35 Metaphors for preparation

But the determined preparation which would make her ready for the extreme contingency is the best and perhaps the only means of preventing its occurrence.

It is part of the irony that attaches to the whole system of the armed peace that the preparations made against war are themselves the principal cause of war.

The last-mentioned, but not the least-important preparation of fruit, is the compôte, a confiture made at the moment of need, and with much less sugar than would be ordinarily put to preserves.

To the earnest man of God whose ministry they attended, the preparation of the younger members of his flock for admission to the Lord's Supper was no perfunctory task.

Certain it is that over-preparation is the most fatal of errors.

The preparation of fruit, roasted grain, beverages consisting of juices mixed with a prepared nectar, and the vegetables from the garden, which enter into the composition of every meal, are the only culinary cares of the ladies of the family.

Preparation is the first duty in a delicate commission.

It is believed, and experience, has shown, that such a preparation is the best expedient that can be resorted to to prevent war.

A preparation called sowens, or flummery, made by macerating the husks of the oats in water from twenty-four to thirty-six hours, until the mixture ferments, then boiling down to the consistency of gruel, is a popular article of food among the Scotch and Welsh peasantry.

The best physical preparation which the schools can give their pupils for the military life, as well as for any other life, is a well-directed course of gymnastics and the habits of activity, order, initiative, and discipline derived from the practice of the national games.

Holding such views, preparation for the phase of life subsequent to death was a chief object of the early Egyptian rulers and their subjects.

There were three months still to the opening, but the preparation of the groundwork of a continuous correspondence, on an occasion to which the American public attached much importance, was a matter of gravity, and the time was not too long.

The preparation of woad is a curious process on similar principles; which see in page 31.

The preparations were the work of some time; the two buildings having been put upon ways, or into a cradle, were easily screwed on a new foundation.

The preparations of this metal which are most likely to be the ones producing poisonous symptoms, are blue-stone and verdigris.

The only preparation for freedom required in this island, or any where else, in order to put a peaceful end to slavery, is the preparation of heart in the slaveholder to grant deliverance to the captive.

The most efficacious preparations of them are, the distilled oil, and a tincture or extract made with rectified spirit.

It showed, no doubt, that Gibberne has still much to learn before his preparation is a manageable convenience, but its practicability it certainly demonstrated beyond all cavil.

6. and for four reasons he will have the supper biggest: I have read many treatises to this purpose, I know not how it may concern some few sick men, but for my part generally for all, I should subscribe to that custom of the Romans, to make a sparing dinner, and a liberal supper; all their preparation and invitation was still at supper, no mention of dinner.

It is not without reason, that I expect the news of some successful attempts in America, which will convince the nation, that the preparations for war have not been idle shows, contrived to produce unnecessary expenses.

"The preparation for Easter was the Lenten fasts.

I ask it with all diffidence, but has our naval preparation been free from a sort of noisy violence, a certain massive dullness of conception?

They had regularly purchased the cargo of this vessel by their labour and their merchandise, and the schooner was merely employed to convey it thither from Sydney, for the use of the natives; unhappily for the poor creatures on board, in running for the mouth of the river, she fell to leeward, and got stranded on the beach, in the very territory of that tribe against whom these preparations were madethe tribe intended to be invaded.

The beat preparation for any one who desires to take part in the great battle now going on is a silent study of the writings and speeches collected herein, and proposed to be completed in a supplementary volume to be soon issued.

Repeal of the Five Years Act, reconstruction of the army on an enlarged basis, accelerated progress in our naval armaments, preparation of sufficient financial meansthese are requirements which the situation calls for.

35 Metaphors for  preparation