Large or small retailers may import some pieces directly from London, Paris, or Constantinople, but even the most important retailers buy heavily from the great Armenian wholesalers in New York City.
— from The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. by William De Lancey Ellwanger
Se queſto principe col re de mazaua haueuão potere de fare la pace riſpoſero q̃ parla vano in publico et q̃ coſtoro haueuão iL potere
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta
By Thomas MacKellar, Ph. D. FIAT LUX. PHILADELPHIA: MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN FOUNDRY.
— from The American Printer: A Manual of Typography Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc. by Thomas MacKellar
Angleterre le Paradis de femmes, le pourgatoire de valetts, l'enfer de chevaux.
— from Bacon is Shake-Speare Together with a Reprint of Bacon's Promus of Formularies and Elegancies by Durning-Lawrence, Edwin, Sir
Nichol Wellington, N. R. James L. Halley Pont Chateau Soulanges Soulanges Israel Milord Pont de Maskinongé Maskinongé Maskinongé A. J. Lafrenière Poole Mornington Perth D. Matthews Portage du Fort Litchfield Pontiac D. F. McLaren Port Albert Ashfield Huron Thomas Hawkins Port au Persil Mount Murray Charlevoix John McLaren Port Bruce Malahide Elgin, E.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1864 by Canada. Post Office Department
In the ladies of the high capital there is nothing of this: "Les yeux ne lancent pas de flammes, le pied est sans gentillesse, l'epiderme ne reflète pas les rayons du soleil."
— from The Andes and the Amazon; Or, Across the Continent of South America by James Orton
R. O Charles Beck Poplar Grove, W. O. Gloucester N B Joseph Aubé Poplar Hill, W. O. Pictou N S George Morrison Poplar Point Poplar Point Marquette M David Tait Poquiock, W. O. York N B Michael Doherty Pork Hill Number 13 Prince P E I John G. Hopgood Port Acadie, W. O. Digby N S M. Melançon * Portage du Fort Litchfield Pontiac Q John Amey Portage la Prairie Portage la Prairie Marquette M Charles Mair Portage River, W.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1873 by Canada. Post Office Department
Industrial production: growth rate 9.3% (1992 est.); accounts for 34% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 5,769,000 kW production: 22.01 billion kWh consumption per capita: 1,630 kWh (1992) Industries: copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles Agriculture: accounts for about 7% of GDP (including fishing and forestry); major exporter of fruit, fish, and timber products; major crops - wheat, corn, grapes, beans, sugar beets, potatoes, deciduous fruit; livestock products - beef, poultry, wool; self-sufficient in most foods; 1991 fish catch of 6.6 million metric tons; net agricultural importer Illicit drugs: a minor transshipment country for cocaine destined for the US and Europe Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $521 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $1.6 billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $386 million Currency: 1 Chilean peso (Ch$) = 100 centavos Exchange rates: Chilean pesos (Ch$) per US$1 - 430.57 (January 1994), 404.35 (1993), 362.59 (1992), 349.37 (1991), 305.06 (1990),
— from The 1994 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Portage du Fort Litchfield Pontiac D. F. McLaren Port Albert Ashfield Huron Thomas Hawkins Port au Persil Mount Murray Charlevoix John McLaren Port Bruce Malahide Elgin, E.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1865 by Canada. Post Office Department
After climbing a tortuous winding path one comes suddenly upon a great walled barrier {244} through which opens a door on which is to be read: ON EST PRIE DE FERMER LES PORTES (J’exige).
— from Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
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