How To Use Ambrose In A Sentence
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Ambrose was born into a farming family in the townland of Castlerock on the foothills of the Ox Mountains.
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Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment. Ambrose Bierce
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At Milan, where at first he used to come to the cathedral to admire Ambrose's oratorical skill, he found himself not only impressed by the content of the discourses but also gripped by the psalm chants.
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French by Petis de la Croix, with a preface by Cazotte, and was englished by Ambrose Phillips.
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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The bass player, an exceptionally tall, lean man with a bald head out of which sprouted a few knots of corkscrewed hair, looked a bit like Curtly Ambrose, the once-feared West Indies pace bowler.
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The self-reflexivity of the narrative serves to exteriorize Ambrose's self-conscious self-narration.
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Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others. Ambrose Bierce
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Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose, thought I to myself, my devout Ambrose is either at church, or abominably lazy this morning.
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He waited patiently for Ambrose to finish his drink, then took the canteen from the man's outstretched hand.
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Wherewith the two canons of the old school waddled away, arm in arm, and Bolt put out his head, leered at Ambrose, and bade him shog off, and not come sneaking after other folk's shoes.
The Armourer's Prentices
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This requirement is appropriate in a Public Order Act, and resolves the point left open by the court in Ambrose.
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The amazing prediction came yesterday by controversial agent Ambrose Mendy, the man behind Nigel Benn's rise to fame.
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Ambrose expected those who wished to be baptized to announce their intention at the beginning of Lent and then to participate in instruction as catechumens throughout the season of Lent.
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Carthage were three bishops together at dinner, and one of them spake evil by detraction of S. Ambrose, and there was a man that told what was befallen for such language to this aforesaid priest, but he mocked and japed so much that he felt a stroke mortal; that that same day he died and was buried.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3
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The path into the pinetum lay ahead; she racked her brains to think of a reason to send Ambrose back to the house that way.
The Perfect Lover
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Further, according to Ambrose3 “the word ‘owner’ is a term implying power.”a But man has no power over external things, since he can work no change in their nature.
The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas
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Obj. 5: Further Ambrose says on Luke 5 that "the ship in which Judas was, was in distress"; wherefore "Peter, who was calm in the security of his own merits, was in distress about those of others.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
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Stranded in the paddy field mud of the Winton track, Ambrose amazed fans by deflating his rear tyres to drive himself out of the bog and back into the race - but only after missing some 20 laps of the race.
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. Ambrose Bierce
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Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. Ambrose Bierce
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This Superior had been a disciple of the starets Ambrose, who was a disciple of Makarius, who was a disciple of the starets Leonid, who was a disciple of Paussy Velichkovsky.
Father Sergius
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. Ambrose Bierce
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The Ambrosian scheme, deriving its origin from St. Ambrose, only provides for the recitation of the Psalter once a fortnight.
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And when someone like Stephen Ambrose turns out to be a serial plagiarist, which is what he was from the beginning of his career, as I document in the book, then that pulls down the whole edifice the rest of us are trying to construct whereby people respect us because we follow the rules that we impose upon ourselves.
Past Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, Fraud American History from Bancroft and Parkman To Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis and Goodwin
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The amazing prediction came yesterday by controversial agent Ambrose Mendy, the man behind Nigel Benn's rise to fame.
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We are all quite accustomed to seeing the Duomo of Milan or the Basilica of St. Ambrose, but here is another Milanese church which I photographed last year, which is noteworthy for its architecture both exteriorly and interiorly -- in the case of the latter, most particularly for its painted vaulting.
Architecture of Catholic Milan
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The same Ambrose writing vpon the second chapitre of the first epistle to Timothie [50], after he hath spoken much of the simple arrayment of women: he addeth these wordes: woman oght not onelie to haue simple arrayment, but all authoritie is to be denied vnto her: for she must be in subiection to man (of whome she hath taken her originall) aswell in habit as in seruice.
The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women
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Like Aesop before him, Ambrose Bierce included animals in his fables in order to demonstrate human failings and quirks of character.
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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. Ambrose Bierce
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I do approve that of St. Ambrose (Comment. in Genesis xxiv. 51), which he hath written touching Rebecca's spousals, A woman should give unto her parents the choice of her husband, [5876] lest she be reputed to be malapert and wanton, if she take upon her to make her own choice; [5877] for she should rather seem to be desired by a man, than to desire a man herself.
Anatomy of Melancholy
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And now I wonder what deep-down resentment the late Stephen Ambrose was nursing that motivated him to lie about his closeness to his biographee
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Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. Ambrose Bierce
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Politeness, The most acceptable hypocrisy. Ambrose Bierce
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Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a Worm. Ambrose Bierce
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To escape his aesthetic dilemma, Ambrose must find a form that neither repudiates the past nor slavishly imitates it.
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Among the pioneers who helped arouse the conscience of the West to its responsibility were many churchpeople – including some who had served in South Africa and had been expelled for their sympathy with the Africans – like the Reverend Michael Scott, Father Trevor Huddleston, Canon L. John Collins and Bishop Ambrose Reeves in Britain, Rev. Gunnar Helander in Sweden, Professor J. Verkuyl in the Netherlands and George Houser in the United States.
SOUTH AFRICA: LIBERATION AND RECONCILIATION ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
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The facial hair term "sideburns" is a variant of "burnsides," named for U.S. Army Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, who wore such facial whisker adornment.
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And Ambrose Campany, a cheery-faced, middle-aged man, with booklover and antiquary written all over him, shockheaded, blue-spectacled, was there now, talking to an old man whom Bryce knew as a neighbour of his in Friary
The Paradise Mystery
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. Ambrose Bierce
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Sir Ambrose rose up in considerable dismay at a clatter above his head which half blinded him with pulvilio and scattered feathers.
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Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. Ambrose Bierce
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Much like President Bush's Kyoto alternative and inaptly named "Clear Skies Initiative," Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's proposed Clean Air Act is filled with industry incentives, lax timetables, and no mention of the Kyoto commitments-something Environment Minister Rona Ambrose deemed "unachievable" in September.
Canada's Commitment to Failure
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Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. Ambrose Bierce
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Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. Ambrose Bierce
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St Ambrose and St Augustine appear in roundels above.
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Ambrose was bristling in anger at the doctor's comment, so for a moment he could say nothing.
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Fidelity - a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed. Ambrose Bierce
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Mysti - cal interpretations of the number four go back at least to the Neo-Pythagoreans, and Philo Judaeus, imitated by Ambrose and Augustine, had long ago identified the
Dictionary of the History of Ideas
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Turkey: A large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude. Ambrose Bierce
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‘There is fever here, sister,’ she said; ‘Richard must call Ambrose, and we must send some of the febrifuge.’
Redgauntlet
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Deepest sympathy is extended to his sisters Attracta, Madge and Anne, and his brother Ambrose, brothers-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives and a wide circle of friends.
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Veni, redemptor gentium was composed by St. Ambrose of Milan 340-397.
Archive 2008-12-01
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The development of monasticism introduced a dualism into Christian morality, in that it proposed for the ascetes a morality essentially different from that of the rest of the Christian world, the latter being based upon the divine command, and the former upon pretended divine counsels; with this error were more or less affected Lactantius, Ambrose, Chrysostom, Jerome, and Augustine.
Christian Ethics. Volume I.���History of Ethics.
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Ambrose was left with 100,000 pairs of clackers he could not sell.
Times, Sunday Times
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This adapted version of Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary contains words like brute, gallows, damn, wrath, and X.
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Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment. Ambrose Bierce
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Out of this confusion Saint Ambrose draws a con - clusion which had definite effects.
PRIMITIVISM
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John Ambrose Fleming invents the vacuum tube.
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Stephen Ambrose is a historian and teacher.
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The back-and-front subjects represent the beginning and end of Christ's earthly mission, and they bracket key events in the lives of St Catherine and St Ambrose on the lateral walls.
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Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband. Ambrose Bierce
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Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. Ambrose Bierce
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The image of Saint Ambrose elevates the worshiper's mind to an inward vision through his intensity of concentration.
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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. Ambrose Bierce
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Achievement is the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust. Ambrose Bierce
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One can do no better than to paraphrase Ambrose Bierce upon his discovery of the merkin, and ask: how can such things be?
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There is the 1: 250 scale Lightship Ambrose, HMS Dreadnought, Admirable class minesweeper-subchaser and the old V108 Torpedo boat.
Digital Navy | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models
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During this period she had an unhappy love affair with the painter Ambrose McEvoy.
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The wine gala dinner on the 28th will be co-sponsored by Ambrose Wines Limited.
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Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment. Ambrose Bierce
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As St. Ambrose, one of the Fathers of the Church, wrote: ‘Let Mary's soul be in each of you to proclaim the greatness ot the Lord.’
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This wise old philosopher was counselor to Bishop Ambrose.
Christianity Today
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Although a passionate lover in his youth, after his baptism by Ambrose he became a champion of asceticism.
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Ambrose, by contrast, was guilty of wholesale plagiarism and was unrepentant.
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Curtly "speak to no man" Ambrose destroyed most of his adversaries with his brooding mien and steepling pace.
If England become world No1 they must develop the attitude to dominate | Kevin Mitchell
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Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. Ambrose Bierce
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Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. Ambrose Bierce
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When Ambrose changed from urology to venereology the care of venereal diseases was poorly resourced, but he fought for better facilities and brought distinction to the department which is named after him.
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Fox wasted no time in cancelling the ratings deprived “The Return of Jezebel James,” starring Parkey Posey and Lauren Ambrose.
Ugly Betty to Return May 7 on ABC
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Next summer, HBO will air the 10-parter Band of Brothers, based on Stephen Ambrose's non-fiction bestseller about a World War II U.S. Army unit.
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. Ambrose Bierce
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Lawyer - One skilled in the circumvention of the law. Ambrose Bierce
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Lawyer - One skilled in the circumvention of the law. Ambrose Bierce
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Turkey: A large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude. Ambrose Bierce
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Retell “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce using a local train trestle and creek as the setting.
Short Eerie Reads...
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Nobody would have understood me if I had called Giotto, 'Ambrose Bondone;' or Tintoret, Robusti; or even Raphael,
Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving
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Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. Ambrose Bierce
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One of them, Ambrose Burnside, even gave rise to the term sideburns because of his elaborate whiskers.
The Day the Rabbi Wouldn't Shave
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Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. Ambrose Bierce
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Organisation: www. wto.org WTO sees 9% global trade decline in 2009 as recession strikes: www. wto.org And I'm not the only one saying watch out for SDRs - check out today's comment from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the Telegraph (and also ran in the Financial Post in Canada)
WN.com - Business News
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A te principium, in te recredit crimen quod a te fuit; peccasti, quiesce, as Ambrose expostulates with Cain, lib.
Anatomy of Melancholy
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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. Ambrose Bierce
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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. Ambrose Bierce
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St. Ambrose was born about the year 340, of a Roman of the same name who was at that time prefect of the pretorium in Gaul, a province which then embraced a large portion of western and southwestern Europe.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
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Although a passionate lover in his youth, after his baptism by Ambrose he became a champion of asceticism.
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As the grownups gave their speeches, the bushy-haired and Gumby-limbed Hamish Linklater—of last summer's "Winter's Tale" and "The Merchant of Venice"—kibitzed with Lauren Ambrose, who starred in "Romeo & Juliet" in 2007.
All's Well at Theater Gala
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Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me. Ambrose Bierce
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The wines have been imported for the Royal Cliff by Ambrose wines, whose managing director, Ron Batori has been another stalwart supporter of the Wine Club.
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That was his worst result for two years, but the 42 points Ambrose grabbed when he deflated his rear tyres and drove out of the bog could end up being crucial at season's end.
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In the Daily Telegraph, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard warned that the EU is forcing a "final catharsis" on Greece:The country appears to be in a self-feeding downward spiral that is playing havoc with budget targets, leaving Greece with a Sisyphean task of ever deeper cuts.
Eurozone crisis live: Greek president attacks Germany as bailout deadline moves to Monday
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Bolt put out his head, leered at Ambrose, and bade him shog off, and not come sneaking after other folk's shoes.
The Armourer's Prentices
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Gelasius, Ambrose, and many other holy fathers, deuise, and put furthe, not at one time but at sondry.
The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie
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Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. Ambrose Bierce
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The Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet will re-create the pre-electric, pre-fusion Miles Davis when it presents "The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959" at 8 p.m.
KansasCity.com: Front Page
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Ambrose finished the narrative with a broken voice indeed, but as one who had more self-command than his brother, perhaps than his uncle, whose exclamations became bitter and angry as he heard of the treatment the boys had experienced from their half-brother, who, as he said, he had always known as a currish mean-spirited churl, but scarce such as this.
The Armourer's Prentices
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As host of the "Explore Your Spirit with Kala" show and author of the award-winning "9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled," "Ghosthunting North Carolina" and "The Awakened Aura: Experiencing the Evolution of Your Energy Body," Kala Ambrose's wisdom teachings are described as discerning, empowering and inspiring.
Kala Ambrose: Create a Seed Planting Ceremony for Reflection, Connection and Introspection
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The early fathers of the Christian Church — Augustine, Jerome, Ambrose, and Gregory the Great — transformed classical architectural mnemonics into sancta memoria (holy recollection), a monastic practice of meditation that cultivated the memory through aedificatio, a process in which the craft of edifying thoughts mirrored the edifying craft of architecture.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
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Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a Worm. Ambrose Bierce
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An atelier repetition of this fine original is No. 166 in the Vienna Gallery; the only material variation traceable in this last-named example being that in lieu of St. Ambrose, wearing a kind of biretta, we have St. Jerome bareheaded.
The Earlier Work of Titian
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Ambrose had announced their intended arrival, and at the door of the house, the timid, but affectionate Lavinia was waiting to receive them; and as Camilla, in alighting, met her tender embraces, a well-known voice reached her ears, calling out in hurried accents, 'Where is she?
Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
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The Mowachaht-Muchalaht believe Luna embodies the spirit of their late chief, Ambrose Maquinna, who said he would return to them in the form of a whale after he died.
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Ambrose was apparently a cross-breed and therefore long lived, but what about the man carrying the egg?
GROWN FROM MAN TO DRAGON • by Megan Arkenberg
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Then the boats passed up one by one; and, as each came opposite to the St. Ambrose boat, the crews tossed their oars and cheered, and the St. Ambrose crew tossed their oars and cheered in return; and the whole ceremony went off in triumph, notwithstanding the casualty which occurred to one of the torpids.
Tom Brown at Oxford
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. Ambrose Bierce
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He said the king spake of a visitation to abolish corrodies from religious houses," said Ambrose.
The Armourer's Prentices
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Both days will feature a four person ambrose with a shotgun start from midday after a barbie at 11 am.
