'Tis of all my hobbies the supreme in the eating way.

An illuminating passage, in more ways than one, by the way, as contrasted with the present state of things!since it both shows the stubbornness of the British temper in defence of "doing as it likes," when no spark of an ideal motive fires it; and also brings out its equal stubbornness to-day in support of a cause which it feels to be supreme over the individual interest and will.

Supreme of mountains, Skiddow, hail!

Pitt died of a broken heart when he heard of this decisive French victory, followed shortly after by the disastrous overthrow of the Prussians at Jena, and that, again, by the victory of Eylau over the Russians, which secured the peace of Tilsit, 1807,making Napoleon supreme on the continent of Europe at the age of thirty-nine.

But the Trinità is a bridge in intent and supreme at that, the most perfect union of two river banks imaginable.

The Indian systems do not disdain logical discussions, or a search after the principles of which the universe is composed; and hence we find great refinements in sophistry, and a wonderful subtilty of logical discussion, though these are directed to unattainable ends,to the connection of good with evil, and the union of the Supreme with Nature.

New York Athletic Club's Harry F. Wolf reigned alone and supreme as the amateur champion during the ensuing decade.

This new policy was in flat contradiction of all the previous policy, as he had received it from his predecessors, of strengthening Turkey by tributes of man-power from his subject tribes, but it would, he thought, have the same result of keeping the Turk supreme among the alien elements of the Empire.

When the thirteen colonies threw off their allegiance to the British Crown, the government set up by each was supreme within the limits of the state.

The high priest was supreme under the king, and decided when a human sacrifice was demanded by the gods.

Nor, again, did he possess that severe and lofty art of composition which seeks the highest beauty of design in architectural harmony supreme above the melodies of gracefulness in detail.

Yet I could not move, nor speak, nor weepno wretchedness was ever more supreme than this cataleptic seizure.

Orthodoxy was still supreme before such mighty intellects as Anselm, Bernard, and Thomas Aquinas, but it was assailed.

Thus the favourites come and go, each supreme for a time, each inevitably packed off to give place to a successor.

Without having risen from the ranks, like Madame de Maintenon, she had reached a less high and less safe elevation; she had been more absolutely and more daringly supreme during the time of her power, and at last she fell with the rudest shock, without any support from Madame de Maintenon.