The poem was written in Sapphic stanzas, a verse form popularly associated with his compatriot, Sappho, but in which he too excelled, here paraphrased in English to suggest the same rhythms.

Studying at the local village school, Law excelled at his studies, and it is here that he was first noted for his excellent memory.

McInally then joined Dundee United from Coventry in the summer of 1986 in a joint transfer with Dave Bowman after just five games for the Sky Blues and it was here where the pair of them both excelled and played the best football of what would become a glittering career.

By age twenty, she had met and befriended the important, and pivotal, landscape painter of the Barbizon School, Camille Corot, who excelled in figure painting as well.

He excelled in many areas of university life – he won College ' Blues ' for cricket and Australian rules football, as well as the College Oratory and Essay Prize.

Brando excelled at theatre and did well in the school.

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.

Scott excelled on television that year as well, appearing in an adaptation of Arthur Miller's The Price, an installment of the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology.

Instead, Callimachus urged poets to " drive their wagons on untrodden fields ," rather than following in the well worn tracks of Homer, idealizing a form of poetry that was brief, yet carefully formed and worded, a style at which he excelled.

Foxx did well in school but truly excelled in sports, particularly soccer, track and baseball of which he played all three in high school.

Thompson excelled at his trade, and coming in contact with refined and well educated people for the first time, adopted many of their characteristics, including an interest in science.

During this period Wilson excelled in sport as well as academic subjects, and fell in love with Margaret Fletcher, who was the object of his affections for several years.

Carothers so excelled in chemistry that before graduation he was made a chemistry instructor and studied for as well as taught the senior course when Pardee left to become chairman of the chemistry department at the University of South Dakota.

Hughes has many specialities, including students in professional disciplines such as medicine, law, business, and postgraduate studies in education, as well as a disproportionately high number of Cambridge ' Blues ' - sportsmen and women who have excelled in fields including rugby, rowing, boxing, cricket, swimming, chess and others.

He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, where he excelled in Greek, French, German, and Italian, as well as mathematics.

Hennigan graduated in 1953 from Minden High School, where he excelled in football, basketball, and track as well as academics.

He graduated from Xavier High School, a private all-male Catholic school located in Middletown, Connecticut where he excelled at soccer as well as baseball.

The award is presented annually to a junior men's and women's student-athlete in any sport who has excelled academically as well as athletically.

He excelled equally well in the newer dramatic parts of Radames in Aida, Samson in Samson et Dalila, Alim in Le roi de Lahore and John the Baptist in Hérodiade.

There was also Edgar's children-by 1931 Michael, the youngest, was in his mid-teens and well had his father's measure ; Edgar had always excelled at the " fair weather father " type of playing and doling out money and laughs, whilst floundering at the important things a father is-a guide, an instructor, an adviser, confidante and protector.

Author of well over 200 books, Sunil is a prolific writer who has excelled in different genres but declares poetry to be his " first love ".

The youngest son of eight children, he excelled in a variety of sports ; enjoying success as a linebacker and offensive tackle in football as well as a shortstop, cleanup batter and pitcher in baseball.

On ice, the Blazers excelled as well, winning an unprecedented nine regular season division championships ( including seven straight, 1996-2003 ), five regular-season points titles and CHL championships in 1996 and 2001.

He was well liked and excelled in academics as well as football.

Verne went to Robbinsdale High School and excelled in football, baseball and wrestling, winning district, regional and state championships in high school wrestling, as well as being named to the All-State Football Team.

Exhibits include ancient art and both reproductions and original art depicting famous moments in swimming history ( from ancient times to modern ), swimwear, and civil rights, as well as memorabilia and artifacts belonging to persons who have promoted or excelled in aquatics.

The third son, Stephen V ( d. 1493 ) excelled as a military commander and was made Voivod of Transylvania, the first of a long line of Báthory rulers of that country.

His third given name Sadi was in honour of his uncle Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot a physicist who excelled in thermodynamics, who was always known as Sadi Carnot.

Gaze also excelled at the international arena, and in 2000 became ( jointly with American Teresa Edwards ) the third basketball player to compete at five Olympics, after Puerto Rican Teófilo Cruz and Brazilian Oscar Schmidt.

The team excelled on defense, ranking third in fewest points allowed ( 255 ) and second in fewest points allowed per drive.

Leak struggled in training camp, while Orton, who had trained in the off season, excelled but was placed at third string.

Students who have excelled as undergraduates may wish to continue their education at the graduate level ( the third level ).

The team has had many students that have excelled in the academic decathlon, including the third place scholastic in the state of Texas Large School Competition.

According to his book, " I Am Jackie Chan ", one of the reasons Chan excelled was because he had been " adopted " by Yu, at the request of his parents.

Magaziner excelled academically at Brown and in 1969 was named valedictorian of his class.

The first comprehensive world atlas of Spanish origin appeared in the 1950s and was published by Aguilar, S. A. de Ediciones in Madrid: the Atlas Universal Aguilar ( 1954, with 116 pages of maps preceded by an atlas of Spain ; five further editions until 1968 ), but this notable work was excelled by the three volume, large-sized Gran Atlas Aguilar of the same company ( 1969 / 1970, 406 pages of geographic and thematic maps ), one of the most elaborate works of its kind published so far after World War II.

Likewise King Alfred the Great ( 849 – 899 ), wanting to restore English culture, lamented the poor state of Latin education: Alfred the Great proposed that students be educated in Old English, and those who excelled would go on to learn Latin.

Other contributors in the passing game included wide receivers Andre Hastings ( 48 catches for 502 yards and 1 touchdown ) and Ernie Mills ( 39 receptions for 679 yards and 8 touchdowns ), who both also excelled as returners on special teams.

Up front, linemen Bobby Hamilton ( 7 sacks, 1 fumble recovery ), and rookie Richard Seymour excelled at pressuring quarterbacks and stuffing the run.

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 ).

In the context of modern feminism, " bitch " has varied reappropriated meanings that may connote a strong female ( anti-stereotype of weak submissive woman ), cunning ( equal to males in mental guile ), or else it may be used as a tongue-in cheek backhanded compliment for someone who has excelled in an achievement.

Allende was a talented athlete in his youth, being a member of the Everton de Viña del Mar sports club ( named after the more famous English football club of the same name and which regularly competes at the highest level in Chilean football ), where he is said to have excelled at the long jump.

For instance, Cliff Arquette ( Charley Weaver ), a history buff, excelled at American history questions.

The family moved to Sarnia, Ontario, and Doohan attended high school at the Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School ( SCITS ), where he excelled in mathematics and science.

He excelled in basketball and reportedly was once the New Jersey state foul shot champion ( his singular basketball prowess can be seen in Here Come The Co-Eds ( 1945 ), in which he performs all his own tricky hoop shots without special effects ).

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

The youngest son, Nicolaus III ( d. 1506 ), bishop first of Syrmia and after 1474 of Vác, excelled as a renaissance scholar and served as counselor to King Matthias Corvinus.

In Dallas, he entered the Terrill School for Boys ( a tiny prep school ), where he excelled.

The regions most recognized for producing terracotta art in this part of the world include the Nok culture of central and north-central Nigeria, the Ife / Benin cultural axis in western and southern Nigeria ( also noted for its exceptionally naturalistic sculpture ), and the Igbo culture area of eastern Nigeria, which excelled in terracotta pottery.

Laver won and excelled on all the surfaces of his time ( grass, clay and wood / parquet ), and was ranked as the best professional player in the world during the five-year period he was excluded from the Grand Slam tournaments.

Previous observations change substantially if we also consider professional grand slam majors, which were played on three different surfaces ( clay, grass and wood / parquet ), and wherein Laver, like Rosewall, excelled.

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.

The film covers Barbie's relatively innocent childhood, his time with the Gestapo in Lyon ( where he apparently excelled at torture ), through to the forty years between the end of World War II and his eventual deportation from Bolivia to stand trial for crimes against humanity.

The court of Chandragupta was made even more illustrious by the fact that it was graced by the Navaratna ( Nine Jewels ), a group of nine who excelled in the literary arts.

Under the recommendation of Chiang Kai-shek's secretary-general Yang Yongtai ( 楊永泰 ), who was unaware of Mo's communist activities, Mo Xiong ( 莫雄 ) steadily excelled in Chiang Kai-shek's regime, eventually becoming an important member within Chiang Kai-shek's general headquarters in the early 1930s.

She attended St. Agnes ( now St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School ), a private Episcopal school in Alexandria, Virginia, where she excelled in athletics and played the drums for an all-girl band, The Wildcats.

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.

In sports, Romanians have excelled in a variety of fields, such as football ( Gheorghe Hagi ), gymnastics ( Nadia Comăneci, Lavinia Miloşovici etc.

With Dusan Vulićević he fought to free Beograd ( 1806 ), where he excelled in combat.