Those who knew Wolfhart as colleague, teacher, or friend (or all of these) can testify not only to his venerable international standing as a scholar, but also to his deep humanity, so evident in his unfailing patience, supportiveness, and generosity of spirit.
One, whose tale was told around A.D. 700 by the Venerable Bede, spent his restored life standing up to the neck in freezing water and, on getting out, allowing his garments to dry on him.
The lehendakari — a man in his mid-forties with very white skin, intense brown eyes, and a balding pate, like that of a Capuchin monk — was standing next to the venerable Tree, bathed in light from the lamps of a TV crew.
I was standing before an audience in the venerable Boston Public Library, recounting my flight.
From Balephuil, the venerable Skerryvore lighthouse is visible on the horizon, standing guard on its base of jagged, treacherous rock.
It's an early morning in May, and I'm standing on the veranda of the venerable Grand Hotel des Iles Borromees, facing the Alps, which appear in smooth blue-purple unison.
Williams, who has worked as deputy editor on the venerable weekly title since July last year, is replacing Krissi Murison who is standing down in June.
Standing outside the massive glass doors of the venerable shoe store, she looked like a lost child.
In front of the museum, standing on a pedestal was the stone statue of a venerable colonial curator, complete with khaki trousers, thick-rimmed glasses and a safari hat.
The Galle Literary Festival is now in its third year, with most of its events staged among the drowsing lanes of the venerable Portuguese fort, where the traces of three successive colonial powers remain standing in atmospherically dusty condition.
