In four opening chapters reminiscent of Macaulay's famous third chapter, Trevelyan surveys the state of England at the opening of the eighteenth century.

The opening paragraph of the chapter titled The Theory Of Representative Perception, in the book Philosophies Of Science by Albert G. Ramsperger says, `` passed on to the brain, and there, by some unexplained process, it causes the mind to have a perception ''.

To be sure, when this is pointed out, a common response among certain churchmen is to fulminate about `` the little flock '' and `` the great crowd '' and to take solace from Paul's castigation of the `` wisdom of the wise '' in the opening chapter of First Corinthians.

The throne scene at the opening of chapter 6 is noteworthy for its depiction of an idealised temple with singing seraphs.

The opening chapter of a hand-written scroll of the Book of Esther, with reader's pointer

The draft presented to the Council on 8 March drew no serious criticism, but a group of 35 English-speaking bishops, who feared that the opening phrase of the first chapter, " Sancta romana catholica Ecclesia " ( the holy Roman Catholic Church ), might be construed as favouring the Anglican Branch Theory, later succeeded in having an additional adjective inserted, so that the final text read: " Sancta catholica apostolica romana Ecclesia " ( the holy Catholic Apostolic Roman Church ).

After Latham agreed to publish the book, Mitchell worked for another six months checking the historical references, and rewrote the opening chapter several times.

The so-called Martyrologium Hieronymianum is spurious ; it was apparently composed by a western monk toward the end of the 6th or beginning of the 7th century, with reference to an expression of Jerome's in the opening chapter of the Vita Malchi, where he speaks of intending to write a history of the saints and martyrs from the apostolic times.

Biochemistry has only started in the 20th century, opening up a new chapter of organic chemistry with enormous scope.

The opening chapter of the original paperback edition of Ringworld featured Louis Wu teleporting eastward around the Earth in order to extend his birthday.

Her " incredible controversy " is characterized by David Hartwell in the opening sentence of a book chapter entitled " New Wave: The Great War of the 1960s ": " Conflict and argument are an enduring presence in the SF world, but literary politics has yielded to open warfare on the largest scale only once.

Aside from a ritualistic chant in " The Sontaran Strategem "/" The Poison Sky ", they are never seen to engage in any activity that would be considered recreation, though a few offhand comments by Commander Skorr in " The Poison Sky " suggest they do consider hunting a sport ( according to their creator Robert Holmes, Sontarans do have a highly developed artistic culture, but have put it on hold for the duration of the war, while the opening chapter of the novelisation of The Time Warrior, based on Holmes ' incomplete draft, refers to Linx listening to the Sontaran anthem while his spaceship is in flight ).

A quarter of a century later, Joseph Conrad described Amsterdam's trams in chapter 14 of The Mirror of the Sea ( 1906 ): From afar at the end of Tsar Peter Straat, issued in the frosty air the tinkle of bells of the horse tramcars, appearing and disappearing in the opening between the buildings, like little toy carriages harnessed with toy horses and played with by people that appeared no bigger than children.

It was in this opening chapter, or book, of De fabrica that Vesalius made several of his strongest claims against Galen's theories and writings which he had put in his anatomy books.

* In the opening chapter of Leo Tolstoy's novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich the characters contrast the solemnity of the funeral ceremony with the desire to escape and play whist.

Quoting Harold S. Black's 1953 book Modulation Theory, in the section Nyquist Interval of the opening chapter Historical Background:

Ahead of a Special Olympics competition, law enforcement officers carry the torch in intervals along a planned route covering most of the state or country to the site of the opening ceremonies of the chapter or Special Olympics World Summer or Winter Games.

Lord Sandwich, although willing to pay the promised money, was irritated with Johann Reinhold Forster's opening chapter and tried to have him edited.

This final stage, preserved in then opening chapter of the Book of Genesis ( written c. 500 BCE ), forms the basis of belief regarding the creation in Judaism and Christianity.

The opening chapter of the novel was originally published in New World Writing as Catch-18 in 1955, but Heller's agent, Candida Donadio, requested that he change the title of the novel, so it would not be confused with another recently published World War II novel, Leon Uris's Mila 18.

Between 1859 and 1869, under the direction of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez, a French company, built the Suez Canal, opening a new chapter in global transportation and trade.

In the aftermath of the controversy, Forbes contributor Erik Kain wrote that it " may end up being a healthy one for the industry, opening a new chapter in gamer / developer / publisher relations ", calling BioWare and EA's decision to act on the fans ' complaints a " remarkable " choice that made gamers realize " that they are entitled, and that it isn't a bad thing, to quality games ".

In the 1966 book Les Mots et Les Choses ( The Order of Things ), philosopher Michel Foucault devotes the opening chapter to a detailed analysis of Las Meninas.

Keene wrote a book about the opening with that title.

The main themes of the book are introduced in the opening poem ( the " Song of Hannah "): ( 1 ), the sovereignty of Yahweh, God of Israel ; ( 2 ), the reversal of human fortunes ; and ( 3 ), kingship.

The opening sentence of the book created a classic Spanish cliché with the phrase (" whose name I do not wish to recall "): (" In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not wish to recall, there lived, not very long ago, one of those gentlemen with a lance in the lance-rack, an ancient shield, a skinny old horse, and a fast greyhound.

Another version is the Collector's Edition, a two-disc set featuring a remastered transfer with a 5. 1 audio track, two commentaries ( one by John Carpenter and Kurt Russell, another by producer Debra Hill and Joe Alves ), a making-of featurette, the first issue of a comic book series titled John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles, and a ten-minute deleted opening sequence.

Epaphras, who first shared the good news to Colossi, near the opening of the book is presented as a beloved fellow worked-a ' one of us ' from Paul's ministry point of view.

During his book sales efforts, and nearly broke, Capra read a newspaper article about a new movie studio opening up in San Francisco.

According to the book Local DJ, a Rock & Roll History, the band was performing in the area as an opening act for Herman's Hermits.

Leaflets arguing against the film's representation of the New Testament ( for example, suggesting that the Wise Men would not have approached the wrong stable as they do in the opening of the film ) were documented in Robert Hewison's book Monty Python: The Case Against.

Several key events occurred, which raised public awareness of the New Age subculture: the production of the musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical ( 1967 ) with its opening song " Aquarius " and its memorable line " This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius "; publication of Linda Goodman's best-selling astrology books Sun Signs ( 1968 ) and Love Signs ( 1978 ); the release of Shirley MacLaine's book Out on a Limb ( 1983 ), later adapted into a television mini-series with the same name ( 1987 ); and the " Harmonic Convergence " planetary alignment on August 16 and 17, 1987, organized by José Argüelles at Sedona in the U. S. state of Arizona.

Pellucidar is accessible to the surface world via a polar opening allowing passage between the inner and outer worlds through which a rigid airship visits in the third book of the series.

The name of the book (" The Song of Songs of Solomon ") comes from a superscription: " The song of songs, which is Solomon's " ( which also constitutes the opening verse of the book ).

The audience milled about the open festival floor for a long 45 minutes / hour after opening act Oingo Boingo departed the stage, and then finally it was announced that XTC would not take the stage due to the " illness " of one of the band members ( later revealed as Andy Partridge's ongoing fight with stage fright in Chris Twomey's book XTC: Chalkhills and Children ).

After a scaled down version of Deep Blue, Deep Blue Jr., played Grandmaster Joel Benjamin, Hsu and Campbell decided that Benjamin was the expert they were looking for to develop Deep Blue's opening book, and Benjamin was signed by IBM Research to assist with the preparations for Deep Blue's matches against Garry Kasparov.

Two verbless sentences introduce the scene-setting opening chapters, which describe the atmosphere in the Paris quarter and introduce various characters who appear later in the book.

Seth Lerer, in the opening of Children's Literature: A Reader's History from Aesop to Harry Potter, says " This book presents a history of what children have heard and read ...

Certain schools also regulate student hairstyles, footwear, and book bags ; but these particular rules are usually adhered to only on special occasions, such as trimester opening and closing ceremonies and school photo days.

Each arm could hold four chassis, each about thick, hinged near the center, and opening a bit like a book.

Anthony Bourdain describes the eating of ortolans in the opening to his 2010 book Medium Raw.