Sentence examples for ancient deeds from inspiring English sources

"When I write of ancient deeds my mind somehow becomes antique," he wrote.

Vets from World War II, Vietnam, Iraq and other conflicts sipped wine amid canes, knee braces and stories of guns fired and ancient deeds done.

Those unsatisfied by the face value of high and ancient people committing low deeds have had many metaphors to turn to.

A preliminary analysis of ancient documents (manuscripts, notary deeds, pictures) was performed to outline the historical evolution, the materials and constructive techniques used and the possible modifications it had undergone.

He said the views of theologically conservative Christians like himself were diverse, but that they generally accepted the Abrahamic Covenant -- the promise, as described in Genesis, by which God deeded the ancient land of Israel to the Hebrew descendants of Abraham.

The "root" is the historical precedent and evidence provided by the deeds of the ancient sage kings, moral exemplars who reliably distinguished right from wrong correctly and whose way we thus seek to follow.

In the Discourses on Livy, Machiavelli favours the deeds of the ancients above their philosophy; he reproaches his contemporaries for consulting ancient jurists for political wisdom rather than looking to the actual history of Rome.

The argument only identifies one type of poem that the Muses call forth, namely the poem that "embellishes thousands of deeds of the ancients to educate [paideuei] later generations" (245a).

Ancient epics are full of grisly deeds.

But that ancient lore has to do with deeds of the greats.

His fictitious reign was filled with deeds expected of an ancient city founder and the son of a war god.