Representing

Examples

• Why should the brain be enclosed in a box composed of such numerous and such extraordinarily shaped pieces of bone apparently representing vertebrae? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It was an allegory, representing Mr. Davis in the act of signing a secession act or some such document. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Hence, the transmitted message was received on the tape in visible dots and dashes representing characters of the Morse alphabet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Some were refugee cities representing smashed communities, and in these the aboriginal substratum would be missing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In Figs. 265 and 266 are shown illustrations from the Sixteenth Century, Fig. 265 representing a muzzle loader, and Fig. 266 a breech-loader. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He was busily chopping away at the furze, a long row of faggots which stretched downward from his position representing the labour of the day. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Once, I had been taken to see some ghastly waxwork at the Fair, representing I know not what impossible personage lying in state. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Another one, which was stated to have been the first successful attempt, was a view taken from nature, representing a court-yard. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The name of Mr Tite Barnacle has been mentioned to me as representing some highly influential interest among his creditors. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The walls were faced with bas-reliefs representing scenes in his life done in massive silver. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I will endeavour to explain my conceptions of this matter by figures, representing a plan and an elevation of a spout or whirlwind. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• There was a frontispiece to the volume, representing Abraham sacrificing Isaac. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Such machines were confessedly inefficient, although representing the farthest reach of a young art. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It is a way of representing words by pictures, not of the things the words represent, but by the pictures of other things having a similar sound. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Then there are the factories where these incandescent lamps are made, about forty in number, representing a total investment that may be approximated at $25,000,000. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• When they have been completely assembled, there will be a hollow space in the interior, representing the shape of the house. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was a daguerreotype, clear and soft as an engraving, representing Eva and her father sitting hand in hand. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Much more of similar nature to the above could be quoted from other articles published elsewhere, but the foregoing will serve as instances generally representing all. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He accomplished this by taking my order for examination to the examining officer and representing himself as John Carter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• A concrete example is presented in the illustration below, which shows a piece of tape with perforations representing the word same. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• One of his experiments was an attempt at a circulation of labour notes representing one hour, five hours, or twenty hours of work. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But to people representing an important firm or a country which is not friendly but must be influenced--to such people they give much. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• It was taken from a print 2? feet in length, representing the ruins of an abbey. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• This pulley was connected by a cord to a little paper toy representing a man sawing wood. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He saluted Rowena by doffing his velvet bonnet, garnished with a golden broach, representing St Michael trampling down the Prince of Evil. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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