1724 examples of comparative in sentences

The practical end which I have in view is to collate a sufficient number of acknowledged facts from which to draw sound inferences in reference to the progress of the human race, and the comparative welfare of nations in ancient and modern times.

All the old authorities, especially Herodotus, testify to the comparative purity of their lives, to their love of truth, to their heroism in war, to the simplicity of their habits, to their industry and thrift in battling sterility of soil and the elements of Nature, to their love of agricultural pursuits, to kindness towards women and slaves, and above all other things to a strong personality of character which implied a powerful will.

This truce brought a calm of comparative happiness upon the country, which an almost unremitting tempest had desolated for nearly half a century; and, after so long a series of calamity, all the national advantages of social life seemed about to settle on the land.

Their manifest destitution, and the misery they had suffered, had touched the kindly white residents of that far off place, and a subscription was raised for them, resulting in the collection of an amount sufficient to enable them to reach Rangoon in comparative comfort.

'The days and nights of the fortnight which followed were a painful alternation of severe suffering and rare intervals of comparative tranquillity.

Gurteen's The Epic of the Fall of Man: A Comparative Study of Caedmon, Dante, and Milton.

The general plan of this imposing monument is borrowed from that of the famous arches at Rome; but the transversal arch is an additional feature, while its reliefs, and inscriptions, and its colossal proportions throw the arches of Rome into comparative insignificance.

On his return from Austria, he lived in comparative retirement at La Grange, his country-seat, and took no part in the government of Napoleon, whom he regarded as a traitor to the cause of liberty.

Also, it'll do for a study of comparative religions; because, look you, an infidel Chinaman in great distress invoked exactly the saint that he must know only by hearsay and in whom he did not believe.

Comparison N. comparison, collation, contrast; identification; comparative estimate, relative estimate, relativity.

comparative; metaphorical &c 521. compared with &c v.; comparable; judged by comparison.

A nation may, either from comparative weakness, or by choice and policy, as Japan and China, or by both these motives, as Paraguay under Dr. Francia,be induced to live a life secluded from the world, indifferent to the destinies of mankind, in which it cannot or will not have any share.

The brilliancy of the exploits of Wellington and the British army in Portugal and Spain has thrown into comparative obscurity that part of the Peninsular war which was waged for years by the French against the Spaniards.

*** HERR BATOCKI, Germany's first Food Dictator, is now on active service on the Western Front, where his remarks about the comparative dulness of the proceedings are a source of constant irritation to the Higher Command.

By reference to the comparative legislative table in the appendix, tell the most common name applied to the legislative body; any peculiar names; the names most commonly applied to the respective houses; the usual qualifications of members; the frequency of regular sessions, and the month of meeting most usual.

By reference to the comparative table, it will be seen that there is considerable uniformity in the order of succession.

As may be seen by reference to the comparative table, several of the states have no such officer.

Of these the most important are shown in the comparative tabulation.

It would, however, be unjust to form a conclusive opinion as to their comparative merits from these facts; for the wild people are at home when in the forest; what they do is done voluntarily, and the stranger, when he possesses their confidence, is treated as a guest.

It looks very much like the case of a village originally placed on the hills for the sake of comparative security and isolation and later abandoned through a desire to enjoy the advantages of living near the great highway in the bottom of the valley, after the Incas had established peace over the highlands.

When these Huadquiña spiders were studied at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, Dr. Chamberlain found among them the representatives of four new genera and nineteen species hitherto unknown to science.

Bulletin of Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, LX, No. 6, 177-299, 1916.

[Footnote 1: Sir George W. Cox, The Science of Comparative Mythology and Folk Lore, pp.

Afar down the road a shrill long whistle announced the approach of the train, and a comparative hush fell on the crowd.

The Solicitor-General remarked, that the comparative state of crime could not be ascertained by a mere reference to statistical records, since previous to emancipation all offences were summarily punished by the planter.

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