"Pers" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... 2512. Pers. Sat. 3. "And like the children of nobility, require to eat pap, and, angry at the nurse, ...
— The Anatomy of Melancholy • Democritus Junior
... and the citeizens of London reden ageine here in good aray, abought cc persones atte the leeste. Also this yere the kyng enprysoned his sone Edward, because that Waulter Langeton bysshop of Chestre hadde compleyned that the forsaid Edward, be counseill of Pers of Gavaston, esquyer of Gascoigne, hadde broken his parkes; and forasmoche as the said Edward the kynges sone was ladde and governed be the said Pers, the kyng dede exile the ...
— A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 • Anonymous
... places. I have also drawn up some short tables showing, as it appears to me, that there are periods of unusually great volcanic activity affecting large portions of S. America. I have no record of any coincidences between shocks there and in Europe. Humboldt, by his table in the "Pers. Narrative" (Volume IV., page 36, English Translation), seems to consider the elevation of Sabrina off the Azores as connected with S. American subterranean activity: this connection appears to be exceedingly vague. I have during the past year ...
— More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II - Volume II (of II) • Charles Darwin
... 1. Bumelia lanuginosa, Pers. (WOOLLY-LEAVED BUCKTHORN.) Leaves oblong-obovate, obtuse, entire, smooth above and rusty-woolly beneath, but not silky; spiny, with downy branchlets. Clusters 6- to 12-flowered, pubescent; flowers greenish-yellow. Fruit globular and quite large (1/2 in.), black, ...
— Trees of the Northern United States - Their Study, Description and Determination • Austin C. Apgar
... "laid down with English grass." Some of these are now so wide-spread in their acclimatization, that the botanists are at variance as to whether they are indigenous to Australia or not; the Couch Grass, for instance (Cynodon dactylon, Pers.), or Indian Doub Grass, is generally considered to be an introduced grass, yet Maiden ...
— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris
... ses perscutions (en citer deux ou trois exemples), Boucoyran ne voulait pas se plaindre, mais l'autre jour il y a bien ...
— Le Petit Chose (part 1) - Histoire d'un Enfant • Alphonse Daudet
... Irish Verb; such as, bhuaileas I struck, bhuailis thou didst strike, bhuaileamar we struck, bhuaileadar they struck. The Pret. Subj. is formed by adding to the Root inn for the first pers. sing., and adh for the other persons. The first pers. plur. also ...
— Elements of Gaelic Grammar • Alexander Stewart |
