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The Hindoo whale referred to, occurs in a separate department of the wall, depicting the incarnation of Vishnu in the form of leviathan, learnedly known as the Matse Avatar. But though this sculpture is half man and half whale, so as only to give the tail of the latter, yet that small section of him is all wrong.

This is no furniture for the scholar's library, but a book for the winter evening school-room when the tasks are over and the hour for bed draws near; and honest Alan, who was a grim old fire-eater in his day has in this new avatar no more desperate purpose than to steal some young gentleman's attention from his Ovid, carry him awhile into the Highlands and the last century, and pack him to bed with some engaging images to mingle with his dreams.

Blood was its Avatar and its seal--the redness and the horror of blood.

Maggie had been four days at her aunt Moss's giving the early June sunshine quite a new brightness in the care-dimmed eyes of that affectionate woman, and making an epoch for her cousins great and small, who were learning her words and actions by heart, as if she had been a transient avatar of perfect wisdom and beauty.

It was so short that when young Powell joined the Ferndale by a memorable stroke of chance, no more than seven months had elapsed since the--let us say the liberation of the convict de Barral and his avatar into Mr.

Simulations are already in place and with the addition of personalized avatars, training can be conducted in a more realistic and effective manner that focuses on Soldier readiness.

That is one part of the reasoning behind a new idea the Army has to create avatars for every soldier.

Now, a very great variety of avatars and agents in virtual worlds is extending the scope of action for a growing number of living people, potentially continuing their active existence after death and fulfilling the fantasies of religion through information technology.

Avatars of Gaia, Escape from Hazard Hollow, Book One

Who do they think they are?; teenage girls and their avatars in spaces of social online communication.

In order to penetrate into the NaAEvi, human scientists genetically engineered human-naAEvi hybrid bodies called Avatars. Like in all Western Aa interventionalist and colonial wars, the foreign invader insists on convincing itself that it can create some false needs amongst the indigenous population.

As new online environments and virtual worlds continue to arise on the Internet ranging from massive multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPG) to three-dimensional networking sites, users create avatars to explore and find their places in them.