Nĭkwăsĭ′ , myths concerning 330 , 336 – 337 , 396 , 477 Nisqualli , myths of 472 Nitze, H. B. C. , on discovery of gold in Cherokee country 116 Nitze, H. B. C. on Georgia gold lottery 117 Nitze, H. B. C. on Southern gold fields 221 [ 565 ] North , myth of 322 North Carolina , appointment of Cherokee agent by 61 North Carolina , Cherokee relations with 32 , 36 North Carolina , expedition from, in 1776 49 North Carolina , land grant to “State of Franklin” by 64 North Carolina , local legends of 404 – 411 North Carolina , opposition to allotment project by 114 North Carolina , permission to remain given to East Cherokee by 168 North Carolina , production of gold in 221 North Carolina , protest against conditions of Hopewell treaty by 61 North Carolina , Removal forts in 221 North Carolina , treaty with Cherokee, Creeks, and Chickasaw by 63 Nottely , myth concerning 332
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney
Ne si dee tacere (I now use the Italian Dissertations, tom. i. p. 444) che nell' anno 1727, una copia desso Caroccio in marmo dianzi ignoto si scopri, nel campidoglio, presso alle carcere di quel luogo, dove Sisto V. l'avea falto rinchiudere.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon
[‘ i-athele ’] æðelic = æðellic āðelic = ēaðelic æðeling m. man of royal blood, nobleman, chief, prince , AO, Chr (v. LL 2·274): † king, Christ, God , Cr : † man, hero, saint ; in pl. men, people , Gen .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall
He finds the world to be so and so; he finds its character inexplicable by any non-religious theory; among religions he finds Christianity, and Catholic Christianity, to account most satisfactorily for the world and especially for the moral world within; and thus, by what Newman calls "powerful and concurrent" reasons, he finds himself inexorably committed to the dogma of the Incarnation.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal
YAY-NAY, “a poor YAY-NAY ” fellow, one who has no conversational power, and can only answer yea or nay to a question.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten
+ mēde I. n. consent, permission, agreement, covenant .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall
Alain Bron wrote another novel, Concert pour Asmodée (Concert for Asmodée) (published in 1998 by Editions La Mirandole), and a collection of psycho-sociological essays, notably La démocracie de la solitude (The Democracy of Solitude) (with Laurent Maruani, 1997) and La gourmandise du tapir (The Greed of the Tapir) (with Vincent de Gaulejac, 1996), both published by DDB (Desclée de Brauwer).
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
Alain Bron es el autor de una otra novela, Concert pour Asmodée (Concierto para Asmodée) (publicada en 1998 en la editorial La Mirandole), y de ensayos socio-económicos, particularmente La démocracie de la solitude (La democracia de la soledad) (con Laurent Maruani, 1997)
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
Among the industrious classes, only those who were born members of a guild, or were admitted into it by its members, could lawfully practise their calling within its local limits; and nobody could practise any calling deemed important, in any but the legal manner—by processes authoritatively prescribed.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill
27 Returning to the Britons, who had not been idle during this brief interval, we find their army greatly increased, and a renowned prince, named Cassivellaunus, placed as commander at the head of the states, they wisely judging that one who had so signalized himself in his wars with the neighbouring tribes, was best fitted to lead them on, now that they were banded together for mutual protection against the Romans.
— from History of the Anglo-Saxons, from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest Second Edition by Thomas Miller
It is said, that being once asked, why certain figures were painted in shade, as no cause was seen in the picture itself, he turned off the inquiry by answering “ una nuevola che passa ,” a cloud is passing which has overshadowed them.
— from Fifteen Discourses by Reynolds, Joshua, Sir
Suppose a State should prohibit a sale of any of the lands within its boundaries by its own citizens, for any public purposes indispensable for the Union, either military or civil; would not Congress possess a constitutional right to demand and appropriate land within the State for such purposes, making a just compensation?
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 12 (of 20) by Charles Sumner
Bergen, the old Norse capital, possessed a church dedicated to St. Columba, and the revered relics of its patron, St. Sunniva, an Irish maiden!
— from The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde by George Sigerson
The idea of the existence of a counter-current, at a certain depth, first originated in the following circumstances:—M. De l'Aigle, commander of a privateer called the Phœnix of Marseilles, gave chase to a Dutch merchant-ship, near Ceuta Point, and coming up with her in the middle of the gut, between Tariffa and Tangier, gave her one broadside, which directly sunk her.
— from Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Les buses n’ont nullement 112.png mérité leur place sur la porte de nos granges, et plutôt que de les tuer, l’on ferait bien mieux d’établir chez nous, comme cela s’est fait avec succès dans certaines localités, de hauts perchoirs dans nos campagnes pour attirer ces oiseaux bienfaisants.”
— from The Ornithology of Shakespeare Critically examined, explained and illustrated by James Edmund Harting
Tillotson Institute, at Austin, Texas, the youngest of our chartered institutions, has had a prosperous year with 230 students, in the Primary, Intermediate, Grammar, Normal, College Preparatory and College departments.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 11, November, 1889 by Various
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