When asked later why he had stopped writing about Greek poetry, he responded, " I found that I could not attain to excellence in both.

When writing the scientific name of an organism, it is proper to capitalize the first letter in the genus and put all of the specific epithet in lowercase.

When the Greek astronomer Ptolemy's Almagest was translated from Greek to Arabic, the translator Johannitius ( following Alberuni ) did not know the Greek word and rendered it as the nearest-looking Arabic word, writing العصى ذات الكلاب in ordinary unvowelled Arabic text " al -` aşā dhāt al-kullāb ", which means " the spearshaft having a hook ".

When the Arabic text was translated into Latin, the translator Gerard of Cremona ( probably in Spain ) mistook the Arabic word كلاب for kilāb ( the plural of كلب kalb ), meaning " dogs ", writing hastile habens canes (" spearshaft having dogs ").

When Harley was ousted from the ministry in 1708 Defoe continued writing it to support Godolphin, then again to support Harley and the Tories in the Tory ministry of 1710 to 1714.

When his colleague Richard Courant wrote the now classic Methods of Mathematical Physics including some of Hilbert's ideas, he added Hilbert's name as author even though Hilbert had not directly contributed to the writing.

When Martin Gardner retired from writing his " Mathematical Games " column for Scientific American magazine, Hofstadter succeeded him in 1981 – 1983 with a column entitled Metamagical Themas ( an anagram of " Mathematical Games ").

When writing solo passages for the bass in orchestral or chamber music, composers typically ensure the orchestration is light so it doesn't obscure the bass.

When Auckland refused to put the agreement in writing, Dost Mohammad turned his back on the British and began negotiations with Vitkevich.

: When God decreed the Creation He pledged Himself by writing in His book which is laid down with Him: My mercy prevails over My wrath.

When the shell was warmed, milk would turn brown therefore the writing would appear on what looked like blank paper.

When Bosman was sixteen, he started writing short stories for the national Sunday newspaper ( the Sunday Times ).

When either writing through or directly to physical device registers, this may, but not necessarily, cause a real interrupt to occur at the device's central processor unit ( CPU ), if it has one.

" When he was repatriated, he was allowed to keep the manuscript of a book he had been writing, and his pet starling.

When writing to memory, the CPU writes data from MDR to the memory location whose address is stored in MAR.

When Nash wasn't writing poems, he made guest appearances on comedy and radio shows and toured the United States and the United Kingdom, giving lectures at colleges and universities.

When he first started writing songs for the Pixies, Francis says he was listening to nothing but Hüsker Dü, Captain Beefheart, and Iggy Pop ; Other influences associated with Francis include The Gun Club and The Cars.

When writing against Photius, he begged the emperor to send warships and soldiers to enable him to ward off the assaults of the Saracens.

* When writing RPN on paper ( something that some users of RPN may not do ) adjacent numbers need a separator between them.

When she received the news, his mother attempted to contain her sorrow by writing down her feelings in a notebook her husband had been using to take notes on a relativity textbook he had been reading.

When Claudette walked in the room where Dees and Orbison were writing to say she was heading for Nashville, Orbison asked if she had any money.

When they started writing the script, the Coens wrote only 40 pages and then let it sit for a while before finishing it.

When writing about these picturing situations, Wittgenstein used the word " Bild ," which may be translated as " picture " or " model ".

When Beckett started writing he did not have a visual image of Vladimir and Estragon.

# When writing gateway software of any kind, take pains to disturb the data stream as little as possible — and never throw away information unless the recipient forces you to!

When Prokofieff forged his new clarity of `` lucid, straightforward music, so difficult to compose '', he shaped his talents to his purpose.

When Richard Nixon visited China in 1972, this song was played as the welcome music.

When originally used in Olney, it is unknown what music, if any, accompanied the verses written by John Newton.

"), is the inspiration for the text of several pieces of choral music, usually entitled When David Heard ( such as those by Renaissance composers Thomas Tomkins and Thomas Weelkes, or American composers Eric Whitacre, Joshua Shank, and Norman Dinerstein ).

When Diabelli died in 1858, Spina continued to run the firm, and published much music by Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss.

When Heart in Motion was released in 1991, many fans were surprised that the album was so clearly one of contemporary pop music.

When affairs cannot be carried on to success, proprieties and music do not flourish.

When proprieties and music do not flourish, punishments will not be properly awarded.

When he became successful in television, he kept the orchestra on his payroll, and Rizo arranged and orchestrated the music for I Love Lucy.

When he appeared at the London Palladium music hall in 1948, he " roused the Royal family to shrieks of laughter and was the first of many performers who have turned English variety into an American preserve.

When asked what genre she would classify her music as belonging to, she would reply, " Enya ".

When the music is stored in an audio file format that is lossless such as FLAC, Monkey's Audio or WMA Lossless, the computer playback of recorded audio can serve as an audiophile-quality source for a hi-fi system.

When the Country Music Association was founded in 1958, the term hillbilly music gradually fell out of use.

When Orpheus heard their voices, he drew his lyre and played music that was more beautiful and louder, drowning out the Sirens ' bewitching songs.

When jazz guitarists play chords underneath a song's melody or another musician's solo improvisations, it is called " comping ", short for " accompanying " The accompanying style in most jazz styles differs from the way chordal instruments accompany in many popular styles of music.

When Adams commented on his own characterization of particular minimalist music, he stated that he went joyriding on " those Great Prairies of non-event.

When a student is taking western classical music lessons, music teachers often spend some time explaining the different eras of western classical music, such as the Baroque era, the Classical era, the Romantic era, and the Modern era, because each era is associated with different styles of music and different performance practice techniques.

When the music player suddenly stops the music, everyone must race to sit down in one of the chairs.

When down to the last two players the chair may be moved as long as the music has stopped before the chair has been touched.

When they were offered $ 400 to play at a dance, Orbison realized that he could make a living in music.