In four opening chapters reminiscent of Macaulay's famous third chapter, Trevelyan surveys the state of England at the opening of the eighteenth century.

The opening paragraph of the chapter titled The Theory Of Representative Perception, in the book Philosophies Of Science by Albert G. Ramsperger says, `` passed on to the brain, and there, by some unexplained process, it causes the mind to have a perception ''.

To be sure, when this is pointed out, a common response among certain churchmen is to fulminate about `` the little flock '' and `` the great crowd '' and to take solace from Paul's castigation of the `` wisdom of the wise '' in the opening chapter of First Corinthians.

The throne scene at the opening of chapter 6 is noteworthy for its depiction of an idealised temple with singing seraphs.

The opening chapter of a hand-written scroll of the Book of Esther, with reader's pointer

The draft presented to the Council on 8 March drew no serious criticism, but a group of 35 English-speaking bishops, who feared that the opening phrase of the first chapter, " Sancta romana catholica Ecclesia " ( the holy Roman Catholic Church ), might be construed as favouring the Anglican Branch Theory, later succeeded in having an additional adjective inserted, so that the final text read: " Sancta catholica apostolica romana Ecclesia " ( the holy Catholic Apostolic Roman Church ).

After Latham agreed to publish the book, Mitchell worked for another six months checking the historical references, and rewrote the opening chapter several times.

The so-called Martyrologium Hieronymianum is spurious ; it was apparently composed by a western monk toward the end of the 6th or beginning of the 7th century, with reference to an expression of Jerome's in the opening chapter of the Vita Malchi, where he speaks of intending to write a history of the saints and martyrs from the apostolic times.

Biochemistry has only started in the 20th century, opening up a new chapter of organic chemistry with enormous scope.

* In the opening chapter of his book God is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens quotes from Richard Le Gallienne's translation of Khayyam's famous quatrain:

The opening chapter of the original paperback edition of Ringworld featured Louis Wu teleporting eastward around the Earth in order to extend his birthday.

Her " incredible controversy " is characterized by David Hartwell in the opening sentence of a book chapter entitled " New Wave: The Great War of the 1960s ": " Conflict and argument are an enduring presence in the SF world, but literary politics has yielded to open warfare on the largest scale only once.

Aside from a ritualistic chant in " The Sontaran Strategem "/" The Poison Sky ", they are never seen to engage in any activity that would be considered recreation, though a few offhand comments by Commander Skorr in " The Poison Sky " suggest they do consider hunting a sport ( according to their creator Robert Holmes, Sontarans do have a highly developed artistic culture, but have put it on hold for the duration of the war, while the opening chapter of the novelisation of The Time Warrior, based on Holmes ' incomplete draft, refers to Linx listening to the Sontaran anthem while his spaceship is in flight ).

A quarter of a century later, Joseph Conrad described Amsterdam's trams in chapter 14 of The Mirror of the Sea ( 1906 ): From afar at the end of Tsar Peter Straat, issued in the frosty air the tinkle of bells of the horse tramcars, appearing and disappearing in the opening between the buildings, like little toy carriages harnessed with toy horses and played with by people that appeared no bigger than children.

It was in this opening chapter, or book, of De fabrica that Vesalius made several of his strongest claims against Galen's theories and writings which he had put in his anatomy books.

* In the opening chapter of Leo Tolstoy's novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich the characters contrast the solemnity of the funeral ceremony with the desire to escape and play whist.

Quoting Harold S. Black's 1953 book Modulation Theory, in the section Nyquist Interval of the opening chapter Historical Background:

Ahead of a Special Olympics competition, law enforcement officers carry the torch in intervals along a planned route covering most of the state or country to the site of the opening ceremonies of the chapter or Special Olympics World Summer or Winter Games.

Lord Sandwich, although willing to pay the promised money, was irritated with Johann Reinhold Forster's opening chapter and tried to have him edited.

This final stage, preserved in then opening chapter of the Book of Genesis ( written c. 500 BCE ), forms the basis of belief regarding the creation in Judaism and Christianity.

The opening chapter of the novel was originally published in New World Writing as Catch-18 in 1955, but Heller's agent, Candida Donadio, requested that he change the title of the novel, so it would not be confused with another recently published World War II novel, Leon Uris's Mila 18.

Between 1859 and 1869, under the direction of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez, a French company, built the Suez Canal, opening a new chapter in global transportation and trade.

In the aftermath of the controversy, Forbes contributor Erik Kain wrote that it " may end up being a healthy one for the industry, opening a new chapter in gamer / developer / publisher relations ", calling BioWare and EA's decision to act on the fans ' complaints a " remarkable " choice that made gamers realize " that they are entitled, and that it isn't a bad thing, to quality games ".

In the 1966 book Les Mots et Les Choses ( The Order of Things ), philosopher Michel Foucault devotes the opening chapter to a detailed analysis of Las Meninas.

John Larroquette briefly served as narrator in the opening credits.

" The Pit and the Pendulum " is a study of the effect terror has on the narrator, starting with the opening line that suggests he is already suffering from death anxiety (" I was sick — sick unto death with that long agony ") and, shortly thereafter, when he loses consciousness upon receiving the death sentence.

In the opening pages, the narrator encounters a copy of Manon Lescaut in the auction of Marguerite Gautier's estate, and buys it.

At the opening of the book, the narrator, an everyman named John ( a. k. a. Jonah ), describes a time when he was planning to write a book about what important Americans did on the day Hiroshima was bombed.

* Charlton Heston has a cameo role as the opening narrator.

The opening is an in-progress conversation between the narrator and another person who is not identified in any way.

The name " Private Snafu " comes from the unofficial military acronym SNAFU (" Situation Normal: All Fucked Up "), with the opening narrator merely hinting at its usual meaning as " Situation Normal, All ... All Fouled Up!

At the opening of the book, the narrator, Rabo Karabekian, apologizes to the arriving guests: " I promised you an autobiography, but something went wrong in the kitchen ..." He describes himself as a museum guard who answers questions from visitors coming to see his priceless collected art.

For instance, a narrator was added in the opening and closing scenes.

The plantation is prominently featured in one of the opening scenes of F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon ( 1941 ), when the narrator, Celia, visits it with two other characters.

The narrator is at an earlier stage in his own transition from a simplistic celebration of life in the opening pages to his own growing separation from mankind.

Here Chaucer evokes enormous pathos for the ' hoor and oolde ' Januarie, soon to be cuckolded by a manipulative female figure, a clear reversal from the horrific and repulsive figure painted by the narrator in the opening presentation of the man.

He identifies the opening lines as corresponding to such an oral tradition: " Was it not fitting, brothers, to begin with the olden words of the heroic tales about the campaign of Igor ..." The narrator begins by referring to oral epic tales that are already old and familiar.

Here again, the narrator sets fire to the home, and thus we are returned to the opening scene of the novel.

Fred Wiehe and Edward King were the directors, and Norman Rose was heard as both announcer and narrator ( his famous opening: " Adventures in time and space ... told in future tense ...").

The narrator identifies him as the hero of the novel in the opening chapter ( as does the author in the preface ).

This is the use when the frame tells a story that lacks a strong narrative hook in its opening ; the narrator can engage the reader's interest by telling the story to answer the curiosity of his listeners, or by warning them that the story began in an ordinary seeming way, but they must follow it to understand later actions, thereby identifying the reader's wondering whether the story is worth reading to the listeners '.

He was narrator of the first season of the Super Friends, while other animated television series featuring his work included the voices of the opening narrator and team leader Commander Jonathan Kidd in Fantastic Voyage.

At the opening of the novel, the narrator and Utch are married with two children and live a relatively placid existence until, at a faculty party, they become acquainted with Severin Winter, a Viennese-born professor of German and coach of the school's wrestling team, and his wife Edith, a WASP from a privileged background ( she met her husband in Vienna while on a buying trip for MOMA ) who is an aspiring fiction writer.

In 2010 he played various characters on Adventure Time including the Demon Cat in Dungeon and the narrator for the opening and closing quotes in Ocean of Fear.

" Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again " is the book's famous opening line, and after the first two chapters, its unnamed narrator ( she is only known by her title, Mrs de Winter ) reminisces about her past.

A scene near the end of the movie returns to its opening scene, but instead of saying " I can't think of anything ," the narrator now says, " I still can't think of anything ," demonstrating that he is aware of having been subjected to a cinematic time-shift ; another character responds sarcastically with " Ah, flashback humor.

It has been speculated that the narrator is the person seen opening the shoebox in the final scene of the series, as described by the narrator himself.