He gives us an account of this in his lively and humorous poem, `` The Happy Artists ''.

Plutarch gives a detailed account of it, with a lively picture of the palace.

' Machiavelli: A Biography ' ( Simon & Schuster 2011 ) a lively, authoritative account of Machiavelli's life and work.

His account of this embassy in the Relatio de Legatione Constantinopolitana is perhaps the most graphic and lively piece of writing which has come down to us from the 10th century.

His next was Tudor Cornwall ( 1941 ), a lively detailed account of Cornish society in the 16th century.

In 1960, McGraw-Hill published My First Fifty Years in Politics, by Joe Martin as told to Robert J. Donovan, a lively and detailed account of Martin's role in American politics over a half-century.

The celebrated English author George Borrow wrote Wild Wales ( 1854 ), which includes a lively, humorous account of his visit to Pontarfynach.

Stendhal, who spent decades as a professional diplomat in northern Italy, gives a lively and interesting account of the court, though all of what he describes is entirely fictional, as Parma was ruled by Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma during the time of the novel.

These were Romans not under imperial control ; some of their reasons for rebellion may be indicated by the remarks of a Roman captive under Attila who was happy in his lot, giving a lively account of the vices of a declining empire, of which he had so long been the victim ; the cruel absurdity of the Roman princes, unable to protect their subjects against the public enemy, unwilling to trust them with arms for their own defence ; the intolerable weight of taxes, rendered still more oppressive by the intricate or arbitrary modes of collection ; the obscurity of numerous and contradictory laws ; the tedious and expensive forms of judicial proceedings ; the partial administration of justice ; and the universal corruption, which increased the influence of the rich, and aggravated the misfortunes of the poor.

* A brief and lively account of his life

Her publication, Studies and Memoirs ( 1888 ), provides a lively account of an interesting career, and is particularly valuable for the chapters devoted to the psychological explanation of the characters of Mary Stuart, Elizabeth, Myrrha, Phaedra and Lady Macbeth, in her interpretation of which, Ristori combined high dramatic instinct with the keenest and most critical intellectual study.

Their care presents particular problems on account of the lizards ' enormous size and lively dispositions.

* The Escape of Charles II, which combines historical rigour with a lively account of the period and the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Worcester

Nicetas Choniates portrays an especially lively account of the sack and its aftermath.

If the faithful strive to live in a spirit of lively faith, they will not only pay due honor and reverence " to the more exalted members " of this Mystical Body, especially those who according to Christ ’ s mandate will have to render an account of our souls,

* An anonymous burgher of Paris about 1393, who wrote a book of instruction to his wife giving a rare lively account of the age ( The Goodman of Paris, ISBN 1-84383-222-4 );

A very lively account of life in Shaizar, and various other places in the Muslim world, was written by the prince Usamah, titled Kitab al-I ' tibar, and gives great insight in Muslim life in the 12th century.

Among those buried in the Quaker burial ground was the evangelist John Richardson ( 1667 – 1753 ), who left a lively account of his life as a preacher in Britain, Ireland and the American colonies.

By comparison, we were popping around the country and setting up small plants in lively little markets.

Hattō is known for its lively fish markets.

Tropical locales are celebrate here from the legacy of colonial forts and architecture to lively markets, exotic birds, and sand beaches.

But Dartmouth preserves its youthful brashness even in its educational attitudes, and, although some of its experiments may still be in the testing stage, they make for lively copy.

The famous Totentanz by Bernt Notke in Lübeck ’ s Marienkirche ( destroyed during the Allied Bombing of Lübeck in World War II ) presented the dead dancers as very lively and agile, making the impression that they were actually dancing, whereas their living dancing partners looked clumsy and passive.

These characters were not placid like real hippos but rather cute and lively, and had such a success that they reappeared several times in different products of this company in the following years, increasing their popularity worldwide each time.

The establishment of Rhode Island was so threatening to its neighbors that they tried for the next hundred years to extinguish the “ lively experiment ” in religious freedom that had begun in 1636.

In effect, being contiguous, they are quickly warned, in each circumstance, of the need they have of one another, and, consequently, they have a lively and continuous sentiment of their mutual dependence.

Aguinaldo from Puerto Rico is similar to Christmas carols, except that they are usually sung in a parranda, which is rather like a lively parade that moves from house to house in a neighborhood, looking for holiday food and drink.

As kittens they are lively, but sober up a little on maturity.

The variations located two after each canon ( 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, and 29 ) are what Kirkpatrick calls " arabesques "; they are variations in lively tempo with a great deal of hand-crossing.

Squeeze's early career was spent around Deptford in SE London, where they were part of a lively local music scene which included Alternative TV and Dire Straits.

She was lively, and was fond of performing comic mimes with the dogs, as though they were performing in a circus.

At the peak of the boom both of these homesteads and the towns which they supplied were quite productive and lively.

In 1991, the band contributed a lively cover of " Bertha ", a song which they often performed live, to the Grateful Dead tribute / rain forest benefit album Deadicated.

The somewhat subdued party proceeded to Manchester, where, the Duke being deeply unpopular with the weavers and mill workers, they were given a lively reception ( bricks thrown, etc.

One gave a stump speech in dialect, and they ended with a lively plantation song.

) In their 2002 memoir, they said that they knew from the start that their book would " have three characters: a bluff, overenthusiastic Papa Bear who wore bib overalls and a plaid shirt and ... a wise Mama Bear who wore a blue dress with white polka dots ... and a bright, lively little cub.

The Aguinaldo from Puerto Rico is similar to Christmas carols, except that they are usually sung in a parranda, which is rather like a lively parade that moves from house to house in the neighborhood, looking for holiday food and drink.

The poems they exchanged are both lively and tender.

While many of its accounts are highly embellished and / or drawn uncritically from other sources, they are lively and full of incident, and often refer to contemporary events and social issues.

By the time they returned to China in 1848 they had all been invited to meet Queen Victoria, then a lively young woman.

Their courage, their civic spirit and the lively comradeship they demonstrated inspired fanatic followers throughout New York, the original " Buffs ".