direction of a stream that has obtained its name from its sinuosities. Wyandotte This would bring them, allowing for the sinuosities of the shore, to a point between Little Boar's Head and the Isles of Shoals. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 In addition to these sinuosities there were several pockets or alcoves along the tunnel, as if the stream had here found passage for a short way, and was then obliged to recede. The Four Canadian Highwaymen or, The Robbers of Markham Swamp On the 15th of July, De Monts and his party left Cape Porpoise, keeping in and following closely the sinuosities of the shore. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 To avoid the sinuosities of the river and shorten the passage, the navigation is here performed in a very extraordinary manner. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 The configuration of caverns, like the outline of mountains, the sinuosity of valleys, and so many other phenomena, present at first sight only irregularity and confusion. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 He had traced the shore-line with its sinuosities and its numberless islands far beyond the two distinguished headlands, Cape sable and Cape Cod, which respectively mark the entrance to the Gulf of Maine. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 The truth is that adaptation explains the sinuosities of the movement of Evolution, but not the general directions of the movement, still less the movement itself. Bergson and His Philosophy I never saw a stream with so many sinuosities; in many places a quarter of a mile would cut off at least three miles by the river. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales He saw how they set their little feet, how they carried their chins, with what grace ands sinuosity they swung their bodies. Sister Carrie We traced the sinuosities of this arm of the sea, which, like a river, has dug a bed between perpendicular rocks destitute of vegetation. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 The reading was a delectation for both of them, and here again the choice of works was directed by the taste of Liubka, while Soloviev only followed its current and its sinuosities. Yama: the pit The sinuosities, themselves, would enable the last to gain fifty points ahead of them, where ambushes, or even open resistance, must place them altogether at the mercy of the savages. Oak Openings The school of Praxiteles, as distinguished from that of Pheidias, is especially the school of grace, relaxing a little the severe ethical tension of the latter, in favour of a slightly Asiatic sinuosity and tenderness. Greek Studies: a Series of Essays As the sinuosities of the precipitous path could only be trod in single file, the heavy wheels were taken from the carriages, and each, slung upon a pole, was borne by two men. Napoleon Bonaparte Nothing is more striking than the manner in which these strata of lava are piled on one another, exhibiting the sinuosities of the calcareous rock of the higher Alps. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Hence, the doctor preferred not to force the dilation, and so adroitly followed the sinuosities of a pretty sharply-inclined plane, and swept very close to the villages of Thembo and Tura-Wels. Five Weeks in a Balloon I have been through the California mill, with all its "dips, spurs and angles, variations and sinuosities." Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) The boundary line from Portland Channel to Mount St. Elias was stipulated to run everywhere a distance of ten marine leagues from the coast and to follow its sinuosities. The Path of Empire; a chronicle of the United States as a world power He was tall and supple, fair-complexioned, and well-groomed, with a suggestion of self-satisfaction and aloofness in the very sinuosity of his figure. The Rise of David Levinsky Each sinuosity forms a marsh more or less extensive. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 When she reached the wood she crept to its beetling verge, and, looking across the canyon, watched Lance's figure as it vanished and reappeared in the shadows and sinuosities of the ascent. Flip, a California romance Through the sinuosities of their vast mythology, he worked cunningly upon the credulity of his people. The Son of the Wolf She was taller and thinner than Kate, and had at times a certain shy, coy sinuosity of movement which gave her a more virginal suggestion than her unmarried sister. Snow-Bound at Eagle's Camille's neck, instead of curving inward at the nape, curves out in a line that unites the head to the shoulders without sinuosity, a most signal characteristic of force. Beatrix Alpine plants fill this hollow; and, not confined to the ridge of the mountain, they follow the sinuosities of the ravine. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 The mouth, once so fresh and rosy, now had colder tints; it was straight no longer, but inclined to the right,—a sinuosity that seemed to indicate falsehood. The Deputy of Arcis And we are directed to the sinuosities for posts of observation chiefly instructive. The Egoist The lava, rolling up to the base of the mountains, has followed the sinuosities of their margin, as the waters of a lake follow its promontories and bays. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire Within this double hedge wound a hidden path, led by the sinuosities of the stream, which the willows, oaks, and beeches made as leafy as a woodland glade. The Hated Son We seemed to trace the sinuosities of the ancient shore in the tongues of land which jut out from the craggy rock, and even in the distribution of the vegetation. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 She knew too much about the way the trick was done, had followed, too often, all the sinuosities of such approaches. The Glimpses of the Moon |
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