Sentences with phrase «once stood upon»

Not exact matches

At the end of the day, the Swiss luxury makers will be left standing exactly where they were while smartwatches will just be another category of low - priced tech junk that some people were excited about once upon a time.

You who wait, stood as candles round the shrouded bed, And flicker with the last stir of her breath, See, now, at once, she lies no more beneathYour watch, but stands in light, a crown upon her head.

You who wait, stood as candles round the shrouded bed, And flicker with the last stir of her breath, See, now, at once, she lies no more beneath Your watch, but stands in light, a crown upon her head.

It is said that once, for instance, as he came to a stream spanned by a bridge so narrow that two men could not cross it abreast, nor pass one another upon it, a truculent bourgeois arrived at the bridge's other end and — recognizing Kierkegaard — promptly announced that he would not stand aside for an infamous buffoon.

The merman has lifted her up in his arms, Agnes twines about his neck, with her whole soul she trustingly abandons herself to the stronger one; he already stands upon the brink, he leans over the sea, about to plunge into it with his prey — then Agnes looks at him once more, not timidly, not doubtingly, not proud of her good fortune, not intoxicated by pleasure, but with absolute faith in him, with absolute humility, like the lowly flower she conceived herself to be; by this look she entrusts to him with absolute confidence her whole fate — and, behold, the sea roars no more, its voice is mute, nature's passion which is the merman's strength leaves him in the lurch, a dead calm ensues — and still Agnes continues to look at him thus.

Another season passes us by, thanks to the usual suspects — the London Mafia, and their goons in the stands, whose closed mouths and open purses have just about ensured that Kroenke, Wenger et AL will live long — and that the good old Arsenal FOOTBALL Club will die young, to be replaced by a profit making museum of mere relics and worn out videotapes of «Once upon a Time...»

Team Valvassori (Once Upon a Bagel)-- Currently in 3rd in the Standings with 45 points.

Team Levine (Sunset Foods) and Team Kotvis (Once Upon a Bagel) were 1 and 2 in the Standings entering Week 4.

In fact, once upon a time, Captain Jordan Liss actually set the single - game points record in Hoops w / 54 while playing for Team Gordon (that record stood for years until Brad Reibel put up 63 earlier this Summer).

And in a thinly - veiled attack upon Mr Cameron, who like the prime minister has been criticised for a perceived lack of substance, Mr Blair said: «I could once have just stood up and been a touchy - feely politician people kind of liked and who looked a bit different from the normal.

Upon receiving today's endorsement, Eric Massa stated «I am deeply honored to receive this early endorsement from the AFL - CIO, and I once again commit myself to standing with the working men and women of America and their families.

Steve: It was Newton who said, «If I can see farther, it's because I've stood on the shoulders of giants» and it was, I believe, Gerald Holton, the historian of science, who once commented at a dinner, «We are now privileged to sit side by side with the giants upon whose shoulders we stand».

Life here began in Old Town, with its medieval roots; society was very different back when this part of town was still fresh faced and spry, though some of the old inns still stand if you feel like sampling a date from the heady and seductive Dark Ages... Then take a stroll through New Town, dripping in Georgian decadence; here, you will be reminded that once upon a time the dating scene was a raucous, dangerous place, full of lust and lewdness... Okay, perhaps not all that much has changed, but the point we are trying to make is that Edinburgh's dating scene has shifted across the centuries to become what it is today — fairly sedate compared with the city's tumultuous past, but no less magical or intoxicating.

There's a thrilling camera sweep around a nearby promontory upon which stands Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) and his armies of the night, and you're reminded once again of why the «Potter» books, in this one area, beat «The Lord of the Rings» hands down: They have a great villain.

In the aftermath of Katniss» most recent act of defiance by taking down the games» force field, President Snow has retaliated by raining bullets and bombs from the sky upon her District 12, leaving craters and decomposing skeletons where people once stood.

The stand - alone yak - track is actually Rodriguez's best to date, since for the first time, really, he speaks of matters not related to penny - pinching or showing up other directors, often connecting the dots between characters and events in Once Upon a Time in Mexico and their real - life inspirations.

So perhaps rather than once again going down the Rabbit Hole of excess pretense in vain... perhaps AM's minders would be better focusing their efforts into bringing what AM really should stand for [Gentlemen's Grand Tourers] into the 21st century... rather than foisting rebodied 20the century technology upon its customer base.

Once upon a time, your car had to be the fastest or the most luxurious if you wanted to stand out.

Once upon a place, there was the table standing on the floor, and on the table, there was the bowl, and inside the bowl, there was the sugar.

Once upon a time there was a princess with an evil step mother, who wanted her dead, and a prince ready to stand by her side... Ian Kelly never thought he'd see her again.

(c) The Secretary delegate shall keep a record of all meetings of the club and of the board and of all matters of which a record shall be ordered by the club; have charge of the correspondence, notify members of meetings, notify new members of their election to membership, notify officers and directors of their election to office, keep a roll of the members of the club with their addresses, which shall be sent to any member in good standing, upon written request, not more than once every club year, and carry out such other duties as are prescribed in these bylaws.

Any advanced work, such as recall or focus - building exercises, comes later once we lay a foundation down for the puppy to stand upon.

Once we'd left the boundaries of the Arequipan metropolis (Arequipa is the third largest city in Peru), we drove through miles upon miles of nothingness, dotted with a few tiny villages, where local children with wind - burnt faces stood at the roadside staring up at the windows of the bus as we passed them.

Before I started working for a surf camp and surfing regularly, I had heard of «hanging ten», but didn't really know what was going on until... Once upon a time in a surf camp in beautiful Moliets, I was watching a friend surfing who was standing right on the edge of his surfboard.

Despite being a big part of my childhood that I rather enjoyed, I walked into Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster expecting to be extremely bored and largely unsatisfied by what it had to offer, but I'm glad to report it put a smile on my face that I couldn't shift for the entirety of the session I was stood in front of it.

However, upon logging in players were sorely disappointed, finding that Tilted Towers was still standing, and so the collective community doomsday clocks were set back once again.

Once upon a time, being a greenie was about «us» against «them,» about standing on the outside throwing rotten fruits, marching behind banners demanding a better world, or even making the ultimate sacrifice of life or liberty to take action.

With the end of the year upon us, now is the time to begin thinking about the nomination deadlines for reputable best lawyer lists, and how to make sure your firm stands out once the votes are tallied.

Once a upon a time in a land far away, whiny tech bloggers decided they would take a stand.

A: I once read in a USPS report that consumers are fired upon with approximately 3,000 advertising messages day - in and day - out, underscoring the importance of being creative when it comes to standing out from the competition.