Like Napoleon, he was the worst of losers.

Like his volume on Wycliffe, the work was accompanied by the publication of a selected group of documents, in this case illustrative of the history of Queen Anne's reign down to 1707.

Like all Russians he was an emotional man, and in him the emotions warred.

Like the bell at Mass, the doorbell was pitched too high.

Like a particle drawn to a magnet he returned to that which was pressing so hard in his mind.

Like Eliot, in my fantasies, I had a proud bearing and, with a skill that was vaguely continental, I would lead Jessica through an evening of dancing and handsome descriptions of my newest exploits, would guide her gently to the night's climax which, in my dreams, was always represented by our almost suffocating one another to death with deep, moist kisses burning with love.

Like many others, he had to work hard, long hours in a struggling family business which, though it was allied to art of a kind -- the design and production of engraved seals -- bore no relation to the painting of pictures.

Like a wise gardener, Hardy pruned away the Shakespearian sonnets and songs, and the elements of meter and poetic diction to which his personal style was not suited, and let the main stock of his talent flourish.

Like many regular army officers from the South he was opposed to secession, but resigned his commission soon after he heard of the secession of his adopted state Texas.

Like Achilles in a later generation, he was trained by the centaur Chiron.

Like Emerson, Alcott was always optimistic, idealistic, and individualistic in thinking.

Like the historical Absalom, Absalom Kumalo was at odds with his father, the two fighting a moral and ethical battle of sorts over the course of some of the novel's most important events.

Like his father, Alboin was raised a pagan, although Audoin had at one point attempted to gain Byzantine support against his neighbours by professing himself a Catholic.

Like other children of the rich Meccan merchant families, Abu Bakr was literate and developed a fondness for poetry.

Like many ancient historians, Ammianus had a strong political and religious agenda to pursue, however, and he contrasted Constantius II with Julian to the former's constant disadvantage ; like all ancient writers he was skilled in rhetoric, and this shows in his work.

" Like his brother Baldwin III, he was more of an academic than a warrior, who studied law and languages in his leisure time: " He was well skilled in the customary law by which the kingdom was governed – in fact, he was second to no one in this respect.

Like his mother, neither he nor Christine sought a divorce for the next thirty years and it was only in 1997 that they formally divorced ; Ayckbourn married Heather Stoney.

Like the BBC Micro, the Electron was constrained by limited memory resources.

Like the previous, this Aeolus was said to have had had twelve children-six sons and six daughters.

In 2010, the Australian a cappella Quartet The Idea of North was nominated for an ARIA for their seventh studio album, " Feels Like Spring ", bringing a cappella music back into pop culture.

Like all early Germanic rulers, he was heavily involved in ecclesiastical disputes ; in 895, at the Diet of Tribur, he presided over a dispute between the Episcopal sees of Bremen, Hamburg and Cologne over jurisdictional authority, which saw Bremen and Hamburg remain a combined see, independent of the see of Cologne.

The singles " I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You ", " Games People Play ", " Damned If I Do ", " Time " ( Woolfson's first lead vocal ), " Eye in the Sky " and " Don't Answer Me " had a notable impact on the Billboard Hot 100.

Like the USA, Australia has an a cappella association ( Vocal Australia ) who organizes events, education and resources for the vocal music community.

Like in vocal languages, developmental trends in ASL shy away from iconicity in favor of arbitrariness.

Like his father, Arne worked primarily as a composer of stage music and vocal art song, contributing little to other genres of music.

Like The Kingston Trio, these groups all featured tight vocal harmonies, mildly comedic stage routines, and a repertoire of professionally arranged folk music and topical song, aimed at a mainstream, popular audience.

Like Schubert's " Auf dem Strom ", it is part of the small repertoire of solo vocal music ensemble with horn.

* Clare Lemmon – backing vocals, and lead vocal on " Dog Like Sparky " ( 2004 – present )

Like all singers, however, he had his vocal shortcomings and bad habits.

" She had two other major club hits soon after: a dance remake of The Supremes ' " Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart ," and – in a lead vocal guest spot for the Cage – " Do What You Wanna Do.

Like many shaabi ( meaning of the ' people ', or working class ) singers Adaweyah specializes in mawal ( vocal improvisation ).

Maggie Bell performed backing vocals ( mentioned on the sleeve as " vocal abrasives ") on the title track, and Madeline Bell sang backup on the next track, " Seems Like A Long Time ".

Perhaps the finest example of this can be found in their rendition of " Ain't That Just Like Me ", where Curtis sings the lead vocal, and Jackson chimes in with the recurring chorus.

Like all the other 50 tracks on the album, Ron's exhilarating synth / vocal / banjo track " Enterbrain Exit " was about one minute long.

Like his tenor contemporary Enrico Caruso, Ruffo was said to embody a new style of singing in which power, declamatory force and a rich, chesty tone eclipsed the previous generation's emphasis on vocal grace, flexibility and technical finesse.

#" I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You " ( lead vocal: Lenny Zakatek ) – 3: 22

Besides the Peniston's vocal performance on three tracks in total, of which " I Like It " would be released as a single with a moderate success ( at # 16 in US Dance and # 58 in UK Top 75 the following January ), she was eventually given also a credit for co-writing two of those, " Kickin ’ Da Blues " and the title's, " Female Preacher ".

Like Sumner, Morris was now a deep philosopher in electronic funk and his ideas, intercut with Tony Henry ’ s sequenced bass lines and Charlemagne ’ s potent vocal delivery, excited everyone at Factory except for Wilson, who was still grieving the loss of McDonald.

Upon joining the Motown staff in 1966, Ashford & Simpson were paired with the vocal duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and they wrote and / or produced all but one of the late-1960s Gaye / Terrell singles, including hits such as the original version of " Ain't No Mountain High Enough ", " Your Precious Love ", " Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing ", and " You're All I Need to Get By ".

During the mid 1960s the Contours recorded several records which received R & B radio play, notably " First I Look at the Purse " ( written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers ), " Can You Jerk Like Me " and its charting flip side, the Smokey Robinson written-and-produced " That Day When She Needed Me ", and " Just a Little Misunderstanding ", but were considered secondary to Motown's major male vocal groups: The Temptations, The Four Tops, and The Miracles.

Like the Enfield Poltergeist, Ghostwatch supposedly took place in a North London house, and featured a possessed adolescent girl speaking by using her false vocal cords.

Like many other subsequent acts the duo produced, which included Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes and The O ' Jays, The Intruders had already developed a vocal sound that was both theirs and uniquely Philadelphian.

The band recorded eight songs in first or second takes, with only vocal overdubs, and had an official demo to shop around, named Kissing Me Is Like Kissing an Angel.

He underwent a few years of vocal training under the label and released his first solo album Like A Movie in 2002.

Like Kormos, Morrow was a vocal opponent of the Rae government's decision to back away from its pledge to introduce public automobile insurance to the province.