"Cu" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... to avenge the destruction that was done on Bodb Dearg and not on himself, and Lugh was not well pleased with his answer, and he went riding out of Teamhair westward. And presently he saw three armed men coming towards him, his own father Cian, with his brothers Cu and Ceithen, that were the three sons of Cainte, and they saluted him. "What is the cause of your early rising?" they said. "It is good cause I have for it," said Lugh, "for the Fomor are come into Ireland ...
— Gods and Fighting Men • Lady I. A. Gregory
... my might long since, Cu of gentle spirit thou. Of one braver I've not heard; Till to-day I have ...
— The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge • Unknown
... 3.—In order to show that the arching properties of sand are not destroyed under subaqueous conditions, a small sand-box, having a capacity of about 1 cu. ft., and similar to that described in Experiment No. 1, was made. The bottom was cut out, with the exception of a 3/4-in. projection on two sides, and a false bottom was placed below and outside of the original bottom, with bolts running through it, keying to washers on top of the ...
— Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth • J. C. Meem
... JUANA. Cunto repulgo de empanada! (Leyendo.) Querido Miguel: Anoche con tus bromas me hiciste pasar en el caf un mal rato. Si me negu a ir hoy al baile de mscaras del teatro Real, no fu por temor de enojar a Elisa, sino porque a m esas diversiones me gustan muy poco. Despus, sin embargo, he cambiado ...
— Ms vale maa que fuerza • Manuel Tamayo y Baus
... ordenez est qeele eit un Vadlet de mestier, qe soit de bon port, & avisez, por port ses cleifs, por panetrie, & botellerie, & un cu: ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 19, Saturday, March 9, 1850 • Various
... 'tarnal death to me, I do think you're 'ginnin' to be a peeler of the rale ring-tail specie,—I do, old Rusty, and thar's my fo'paw on it: you've got to be a man at last, a feller for close locks and fighting Injuns that's quite cu'rous to think on, and I'll lick any man that says a word agin you, I will, 'tarnal death to me): But I say, do you think I'm come so far atter madam, to gin up the holping her out of bondage to any mortal two-legg'd crittur whatsomever? I'm the person what knows this h'yar town better nor ar another ...
— Nick of the Woods • Robert M. Bird
... outen the boat. Et that very same moment I suspicion the bomb busted in his belly, fer he went clean rampageous loony. He rolled right over an' over to'rds us, n' befo' we c'd rightly see wat wuz comin', we cu'dnt see anythin' 'tall; we wuz all grabbin' at nothin', some'rs underneath the whale. When I come to the top, I lit eout fer the fust thing I c'd see to lay holt of, which wuz old squarhead himself, deader ...
— The Cruise of the Cachalot - Round the World After Sperm Whales • Frank T. Bullen
... every sixth ring a wall of stone laid in mortar was built between the lining and the rock to serve as a dam to retain grout. The interstices between the hand-packed stones were then filled with 1 to 1 grout of cement and sand, ejected through the iron lining. The concrete cradles averaged 1.05 cu. yd. per ft. of tunnel, and cost, exclusive of materials, $6.70 per cu. yd., of which $2.25 was for labor and $4.45 was for top charges. The hand-packed stone averaged 1-1/2 cu. yd. per ft. of tunnel, and cost $2.42 per cu. ...
— Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 • James H. Brace, Francis Mason and S. H. Woodard
... Hasta cundo pensara estarse aqu?: (I wonder) how long she intends to stay here. Pensar: future ...
— Ms vale maa que fuerza • Manuel Tamayo y Baus |
