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From the moment a legend is retold as fiction its authentic legendary qualities begin to fade and recede: in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving transformed a local Hudson River Valley legend into a literary anecdote with " Gothic " overtones, which actually tended to diminish its character as genuine legend.
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From the east to the west coast of the Korean peninsula was a strip of land in which fear-filled men were at that same moment furtively crawling through the night, sitting in sweaty anticipation of any movement or sound, or shouting amidst confused rifle flashes and muzzle blasts.
From the moment of the occupation Lublin became a focal point.
From the moment that Hino had first walked into the mission to ask for a job, any job -- his qualifications neatly written on a piece of paper in a precise hand -- he had been ready to become a Christian.
From a baroque standpoint it is a moment of divine intervention in the affairs of man.
From that moment the party suffered an electoral decline, but remained the third force of Italian politics.
From that moment a strong friendship sprang up between the abbot and the bishop, who was professor of theology at Notre Dame of Paris, and the founder of the Abbey of St. Victor.
From the moment Mark Twain published his 1907 attack on Christian Science, the Church, and Mary Baker Eddy, herself, Christian Science has been subject to significant criticism and public controversy.
From the moment the Crusaders entered Asia Minor, the Crusade went badly.
" From that moment onwards, the Winnili were known as the Longbeards ( Latinised as Langobardi, Italianised as Lombardi, and Anglicized as Lombards ).
From a temporal point of view, the past seems to disappear and the future doesn't yet exist, and God always appears to act from moment to moment.
From that moment on, samba started to spread across the country, initially associated with Carnival and then developing its own place in the music market.
From that moment onward, the cat flees in terror at his master's approach.
From time to time, some of the descendants have appeared, along with actors to re-create this historical moment.
From the time, at approximately 08: 58, when Shehhi completed the final turn toward New York City to the moment of impact, the plane went into a sustained power dive, descending more than 24, 000 feet in 5 minutes 4 seconds, for an average rate of over 5, 000 feet per minute.
From the moment of this literary debut, his reviews and columns started appearing in the press, mainly in the Kurier Poranny ( Morning Courier ).
From this moment on, Mazzini was more of a spectator than a protagonist of the Italian Risorgimento, whose reins were now strongly in the hands of the Savoyard monarch Victor Emmanuel II and his skilled prime minister, Camillo Benso, Conte di Cavour.
From that moment on, he was usually considered a Girondist.
" From the moment absurdity is recognized, it becomes a passion, the most harrowing of all.
From that moment, Houston was no longer in retreat, but rather leading the Army to find a place to confront Santa Anna on Texas soil.
From this moment on, there will be no more prostrations made in the church ( aside from those made before the epitaphios ) until Vespers on the afternoon of Pentecost.
From that moment I put in my claim for a monopoly of Whig principles.
From that moment, she abandoned compromise for a policy of repression.
From that day forth he despaired of success, though he was saved for the moment by the jealousies of the Russian and Austrian commanders, which ruined the military plans of the allies.
From this moment on the cumulonimbus cloud quickly degrades and dissipates, breaking into cumulus congestus, meaning a little rain may still fall and the cirrus spissatus anvil cloud.
From and legend
From this the legend of Pocahontas sprang forth, becoming part of American folklore, children's books, and movies.
From the mid-13th century onward, the legend was widely disseminated and believed.
From the 16th century on, the legend of Robin Hood is often used to promote the hereditary ruling class, romance, and religious piety.
From the 13th century, in Bashkortostan there has been a legend about a hero named Ural.
From a very early date, British coins have been inscribed with the name of the ruler of the kingdom in which they were produced, and a longer or shorter title, always in Latin ; among the earliest distinctive English coins are the silver pennies of Offa of Mercia, which were inscribed with the legend " King Offa ".
From the beginning, there was tremendous pressure on him to perform, as he succeeded to the position of the great Red Sox legend Ted Williams.
From the Round Top Mountain area of Burrillville comes a very well known New England legend of a witch named Bathsheba Sherman who, according to the legend, sacrificed her infant child as an offering to Satan, then hung herself in her barn.
The museum is open June through August daily except Monday from 10 a. m. to noon and 1 to 5 p. m. From September to May, it is open Friday through Sunday from 1: 15-5: 15 p. m. South of Llano halfway to Fredericksburg is Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, one of the highlights of the Texas Hill Country famed in Indian legend.
From this legend, it is believed that the hanbō was officially included in Kukishin-ryū during the early Edō era.
From a medieval manuscript of the Hedwig of Poland | Hedwig legend.
From myth and legend it is distinguished by its emphasis on the topical.
From the union of the Sun tribe ( in the legend, Shinshi ) and the Bear tribe, Dangun Wanggeom was born, and Dangun later founded a nation, and named it Joseon.
From its curious and irregular shape it is commonly called the ‘ Hunchback Bridge ’; also the ‘ Devil ’ s Bridge ’ after many legends: the famous legend tells that it was built by the Devil in one night after he made a pact with Saint Columbanus who promised him the soul of the first passerby ; but when the bridge was finished the Irish Saint sent a dog.
From an early age, Monroe was a playground legend.
From France the legend spread to Spain, where it was very popular.
* Singer-songwriter Kenny Klein has written and recorded two different songs about the legend of Herne, one of which, " Herne's Oak ", is featured on the soundtrack of the documentary " Deep Down: A Story From The Heart " by Jen Gilomen and Sally Rubin.
Shortly after the war, the legend was revised to read: " From Tripoli to the Halls of the Montezumas.
From this, Ye Shuxian associated the Yellow Emperor with bear legends common across northeast Asia people as well as the Dangun legend.
From at least the 12th century the Glastonbury area was frequently associated with the legend of King Arthur, a connection promoted by medieval monks who asserted that Glastonbury was Avalon.
In the 1960s the end titles of Merrie Melodies cartoons ( beginning with 1960's From Hare to Heir ) carried the legend " A Vitaphone Release ".
From 1924 to 1954, stop signs were made with a black legend on a yellow field.
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