"Fid" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... carbonate of ammonia; sal ammoniac^, sal volatile, smelling salts; hartshorn (acridity) 401.1. dram, cordial, nip. nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke; segar^; cigar, cigarette; weed; fragrant weed, Indian weed; Cavendish, fid^, negro head, old soldier, rappee^, stogy^. V. be pungent &c adj.; bite the tongue. render pungent &c adj.; season, spice, salt, pepper, pickle, brine, devil. smoke, chew, take snuff. Adj. pungent, strong; high-, full-flavored; high-tasted, high-seasoned; gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... of heart came, through a mutual love of the birds of heaven, to a real pirate who chanced upon a cabin in the forest's solitude and here confessed his life to its inmate, Audubon, who left this "striking incident" a record in his works. However, "Dick Fid, that arrant old foretop man, and his comrade, Negro Sip, are the true lovers of the narrative;—the last, indeed, is a noble creature, a hero under the skin of Congo." "The Red Rover" is all a book of the sea. In Sir Walter Scott's journal, January, 1828, appears: "I have read Cooper's new novel, ...
— James Fenimore Cooper • Mary E. Phillips
... rodi; hwethr{ae} ther fus{ae} fearran cwomu {ae}ththil{ae} til anum; ic th{ae}t al biheald. sare ic w{ae}s mith sorgum gidr{oe}fid; hnag [ic hwethr{ae} tham secgum ...
— English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day • Walter W. Skeat
... Ensuite, il m'a sembl qu'en donnant une certaine libert ma traduction et en vitant autant que possible d'y mettre les redites et les priphrases de l'original anglo-saxon, je la rendrais meilleure et plus conforme l'esprit vritable de l'oeuvre. Est-ce sacrifier du reste la fidlit d'une traduction que d'pargner au public la lecture de dtails le plus souvent bizarres et inintelligibles? N'est-il pas plus logique d'en finir de suite avec des artifices potiques inconnus nos littratures modernes, plutt que ...
— The Translations of Beowulf - A Critical Biography • Chauncey Brewster Tinker
... [Rogelio DELGADO Bogaert]; Social Christian Reformist Party or PRSC [Joaquin BALAGUER Ricardo] note: in 1983 several leftist parties, including the PCD, joined to form the Dominican Leftist Front or FID; however, they still retain individual ...
— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency. |
