"Termes" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... execution, which accordingly was performed. The next morning I had one from Sir Robert Kerr for a parley, who was within two miles staying for mee. I sent him word, "I would meet him where hee pleased, but I would first know upon what termes and conditions." Before his man was retourned, hee had heard, that in the morning, very early, Geordie Bourne had been executed. Many vowes hee made of cruell revenge, and retourned home full of ...
— Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3) • Walter Scott
... consciencieusement developpees. Cependant, je ne veux point tarder de vous remercier de votre lettre, et de vous soumettre de mon cote les reflexions qui me sont venues en la lisant. La Reponse Russe ne nous est pas encore arrivee; nous n'en connaissons pas exactement les termes; par consequent, il serait imprudent de former une opinion definitive sur la maniere d'y repondre, surtout comme le Prince Gortschakoff parait avoir demande un nouveau delai du Gouvernement Autrichien et de nouvelles ...
— The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume III (of 3), 1854-1861 • Queen of Great Britain Victoria
... credite these thy flattering termes, When yet both sea and sands beset their ships, And Ph[oe]bus as in stygian pooles, refraines To taint his tresses in ...
— The Tragedy of Dido Queene of Carthage • Christopher Marlowe
... lessons, this should first be learned, that we never affect any straunge ynkhorne termes, but to speake as is commonly received, neither seeking to be over fine, nor yet being over carelesse, using our speeche as most men doe, and ordering our wittes as the fewest have done. Some seke so far outlandishe English, that thei forget altogether ...
— An English Garner - Critical Essays & Literary Fragments • Edited by Professor Arber and Thomas Seccombe
... DE BIBLIOLOGIE: contenant—1mo, L'explication des principaux termes relatifs a la bibliographie, a l'art typographique, a la diplomatique, aux langues, aux archives, aux manuscrits, aux medailles, aux antiquites, &c.; 2do, Des notices historiques detaillees sur les principales bibliotheques ...
— The Book-Hunter - A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author • John Hill Burton |
