Examples of purely Coptic literature are the works of Saint Anthony and Saint Pachomius, who only spoke Coptic, and the sermons and preachings of Saint Shenouda the Archmandrite, who chose to only write in Coptic.

Jordan claims that Wollheim's first, ' laudatory ' letter convinced him that he could write, and so he chose to remember the first letter and forget about the second.

He chose to write in Greek and Latin, the languages of scholars.

He continued by discussing the preface: " despite its obvious undependability as a guide to the actual process of the poem's composition, the preface can still, in Wheeler's words, lead us ' to ponder why Coleridge chose to write a preface ... ' What the preface describes, of course, is not the actual process by which the poem came into being, but an analogue of poetic creation as logos, a divine ' decree ' or fiat which transforms the Word into the world.

Yet many of the major German composers of the time, including Handel himself, as well as Graun, Hasse and later Gluck, chose to write most of their operas in foreign languages, especially Italian.

Examples of purely Coptic literature are the works of Abba Antonius and Abba Pachomius, who spoke only Coptic, and the sermons and preachings of Abba Shenouda, who chose to write only in Coptic.

Piccolomini published it under the name of scribe Gobellinus, who was then misattributed as the author, a natural mistake because Pius II chose to write Commentaries from the third-person perspective.

Darwin wrote to Lyell that " your words have come true with a vengeance, ... forestalled " and he would " of course, at once write and offer to send to any journal " that Wallace chose, adding that " all my originality, whatever it may amount to, will be smashed ".

Verdi originally chose not to write an overture for the opera, but merely a brief orchestral prelude.

Although the book is an autobiography, Goodyear chose to write it in the third person, so that " the inventor " and " he " referred to in the text are the author.

For the 1996 Star Wars novel Shadows of the Empire ( written by author Steve Perry ), Lucasfilm chose Joel McNeely to write a score.

Of those that stayed, many chose to write in secret and remain unpublished ( the surrealists ( Zbyněk Havlíček, Karel Hynek ), Holan, Zahradníček, Jiří Kolář, Josef Jedlička, Jan Hanč, Jiřina Hauková, Josef Škvorecký, Egon Bondy, Jan Zábrana, Bohumil Hrabal ).

Although she sometimes chose to write poems that do not rhyme ( especially in her later period ), she always respected questions of rhythm ; moreover, in her " antique " works ( e. g., the set of love poems The Sonnets of Therese du Meun, a false document about the love-longings of a married French noblewoman for a young tutor ), Goldberg adopted complex rhyming schemes.

They chose not to write their pieces using conventional chord changes, but instead using modal scales.

It was then demonstrated by having a woman hooked up to a polygraph, having her write a number from 1-10 on a piece of paper ( she chose 7 ), deny that she chose each number as asked by the examiner but tighten up her anal sphincter on the number 6.

According to an anonymous biographer of Aeschylus, the Athenians chose Simonides ahead of Aeschylus to be the author of an epigram honouring their war-dead at Marathon, which led the tragedian ( who had fought at the battle and whose brother had died there ) to withdraw sulking to the court of Hieron of Syracuse — the story is probably based on the inventions of comic dramatists but it is likely that Simonides did in fact write some kind of commemorative verses for the Athenian victory at Marathon.

He was an admirer of Richard Wagner, and like him chose to write his own libretto, something which was virtually unheard of in Italian opera up to that time.

Barks came out of retirement to provide a script for this story and he chose William Van Horn to write this story for him.

She chose to write Richard's character in such a way after becoming fascinated with his story and researching his life, both in the United States and in the United Kingdom, which led her to believe that " his was a classic case of history being rewritten by the victor.

He chose to write about Vicksburg and mentioned many local citizens and establishments in his article.

She chose to write on the dissident journalists involved in Poland's Solidarity movement, then in its infancy but gaining international attention.

His first language had been Welsh but he chose to write in English.

Rubinstein chose to write in an early-Romantic Germanic style and did not exploit the native characteristics of Russian music in his work.

In the wake of the work's failure he chose not to write for the theatre for another decade.

" As Justice Kennedy wrote: ( in a concurring opinion to United States v. Lopez ), " Though that approach likely would not have survived even if confined to the question of a State's authority to enact legislation, it was not at all propitious when applied to the quite different question of what subjects were within the reach of the national power when Congress chose to exercise it.

It is worth noting that in writing their concurring opinions, the additional justices chose to forgo the explanation that California had violated Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, arguing that defining the transportation of human beings as “ commerce ” raises a number of troubling moral questions which undermine individual rights and devalue the original intent of the Commerce Clause.

Another opinion is that the choice was free in a limited context, thus: although the Jews chose to follow precepts ordained by God, the Kabbalah and Tanya teach that even prior to creation, the " Jewish soul " was already chosen.

If the expert was correct, 78 % of the participants chose the expert's opinion again, as opposed to 57 % doing so when the expert was wrong.

In 1992, convinced a man could not become President whilst advocating anti-European policies, he called for a " yes " vote in the referendum on the Maastricht Treaty, against the opinion of Pasqua, Séguin and a majority of the RPR voters, who chose to vote " no ".

Initially, Philip chose to confirm the reappointment of his father's household to assuage grandee opinion.

Whenever the estates differed amongst themselves, the king chose whatever opinion seemed best to him.

Senatorial procedure required each individual in turn to give his opinion on the motion, and Thrasea chose to walk out of the meeting ' since he could not say what he would, and would not say what he could ' ( Dio ).

He chose the name Degel HaTorah meaning " Flag The Torah " to be a contrast to the well-known flag of Israel and its connection with the secular-dominated State of Israel ( an " anti-Torah " entity in his opinion ).

One post-revolutionary opinion poll found 61 % of students in Tehran chose " Western artists " as their role models with only 17 % choosing " Iran's officials.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion stating: " What Westboro said, in the whole context of how and where it chose to say it, is entitled to ' special protection ' under the First Amendment and that protection cannot be overcome by a jury finding that the picketing was outrageous.

It is thought that Haughey chose not to do so but instead to go into a historic coalition because of poor opinion polls showing his Fianna Fáil party would lose seats in a second General Election.

A student referendum to vote on a new name and school colors for the football team was used as a forum to express this difference of opinion concerning budget priorities ; the vast majority of participants opted to call the team The Fighting Artichokes, and chose team colors of pink and white, although those were later changed to green and gold.

The accepted opinion in the next election was that Lowe was unassailable and therefore no serious candidates chose to challenge him.

At the last moment ( just before the inauguration ceremony ), after a request by the President, he chose not to take office, instead accepting an appointment to become Ambassador in France ; however, the next day he retracted ( citing moral qualms and the pressure from public opinion as the reason ) and decided to occupy his legislative seat after all.

Independent analysts were also of the opinion that the long haul routes BA chose to transfer from Heathrow to Gatwick mainly served what many people considered secondary destinations in Africa and Latin America.

The RPF never took part in a government coalition, instead it chose to voice its concerns over government policies, while acknowledging that the party itself ( a testimonial party ) was not big enough to force its opinion upon others.

... was the most painful task I ever undertook ; it was my opinion, and I call it mine, because I chose to be the first to give it, and I was, I believe, the only member of the Cabinet who gave it decidedly, that the true interest of government ... requires that you should not continue to administer that of Ireland.

Regardless of why he chose to withdraw the opinion, his memorandum offers insight into an issue which divided the Court and remains divisive today.

The foundation chose Myrdal because it thought that as a non-American, he could offer a more unbiased opinion.