The backstory of one of the surviving epistles, directed to Constantine I, recounts how the fame of Saint Anthony spread abroad and reached Emperor Constantine.

De Palma recalls that he was “ floored ” by this performance upon first sight, and in 1973 recounts how he " began to try and figure out a way to capture it on film.

Early in the novella, Marlow recounts how London, the largest, most populous and wealthiest city in the world, was a dark place in Roman times.

Nora Titone, in her book My Thoughts Be Bloody, recounts how the shame and ambition of Junius Brutus Booth's two illegitimate actor sons, Edwin and John Wilkes Booth, would eventually spur them to strive, as rivals, for achievement and acclaim — Edwin, a Unionist, and John Wilkes, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.

The Historia Brittonum recounts how in the sixth century, Urien, prince of Rheged, besieged the Angles led by Theodoric at the island for three days and three nights.

The book of 1 Kings recounts how Solomon prays for wisdom:

Sojourner recounts how her mother told her to pray to God that she may have good masters and mistresses.

The film recounts the story of Mitchell's life and how he developed the design for the famous RAF fighter.

Don recounts to Nat how he met Helen three years earlier at the Metropolitan Opera after a matinee performance of La Traviata.

The Golden Legend of 1260 AD recounts how St. Valentine refused to deny Christ before the " Emperor Claudius " in 270 AD and as a result was beheaded.

He recounts how he rose from humble beginnings to be " ruler of the Queen's Navee " through persistence, although he has no naval qualifications.

) On numerous occasions, for example in the 1983 TV special Star Trek Memories ( which is often syndicated along with The Original Series ), Nimoy recounts how as a child, he peeked during the blessing and witnessed the gesture, although the congregation are supposed to put hands over eyes or turn away at this moment in acknowledgement of the presence of the Almighty.

A less-common belief was that the fairies were actually humans ; one folktale recounts how a woman had hidden some of her children from God, and then looked for them in vain, because they had become the hidden people, the fairies.

He reputedly cultivated a stoic character — a popular anecdote recounts how he lanced his own painful boil without hesitation, even as the barber supposed to do it trembled.

In his undelivered speech " How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later ", Dick recounts how in describing an incident at the end of the book ( end of chapter 27 ) to an Episcopalian priest, the priest noted its striking similarity to a scene in the Books of Acts in the Bible.

One, by respected pedigree authority Avalyn Hunter, author of American Classic Pedigrees ( 1914 – 2002 ), recounts how Northern Dancer and his sons have established a royal dynasty that has profoundly dominated the international bloodstock market.

Local tradition in English Cumbria recounts how Dunmail ( presumably Dyfnwal III ) the so-called " Last King of Cumbria " was killed at the Battle of Dunmail Raise in 945.

In chapter 56 of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, Bragi recounts to Ægir how the gods killed Þjazi.

* In Anabasis, Xenophon recounts how Cyrus the Younger hired a large army of Greek mercenaries ( the " Ten Thousand ") in 401 BC to seize the throne of Persia from his brother, Artaxerxes II.

He recounts how if he tries to shut the word of the Lord inside and not mention God ’ s name, the word becomes like fire in his heart and he is unable to hold it in.

* Action Comics # 590: The narrator recounts exactly how Chemo is destroyed on Earth-4 by the Negative Woman in Crisis on Infinite Earths # 9, stating, " Weeks ago on a parallel earth that no longer exists ," and goes on to specify how he survived when all the Earths merged into one single Earth at the end of the Crisis.

A myth recounts how Tisiphone fell in love with Cithaeron, and caused his death by snakebite, specifically, by one of the snakes from her head.

Clement, in his First Letter to the Corinthians, recounts how Christian women were martyred.

Ovid creates or recounts the myth of how the fountain came to be so in the story of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis.

It recounts how pagan priests tried to sacrifice Abraham and that an angel came to his rescue.

Another stele that might date from Aspelta's reign recounts how a group of priests were put to death, likely for conspiring against the king.

Independent recounts after the Court's decision showed that Bush would have won the election had the recount Gore requested been allowed to continue.

The Lalitavistara Sutra ( a Mahayana Buddhist work ) recounts a contest including writing, arithmetic, wrestling and archery, in which the Buddha was pitted against the great mathematician Arjuna and showed off his numerical skills by citing the names of the powers of ten up to 1 ' tallakshana ', which equals 10 < sup > 53 </ sup >, but then going on to explain that this is just one of a series of counting systems that can be expanded geometrically.

The results of the study showed that had the limited county by county recounts requested by the Gore team been completed, Bush would still have been the winner of the election.

Some exit-polls and parallel recounts conducted by opposition observers showed that Yabloko crossed the 5 % threshold needed for parliamentary representation, gaining 6 % of the vote, which should have been translated into some 20 parliamentary seats.

On being signed: " Ross showed up at a practice ," Beck recounts.

Herodotus recounts the story that Cynaegirus, brother of the playwright Aeschylus, who was also among the fighters, charged into the sea, grabbed one Persian trireme, and started pulling it towards shore.

Connected with this episode, Herodotus recounts a rumour that this manoeuver by the Persians had been planned in conjunction with the Alcmaeonids, the prominent Athenian aristocratic family, and that a " shield-signal " had been given after the battle.

Herodotus visited Egypt in the 5th century BC and recounts a story he was told about vaults under the pyramid built upon an island where lay the body of Cheops.

Herodotus recounts this story, devising a foreign son, Perses, from whom the Persians took the name.

Herodotus recounts that, on the afternoon of the Battle of Plataea, a rumour of their victory at that battle reached the Allies ' navy, at that time off the coast of Mount Mycale in Ionia.

Herodotus, also recounts that Cyrus saw in his sleep the oldest son of Hystaspes ( Darius I ) with wings upon his shoulders, shadowing with the one wing Asia, and with the other wing Europe.

Herodotus recounts that Perdiccas, the founder of the dynasty, was descended from the Heraclid Temenos.

The Justice Society # 1-4 ( limited series ; recounts the entire history of the JSA prior to 1985 )

In the second series of I'm Alan Partridge, Alan recounts a story about a time he was once caned for having a chalk penis drawn on the back of his school blazer by another student, an incident about which he still feels bitter.

His first major work as Simon Hawke was the Timewars series, which recounts the adventures of an organization tasked with protecting history from being changed by time travellers.

Estimating Visigothic forces at 33, 000, David Lewis recounts how the Muslim army engaged in a series of violent hit and run attacks, while the Visigothic lines maneuvered en masse.

In a series of fantasy sequences at the Grand Hotel, Gradisca is encouraged to bed the Fascist high official in return for government funds to rebuild the town's harbour while pimple-faced Biscein recounts the night he made love to twenty-eight women in the visiting sultan ’ s harem.

* Matt Fraction's spy-fi comic book series Casanova features a genius villain going by the name of Sabine Seychelle, who works with a large Indian bodyguard named Samir ; Fraction recounts his inspiration for them in the text column at the end of Casanova # 4 that " I liked the idea of Jonny Quest, all adult and crooked.

Castaneda recounts that he was recruited in 1960, and paints a word-picture of the methods and concepts in the guise of conversations with his teacher, who he calls Don Juan in the series of 14 books he wrote on the subject.

During a series of flashbacks, Oscar recounts how his and Mimi's love developed and took a darker turn.

* A Stitch in Time, by Andrew Robinson ( May 2000 ): presented as a letter from DS9-resident Cardassian spy and tailor Elim Garak ( writer Andrew Robinson's character from the series ) to Dr. Julian Bashir, Garak recounts his life story, and also notes developments on Cardassia after the end of the Dominion war.

The series recounts the pilot's activities during World War II where he is persuaded to once again fight as a pilot of the Luftwaffe.

It recounts Reagan's long series of struggles with communists, starting in Hollywood union politics and ending in the White House.

" Blackburn recounts this experience in " Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories " on the original series ' remastered second season DVD set.

The series recounts the Borgia family's rise to power and subsequent domination of the Vatican during the Renaissance.

DVD Bleasdale recounts an accidental meeting with Hatton before the series, who indicates that he has caught wind of Bleasdale's intentions but does not mind as long as the actor playing him is " handsome ".

The Publisher's Note in The Great Brain Is Back, published after the death of the author, recounts the story of the series ' original publication.

In fact, during the Seinfeld DVDs special features, Knight recounts an occasion when he was having a particularly bad day, where after a series of unfortunate events, a fan happened to yell " Hello, Newman.

In # 8 of the 2011 series, Inque recounts her backstory to herself as she proceeds to escape with a small wireless trigger from a military base, despite her body constantly losing cohesion from her mutations.

This series recounts the adventures of a young American middle-class family solving mysteries from their home on Pine Lake in Shoreham.

Jane ( Svenson ) Kossmann recounts that her father placed other real characters in this series, including her social studies teacher Mrs. Farber.

The character was used prominently in the 1990s series The Power of Shazam !, in which aged Alan Armstrong often recounts his adventures as Spy Smasher.

The book recounts his various adventures, usually of the amorous type, in a series of self-contained episodes.

The series revolves around a trio of feline brothers including the snobbish and self-centered Mr. Blik, the eccentric and loveable Waffle, and Gordon Quid, who possesses stereotypical Scottish mannerisms and recounts apparently fictional experiences back in Scotland.

Eisenmann recounts many stories from the filming of the series in his 1968 dog training book Stop!