A right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, Hobbs also excelled as a fielder, particularly in the position of cover point.

In addition, he was more successful as a batsman than in previous seasons and excelled as a fielder.

Alberti also claimed that he " excelled in all bodily exercises ; could, with feet tied, leap over a standing man ; could in the great cathedral, throw a coin far up to ring against the vault ; amused himself by taming wild horses and climbing mountains.

He praised the unmarried state as the highest ( De monogamia, xvii ; Ad uxorem, i. 3 ), called upon Christians not to allow themselves to be excelled in the virtue of celibacy by Vestal Virgins and Egyptian priests, and he pronounced second marriage a species of adultery ( De exhortations castitatis, ix ).

Zhou did well in his studies at Nankai ; he excelled in Chinese, won several awards in the school speech club, and became editor of the school newspaper in his final year.

Her film choices were often unconventional ; she sought roles as manipulators and killers in an era when actresses usually preferred to play sympathetic characters, and she excelled in them.

Epiphanes in manhood was remarkable as a passionate sportsman ; he excelled in athletic exercises and the chase.

He was a very skilful mathematician, geographer, and geometrician ; and in drawing, which he practised to the last, though greatly afflicted with Chiragra, few excelled him.

* Cor Lambregts ( born 1958 ), distance runner, who excelled from 1500 metres through marathon, and cross country ; many national titles ; olympian in 1984

Ibn Ezra excelled in philosophy, astronomy / astrology, mathematics, poetry, linguistics, and exegesis ; he was called The Wise, The Great and The Admirable Doctor.

He excelled as an essayist, conversationalist and raconteur ; and as a brilliant lecturer who improvised, rapidly and spontaneously, richly allusive and coherently structured material.

* 1801-James Strutt of England writes, " the ladies not only accompanied the gentlemen in pursuit of the diversion, but often practiced it by themselves ; and even excelled the men in knowledge and exercise of the art.

Though not strictly " demogroups " by definition, the scene always had various polyhistors who excelled in all areas of demomaking ; rather than gathering various other persons to aid them in a creative process, they perform all jobs of programming, musicmaking and visual art themselves.

Garciaparra attended St. Mary's of the Assumption School in Whittier, California for elementary school ; for high school he attended St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California, where he excelled in football, soccer, and baseball, and had a 3. 9 GPA.

Of all his qualifications dissimulation was his masterpiece ; in which he so much excelled, that men were not ordinarily ashamed, or out of countenance, with being deceived but twice by him.

He excelled in dividing, eluding and tiring his opponent by long marches, and in actual conflict forcing the British to pay heavily for a temporary advantage ; a price that they could not afford.

Perhaps this anecdote may confirm the opinion that masks had only lately been introduced in the regular drama at Rome, and were not always used even for leading characters ; for, according to Cicero, Aesopus excelled in power of face and fire of expression, which of course would not have been visible if he had performed only with a mask.

They also were admired and respected by the tribe ; in fact, warriors that excelled in combat wore a cap of owl feathers to symbolize their bravery.

Asa excelled in literature, drama and public speaking ; he also starred on the school's baseball team, sang solos with its choir and was valedictorian of the 1907 graduating class.

His achievements were in sports, he excelled at hunting and cross country running ; and he was also an excellent student.

The show followed the adventures of " Paladin ", a gentleman gunfighter ( played by Richard Boone on television, and by John Dehner on radio ), who preferred to settle problems without violence ; yet, when forced to fight, excelled.

Wuorinen excelled academically, graduating from Trinity School ( New York City ) as valedictorian in 1956 ; he later received his B. A.

He belonged to the school of Kean rather than of Kemble ; but, if his tastes were better disciplined and in some respects more refined than those of Kean, his natural temperament did not permit him to give proper effect to the great tragic parts of Shakespeare, King Lear perhaps excepted, which afforded scope for his pathos and tenderness, the qualities in which he specially excelled.

In the bel canto repertoire, Ramey has excelled in Mozart's Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro and in Rossini's Semiramide, The Barber of Seville, Il Turco in Italia, L ' italiana in Algeri, and La Gazza Ladra ; in Donizetti's Anna Bolena and Lucia di Lammermoor and Bellini's I puritani.

Wisden observed that " For concentration and control, Hutton's innings ... scarcely could have been excelled.

The team's results were not impressive, but Wisden said that the team were attractive to watch and excelled in fielding, in which Gilligan set an example.

Being " the most skilful of his generation, both on foot and on horseback ", he excelled in wrestling, archery, and the tournaments of the royal court, as a French report stated as late as 1546.

At this, Edward III excelled.

At 6 ' 0 " and 180 pounds, Dix excelled in sports, especially football and baseball.

At Lawrence, he excelled in the study of industrial engineering, and was elected to the school's honor society.

At school, he excelled in sports and captained the school rugby football team.

At Harvard, " Frank " ( nicknamed " Stubby " on account of his short stature ), excelled in all classes and also read widely outside his studies for his own pleasure.

At school he excelled at cricket, being a left-handed batsman.

At school he excelled in athletics events, particularly running.

At the age of 18 he excelled in his local examinations, and two years later participated in examinations in the capital, during which he was personally awarded first rank by the emperor.

At age 34, as Sheila Kuehl, she was admitted into Harvard Law School, where she excelled.

At both Portsmouth and Cirencester, Hammond excelled at sports including cricket ( playing for the Portsmouth Grammar School second eleven ), football and fives.

At Vanderbilt he excelled in athletics, earning varsity letters as a member of both the varsity tennis and track teams.

At twenty years of age, he went to the Academy, specifically Melee-Magthere, Menzoberranzan's warrior academy, where he excelled in his studies despite his resistance to the attempted brainwashing by the masters of the academy.

At school he excelled in sports, especially rugby football, playing as scrum half.

At the age of six, he attended the Hix Institute and excelled in his studies.

At OCU, Lemons excelled as a player and coach in basketball for more than 40 years.

At the USMA, he excelled in languages, mathematics and tactics and graduated eighth in his class on 16 June 1875.

At the University of Houston, Routt excelled in indoor track and outdoor track as well as football.

At La Crosse High School Poage excelled as both a student and an athlete.

At Rad he excelled not only in his preferred sweeper position, but also in defensive or central midfield.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Tonya Verbeek excelled once again by winning the bronze medal in women's freestyle wrestling, 55 kg class.

At this, Italian specialized workers excelled and the initial slow production ratio meant that the Model 38 only became available in small numbers in 1943, when the fascist regime was toppled and Italy split between allied-aligned co-belligerent forces and German collaborationists of the Italian Social Republic.

At the age of 19, Pe ' er joined the Israeli military, as military service is mandatory in Israel, where she excelled in rifle marksmanship during her elementary combat training.