Imitation pearls are also widely sold in inexpensive jewelry, but the quality of their iridescence is usually very poor, and often, artificial pearls are easily distinguished from genuine pearls.

* The book The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis is re-published in an English translation.

Imitation is found especially in monkeys and apes but ... Mimesis is fundamentally different from imitation and mimicry in that it involves the invention of intentional representations.

" small hammer "); ( c. 1380 – 25 July 1471 ) was a canon regular of the late medieval period and the probable author of The Imitation of Christ, which is one of the best known Christian books on devotion.

Kempis's 1441 autograph manuscript of The Imitation of Christ is available in the Bibliothèque Royale in Brussels ( catalog: MS 5455-61 ).

Early pies were much larger than those consumed today, and oblong shaped ; the jurist John Selden presumed that " the coffin of our Christmas-Pies, in shape long, is in Imitation of the Cratch crib ", although writer T. F. Thistleton-Dyer thought Selden's explanation unlikely, as " in old English cookery books the crust of a pie is generally called ' the coffin.

Imitation of Life is a popular 1933 novel by Fannie Hurst that was adapted into two successful films for Universal Pictures: a black-and-white film in 1934, and a color remake in 1959.

Todd Haynes ' Far From Heaven ( 2002 ) is an homage to Sirk's work, in particular All That Heaven Allows and Imitation of Life.

Thomas A Kempis in the medieval contemplative classic The Imitation of Christ ( ca 1418 ) stated that the glory of a good man is the witness of a good conscience.

Imitation is much more easily demonstrated in " great apes " than in other primate species.

Instead of calling it a " parody mass ", the term " Imitation mass " has been suggested as being both more precise and closer to the original usage, since the term " parody " is based on a misreading of a late 16th century text.

The Imitation of Christ ( Latin: De Imitatione Christi ) by Thomas à Kempis is a Christian devotional book.

The Imitation is perhaps the most widely read devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic.

The approach taken in the Imitation is characterized by its emphasis on the interior life and withdrawal from the world, as opposed to an active imitation of Christ by other friars.

Joseph N. Tylenda S. J writes that the book was composed anonymously is " not surprising " since the author writes in the Imitation that one should " love to be unknown.

The Imitation of Christ is divided into four books which provide detailed spiritual instructions.

The Book One of The Imitation is titled " Helpful Counsels of the Spiritual Life.

The Book Two of The Imitation is " Directives for the Interior Life.

Book Four of The Imitation, " On the Blessed Sacrament " is also in the form of a dialogue between Jesus and the disciple.

The Imitation of Christ is regarded as the most important devotional work in Catholic Christianity and is the most widely read devotional work next to the Bible.

Mourides sometimes call their order the " Way of Imitation of the Prophet ".

Imitation Mad Libs are sometimes used in educational settings to help teach the parts of speech.

The artificially-colored and sweetened Royal Anne variety were required to be called " Imitation Maraschino Cherries " instead.

Rather than trying to determine if a machine is thinking, Turing suggests we should ask if the machine can win a game, called the " Imitation Game ".

Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, the English gothic writers helped launch a wave of what the French called romans noirs novels, or romans frénétiques novels, which became the first sub-genre of popular literature.

In several Christian traditions, the process of becoming a disciple is called the Imitation of Christ, and the ideal goes back to the Pauline Epistles.

The Cambridge clinical school also now run a competing revue to the undergraduates, called variably Revue and Integration or Revue and Imitation.

In May John Oldham, in his ‘ Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal ,’ had ridiculed Pordage, and in another ‘ Satire ’ mentioned Pordage among the authors who had ‘ grown contemptible, and slighted since .’ Besides the pieces already mentioned, Pordage is stated to have written a romance called ‘ Eliana .’

* a translation from Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation, or Following of Christ ( 1567, 1568 )

Following her appearance in Imitation of Life, Kohner appeared in All the Fine Young Cannibals, opposite Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner.

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Monument on Mount Saint Agnes in Zwolle " Here lived Thomas van Kempen in the service of the Lord and wrote On the Imitation of Christ, 1406 – 1471 "

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" His sole possessions were a kamandalu ( water pot ), staff, and his two favourite books — Bhagavad Gita and The Imitation of Christ.

Later, Vivekananda's translation of first six chapters of The Imitation of Christ was published in Brahmavadin ( 1889 ).

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He began to focus on an influential verse translation of the Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis, which he completed in 1656.

* Thomas a Kempis ’ The Imitation of Christ ( modern translation )

After being introduced by Brian Jones, she began working in New York with Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey on their experimental films, including Chelsea Girls, The Closet, Sunset and Imitation of Christ.

He suggested Merton read The Confessions of Augustine and The Imitation of Christ.

Imitation of the life of Christ then was the benchmark against which saints were measured, and imitation of the lives of saints was the benchmark against which the general population measured itself.

It was on this trip that he began his translation of The Imitation of Christ and, upon his return to Mells, his translation of Thérèse of Lisieux's Autobiography of a Saint.

Lamennais also published works of piety, for example, a widely-read French version of The Imitation of Christ with notes and reflections ( 1824 ),,, and ( 1828 ).

He published one of George Whitefield's earliest works, ' The Nature and Necessity of a new Birth in Christ ' ( 1737 ) and brought out an edition of the Imitation of Christ.