"Apo" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... by a glance at the context in [Symbol: Aleph]BL. What else but the instinct of a trained understanding is it to survey the neighbourhood of a place like the present? Accordingly, we discover that in ver. 16, for [Greek: gemisai ten koilian autou apo], [Symbol: Aleph]BDLR present us with [Greek: chortasthenai ek]: and in ver. 22, the prodigal, on very nearly the same authority ([Symbol: Aleph]BDUX), is made to say to his father,—[Greek: Poieson me hos hena ton ...
— The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels • John Burgon
... Definition, that it ought to be done in a manner probable, agreeable, and admirable; 'tis rendered probable by its Simplicity and Singularity, and admirable by the Grandeur of the Subject, the Figures and Machines, or [Greek: theoi apo mechanes], much more lawful here than in the Drama's; and lastly agreeable, as has been said, ...
— Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry (1700) and the Essay on Heroic Poetry (second edition, 1697) • Samuel Wesley
... in the southeastern part of this island, are a number of small tribes, each differing somewhat from the other in customs and beliefs. Of these the most influential are the Bagobo who dwell on the lower slopes of Mt. Apo, the highest peak in the Philippines. They are very industrious, forging excellent knives, casting fine articles in brass, and weaving beautiful hemp cloth which they make into elaborate garments decorated with ...
— Philippine Folk Tales • Mabel Cook Cole
... [Greek: Out' apo poiou an tachous pheugon tis apophygoi].] This is Dindorf's reading. Bornemann and Kuehner have [Greek: out' apo poiou an tachous oute hopoi an tis pheugon apophygoi], on the authority, as they say, of the ...
— The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis • Xenophon
... JULIANUS AEGYPTIUS, is the author of seventy epigrams (and two more doubtful) in the Anthology. His full title is {apo uparkhon Aiguptou}, or ex-prefect of a division of Egypt, the same office which Lucian had held under Commodus. His date is fixed by two epitaphs on Hypatius, brother of the Emperor Anastasius, who was put to death by Justinian in ...
— Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology • J. W. Mackail
... Insolens does not correspond to our 'insolent'; it is almost the equivalent of ineptus, and has no harsher meaning than 'odd', 'strange', 'in bad taste'. — MELLE DULCIOR: Homer, Il. 1, 249 [Greek: tou kai apo glosses melitos glykion rheen aude]. In Or. 32 Cic. says of Xenophon (whom the Greeks called [Greek: Attike melitta]) that his oratio was melle dulcior. — SUAVITATEM: notice the change from dulcior, which seems to be made for the mere sake of variety, ...
— Cato Maior de Senectute • Marcus Tullius Cicero
... be derived from the Mohican, "Apo-keep- sinck," meaning "a safe and pleasant harbor." How appropriate it is, for with the lordly Hudson at its feet, the sparkling Fallkill creek containing numerous falls and cascades flowing through the eastern and northern parts, the wonderful bridge across the Hudson, and ...
— See America First • Orville O. Hiestand
... lurked upon Mount Apo descended over the lower slopes, then enfolded the Gulf. The lights on the steamer shone murkily. The three lay back watching the stars brighten overhead. For a long time nothing was heard but the querulous mutterings of the old boat as she waddled ...
— Terry - A Tale of the Hill People • Charles Goff Thomson
... it so horrible an absurdity, that hee could not forbeare laughing to thinke of it. Gelo de horon ges periodous grapsantas, pollous ede kai oudena noon echontas exegesamenon hoi Okeanon te rheonta graphousi, perix ten te gen eousan kukloterea hos apo tornou. ...
— The Discovery of a World in the Moone • John Wilkins
... no mission in the US; US—includes Andorra within the Barcelona (Spain) Consular District and the US Consul General visits Andorra periodically; Consul General Ruth A. DAVIS; Consulate General at Via Layetana 33, Barcelona 3, Spain (mailing address APO NY 09286); telephone ...
— The 1990 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency |
