He was told that he was better suited as a watchmaker than a lawyer, but by then, Jean's father had already retired, so he became an apprentice to his cousin who had a watch shop.

A tale is told that he served as an apprentice to the great violin maker Nicolò Amati, based on the appearance in a 1680 census record of a " Christofaro Bartolomei " living in Amati's house in Cremona.

He had told his apprentice, Li Ching, to wait for seven days for his spirit to return.

In the novel, the story of Max Havelaar, a Dutch colonial administrator, is told by two diametrically opposed characters: the hypocritical coffee merchant Droogstoppel, who intends to use Havelaar's manuscripts to write about the coffee trade, and the romantic German apprentice Stern, who takes over when Droogstoppel loses interest in the story.

Gon, who was told all his life that both his parents were dead, finds out from Ging's apprentice, Kite, that his old man is still alive and has since become an accomplished Hunter.

In the original film, Skywalker is told by Obi-Wan Kenobi that his father, Anakin Skywalker, was betrayed and murdered by Kenobi's own apprentice, Darth Vader.

However, by cultivating a wine dealer and accepting his advice, one will soon enough ascertain whether he has any knowledge of wines ( as opposed to what he may have been told by salesmen and promoters ) and, better yet, whether he has a taste for wine.

However we are told by Longinus that Ammonius wrote nothing, and if Ammonius was the principal influence on Plotinus, then it is unlikely that Ammonius would have been a Christian.

However, some modern scholars have argued that the demons and temptations that Anthony is reported to have faced may have been related to Athanasius by some of the simpler pilgrims who had visited him, who may have been conveying what they had been told in a manner more dramatic than it had been conveyed to them.

However, as early as March 12, 1970, the CIA Station Chief told Washington that based on communications from Sirik Matak, Lon Nol's cousin, that " the ( Cambodian ) army was ready for a coup ".

However, Herman Melville happily lived with the Marquesan Typees for a time after the other two tribes on the island told him they were cannibals.

However, consistent archaeological evidence has told another story, and the accepted view is undergoing re-evaluation, though some features are agreed: more opulent but fewer urban houses, an end to new public building and some abandonment of existing ones, with the exception of defensive structures, and the widespread formation of " black earth " deposits indicating increased horticulture within urban precincts.

However, the greatest glory of the Historical Cycle is the Buile Shuibhne ( The Frenzy of Sweeney ), a 12th century tale told in verse and prose.

However, the story of Macbeth as told by Shakespeare bears little relation to real events in Scottish history, as the historical Macbeth was an admired and able monarch.

However, figuratively speaking, computers " do exactly what they are told to do ", and cannot " understand " what code the programmer intended to write.

However, some hold that he was ignorant of the nature of the plot at the time, having been told the Huguenots had tried to take over the government but failed.

However, an oral history has been told and preserved.

However, when in February 2009 the Holy See declared that the change should have awaited completion of work on the Missal, the bishops conference appealed, with the result that those parishes that had adopted the new translation were directed to continue using it, while those that had not were told to await further instructions before doing so.

However, these were not complex signals ; smoke simply told others where one was located.

" However, we are told that parts of this canal still continued to fill in during the Nile's annual inundations.

However Nick collapses completely when told that a representative from Tarnover is coming to meet him at G2S.

However, Smear has said Crash told him privately he wanted to earn money for heroin with which to commit suicide.

However, in November 2006, Partridge told several interviewers that Moulding no longer had any interest in writing, performing or even listening to music.

However, she told the O. C.

However, Michael Palin writes in his diary 16 July 1976 that Warren Mitchell told him that ' silly moo " wasn't scripted, " It came out during a rehearsal when he forgot the line " Silly old mare ".

However, Margaret's mother told a friend that she " regretted " that her own daughters did not go to school like other children, and the employment of a governess rather than sending the girls to school may have been done only at the insistence of King George V.

However, his representatives told The New York Times there was “ no truth ” to this report.

However, the unperturbed Dr. Lamar, who for years has been asking Vincent during physical exams if he ever told Vincent the story of his own son, once again asks and this time goes on to tell it: His son admires Vincent and wants to be an astronaut despite a genetic defect that would rule him out.

However, planning for the next encounter was more based upon the reality of unfolding events rather than emotion or pride, as Intendant General Wolff told him and his staff that supply beyond the Saar would be impossible.

However, the BBC still describes the NPC as a rubber-stamp for party decisions, One of its members, Hu Xiaoyan, told the BBC that she has no power to help her constituents.

As she told it, `` He's a rich boy friend, an old guy about 60 ''.

The play opens with Roderigo, a rich and dissolute gentleman, complaining to Iago, a high-ranking soldier, that Iago has not told him about the secret marriage between Desdemona, the daughter of a Senator named Brabantio, and Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army.

Due to the practice, dating to at least the early Neolithic, of building in stone on virtually treeless islands, Shetland is extremely rich in physical remains of the prehistoric eras and there are over 5, 000 archaeological sites all told.

Pamlico County has a rich Indian history told in the many artifacts found in the region.

During the 1984 presidential campaign, Barbara made headlines when she told the press that she could not say on television what she thought of Vice-Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, but " it rhymes with rich ".

Fanny, grimacing and acting as if on the verge of retching, claimed not to know what a bramble was, told Mrs Troake that her menu was too rich, and, though she accepted that the dessert was delicious, insisted that it was not suitable, declaring, " You're among professionals now, dear.

" The invention of that ingenious dilemma for extorting contributions from poor and rich alike is ascribed as a tradition to Morton by Francis Bacon ; but the story is told in greater detail of Foxe by Erasmus, who says he had it from Sir Thomas More.

He later told a reporter how bad medical treatment was for Mozambique's poor: " The rich man's dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built.

Jesus appears to teach voluntary poverty when he told his disciples, " It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God " ( Mark 10: 25 ) and " You cannot serve both God and Mammon " ( Luke 16: 13 ).

A shepherd is told that he should be rich by the fairies, and tells his son to hurry up and open the bearing cloth of a baby he finds, assuming that the baby was " changeling " and there would be money in the bearing cloth.

Queen Mary College was founded in the mid Victorian era when growing awareness of conditions in London's East End led to drives to provide facilities for local inhabitants, popularised in the 1882 novel All Sorts of Conditions of Men – An Impossible Story by Walter Besant, which told of how a rich and clever couple from Mayfair went to the East End to build a " Palace of Delight, with concert halls, reading rooms, picture galleries, art and designing schools.

He got the rich and powerful to invest in his schemes, he told Dateline, by tapping into their greed.

Dave Kehr of The Chicago Reader offered a positive review and wrote: " Terrence Malick's remarkably rich second feature is a story of human lives touched and passed over by the divine, told in a rush of stunning and precise imagery.

Biron Farrill, about to complete studies at the University of Earth, is told by Sander Jonti that his father, a rich planetary leader known as Lord Rancher of Widemos, has been arrested and killed by the Tyranni and his own life may be in danger.

To hide the truth from Gabrielle, Lestat told her tales of going to the Bahamas, marrying a rich woman and coming into vast wealth.

Shetland is also extremely rich in physical remains of the prehistoric eras and there are over 5, 000 archaeological sites all told.

In April 2010, the chief executive of Financial Regulation at the Central Bank of Ireland told the same committee that " senior management of the exchange should step up to the plate " after failing to help charities, credit unions and rich individuals who received letters informing them that many investments made by stockbrokers over the past decade are now worthless.

He served with distinction approaching perfection and, like his father, would then write about the things he'd seen and done ... More than once I spoke with him about the psychological aspects of combat, and every time he told me what I needed to know, always from his own rich experiences.

For Maclean, who told Melinda's sister Harriet " There's nothing I like so much as the comfortable houses of my rich friends " this was genuine hardship, although his Soviet controllers would not have understood that outlook.

F & SF reviewer Charles de Lint praised the novel, declaring " Forever Free is everything good science fiction should be but so often isn't: a grand adventure into what it means to be human, told through rich characterization and thoughtful scientific ( not to mention religious ) speculation that doesn't lag for a moment.

The beginning of the novel is told from many perspectives-ranging from the rich nobility to low-class civilians-and tells of the opening phases of the siege on Vervunhive.

In most versions of the tale, Waltz and / or Weiser located a rich gold mine in the Superstition Mountains ( in many versions of the story, they save or aid a member of the Peralta family, and are rewarded by being told the location of the mine ).

Once he is told his hottest dream was real, Tashi decides to leave the monastery and marries Pema ( Christy Chung ), the daughter of a rich farmer, who was actually engaged with local stonemason Jamayang ( Kelsang Tashi ).