Sentence examples for upon a peak from inspiring English sources
When the performers are Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic, the temptation is to just go berserk – like stout Cortez upon a peak in Darien.
We begin with a traveller who tells of ancient bards, he briefly tries his hand at astronomy, till "silent, upon a peak" he's transformed to the "stout" conquistador.
Bill Gates, the great humanitarian,stands upon a peak in Darien.I said Bill, I believe this is killing me.A sculptor sees the statue in the slab,the shiv in the toothbrush.
Why, when Lizzie accompanies her aunt and uncle to the Peak District of England, should the film take care to set her silent upon a peak, her dress and tresses stirring in the wind, if not to drop the clanging hint that Mr. Darcy is less an icy gentleman of means than a britches-busting Heathcliff in the making?
Later, at one point in the picnic scene, as Mayhew wanders drunkenly away from Barton and Audrey, he calls out: "Silent upon a peak in Darien!" This is the last line from John Keats's sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" (1816).
However, if small-genome organisms have only a few peaks to hop on and only a few ridges to follow, while large-genome organisms have an opportunity to ascend along multiple peaks and ridges, then in the process of climbing large-genome organisms will have an advantage, due to a better chance to stumble upon a peak or a ridge.
Another limitation is the absence of a generally agreed-upon standard in defining a peak influenza season.
The chorus of complaints — from children who could not sleep, from locals who stumbled upon nudity — reached a peak at public meetings last spring and summer.
Probably not: WoW (as it's known) has a pretty consistent record of hitting a peak upon the release of a new expansion pack (in essence, tweaks to the game), and then gently drifting downwards.
IL-1β increased in PMICF upon MSI loading, reaching a peak in 24 h, then decreased in 21 days.
M132T/N143S current rapidly reached a peak upon CCh application, and very little time-dependent inactivation was observed (Figure 2H).
