The burden of the "most stupendous engineering structure of the age", was his alone.
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Most stupendous was the pianist Markus Hinterhäuser, who, in his spare time, runs the Salzburg Festival.
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"The basic module of the space station is absolutely the most stupendous engineering project ever undertaken," Ms. Adams told The New York Times in 2002.
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If the good people of Leipzig understood that they were in the presence of the most stupendous talent in musical history, they gave no sign.
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In one of the show's most stupendous drawings, "Studies of Tigers and Men in 260th-Century Costumes," Delacroix repeatedly draws, in brown ink and watercolor, both the animal at rest and its regal head.
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British art dealer Joseph Duveen stated the film setting was "the most stupendous reproduction of Henry the Eighth court life that has ever been achieved — a marvelous piece of artistry".
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Drake (1873), p. 23 Called by historian Victor Brooks "one of the most stupendous feats of logistics" of the entire war,V. Brooks (1999), p. 210 Knox's effort is commemorated by a series of plaques marking the Henry Knox Trail in New York and Massachusetts.
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38 covering approximately 300 miles. Historian Victor Brooks has called Knox's exploit "one of the most stupendous feats of logistics" of the entire American Revolutionary War.V. Brooks (1999), p. 210 The route which he followed is now known as the Henry Knox Trail, and the states of New York and Massachusetts have erected markers along the way.
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Apart from five years of married life, Mencken was to live in that house for the rest of his life. In his bestselling memoir Happy Days, he described his childhood in Baltimore as "placid, secure, uneventful and happy."Happy Days, p. vii When he was nine years old, he read Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, which he later described as "the most stupendous event in my life."St.
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He is allowed by the nobility and gentry, who daily resort to see him, to have the most stupendous and gigantic form (altho' a boy), and is the only representation in the world of the ancient and magnificent giants of that kingdom. He is seven feet three inches in height, without shoes. His wrist measures a quarter of a yard and an inch. He greatly surpasses Cajanus the Swede, in the just proportions of his limbs; and is the truest and best proportioned figure ever seen.
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The second title in the series, "How The Incredible Human Body Works...by The Brainwaves" was published in September 2007. It was written by Richard Walker and Illustrated by Lisa Swerling & Ralph Lazar and is available in over a dozen languages. It was shortlisted for The Royal Society Prizes for Science Books (junior prize - 2008) The third title in the series, "The Most Stupendous Atlas of the Whole Wide World...by The Brainwaves" was published in October 2008. It was written by Simon Adams and Illustrated by Lisa Swerling & Ralph Lazar.
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88 Frémont had surrounded himself with California associates, who made huge profits by securing army contracts without the competitive bidding required by federal law. One Californian contracted for the construction of 38 mortar boats for $8,250 apiece, almost double what they were worth. Another Californian, who was a personal friend of Frémont, but had no construction experience, received a contract worth $191,000 to build a series of forts, which should have cost one third less. Frémont's favorite sellers received "the most stupendous contracts" for railroad cars, horses, Army mules, tents, and other equipment, most of them of shoddy quality.
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Samuel Eliot Morison described the Dare Stones as "either one of the most stupendous discoveries or stupendous hoaxes in American history" The Pearces intended to host a scientific conference at Brenau in September 1939, which would allow scholars to examine the Dare Stones and weigh in on their authenticity. Days before the conference was to begin, however, the Pearces postponed until the following autumn. The delay was explained by the need for more time to review new evidence, presumably referring to the stones that suggested the Lost Colonists reached present-day Georgia. The conference was held on October 19-20, 1940.
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Houses in Harpers Ferry In the late 19th century a number of Victorian and Federalist-style houses were built on the high ground and received guests who included Mark Twain, Alexander Graham Bell and Woodrow Wilson. "Stonewall" Jackson also made the town his base of command during part of the Civil War and Thomas Jefferson said of the ferry area that: "The passage of the Patowmac through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in Nature." The historic district preserves what is essentially an intact 19th-century town that occupied a pivotal role in the American Civil War, and later as a transportation center. Thousands of tourists visit the town every year, however, parking in town is scarce.
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In 1654, diarist John Evelyn visited Bristol and, like many other visitors, went hunting for the diamonds, "what was most stupendous to me was the rock of St. Vincent, the precipice whereof is equal to anything of that nature I have seen in the most confragous cataracts of the Alps. Here we went searching for Bristol diamonds and to the Hotwells at its foot." The late seventeenth century English traveller Celia Fiennes described them, > This is just by St Vincents Rocks yt are Great Clifts wch seeme as bounds to > ye river Aven, this Channell was hewn out of those Rocks. They Digg ye > Bristol Diamonds wch Look very Bright and sparkling and in their native > Rudeness have a great Lustre and are pointed and Like ye Diamond Cutting; I > had a piece just as it Came out of ye Rock wth ye Rock on ye back side and > it appeared to me as a Cluster of Diamonds polish'd and jrregularly Cut.
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The ruins of a Baalbek mosque The probable remains of a medieval mosque in front of some of the Mamluk fortifications Baalbek was occupied by the Muslim army in 634 ( 13), in 636, or under Abu ʿUbaidah following the Byzantine defeat at Yarmouk in 637 ( 16), either peacefully and by agreement or following a heroic defense and yielding of gold, of silver, 2000 silk vests, and 1000 swords. The ruined temple complex was fortified under the name ( "The Fortress") but was sacked with great violence by the Damascene caliph Marwan II in 748, at which time it was dismantled and largely depopulated. It formed part of the district of Damascus under the Umayyads and Abbasids before being conquered by Fatimid Egypt in 942. In the mid-10th century, it was said to have "gates of palaces sculptured in marble and lofty columns also of marble" and that it was the most "stupendous" and "considerable" location in the whole of Syria.
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Totmonslow, or Totmanslow, is the north-eastern Hundred of Staffordshire, and contains that mountainous region called the Moorlands, which adjoins and partakes of the general character of the Derbyshire Peak, abounding in lime and formerly coal. This bleak and alpine district exhibits many of the wildest and most stupendous features of nature, as well as some of her more chaste and fertile beauties, the latter of which are confined chiefly to the narrow and picturesque vales of the rivers Dove, Manyfold, Hamps, Tean, Blythe, Dane, and Churnet, which have their principal sources in this Hundred, and here receive many small but rapid streams from the high, peaty moorlands and rocky mountains which rise in picturesque disorder, and shut in the fertile pastures of the glens and valleys. Totmonslow Hundred The Hundred has an irregular, oval figure, stretching from the three shire stone, above Flash, southward to Uttoxeter, a distance of 25 miles, and averaging from 10 to 15 miles in breadth. The River Dove forms its eastern boundary for nearly 30 miles, and separates it from Derbyshire; and for about 10 miles at its northern extremity, it is divided from Cheshire by the River Dane.
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