[2] In Dante's Cosmography, Jerusalem is the centre of our [Greek: oikouménae], whilst the Mount of Purgatory occupies the middle of the Antipodal hemisphere:— "Come ciò sia, se'l vuoi poter pensare, Dentro raccolto immagina Sion Con questo monte in su la terra stare, Sì, ch' ambodue hann' un solo orrizon E diversi emisperi"….
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa
PECHON , PESCHON DE RUBY , apprenti gueux, enfant (sans doute dérobé).”
— 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
Note 19 ( return ) [ Videas ibi elegantiam Graecam, abundantiam Gallicanam; celeritatem Italam; publicam pompam, privatam diligentiam, regiam disciplinam.
— 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
In a charm of similar import we find:— “Ho, Crown Prince (Raja Muda) with your Speckled Princess (Pŭtri Dandi), Rouse you quickly (from your slumbers)
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat
Los campos de tabaco, situados principalmente en la parte occidental de la isla en la provincia Pinar del Río, producen abundante y rico tabaco del cual se hacen los famosos cigarros de la Habana.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler
à qui j'ai demandé de décliner des éléments cohérents pour le site, en liaison avec la société de multimédia, - une société de création multimédia à qui j'ai demandé de créer une "maquette" de page d'accueil et deux modèles de pages (page de rubrique principale, page de sous-rubrique) pour disposer d'une ligne graphique, - une ergonome qui avait pour objet de tester
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
Je vois de plus en plus de petites sociétés utiliser d'une manière ou d'une autre les technologies liées aux langues, pour procurer des recherches, des traductions, des rapports ou d'autres services permettant de communiquer.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
Sus cartas, sus discursos, sus proclamas, ponen de relieve
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson
Mat. 24.6, 14. 1 Co. 15.24, et al.; full performance, perfect discharge, Ro. 10.4; fulfilment, realisation, Lu. 22.37; final dealing, developed issue, Ja. 5.11; issue, final stage, 1 Co. 10.11; issue, result, Mat. 26.58.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield
Cum Helvêtiî bellô clârissimî essent, Caesar iter per prôvinciam dare recûsâvit.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge
Among all of the tribes whose beliefs are known, the sun was an important waka n da, perhaps the leading one potentially, though usually of less immediate consideration than certain others, such as thunder, lightning, and the cedar tree; among the Osage the sun was invoked as "grandfather," and among various tribes there were sun ceremonials, some of which are still maintained; among the Omaha and Ponka, according to Miss Fletcher, the mythic thunder-bird plays a prominent, perhaps dominant rôle, and the cedar tree or pole is deified as its tangible representative.
— from The Siouan Indians by W J McGee
Inspection plate Plaque de regard.
— from English-French and French-English dictionary of the motor car, cycle, and boat by Frederick Lucas
"Bodies, souls, meanings, proofs, purities, delicacies, results, promulgations, songs, commands, health, pride, the maternal mystery, the seminal milk; all hopes, benefactions, bestowals; all the passions, loves, beauties, delights of earth; all the governments, judges, gods, followed persons of the earth; these are contained in sex as parts of itself and justification of itself.
— from Sex--The Unknown Quantity: The Spiritual Function of Sex by Alexander J. (Alexander James) McIvor-Tyndall
Their thundering dynamos plunged potent destructive rays against the Martian sands, leaving in their wake invisible fountains of nascent oxygen and shimmering puddles of orange-white molten iron.
— from The Secret Martians by Jack Sharkey
“Patience, patience, Dickon,” returned the Judge, checking his horse and turning again to his daughter.
— from The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna by James Fenimore Cooper
Frances R. Sterrett 59 BEING MARRIED Mrs. Charles Norman 65 THE REGENERATION OF PODUNK Phœbe D. Roulon 67 FATE Grace Agnes
— from The Boston Cooking-School Magazine (Vol. XV, No. 2, Aug.-Sept., 1910) by Various
[525] For a detailed treatment of this important point see the remarkable volume of E. Schulz (Petrograd), Prinzipien der rationellen vergleichenden Embryologie , Leipzig, 1910.
— from Form and Function: A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
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