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.

Like he had with montages of landscapes and indigenous art, Marker created a film essay that contrasts and juxtaposes a variety of lives with his signature commentary ( spoken by Marker's friends, singer-actor Yves Montand in the French version and Simone Signoret in the English version ).

Like Euripides, both Aeschylus and Sophocles created comic effects contrasting the heroic with the mundane but they employed minor supporting characters for that purpose whereas the younger poet was more insistent, using major characters too.

" Like Adam, all golems are created from mud.

Like most Islamists, the Taliban enforced strict prohibitions on women, but these were so severe – for example effectively forbidding most employment and schooling – that they created an international outcry.

Like most northern Italian cities, it was nominally a part of the Holy Roman Empire created by Charlemagne, but locally ruled by its bishops, the first being Guibodus.

Like the Doctor's screwdriver and Sarah Jane's lipstick, the Master's laser screwdriver was also created as a children's toy with sound effects.

Like other examples of Old Rus ' literature ( for example, Byliny, the Primary Chronicle ), which survived only in Northern Russia ( Upper Volga belt ) and was probably created there.

One critic argues that it is Kafka ’ s influence that can be seen most strongly in the novel: “ Like Kafka ’ s heroes, Yossarian is riddled with anxiety and caught in an inexorable nightmare – in his case created by Colonel Cathcart and the inevitability of him raising the number of missions he has to fly .”

Like the other books in the series, West End Games created for this novel a role-playing game sourcebook that expanded on Zahn's characters, locations, weapons, and other facts.

Like Dabadie, he also sang in Italy and created an important Donizetti role: in his case, Alphonse in La favorite ( in 1840 ).

Like Le Fanu, Stoker created compelling female vampire characters such as Lucy Westenra and the Brides of Dracula.

Like any Christian ( and indeed any theist ), I believe that the world has been created by God, and hence " intelligently designed ".

Recorded exclusively on a Zion Radicaster created by master guitarmaker Ken Hoover at Zion guitars, Zion features a mix of new songs such as " Z-Blues " and revamped versions of " Like an Island ", " March of the Clouds " and the Glass Harp classic " Whatever Life Demands ".

Like many Archie characters, Reggie has a number of relatives who are created for one story only.

Like many comedians of the era, Kovacs created a rotation of recurring roles.

Like its predecessor, Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land 2 was created by director Hiroji Kiyotake rather than Mario series creator Shigeru Miyamoto.

Like most Swedish municipalities it was created during the municipal reform in the early seventies, combining several earlier local government units of urban and rural type, among them the City of Karlskrona.

Like the others, it stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, characters created by Dashiell Hammett.

Like many of the old European cemeteries, Powązki's tombstones were created by some of the most renowned sculptors of the age, Polish and foreign.

Like jazz, swing was created by African Americans, and its impact on the overall American culture was such that it marked and named an entire era of the USA, the swing era – as the 1920s had been termed " The Jazz Age ".

In 2009, a documentary about Byrdsong, entitled " Fly Like the Byrd ," was created by Northwestern students from the Medill School of Journalism.

Like the Pythagoreans Hicetas and Ecphantus, Heraclides proposed that the apparent daily motion of the stars was created by the rotation of the Earth on its axis once a day.

Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained an inferior laugh track created by the studio.

Like the teenaged characters, many of Dilton's relatives were simply created for one particular story and were never seen again.