Brunswick, and the fourth in descent from the famous Henry the. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
What happens when a nationalized citizen of Latin descent is pulled over and told to show his identification papers?. From Wordnik.com. [3 border state governors critical of Arizona immigration law] Reference
Using "descent" is almost begging to be misinterpreted. From Wordnik.com. [Behe, Common Descent, & UD] Reference
When I say Darwinian evolution, I'm referring to Darwin's theory, which he called descent with modification. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 12, 2005] Reference
She claimed her descent from the Macedonian kings of Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
This Greek marble is the noblest in descent; it needs no eulogy. From Wordnik.com. [Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910] Reference
Their descent is German Catholic and they follow that tradition. From Wordnik.com. [Farm: A Year in the Life of an American Farmer] Reference
The descent is as long and steep in some places as its riseing was. From Wordnik.com. [Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary] Reference
King Edward VII. of England, who traces his descent from the German. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German] Reference
Jews, whereby they traced their descent from the patriarchs, to which. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
And our King traces his descent from the ancient Kings of Scotland also. From Wordnik.com. [The British Monarchy] Reference
Amazing, since she was listed as the richest person of Latin American descent in. From Wordnik.com. [EURweb] Reference
His father, Otto Brahé, traced his descent from a Swedish family of noble birth. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Evidently Judah had missed him, and he began to plan a descent from the opposite side. From Wordnik.com. [Winona: A Tale of Negro Life in the South and Southwest] Reference
The accordance of the song with the mode of ascent and descent is also worthy of note. From Wordnik.com. [Rural Hours] Reference
The physical evidence says that common descent is a reality in the history of life on earth. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Connect the dots.] Reference
The nobles, who claimed their genuine or fabulous descent from the independent and victorious. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
The descent is no less hair-raising than the ascent, except that this time we can see the peril. From Wordnik.com. [The dance of the sun: Danza del sol] Reference
He was the property of an old friend of my grandmother's, who claimed descent from the Irish kings. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotes of Dogs] Reference
Genealogy, as an analysis of descent, is thus situated within the articulation of the body and history. From Wordnik.com. [How to Do the History of Pornography: Romantic Sexuality and its Field of Vision] Reference
My mum was a francophone in Northern Ontario, my dad an anglophone of Irish descent from the Ottawa Valley. From Wordnik.com. [My Canada - Today and Tomorrow] Reference
Synopsis: A boy swordsman, Yoichi and his father stays in mountain training for his descent from the mountain. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Preview: Winter 2008/2009 « Undercover] Reference
He claimed his descent from the philosophic historian, whose writings will instruct the last generations of mankind. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Our descent is very much more direct, because Italy has suffered and fought and has been loyal to the Allies to the last. From Wordnik.com. [The Italian Problem in the Adriatic] Reference
A year or two ago it was the fashion to insist on Derain's descent from the Italian Primitives: I insisted with the rest. From Wordnik.com. [Since Cézanne] Reference
Well, well, as Nancy at Craigenputtock said of Elliot's descent from the roof, 'Pooh! his own weight will bring him down.'. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
Juliers acknowledges (Lenfant, Hist. du Concile de Constance, tom.ii. p. 539) his descent from the ancestors of Martin V. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
And intermarriage among various indigenous groups was common, thus obscuring one's descent from a particular ethnic group. From Wordnik.com. [Tracing Your Indigenous Roots in Mexico] Reference
Yet after the fortune of his posterity, Seljuk became the thirty-fourth in lineal descent from the great Afrasiab, emperor of. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
But Hajj Ali wore a black turban, indicating his descent from the Prophet Mohammad, and carried an astrolabe wherever he went. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani] Reference
The sons of Manasseh -- or descendants; for Ashriel was a grandson, and Zelophehad was a generation farther removed in descent. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
I mean, Antony and Cleopatra, they're both claiming descent from the gods, and yet they both lose, and everybody abandons them. From Wordnik.com. [The True Story Of 'Antony And Cleopatra'] Reference
Born in New York and of Latin American descent, Paredes 'graffiti has "the skill and perceptiveness of a true exceptional artist.". From Wordnik.com. [blogdowntown: Life in Downtown Los Angeles (Stories+Headlines)] Reference
The descent from the turnfoff from the Pátzcuaro-Uruapan toll to Lombardia sent me staggering to the first aid station for oxygen. From Wordnik.com. [Re-posting of Michoacan's Answer to Canc�n - Undoubtedly More Than Most People Want to Know About Pl] Reference
Alternative music in the 1990s claimed descent from the punk-rock movement that crisscrossed America in the seventies and eighties. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Dirda reviews "Listen to This," by music critic Alex Ross] Reference
I shake my head and say that our descent is not yet complete, though we may now be only a few stairs short of reaching the basement. From Wordnik.com. [Lita Smith-Mines: Sellers in the Shadows] Reference
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