Lexicographical Neighbors of Divis
Literary usage of Divis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"... •r.centrated at Nashville ; but Mitchell's divis- :vn ... and Walker's brigade,
of Fry's divis- on, about thirteen thousand three hundred arid ..."
2. Narrative of a Residence in Ireland During the Summer of 1814, and that of 1815 by Anne Plumptre (1817)
"Along the side of a small stream which runs at the foot of divis is a vast quarry
of gypsum. The prevailing rock mass here is schistose; it is crossed by a ..."
3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"L Formosa divis imperat puella: "the beautiful maid commands the gods." They will
not only come to see, but as a falcon makes a hungry hawk hover about, ..."
4. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"... for she was of such surpassing beauty that all the gods contended for her love."
* Formosa divis ..."
5. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources by James Wood (1899)
"Quid datur a divis felici optatius hora ? / What 30 mini—It is nut permitted to
man to know what thing more to be wished do the guils bestow than a happy ..."
6. A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages (1869)
"Permitte divis cetera. Lat. HORACE.—"Leave the rest to the gods." Discharge your
duty, and leave the rest to Providence. ..."
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