"Lh" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... double l of the Welsh is by no means the terrible guttural which English people generally suppose it to be, being in reality a pretty liquid, exactly resembling in sound the Spanish ll, the sound of which I had mastered before commencing Welsh, and which is equivalent to the English lh; so being able to pronounce llano I had of course no difficulty in pronouncing Lluyd, which by-the-bye was the name ...
— Wild Wales - Its People, Language and Scenery • George Borrow
... clearly shown by [Hebrew: qimvw], being found by the side of [Hebrew: qmvw]. But the o in the final syllable of these words is not an o unchangeable, according to the rules of etymology, and could, therefore, not remain in a root [Hebrew: lh]; and there is not found, in general, any form of a root [Hebrew: lh] analogous to [Hebrew: qiTr]." But far more decisive is another reason. "The nomina Gentilia [Hebrew: gilni] (2 Sam. xv. 12), [Hebrew: ...
— Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, v. 1 • Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
... works, Metrics. L Number and space. Lb Mathematics. Lh-Lr Matter and force. Lh Physics. Lo Chemistry. Lr Astronomy. M-Q Matter and life M Natural history. Mg Geology, incl. Mineralogy, Crystallography, Physical geography, Meteorology, Paleontology. My Biology. N Botany. Cryptogams. Phanerogams. O Zoology. Invertebrates. P Vertebrates. Pg Mammals. Pw Anthropology, Ethnology, ...
— A Library Primer • John Cotton Dana
... serpentine, with silvery threads, so plentiful in the Wady Surr. The Wasm in most cases showed some form of a cross, which is held to be a potent charm by the Sinaitic Bedawin; and on two detached water-rolled pebbles were distinctly inscribed lH and Vl, which looked exceedingly like Europe. Apparently the custom is dying out: the modern Midianites have forgotten the art and mystery of tribal signs (Wusum). In many places the people cannot distinguish between inscriptions and "Bill Snooks his mark," and they can interpret ...
— The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 • Richard Burton
... that plate, when hN is the line of traction, which makes the angle of traction to be NhL: and in this case his strength was no farther employed than to keep his legs and thighs straight, so as to make them act like the long arm of a bended lever, represented by Lh, on whose end h the trunk of his body rested as a weight, against which the horse drew, applying his power at right angles to the end l of the short arm of said lever, the center of the motion being a L at the bottom of the stumps l, o (for to draw obliquely ...
— The Miracle Mongers, an Expos • Harry Houdini |
