Extremis malis extrema remedia —Extreme remedies for extreme evils.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.
IV volô, -âre IRREGULAR VERB sum, esse dêleô, -êre doceô, -êre faveô, -êre habeô, -êre iubeô, -êre moneô, -êre moveô, -êre noceô, -êre pâreô, -êre persuâdeô, -êre sedeô, -êre studeô, -êre videô, -êre agô, -ere capiô, -ere crêdô, -ere dîcô, -ere dûcô, -ere faciô, -ere fugiô, -ere iaciô, -ere mittô, -ere rapiô, -ere regô, -ere resistô, -ere audiô, -îre mûniô, -îre reperiô, -îre
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge
IV volō, -āre IRREGULAR VERB sum, esse dēleō, -ēre doceō, -ēre faveō, -ēre habeō, -ēre iubeō, -ēre moneō, -ēre moveō, -ēre noceō, -ēre pāreō, -ēre persuādeō, -ēre sedeō, -ēre studeō, -ēre videō, -ēre agō, -ere capiō, -ere crēdō, -ere dīcō, -ere dūcō, -ere faciō, -ere fugiō, -ere iaciō, -ere mittō, -ere rapiō, -ere regō, -ere resistō, -ere audiō, -īre mūniō, -īre reperiō, -īre veniō, -īre 511.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge
Middle East Romania Europe Russia Asia Rwanda Africa Saint Barthelemy Central America and the Caribbean Saint Helena Africa Saint Kitts and Nevis Central America and the Caribbean Saint Lucia Central America and the Caribbean Saint Martin Central America and the Caribbean Saint Pierre and Miquelon North America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Central America and the Caribbean Samoa Oceania San Marino Europe Sao Tome and Principe Africa
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Middle East Romania Europe Russia Asia Rwanda Africa Saint Helena Africa Saint Kitts and Nevis Central America and the Caribbean Saint Lucia Central America and the Caribbean Saint Pierre and Miquelon North America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Central America and the Caribbean Samoa Oceania San Marino Europe Sao Tome and Principe Africa
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
[Pg vi] character of scale; objections and precautions— inclined coil instruments — magnetic vane instruments — hot wire instruments — induction instruments : types: shielded pole, rotary field; operation of both types— dynamometers : construction and operation; how arranged to measure watts— watthour meters : types: commutator, induction, Faraday disc; essential parts; object of the motor; object of generator; objection to commutator meter— principles of induction watthour meters : essential parts; strength of rotating field; moving element; retarding element; registering element; frame and bearings; friction compensator; power factor adjustment; frequency adjustment— Faraday disc, or mercury motor ampere hour meter : construction and operation— frequency indicators : types: synchronous motor, resonance, induction; synchronous motor as frequency indicator— resonance frequency indicators : adaptation— induction frequency meter : construction and operation— synchronism indicators : types: lamp or voltmeter, resonance or vibrating reed, rotating field— power factor indicators : wattmeter type; disc, or rotating field type— ground detectors .
— from Hawkins Electrical Guide v. 07 (of 10) Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications by N. (Nehemiah) Hawkins
Idris, leaving Khartum, proceeded by steamer up the White Nile, and thence by the Bahr el Ghazal to Meshra er Rek, eventually reaching Ganda, whence he wrote to Suleiman informing him that he had been dismissed.
— from Fire and Sword in the Sudan A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895 by Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von
An interesting discovery in this reference was made some years ago in the shape of a figure of the Cretan Labyrinth, of circular type, roughly engraved amid other pictographs on the wall of the ruined Casa Grande , an old Indian erection in Pinal County, Arizona, U.S.A. An exactly similar figure, with the addition of some unknown symbol opposite its "entrance" ( Fig. 131 ), was also found in a manuscript entitled "Rudo Ensayo" (Rough Essay), written by a Spaniard who visited the country—the home of the Pima Indians—in 1761 or 1762.
— from Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and Development by W. H. Matthews
Itaque in Orilla in locis multis effoditur, colligitur, et conflatur optimum auri metallum, per viros, mulieres, et paruulos in hoc instructos, sed et in nonnullis ibi montibus monstrantur congregationes bestiolarum in quantitate nostrorum catulorum, in formicarum forma ac natura totali: qui pro suis viribus effodiunt, purificant, et colligunt cum intenta occupatione auri minutias, eas reponentes, et repositas retrahentes de cauernis et specubus in cauernas et specus.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Richard Hakluyt
Messires, en route, en route!
— from Quentin Durward by Walter Scott
Can hoc in signum nostræ Cæsareæ amicitiæ significamus, manifestamus, quòd in temporibus modernis Regina Angliæ, Franciæ, et Hiberniæ Elizabetha in Christianitate honoratissima Regina (cuius mercatorum exitus sit foelicissimus) ad nostram excelsam, et iustitiæ plenam, fulgidissimámue portam, quæ omnibus principibus mundi est refugium et requies, per egregium Gulielmum Harebornum literas misit suas, quibus sua maiestas significauit, quod tempore præterito quidam subditi sui venissent ad nostram portam excelsam, et suam obedientiam erga eam demonstrauissent, et ob eam causam illis quoque ad nostras ditiones mercandi gratia venire et redire poscerent venia et potestas fuisset data: et quòd in locis et hospitijs eorum per mare et terram nemo auderet impedire et illis damnum facere, mandatum Cæsareum fuisset datum: et quòd hanc nostram gratiam, quam paucis hominibus suæ maiestatis demonstrauissemus, vniuersis suis subditis concederemus petebat.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe by Richard Hakluyt
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