He lived in Athens as a vegetarian bachelor, prosperous and generous to his friends, until the end of his life, except for a voluntary one year exile, which was designed to lessen the pressure put on him by his political-philosophical activity, little appreciated by the Christian rulers ; he spent the exile traveling and being initiated into various mystery cults as befitted his universalist approach to religion, trying to become " a priest of the entire universe ", worshiping all forms of the One God.

Merchants that had gained a fortune ordered a new house built along one of the many new canals that were dug out in and around many cities ( for defense and transport purposes ), a house with an ornamented façade that befitted their new status.

Foxe walked warily as befitted one who had published Protestant books in his own name.

The review in the British Unitarian National Review was written by Darwin's old friend William Carpenter, who was clear that only a world of " order, continuity, and progress " befitted an Omnipotent Deity and that " any theological objection " to a species of slug or a breed of dog deriving from a previous one was " simply absurd " dogma.

The Carolingian art of the Frankish Empire, especially modern France and Germany, from roughly 780-900 takes its name from Charlemagne and is an art of the court circle and a few monastic centres under Imperial patronage, that consciously sought to revive " Roman " styles and standards as befitted the new Empire of the West.

As befitted a member of the Scottish Labour Action group he strongly favoured home rule for Scotland, and was often outspoken in his defence of civic-minded Scottish nationalism.

Padmini sent misleading information that she would join Ala-ud-din, but she was to come with 700 women as befitted her status.

As befitted their size and intended role naval cutters were lightly armed, often with between six and twelve small cannon ( or carronades in the Royal Navy.

Richard the Lionheart was often recorded in Victorian times wielding a large war axe, though references are sometimes wildly exaggerated as befitted a national hero: " Long and long after he was quiet in his grave, his terrible battle-axe, with twenty English pounds of English steel in its mighty head ..."-A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens.

As befitted a regiment based from the gold-rich Witwatersrand region, it had a very close relationship with the mining establishment of the time ; and its cap badge further emphasized this link.

These were mechanically identical to the West Country locomotives and the new designation was purely concerned with giving the locomotives names that befitted their intended allocation to the Eastern Section of the Southern Railway's network.

He came with all the pomp and show that befitted an emperor.

The date of his conversion is unknown, but after his baptism about 245 – 248 he gave away a portion of his wealth to the poor of Carthage, as befitted a man of his status.

Brides were therefore expected to dress in a manner that cast their families in the most favorable light and befitted their social status, for they were not representing only themselves during the ceremony.

Shortly after having paid tribute to the Countess as befitted his status of ambassador, Giovanni and his entourage were housed in the apartments adjacent to Caterina's in the fortress of Ravaldino.

In his youth, Yaroslav was sent by his father to rule the northern lands around Rostov but was transferred to Novgorod, as befitted a senior heir to the throne, in 1010.

Characterised at first by hard, bold typography and photo-collage, Garrett's designs for the band would later incorporate pop-religious iconography in clean, integrated package designs that befitted the band's idealised image as neo-romantic purveyors of European anthemic pop.

Finally in 1862 the decision was taken for the line have its own terminus in the Capital as befitted a national railway.

Abe Rothschild was handsome and capable in business as befitted his station in society, and for a time he worked as a traveling salesman for his father's prosperous jewelry business.

As befitted his rank and position, he could be identified by his striking burgundy, white and black livery — the colours of the commanding officer of the Musketeers.

Maria Salviati, who is dressed soberly as befitted a widow, is seen sheltering the vulnerable child against her side.

As befitted a true luxury car the Mark III was sumptuously equipped.

As befitted a satirist who was wounded by the changes he observed in his country, he had a profound attachment to the land and a true Tory's nostalgia for an idealised vision of its past.

" They " lived at an aristocratic level, as befitted international merchants and honored local financiers.

The pieces of the " Drottningholm Music " were apparently selected and arranged as befitted the occasion.

As she grew older, she gracefully moved on to doing character roles that befitted her age.

His interventions, responses and advocacies were often colourful and forceful, as befitted an admirer of Huxley, for whom he worked as a demonstrator when a young man.

Originally, as befitted their rôle as bodyguards to the Sovereign, the ranks of these Troops were filled by members of the gentry.

As befitted the author of The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck wrote about the experiences of the ordinary people, those who were doing the actual fighting, and those who did the vast number of unglamorous but vital support jobs which kept the armed forces operating.

The town was about what Wilson expected: one main street with its rows of false-fronted buildings, a water tower, a few warehouses, a single hotel ; ;

When they reached their neighbor's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the forehead, the impulse prompted by a stray thought -- of the type to which she was frequently subject these days -- that they might never see one another again.

School began in August, the hottest part of the year, and for the first few days Miss Langford was very lenient with the children, letting them play a lot and the new ones sort of get acquainted with one another.

Suddenly one of them shouted, ran a few feet, bent forward and put his mouth to the ground.

Here in these little rooms -- or stages arched open to the sky and river -- they choose a few lines out of the hundreds they may know and sing them according to one of the modes into which Persian music is divided.

For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.

It recurred in the press conferences: the President's remarks about his running developed a singular tone, one which we find in few statements made by public individuals on such a matter.

How much they esteemed him is shown by the fact that their underground committee selected him as one of the few who would be helped to escape.

It is, however, a disarming disguise, or perhaps a shield, for not only has Mercer proved himself to be one of the few great lyricists over the years, but also one who can function remarkably under pressure.

Arlen is one of the few ( possibly the only ) composer Mercer has been able to work with so closely, for they held their meetings in Arlen's study.

In one of the very few letters in which he ever complained of Meynell, Thompson told Patmore of his distress at having had to leave London before this new friendship had developed further: ``

After almost everyone had gone he told me the simple story of how one of his neighbors had moved a fence a few feet over on his land.

For a few brief minutes they had all been part of one little drama.

Daughter of a gypsy mother who taught her to dance, she is one of the few really beautiful girls in the New York Casbah, with dark eyes and dark, waist-length hair, the face of an adolescent patrician and a lithe, glimmering body.

Many belly dancers are married, but Serene is one of the few who will admit it.

Cried one professor after a few months of Student Schiele's tantrums and rebellion: `` The devil himself must have defecated you into my classroom ''!!

But then one day, while on a week's visit to the country home of a retired Swiss jeweler, Rousseau amused the company with a few little melodies he had written, to which he attached no great importance.

The outboard engine of today has a phenomenal range of one to 80 horsepower, unheard of a few years ago for a two cycle engine in quantity production.

Jet -- which I coupled with the Deerstalker carbine as one of the year's two biggest developments -- few significant innovations appeared among 1961's handguns.

For decades it was the most popular dish served in the Ladies' Grill at breakfast, and it is one of the few old Palace dishes that still survive.

From there I turned left along Cumhuriyet Cadesi past more hotels and a park on the left, Republic Gardens, and came in a few moments to Taksim Square, one of the hubs of the city, with the Monument of the Republic, erected in 1928, in its center.

It is one of the very few, if not the only surviving bridge of its type to serve a main artery of the U.S. highway system, thus it is far more than a relic of the horse and buggy days.

The controversy of the last few years over whether architects or interior designers should plan the interiors of modern buildings has brought clearly into focus one important difference of opinion.

I wrote a few years ago that one of the cardinal rules of writing is that the reader should be able to get some idea of what the story is about.