So saying, he slung his huge pack over his shoulders almost without an effort, and commencing a merry old Irish song he proceeded lightly and cheerfully on his journey.
Here terminates that series of beautiful bluffscommencing at the confluence of the mountain-streams, and of which so much has been said.
At this point, about half a mile from the river-bank, commencing with the first group of mounds, extends the railroad across the bottom to the bluffs.
I have mentioned that remarkable range of cliffs commencing at Alton, and extending, with but little interruption, along the left shore of the Mississippi to the mouth of the Illinois.
On the day of the funeral a salute of seventeen guns will be fired at half-hour intervals, commencing at 8 o'clock a.
The profound philosopher does not seem to disdain to set his readers at rest upon this point; he ingenuously shows, in commencing his investigations, that his religious belief was safe.
Otherwise it is impossible to speak or to think: and this even he himself admits when, in commencing his investigations on the principle of our cognitions, he utters the words we have just quoted.
The light breeze just bends the tall tops of the grass on the boundless prairie, the birds are commencing their matin carollings, and all nature looks fresh and beautiful.
An incision, commencing at the symphysis of the chin, following the mesial line divided all the integuments and muscles down to the symphysis pubis.
Our French traveller, after amusing himself with the idea of my commencing a picture at sunset and finishing it at sunrise, started for a morning ramble over the hills.
As we were obliged to wait until morning before commencing our voyage, we set about procuring supper and lodging.
Discina is one of those remarkable persistent types which, commencing at this early period, has continued to be represented by varying forms through all the intervening geological formations up to the present day.
Before commencing the study of the subdivisions of the Kainozoic series, there are some general considerations to be noted.
A railroad is now in progress, the prospectus for which was in circulation during my visit, which is to connect North and South Alabama, commencing in the valley of Tennessee, and running to some navigable point of the harbour of Mobile.
At the distance of about half-a-mile from where they halted to breathe the horses before commencing the descent into this vale, several thin wreaths of smoke were seen rising above the trees.
I left here the temperate flora of northern Sikkim, tropical forms commencing to appear: of these the nettle tribe were most numerous in the woods.
He burnt off nearly all the hair, taking care to avoid burning the skin, commencing at the hind legs; then with his hunting-knife he carefully cut off the bag containing the fetid matter, and skinned and cleaned it.
Pick them just before commencing to ripen, and cut the stem half way.
The lemon or orange is first split in two lengthwise, then cut in eight, twelve, or sixteen slices, always commencing to cut on the inside and finishing by the rind.
The best state of the fruit to be candied is just when commencing to ripen or a little before.
Just before commencing to serve, the rose may be put on a dessert plate and offered to a lady.
To pickle the fruit, it must be pickled before commencing to ripen, and be sound; the same for vegetables.
It would be vain and useless," he said, on commencing his primary visitation, "to speak to others of what none could feel so deeply as myself.
It was evident that the difficulty could be only adjusted by an appeal to arms, and, as the spring advanced, both sides began in earnest to prepare for the conflict, though each was anxious to avoid the responsibility of commencing it.
As the Germany of the Kaiser is said to have militarized the nation by commencing with the schools, so the Churches hope to keep the nations religious by commencing with the children.
We can trace the belief in survival after death until we see it commencing in the savage belief in a double that takes its origin in the phenomena of dreaming and unusual mental states.
For breaking bulk and commencing to discharge, before due permission shall be obtained, the penalty will be five hundred dollars, and confiscation of the goods so discharged.
As the two brigades advanced together, there was some little rivalry (the strictest discipline being preserved) between the 49th and 18th regiments, as to which should have the honour of commencing the attack upon the two forts.
As it was desirable that as much coal as possible should be taken on board before the vessel was compelled to haul off, owing to the falling of the tide, no time was lost in commencing the troublesome process.
The Sesostris and Queen steamers led in; the former commencing the action, but receiving a heavy fire before she returned it.
It was determined that no time should be lost in commencing the attack on this formidable line of defence, without even waiting for the arrival of the other ships of the squadron.
No time was now lost in commencing the repairs of which the steamer stood so much in need.
All the important operations which have been described in the Broadway River, commencing from Macao upwards, to within two miles of Canton, had been effected in the short space of three days--viz.
On other occasions, a spiral cut was employed, commencing at a height of, say, 5 feet, and gradually descending to the cup at the base of the tree.
Commencing with those at the west end of the Promenade du Midi, near the Gorbio, and going eastward through the town to the Garavan.
A good carriage-road, commencing near Cape Nero, leads up to La Colla, on one of the spurs of the Piano del Carparo, 1000 ft.
From the Cuves side is seen part of the ruins of the old castle of the Berangers, to which a series of steps leads up, commencing near the mills, left bank.
It is necessary to make a considerable detour before commencing the ascent.
Paradis may be conveniently ascended from Carqueyranne, commencing from the valley between the two chains.
The +Bourg or Satonay+ railway station is at the top of the Rue Terme, a street commencing near the N.
Before commencing to treat in detail the different stations of the Riviera, “some of the general advantages of the invalid’s life in this region must be noticed.
The best way is to take the path commencing in the first valley N.
To guard against omission, the traveller should underline the names of the places to be visited before commencing the round.
Commencing at the railway station and going eastward by the principal street, the Via Vittorio Emanuele, we have the ¹G.
Before commencing the ascent, go to the top of the hill by the side of the church and take a general survey of the land.
The turnpike to the Susquehanna he described as a 'branch of the Greenwood turnpike from Hartford to Albany, commencing from Canaan in Connecticut and passing to Wattles's Ferry on the Susquehanna.
A person commencing and stopping short of the bearing point, either by death or want of funds, will suffer almost total loss, for the value of such a property brought into a market where there are no buyers must be purely nominal.
In the meanwhile Jordan was riding down the dusty road, and thinking out a scheme which, though he had been reluctant to adopt it in the first case, was now commencing to compel his attention.
Jimmy turned and went out with her, and, sitting down in the adjoining room, she looked at him with the quietness he was commencing to shrink from.
I suppose it is Nellie's fault, but I was commencing to wonder whether you wished to avoid me," she said.
He shuffled out, but his potations were commencing to have their effect, and when he reached the top platform in the engine-room he felt carefully for the rail that sloped as a guide to the ladder.
You see, I wanted to talk to you, but the dew is commencing to settle and I must go in soon.
And greater than these, we are but commencing our career as a people, our institutions have yet to be established.
What true Canadian can witness the tide of emigration now commencing to flow into the vast territories of the North-West without longing to have a share in the first settlement of that great, fertile country?
I stayed in that brake until the next night, and thencommencing at the upper bridge, I hunted down the river toward Shelbyville again, and found two more bridges, besides the one at the town, in good repair.
About sunset we parted; they commencing a dangerous journey of one hundred and thirty miles, in a straight line, while I held on, in the general course the horses had been traveling.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "commencing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
