Sentences with phrase «great renown»

Mordecai P. Brown Won great renown As one of the greatest flingers Who ever lacked two fingers.

Just as Schleiermacher's Speeches on the Christian Religion to Its Cultured Despisers (1799) won great renown in Germany, so too James» Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) convinced many of Christianity's utility inside industrial civilization, where feelings were being crushed on the assembly line.

Inside the hall, a physicist of great renown readied himself to deliver the evening's presentation.

Word of mouth among travelers, a string of unfortunate incidents — a flipped bus and a fire among them — and an in - depth story in the Washington Post have since brought the buses into greater renown, and now it looks like Fung Wah may start acting a little more like a mature travel citizen.

The video features the spirited princess Sadja, a great warrior seeking great renown, and whose enigmatic fate is lost to the ages.

However, it's worth remembering, as Andrew Dickson recently has, that Anni Albers achieved great renown in her time ---- in 1949 MoMA put on a solo retrospective show of her work, the first such show ever devoted to a textile artist.

I remember seeing an interview with a Baptist fiction writer of great renown - John Grisham, I think - and he was asked something like why there was so little sex in his books.

It would go on to great renown as one of the three games which comprise the Nintendo World Championships special game cartridge alongside Super Mario Bros. and Tetris, as well as featuring in the Universal film The Wizard.

Reading it, you can see why Williams was, as well as being a writer and a publisher, a teacher of great renown.

He who in faith shall persevere in listening to the recital of this sacred book shall obtain long life, great renown and the way to heaven.»

This is the first cause of his great renown.

I remember seeing an interview with a Baptist fiction writer of great renown - John Grisham, I think - and he was asked something like why there was so little socks in his books.

We asked the actors themselves — performers of great renown and promising stature alike.

By working with their local library to build an audience within their communities, authors are able to find local fans that will help carry them to greater renown.

I'm no huge smashing figure of great renown, but I can share resources, talk about scams and pitfalls, and discuss the business side of things.

Since 1996 he has been the co-owner of Esso Gallery in New York, and has organized more than three hundred exhibitions in private and public spaces worldwide, working with artists of great renown.

Given Jim Dine's great renown, it comes as no surprise that his work has been the subject of nearly 300 solo exhibitions taking place across the world and can be found in many esteemed collections.

The late captain was a pirate of great renown, with tales of his exploits reaching even the farthest continents.