"Oliva" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... barber gave his assent, and looked upon it as right and proper, being persuaded that the curate was so staunch to the Faith and loyal to the Truth that he would not for the world say anything opposed to them. Opening another book he saw it was "Palmerin de Oliva," and beside it was another called "Palmerin of England," seeing which the licentiate said, "Let the Olive be made firewood of at once and burned until no ashes even are left; and let that Palm of England be kept and preserved as a thing that stands alone, and let such ...
— Don Quixote • Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
... sic destricta marcescit turdus oliva, non lepus extremas legulus cum sustulit uvas, ut Lycidas domina ...
— Post-Augustan Poetry - From Seneca to Juvenal • H.E. Butler
... al grito de guerra El acero aprestad y el bridon, y retiemble en sus centros la tierra al sonoro rugir del canon. Y retiemble en sus centros la tierra al sonoro rugir del canon. Cina ioh patria! tus sienes de oliva ...
— Modern Spanish Lyrics • Various
... 2. Turritella cingulata. 3. Oliva Peruviana. 4. Murex labiosus, var. 5. Nassa (identical with a living species). 6. Solen Dombeiana. 7. Pecten purpuratus. 8. Venus Chilensis. 9. Amphidesma rugulosum. The small irregular wrinkles of the posterior part of this shell are rather stronger than ...
— South American Geology - also: - Title: Geological Observations On South America • Charles Darwin
... his hands in token of admiration. "You married Oliva Corsinari in the church of San Paolo del Monte-Cattini; here is the ...
— The Count of Monte Cristo • Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
