"Ret" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Aphrodite[obs3], Hebe, the Graces, Peri, Houri, Cupid, Apollo[obs3], Hyperion, Adonis[obs3], Antionous[obs3], Narcissus. peacock, butterfly; garden; flower of, pink of; bijou; jewel &c. (ornament) 847; work of art. flower, flow'ret gay[obs3], wildflower; rose[flowers: list], lily, anemone, asphodel, buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily of the valley, ranunculus[ISA:herb@flowering], ...
— Roget's Thesaurus
... Tartarin. The gallant Commandant Bravida (Quartermaster. Ret) said of him "He's a stout fellow," and one may suppose that having kitted out so many stout fellows in his time, he knew ...
— Tartarin de Tarascon • Alphonse Daudet
... Until of him they learn that one point more The constant magnet to the pole doth hold, Steel to the magnet, Coventry to gold. Muscovy sells us pitch, and hemp, and tar; Iron and copper, Sweden; Munster, war; Ashley, prize; Warwick, custom; Cart'ret, pay; But Coventry doth sell the ...
— Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete • Samuel Pepys
... some delicious spring Remurmurs to the leaves that play Mid palm and date and flow'ret gay, On ...
— The Sylphs of the Season with Other Poems • Washington Allston
... bien q' vo' estes desirons assavoir bones novelles de no' et coment il no' est avenuz puys n're aler Denglet're si vo' fesom savoir q' le Joedi'[139] ap's ceo q' no' dep'times du Port Dorewe[-ll-],[140] no' siglames tut le iou ret la nuyt suaunte, et le vendredi[141] en tour hour de noune no' venismes s' la costere de fflaundres devant Blankebergh ou no' avioms la vewe de la fflote de nos enemys qi estoyent tut amassez ensemble en port del Swyne et p' ceo q' ...
— A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 • Anonymous
... expedition another company of Frenchmen set sail for America. This time Ret de Laudonnire was captain. He had been with Ribaut two years before, and now again he landed on the same spot where Ribaut had first landed, and set up the ...
— This Country Of Ours • H. E. Marshall Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
... sweet sequestered dell, The blushing flow'ret smiled; And threw around a pleasing spell, ...
— The Snow-Drop • Sarah S. Mower
... ihr die Hoheit kennt, die ihr damals empfinget, Da der Schpfer der Welt Vershner wurde, so hret Meinen Gesang, und ihr vor allen, ihr wenigen Edlen, 20 Teure, herzliche Freunde des liebenswrdigen Mittlers, Ihr mit dem kommenden Weltgerichte vertrauliche Seelen, Hrt mich, und singt den ewigen Sohn durch ein gttliches Leben. Nah an der heiligen Stadt, die sich jetzt ...
— An anthology of German literature • Calvin Thomas
... never perceived it, and all the remedies she has proposed when in that state, though carefully carried out, have done her no good. For instance, she wished to be wrapped in the carcass of a freshly killed pig; then she ordered us to run the sharp points of ret-hot magnets into her legs; and to put ...
— The Brotherhood of Consolation • Honore de Balzac |
