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Sentences ending with conception

Exactly as if these blood-hounds were tragic actors of which one could best produce his effects by fire and pathos, and the other by the subtlety of his conception. [10]
In this work there are many details connected with the forms of these shelter dykes, their arrangements so as to present a series of settling basins, etc., a description of which would only complicate the conception. [5]
In his mind the idea expanded into a different conception. [4]
On the other question, how the battle of Borodino and the preceding battle of Shevardino were fought, there also exists a definite and well-known, but quite false, conception. [2]
Nearly fifty thousand persons assembled in St. Peter's to hear the publishing of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. [5]
Perhaps those who most depended on him were the least worthy, and those who loved him most were least inclined to sacrifice their own reasonable view of life to his own sublimated spiritual conception. [4]
And the wide belief in the Empire in gods born in this way aided such a conception. [9]
Of the scope and general character of his work we have given but a languid conception. [6]

Sentences containing conception two or more times

The original conception was that the offender against the law should be punished, and that the punishment should be made to fit the crime, an 'opera bouffe' conception which has been abandoned in reasoning though not in practice. [4]
It was a tremendous conception of Democracy, that of acquiescence to developed leadership made responsible; a conception I was compelled to confess transcended Mr. Watling's, loyal as I was to him.... [9]
The necessity of the conception of power as an explanation of historical events is best demonstrated by the universal historians and historians of culture themselves, for they professedly reject that conception but inevitably have recourse to it at every step. [2]
What is man's responsibility to society, the conception of which results from the conception of freedom? [2]
Marquette had solemnly contracted, on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, that if the Virgin would permit him to discover the great river, he would name it Conception, in her honor. [5]

More example sentences with the word conception in them

Or in other words, the conception of a cause is inapplicable to the phenomena we are examining. [2]
He stood just within the hollow of a cavern so immense that he had no conception of its real dimensions. [13]
It will agree with the conception of many of the readers of "Joshua. [10]
And no one who has not experienced that environment can have any conception of the pressure it exerted to stifle originality, to thrust the new generation into its religious and commercial moulds. [9]
It is they who can inspire by their example, and by their pursuits attract others to a higher conception of the national life. [4]
The rural readers were not to be wheedled out of their cherished conception of the personal appearance of the philosopher of the Tri-bune. [4]
There was no weakness in the face, no meekness, no suggestion of the conception of the sacrificed Lamb, no hint of a beatific vision of opening heavens--and yet no accusation, no despair. [9]
Naturally, I say, we ought by the time of middle life to come to a conception of what sort of things are of most value. [4]
Princess Mary's self-esteem was wounded by the fact that the arrival of a suitor agitated her, and still more so by both her companions' not having the least conception that it could be otherwise. [2]
The wonder, however, was based upon a shallow conception of the nature of woman. [4]
She smiled a vacuous smile; she played "the lady" terribly, as, with a curious conception of dignity, she held her body stiff as a ramrod, and with a prim merci sailed into the street. [11]
I have heard two very intelligent critics speak of Murillo's Immaculate Conception (now in the museum at Seville,) within the past few days. [5]
It is not too much to say, if her feeling be not misconstrued and stretched far beyond her own conception of it, that he was her one remaining interest in the world. [9]
It is impossible to tell, in a great many cases, whether a comparison which suddenly suggests itself is a new conception or a recollection. [6]
He was prepared to find it larger than his unstudied glances had made it appear; for more than a casual idea of dimensions and a hasty conception of oval shape and singular beauty he had not had time. [13]
It is not to be supposed that the Pilgrims had an adequate conception of the continent, or of the magnitude of their mission on it, or of the nation to come of which they were laying the foundations. [4]
And with that thought came also the conception of what a powerful antagonist he would be. [11]
And even Paul, though not consciously inconsistent, could not rid himself completely of that ancient, automatic, conception of religion which the Master condemned, but had on occasions attempted fruitlessly to unite the new with the old. [9]
And besides, and this was the touchstone of her conception of life and duty, she felt that if he were to break his vow, though she might love him, her respect for him would be impaired. [4]
Yet to supply this conception various historians take forces of different kinds, all of which are incommensurate with the movement observed. [2]
Henderson hurried home, then, more eagerly than usual, with reparation in his heart, but still with no conception of the seriousness of the breach. [4]
Trixton Brent--short as their acquaintance had been--had some conception of her character and possibilities her husband none. [9]
Under this conception, the sale of indulgences, masses for the soul, and temporal power are perfectly logical --inevitable. [9]
This relation of the men who command to those they command is what constitutes the essence of the conception called power. [2]
The manservant and the maid whom Heinz Schorlin had made his messengers certainly could have no conception of the bond that united her to him; even her own sister had misunderstood it. [10]
The conception of the fundamental Unity, he says, finds its highest expression in the religious writings of the East, especially in the Indian Scriptures. [6]
Love--and you haven't the faintest conception of it. [9]
In spite of the fact that I was unable to relate to a satisfying conception of religion my new-born determination, I made up my mind, at least, to renounce my tortuous ways. [9]
He had seen the Demeter, and praised the conception of the goddess because it corresponded with her nature. [10]
Under this conception the criminal code was arbitrarily constructed, so much punishment being set down opposite each criminal offense, without the least regard to the actual guilt of the man as an individual sinner. [4]
What is sin, the conception of which arises from the consciousness of man's freedom? [2]
His conception of the character and mission of Columbus is largely outlined, but firmly and most carefully executed, and is one of the noblest in literature. [4]
No character in the book strikes me as more masterly than that of Beatrix; its conception is fresh, and its delineation vivid. [14]
In the days that followed, Venters balanced perpetually in mind this haunting conception of innocence over against the cold and sickening fact of an unintentional yet actual gift. [13]
The only conception that can explain the movement of the peoples is that of some force commensurate with the whole movement of the peoples. [2]
The only conception that can explain the movement of the locomotive is that of a force commensurate with the movement observed. [2]
And the only such conception known to historians is that of power. [2]
Of the United States he had only a dim conception, but his mind rather rested upon the statement that we lived "near Boston. [4]
All at once, some conception of the truth burst upon the affrighted Carterette. [11]
It is not so: the foolish trivial end, The inconsequent paltry Nothing--gone--gone all; The genius of the ageless Something spend Itself within this little earthly wall: The commonplace conception, that we reap Reward of drudge and ploughman--idle sleep! [11]
There is something so audacious in the conception of ice-cream, that it is not strange that a population undebauched by the luxury of great cities looks upon it with a kind of awe and speaks of it with a certain emotion. [6]
The genius of Shakespeare lay in his power to so use the real and individual facts of life as to raise in the minds of his readers a broader and nobler conception of human life than they had conceived before. [4]
It was not Serapis but the great and unapproachable One--supreme above comprehension and sublime beyond conception, for whose majesty every name was too mean, the fount and crown of Good and Beauty, in whole all that exists ever has been and ever shall be. [10]
Our friend yonder seized it, and his magnificent work of art proves how nearly it approaches the purest and loftiest conception we form of the goddess whom he had to represent. [10]
He would have said, of course, that she knew nothing about business, but what he meant was that she had a very clear conception of what was honest. [4]
Generally the toy represents twins, so swathed and bound; and, not infrequently, the bold conception of the artist carries the point of the humor so far as to introduce triplets, thus sporting with the most dreadful possibilities of life. [4]
Under that conception religion was a form of insurance of the soul. [9]
This is--what it pretends to be a joint production, in the conception of the story, the exposition of the characters, and in its literal composition. [5]
He did not pour it out in preaching; delicately, unobtrusively and on the whole rather humorously he managed to present to me in a most disillusionizing light that conception of the university held by me and my intimate associates. [9]
So that my poor heroine found her origin, not in fable or romance, but in a physiological conception fertilized by a theological dogma. [6]
And what was played was a fugue--though Petya had not the least conception of what a fugue is. [2]
Edith, the one person who could have comforted him, was the last person to whom he could have told this, for he had the most elementary, and the common conception of what marriage is. [4]
You have not only changed my conception of religion, but you have made it for me something which I can now speak about naturally. [9]
But I have often remarked how little real conception of the moving world, as it is, people in remote regions get from the newspaper. [4]
In this reaffirmation of vitalism there might be a future, yes, an individual future, yet it was far from the smug conception of salvation. [9]
He was one of those Americans whose habitual conception of life is unalloyed prosperity. [8]
Not to speak of the fact that no description of the collective activity of men can do without the conception of power, the existence of power is proved both by history and by observing contemporary events. [2]
The mediaeval conception of the Church, before Luther's day, was consistent, at any rate, if you once grant the premises on which it was based. [9]
At the beginning of one's career, if one were to calculate too carefully, impulse, momentum, daring, original conception would be lost. [11]
However the people of his day regarded him, it is safe to say that they could not have had any conception of the importance of the work he was doing. [4]
If the conception of freedom appears to reason to be a senseless contradiction like the possibility of performing two actions at one and the same instant of time, or of an effect without a cause, that only proves that consciousness is not subject to reason. [2]
No five-minute boltings of flabby rolls, muddy coffee, questionable eggs, gutta-percha beef, and pies whose conception and execution are a dark and bloody mystery to all save the cook that created them! [5]
This whole conception of charity is a crime against civilization--I had to have that pointed out to me, too,--this system of legalized or semi-legalized robbery and the distribution of largesse to the victims. [9]
A lurid conception of a class conducted on those principles of shameless flattery at which Mrs. Horn had hinted--he believed now she had meant to insult him--presented itself. [8]
If that is not popular sovereignty, then I have no conception of the meaning of words. [7]
Probably he had no responsibilities in the world, with no one to say him nay, himself only to consider in all the universe: a divine conception of adequate life. [11]
To a lackey no man can be great, for a lackey has his own conception of greatness. [2]
You can have no conception, Richard, of the fear and hatred that name has aroused in England. [9]
But I had no conception that he would have such power, and such courage, as he has shown this morning. [9]
You can have no conception of the misfortunes come to me out of this quarrel. [9]
Although he may never have heard of Marx, it is the Marxian conception that comes to his mind, and this implies coercion, a government that constantly interferes with his personal liberty, that compels him to tasks for which he has no relish. [9]
It toiled not, neither did it spin, but grew as if by magic, day and night, until the very conception of it was overpowering. [9]
It entered into my original plan to treat of the doctrine relating to Psora, or itch,--an almost insane conception, which I am glad to get rid of, for this is a subject one does not care to handle without gloves. [3]
Philip hesitated a moment, trying to grasp the conception of this business use of literature. [4]
This largeness of modified conception cannot be made apparent in such brief extracts as we can make, but they will show its quality and the author's humor. [4]
Your mistrust did me some injustice; it proved a general conception of character such as I should be sorry to call mine; but these false ideas will naturally arise when we only judge an author from his works. [14]
Yes, and by love to lead her into a higher conception of the Divine love. [4]
He had a lofty conception of his chosen profession, as the right arm in the administration of justice between man and man. [4]
I began married life, and carried it on without giving her any conception of the state of my finances. [9]
She wrote at length, analyzing the characters, recalling the striking scenes, and praising without stint the conception and the working out of the character of the heroine. [4]
But night before last I discovered that that day's chapter was a failure, in conception, moral truth to nature, and execution--enough blemish to impair the excellence of almost any chapter--and so I must burn up the day's work and do it all over again. [5]
To these bleak lands Italy was a paradise, and was so sung by poets who had no conception of a winter without frost. [4]
Think how long it was before we had attained any real conception of the laws that govern the wonderful agent, which now works in harness with the other trained and subdued forces! [6]
More than this, it not only drops it out of mind, but it has no conception of its influence and power in the very affairs from which it seems to be excluded. [4]
How I composed it in the state of mind I was in, I have no conception to this day. [9]
How indeed could it be otherwise, according to the explanation which her teacher had given her of the Neo-Platonic conception of the nature of the god? [10]
From this short interview with Pfuel, Prince Andrew, thanks to his Austerlitz experiences, was able to form a clear conception of the man. [2]
The Professor was interested in her conception of the existence of the Lunites without waste, and the death in life of the nitrogen-breathing Saturnians. [6]
They were merely incidents of the social state into which she was born, and she pursued her way among them, having a tolerably clear conception of what her own life should be, with little recognition of their tendencies. [4]
The magnificent opportunity in this Republic is that we may make the most possible out of our lives, and it will continue only as we adhere to the original conception of the Republic. [4]
Given certain characters in a writer's conception, if they are real to him, as they ought to be they will act in such or such a way, according to the law of their nature. [6]
When it is impossible to stretch the very elastic threads of historical ratiocination any farther, when actions are clearly contrary to all that humanity calls right or even just, the historians produce a saving conception of "greatness. [2]
There is an idea of commercialism, of monopoly in that conception which is utterly repugnant to any one who tries to approach the subject with a fresh mind, and from an ideal point of view. [9]
Instinctively, and, as I believe, naturally, I gave to each ambitious, and--so far as conception goes--to each important novel of mine, an avant coureur. [11]
He feels that however impossible it may be, it is so, for without this conception of freedom not only would he be unable to understand life, but he would be unable to live for a single moment. [2]
Rousseau borrowed from Hobbes as well as from Locke in his conception of popular sovereignty; but this was not his only lack of originality. [4]
Of course if his own conception is not clear, he will be as unjust as in writing about a person in real life whose character he knew only by rumor. [4]
The day before he had rushed upon canvas the conception of a picture which he said to himself was glorious, and to others (at the table d'hote of Maroni) was not bad. [8]
But the novelists have too little sense of responsibility in this respect, probably from an inadequate conception of their power. [4]
The new philosophies have restored your second Authority, and your first, as you properly say, is replaced by the conception of Personality. [9]

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