169 collocations for detail

And the Cardinal proceeded to detail various circumstances of his past life, which certainly seemed to corroborate his assertion.

" Charles, urged by a feeling of the keenest interest, requested Dr. Danvers to detail to him the particulars of the dying man's narration.

Those messengers traversed the greater part of Italy in safety, but, when close to the object of their mission, were captured by a Roman detachment; and Hasdrubal's letter, detailing his whole plan of the campaign, was laid, not in his brother's hands, but in those of the commander of the Roman armies of the South.

So after breakfast we detailed men to take charge of the different animals, and herd them out in the tall grass.

" I shall not detail a conversation that could have but little interest to others.

The friends of PUNCHINELLO will therefore be rejoiced to hear that this accurate reporter was engaged to detail for our readers the progress of the late elections.

I need not detail the history of this first Crusade.

If the number of prisoners, including general prisoners, confined at a post justifies it, the commanding officer will detail a commissioned officer as "officer in charge of prisoners.

4 In her book, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Anne Catherine Emmerich details the events of the 31/2-year Ministry of Jesus Christ.

To detail the accounts which he gave me at this and at subsequent interviews, relative to the different branches of this trade, would fill no ordinary volume.

A very cleverly-written narrative, in smooth verse, detailing the experience of a bride who took to flirting early in her matrimonial career, but was saved from coming to grief by the decisive action of a stern husband.

I need not detail the results of this famous controversy.

It is not my intention to detail the symptoms of this affection, only to point out those which will enable a parent to recognise its approach.

" In fact, one might as well detail the plot of the Merry Wives of Windsor or Robinson Crusoe, as recapitulate here the adventures of Scrooge the miser, and his Christmas conversion.

I have met with such cases; but Mr. Bell details a remarkable instance in point: "A child, about three years of age, was brought to me, having a most extensive ulceration in the gum of the lower jaw, by which the alveolar process (that portion of the jaw which forms the sockets of the teeth) was partially denuded.

On August 11 it was announced in Washington that Admiral Sims had sent to the Navy Department a series of reports detailing the work of the American ships and men under his command.

The next paragraph detailed a fact startling enough to rouse my deepest interest.

After a little he told her about Aliris: A Romance of all Time, in which she appeared so interested that he detailed the main idea and the plot.

Without detailing other cases, we refer the reader to the intercourse between Gideon and his servant.

It would be interesting to detail the familiar story; but my limits will not permit.

Professor Marshall detailed this information in a hard, level voice, and without further comment handed his wife Saunders' note.

I almost forgot to detail a thing that occurred a few minutes ago, just before the Belgian joined us.

Still greater was the surprise of everyone when another order was issued from the same source directing that the white regiment should make coffee first, all the time, and detailing a guard to see that the order was carried out.

The general still persisted in the exercise of his duties, despite his suffering, and he at once detailed a party to proceed toward the Monongahela with a supply of food, for the succor of the stragglers and the wounded who had been left behind,a duty which was ill fulfilled because of the cowardice of those to whom it was intrusted.

He particularly inquired respecting the power of the king of Portugal, and the general gave the most satisfactory answers to all his questions; particularly detailing the reasons of his being sent to discover Calicut, that Portugal might be thence supplied with spices, which were not to be had in his own country.

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