BBC EnglishThe speech of the announcers of the British Broadcasting Corporation, generally accepted as the epitome of correct British English pronunciation until the early 1970s, when announcers (“presenters” in England) with regional accents were allowed on the air. The term is often used dispar...
Nevertheless, without finishing the lesson, he closed his book, and departed to his own room. View in context Nevertheless she had an ear for the door, for when I bounced in she had been too clever for me; there was no book to be seen, only an apron on her lap and she was gazing...
Vol. LV. | Various That we may find thy mercy: nevertheless, in a contrite heart and humble spirit let us be accepted. The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various She stood now before Kitty of "a humble and a contrite heart," and made no reply at all to the implied challenge. You ...
It's also not a new thing. We've been categorizing literature like this for thousands of years. Some of the oldest forms of writing, including religious texts, were tied directly into this idea of genre. For example, forty percent of the Old Testament in the Bible is actually poetry, one...
...quantity of wheat which he had bought uponspeculationand which was then lying idle in a Philadelphia storehouse. This he had sold at public sale and at a very great sacrifice; he realized barely one hundred pounds upon it. The financial horizon looked very black to him; nevertheless, Le...
She belonged to that ultra-modern school which scorns to sue masculine admiration, but which cannot dispense with it nevertheless. FromProject Gutenberg She learned to appreciate at its true value that masculine admiration which, in an unusual degree, she had the power to excite. ...
Nevertheless the editors consider that in no other Battalion source is there such a vivid record of experiences to be got which reflect the feelings of all those who took part ...— The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) - Record of War Service, 1914-...
Nevertheless, when Taoism was institutionalized as a formal religion in the second century A.D., Lao Tzu was elevated to the status of a deity. As a religion, Taoism is best known for its emphasis on aligning the life of the individual with the Tao of the universe; the way in which ...
Puritanism, a religious reform movement in the late 16th and 17th centuries that was known for the intensity of the religious experience that it fostered. Puritans’ efforts contributed to both civil war in England and the founding of colonies in America
Arianism, in Christianity, the Christological position that Jesus, as the Son of God, was created by God. It was proposed early in the 4th century by Arius of Alexandria and was popular throughout much of the Eastern and Western Roman empires. It was den