Sentence examples for manoel from inspiring English sources

Could we not have dispensed with Norman Neal Williams (Manoel Felciano), one of the book's more melodramatic figures, whose romance with Mary Ann is made slightly more plausible here by his less sinister depiction?

But one survey found that 94% of settlers had previous agricultural experience and 79% said their lives had improved.That seems true of the 86 families at the Manoel Neto settlement, founded in 2006 in São Paulo state.

It gave the jury prize to the 91-year-old Manoel de Oliveira for "A Carta", an updating of the Comtesse de Lafayette's 1678 "La Princesse de Clèves" in which the heroine implausibly falls for a real, balding Portuguese rock-singer, Pedro Abrunhosa.

The National Library of Malta was built in the late 18th century, the University of Malta was founded by Pope Clement VIII in 1592, the Manoel Theatre dates from 1731 32, and the National Museum of Fine Arts (opened 1974) is housed in a residence dating from 1571.

Born to the architect Manoel Francisco Lisboa and an African slave in Ouro Prêto in the 1730s, Aleijadinho lived in his native city until his death in 1814.

1604 Lisbon, Portugall November 20, 1657 Middelburg, Netherlands Manasseh ben Israel, Manasseh also spelled Menasseh, original name Manoel Dias Soeiro (born 1604, Lisbon? [Port.] died Nov. 20, 1657, Middelburg, Neth)., major Hebraic scholar of the Jewish community of Amsterdam and the founder of the modern Jewish community in England.

An exhibition space called Cinema House (1998 2003)—with its base that suggests a shutter gauge and its two large hooded windows that suggest camera lenses was designed for the Portuguese film director Manoel de Oliveira.

December 11 , 1908Porto, Portugal April 2, 2015 Porto, Portugal Manoel de Oliveira, in full Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira (born December 11 , 1908 Porto, Portugal died April 2, 2015, Porto), Portuguese filmmaker, known for richly meditative and often self-reflexive films that were frequently inspired by literary and theatrical works.

The Church of Our Lady of Pilar de Ouro Prêto (1730s), attributed to António Francisco Lisboa (brother of Manoel Francisco Lisboa, the father of Aleijadinho), was opened with a Baroque spectacle, the Triumph of the Eucharist, in the European manner.

Manasseh ben Israel, Manasseh also spelled Menasseh, original name Manoel Dias Soeiro (born 1604, Lisbon? [Port.] died Nov. 20, 1657, Middelburg, Neth).

Ricardo Trêpa in "The Strange Case of Angelica," a new Portuguese feature by Manoel de Oliveira, who turned 102 this month.