In four opening chapters reminiscent of Macaulay's famous third chapter, Trevelyan surveys the state of England at the opening of the eighteenth century.

The opening paragraph of the chapter titled The Theory Of Representative Perception, in the book Philosophies Of Science by Albert G. Ramsperger says, `` passed on to the brain, and there, by some unexplained process, it causes the mind to have a perception ''.

To be sure, when this is pointed out, a common response among certain churchmen is to fulminate about `` the little flock '' and `` the great crowd '' and to take solace from Paul's castigation of the `` wisdom of the wise '' in the opening chapter of First Corinthians.

The throne scene at the opening of chapter 6 is noteworthy for its depiction of an idealised temple with singing seraphs.

The opening chapter of a hand-written scroll of the Book of Esther, with reader's pointer

The draft presented to the Council on 8 March drew no serious criticism, but a group of 35 English-speaking bishops, who feared that the opening phrase of the first chapter, " Sancta romana catholica Ecclesia " ( the holy Roman Catholic Church ), might be construed as favouring the Anglican Branch Theory, later succeeded in having an additional adjective inserted, so that the final text read: " Sancta catholica apostolica romana Ecclesia " ( the holy Catholic Apostolic Roman Church ).

After Latham agreed to publish the book, Mitchell worked for another six months checking the historical references, and rewrote the opening chapter several times.

The so-called Martyrologium Hieronymianum is spurious ; it was apparently composed by a western monk toward the end of the 6th or beginning of the 7th century, with reference to an expression of Jerome's in the opening chapter of the Vita Malchi, where he speaks of intending to write a history of the saints and martyrs from the apostolic times.

Biochemistry has only started in the 20th century, opening up a new chapter of organic chemistry with enormous scope.

* In the opening chapter of his book God is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens quotes from Richard Le Gallienne's translation of Khayyam's famous quatrain:

The opening chapter of the original paperback edition of Ringworld featured Louis Wu teleporting eastward around the Earth in order to extend his birthday.

Her " incredible controversy " is characterized by David Hartwell in the opening sentence of a book chapter entitled " New Wave: The Great War of the 1960s ": " Conflict and argument are an enduring presence in the SF world, but literary politics has yielded to open warfare on the largest scale only once.

Aside from a ritualistic chant in " The Sontaran Strategem "/" The Poison Sky ", they are never seen to engage in any activity that would be considered recreation, though a few offhand comments by Commander Skorr in " The Poison Sky " suggest they do consider hunting a sport ( according to their creator Robert Holmes, Sontarans do have a highly developed artistic culture, but have put it on hold for the duration of the war, while the opening chapter of the novelisation of The Time Warrior, based on Holmes ' incomplete draft, refers to Linx listening to the Sontaran anthem while his spaceship is in flight ).

A quarter of a century later, Joseph Conrad described Amsterdam's trams in chapter 14 of The Mirror of the Sea ( 1906 ): From afar at the end of Tsar Peter Straat, issued in the frosty air the tinkle of bells of the horse tramcars, appearing and disappearing in the opening between the buildings, like little toy carriages harnessed with toy horses and played with by people that appeared no bigger than children.

It was in this opening chapter, or book, of De fabrica that Vesalius made several of his strongest claims against Galen's theories and writings which he had put in his anatomy books.

* In the opening chapter of Leo Tolstoy's novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich the characters contrast the solemnity of the funeral ceremony with the desire to escape and play whist.

Quoting Harold S. Black's 1953 book Modulation Theory, in the section Nyquist Interval of the opening chapter Historical Background:

Ahead of a Special Olympics competition, law enforcement officers carry the torch in intervals along a planned route covering most of the state or country to the site of the opening ceremonies of the chapter or Special Olympics World Summer or Winter Games.

Lord Sandwich, although willing to pay the promised money, was irritated with Johann Reinhold Forster's opening chapter and tried to have him edited.

This final stage, preserved in then opening chapter of the Book of Genesis ( written c. 500 BCE ), forms the basis of belief regarding the creation in Judaism and Christianity.

The opening chapter of the novel was originally published in New World Writing as Catch-18 in 1955, but Heller's agent, Candida Donadio, requested that he change the title of the novel, so it would not be confused with another recently published World War II novel, Leon Uris's Mila 18.

Between 1859 and 1869, under the direction of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez, a French company, built the Suez Canal, opening a new chapter in global transportation and trade.

In the aftermath of the controversy, Forbes contributor Erik Kain wrote that it " may end up being a healthy one for the industry, opening a new chapter in gamer / developer / publisher relations ", calling BioWare and EA's decision to act on the fans ' complaints a " remarkable " choice that made gamers realize " that they are entitled, and that it isn't a bad thing, to quality games ".

In the 1966 book Les Mots et Les Choses ( The Order of Things ), philosopher Michel Foucault devotes the opening chapter to a detailed analysis of Las Meninas.

** The breech refers to the mass of solid metal behind the bottom of the bore extending to the base of the breech and including the base ring ; it also generally refers to the end of the cannon opposite the muzzle, i. e., the location where the explosion of the gunpowder begins as opposed to the opening through which the pressurized gas escapes.

The treatise begins with the dramatic opening lines, " Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.

* September 30 – The Hong Kong MTR begins service with the opening of its Modified Initial System ( aka Kwun Tong Line ).

This image begins the film's opening credit sequence.

* July 2006 – Chevron regains exclusive rights to the Texaco brand name in the U. S. and begins opening up gas stations across the U. S. and sold some of its BP and its Citgo stations in the southeast.

A similar pattern, only a bit more lively, occurs in the bass line in the beginning of the second section, which begins with the opening motif inverted.

Hockey Night in Canada coverage typically begins 30 minutes prior to the opening faceoff of the first game with the pregame show called Scotiabank Hockey Tonight.

Austin Powers in Goldmember begins with an action film opening, which turns out to be a sequence being filmed by Steven Spielberg.

After the opening theme song and opening credits end, the pilot proper begins with the seven castaways waking up on the beached SS Minnow and continues with them performing various tasks including exploring the island, attempting to fix the transmitter, building huts, and finding food.

The film is notable for its almost exclusive use of one set: with the exception of the film's opening, which begins outside on the steps of the courthouse and ends with the jury's final instructions before retiring, a brief final scene on the courthouse steps and two short scenes in an adjoining washroom, the entire movie takes place in the jury room.

Smith sentimentally and poignantly sings the opening lines of " White Cliffs of Dover ", and " We'll Meet Again ", and then ( to avoid lowering the tone ) has to interrupt Jones when he begins to sing, " Hitler has only got one ..."

The parade serves as the official opening of the Stampede and begins shortly before 9 a. m. on the first Friday of the event.

The opening of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov bears a close resemblance to the first theme of Balakirev's Second Overture, while Borodin's In the Steppes of Central Asia begins with a dominant pedal extending over 90 bars in the upper register of the violins, a device Balakirev used in his First Overture.

The original opening of the show begins with a ringing telephone on Bob's office desk, which he answers with a simple, " Hello?

The opening of this variation appears in the movie Copying Beethoven as the theme of the sonata written by the copyist that Beethoven first ridicules then later, to redeem himself, begins to work on more seriously.

In his opening statement, Arthur begins by mocking the case of the prosecuting attorney ( Craig T. Nelson ) while speaking of the ultimate objective of the American legal system.

The film begins in an unnamed war-torn European city in the late 18th century ( dubbed " The Age of Reason " in an opening caption ), where, amidst explosions and gunfire from a large Turkish army outside the city gates, a fanciful touring stage production of Baron Münchhausen's life and adventures is taking place.

* July 29 – The BBC Television Service begins its coverage of the Olympic Games in London by broadcasting the opening ceremony.

The opening song of The Rocky Horror Show and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, " Science Fiction Double Feature ", begins with the words " Michael Rennie was ill The Day the Earth Stood Still, but he told us where we stand ..." (" and Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear, Claude Rains was The Invisible Man ..." etc.

In the opening scene the protagonist begins to reminisce about his youth and remembers the day he was saved from execution in a raid performed by the anarchist cell he would later join.

* Vespers begins with the singing or chanting of the opening versicles Deus, in adiutorium meum intende.

It begins with two long drum rolls, which include the use of the gongs, In addition to developing the Dies Irae and resurrection themes and motives from the opening cry of despair, this section also states, episodically, a number of other themes, based on earlier material.

The opening leaves of the text are lost, so the Passion begins abruptly with the trial of Jesus before Pilate, after Pilate has washed his hands, and closes with its unusual and detailed version of the watch set over the tomb and the resurrection.

The famous opening line of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel, Paul Clifford, published this year, begins: