Bede also describes hot baths in the geographical introduction to the Ecclesiastical History in terms very similar to those of Nennius.

This term is used pejoratively by its reputation for the introduction of errors and variations into the information transmitted, and it also describes idle chat, a rumor of personal, or trivial nature.

The introduction describes the background for the research including a discussion of similar research.

In a documentary programme about that album ( as part of the Classic Albums TV series ), lead singer Bruce Dickinson wanders through the avenues of Portmeirion and describes how the song was written and how the band's manager obtained permission from Patrick McGoohan to use dialogue from the show in the song's introduction.

It is not a biographical movie, and in the introduction describes itself as " not the story of his life, but a fairytale about this great spinner of fairy tails.

The city describes itself as " The Catfish Capital of the World ", a nickname it gave to itself following the introduction of the community's annual Catfish Days festival.

However, in the introduction, Adams describes God's Debris as a thought experiment, challenging readers to differentiate its scientifically accepted theories from " creative baloney designed to sound true ," and to " Try to figure out what's wrong with the simplest explanation.

Cooke became close friends with many of the leading golfers of the era: Jack Nicklaus, in the introduction to a compilation of Cooke's writing on golf, recounts his many notable achievements, but describes him as ' most of all ... a friend.

Marianne Cowan, in her introduction to Nietzsche's Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks, describes the situation in these words:

The first issue of The Yellow Book's introduction describes it " as a book in form, a book in substance ; a book beautiful to see and convenient to handle ; a book with style, a book with finish ; a book that every book-lover will love at first sight ; a book that will make book-lovers of many who are now indifferent to books.

Books i – iv he describes as an " elementary introduction " containing essential principles, while the other books are specialized investigations in particular directions.

Recalling the Story of Daruma-san in the introduction of his book, Dr. Gettis describes the phrase as " a call to never give up.

The first chapter of the Ming canon version of the Platform Sutra describes the introduction of Hui-neng to Hongren as follows ;

This connection is also referred to by folk singer Phil Ochs on the spoken-word introduction to " Ringing of Revolution ", when Ochs describes a fictional film based on that song, and Murphy is played by Reagan.

: Your letter of yesterday is received & I hasten to answer as fully as I can -- Joseph Smith Jr first come to my notice in the year 1824 in the summer of that year I contracted with his father to build a fence on my property in the corse of that work I approach Joseph & ask how it is in a half day you put up what requires your father & 2 brothers a full day working together he says I have not been with out assistance but can not say more only you better find out the next day I take the older Smith by the arm & he says Joseph can see any thing he wishes by looking at a stone Joseph often sees Spirits here with great kettles of coin money it was Spirits who brought up rock because Joseph made no attempt on their money I latter dream I converse with spirits which let me count their money when I awake I have in my hand a dollar coin which I take for a sign Joseph describes what I seen in every particular says he the spirits are grieved so I through back the dollar in the fall of the year 1827 I hear Joseph found a gold bible I take Joseph aside & he says it is true I found it 4 years ago with my stone but only just got it because of the enchantment the old spirit come to me 3 times in the same dream & says dig up the gold but when I take it up the next morning the spirit transfigured himself from a white salamander in the bottom of the hole & struck me 3 times & held the treasure & would not let me have it because I lay it down to cover over the hole when the spirit says do not lay it down Joseph says when can I have it the spirit says one year from to day if you obay me look to the stone after a few days he looks the spirit says bring your brother Alvin Joseph says he is dead shall I bring what remains but the spirit is gone Joseph goes to get the gold bible but the spirit says you did not bring your brother you can not have it look to the stone Joseph looks but can not see who to bring the spirit says I tricked you again look to the stone Joseph looks & sees his wife on the 22d day of Sept 1827 they get the gold bible -- I give Joseph $ 50 to move him down to Pa Joseph says when you visit me I will give you a sign he gives me some hiroglyphics I take then to Utica Albany & New York in the last place Dr Mitchel gives me an introduction to Professor Anthon says he they are short hand Egyption the same what was used in ancient times bring me the old book & I will translate says I it is made of precious gold & is sealed from view says he I can not read a sealed book -- Joseph found some giant silver specticles with the plates he puts them in an old hat & in the darkness reads the words & in this way it is all translated & written down -- about the middle of June 1829 Joseph takes me together with Oliver Cowdery & David Whitmer to have a view of the plates our names are appended to the book of Mormon which I had printed with my own money -- space and time both prevent me from writing more at present if there is any thing further you wish to inquire I shall attend to it

Thomas Merton in his introduction to a translation of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers describes the early monastics as " Truly in certain sense ' anarchists ,' and it will do no harm to think of them as such.

While her introduction describes her as " inhuman " her origins are not mentioned.

* In 2011 the pagan metal band Herne released an album called Face of the Hunter, " inspired by the 1980s TV series ' Robin of Sherwood '"; the album introduction describes the famous falling whole tone motif that occurs in each episode.

In the introduction to the 2005 – present edition, High Priest Peter H. Gilmore describes LaVey as having compiled The Satanic Bible on his own from monographs he had written about the Church of Satan and its rituals.

The book contains an introduction in which King describes the genesis of the idea as it occurred to him in late 1996, beginning to write it in December 1996, and debating the format the story should take, either a novel or a screenplay, ending up writing a " novel for television ".

Glenn C. Wilcox ( references below ) describes the process as follows, quoting from Walker's own introduction:

In a review for Sys-Con, Mike McCallister describes the book as an " easy introduction to Stallman's career and ideas, but at this length cannot go into great depth.

Philip K. Hitti, in the introduction to his translation, describes the work as superior to other Arabic biographies.

Parenteral describes the introduction of nutrition, a medication, or other substance into the body via a route other than the gastro-intestinal tract, especially via infusion, injection or implantation.

The poem may be divided into three parts: an introduction, a dialog between the two main characters in which the Pearl instructs the narrator, and a description of the New Jerusalem with the narrator's awakening.

Again history repeats itself in her introduction, and just like last time, her awakening was not by a kiss.

The introduction of gloves of " fair-size " also changed the nature of the bouts.

Following the examples of Vitruvius and the five books of the Regole generali d ' architettura by Sebastiano Serlio, published from 1537 onwards, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola produced an architecture rule book that was more practical than the previous two books, which were more philosophical in nature, his Cinque ordini di erchitettura ( The Five Orders of Architecture ) from 1562 ; the book is considered " one of the most successful architectural textbooks ever written ", despite having no text apart from the notes and the introduction.

In the introduction to A Treatise of Human Nature, Hume writes "' Tis evident, that all the sciences have a relation, more or less, to human nature ...

The trial was brief, and the outcome unsurprising, as the court, citing their fraudulently issued nature, refused to allow the introduction of Wentworth's grants as evidence.

The introduction of dialogue titles was far from being a trivial matter, for they entirely transformed the nature of film narrative.

Under Section 377A of the Penal Code, the introduction of the penis into the anus or mouth of another person is considered a " carnal intercourse against the order of nature " and is punishable with imprisonment of 20 years maximum and whipping.

A hymn to Poseidon included among the Homeric Hymns is a brief invocation, a seven-line introduction that addresses the god as both " mover of the earth and barren sea, god of the deep who is also lord of Helicon and wide Aegae, and specificies his twofold nature as an Olympian: " a tamer of horses and a saviour of ships.

Scientists disagreed with the assertion that intelligent design is scientific, and its introduction into the the science curriculum of a Pennsylvania school district led to the 2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District trial, which ruled that the " intelligent design " arguments are essentially religious in nature and not science.

Even after this initial introduction, however, the Vice will continually reiterate to the audience that his nature is diabolic.

The introduction of the safety car, which brings the field together when an accident makes the track unsafe, has radically changed the nature of the race.

Due to the changing nature of combat with the introduction of artillery in the European Middle Ages, and infantry firearms in the Renaissance, attempts were made to define and identify those strategies, grand tactics and tactics that would produce a victory more often than that achieved by the Romans in praying to the gods before the battle.

The fundamentally anti-democratic nature of the leadership principle is challenged by the introduction of concepts such as autogestion, employeeship, common civic virtue, etc., which stress individual responsibility and / or group authority in the work place and elsewhere by focusing on the skills and attitudes that a person needs in general rather than separating out leadership as the basis of a special class of individuals.

The nature of organizational leadership: An introduction.

That response to consultation was issued on Tuesday 28 July 2009 Having provided options to stakeholders in terms of 2 options outlined in Consultation 08 / 44 of Mobile Telegraphy License or a technology neutral Wireless Telegarphy License, and minded by the 7 responses it received, the Mobile Telegraphy Licence was seen as the best use of spectrum, given the nature of the spectrum of 8 MHz of UHF band in between 470 to 750 MHz in the five main urban areas due to the limited spectrum arising from DTT introduction and use of 4 multiplexes as the spectrum priority prior to analogue switchover ( ASO ).

With the introduction of the use of industrial artifacts in art and techniques such as collage, avant-garde movements such as Cubism, Dada and Surrealism questioned the nature and value of art.

After an initial period of speculation in the West as to its true nature, the characteristics of this type were disclosed when the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the introduction of a market system forced the Russian industries to find new customers by highlighting its good qualities ; it is today rarely referred to as Chobham armour.

Although compliance was believed to be one issue in clinical versus animal trials, the high viscosity and controlled nature of animal-viral inoculations ( atraumatic introduction of virus using a French catheter ) may be why the latter animal study observed a positive outcome.

The Nyingma and Bön traditions practise Dzogchen, a cognate but distinct method of direct introduction to the empty nature of mind.

Subjectively valid methods came to prominence in consumer audio in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, when the introduction of compact cassette tape, dbx and Dolby noise reduction techniques revealed the unsatisfactory nature of many basic engineering measurements.

Wright said in his introduction to Gadsby that " this story was written, not through any attempt to attain literary merit, but due to a somewhat balky nature, caused by hearing it so constantly claimed that ' it can ’ t be done.

The introduction of the Skaven supplement to Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay answers these questions with the dogma of the Horned Rat, although Skaven philosophers have questioned the nature of the mysterious stranger, wondering whether this entity is indeed a deity or a merely a Daemonic entity.

His introduction and translation are perhaps the best starting points for understanding the nature of Dharmaśāstra and its contents.

The " unauthorised " nature of the 1970 reprint is explained by the fact that, as Carter indicated in his introduction, he and the publishing company could not even ascertain whether the author was alive or dead, " since our efforts to trace this lady have so far been unsuccessful.