"Courant" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Penitente. Il y a un mois tout juste, car c'etoit le quatrieme jour du mois passe, & nous sommes au cinquieme du mois courant; or comptez, mon pere, & vous trouverez ...
— A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One • Thomas Frognall Dibdin
... or, in chief two fleurs de lis or, in base a hind courant argent. E.D.B. will feel grateful to any gentlemen who will kindly inform him of the name of the family to which the above coat belonged. They were quartered by Richard or Roger Barow, of Wynthorpe, in Lincolnshire (Harl. MS. 1552. 42 b), who ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 46, Saturday, September 14, 1850 • Various
... from the various myths in a fascinating way which cannot fail to interest the reader. It is as enjoyable as any fairy tale. The writer's style is simple and very attractive, and the book is in every way an excellent one for young readers." —The Hartford Courant. ...
— Sara Crewe - or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... special commendation. Any so airy, pretty, and full of grace, have rarely appeared in any American book for children.—Hartford Courant. ...
— Harper's Young People, December 30, 1879 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various
... and must write briefly. I am very much obliged for the "Courant." (645/1. The Edinburgh "Evening Courant" used to publish notices of the papers read at the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. The paper referred to here was Scott's on Oncidium.) The facts will be of ...
— More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II - Volume II (of II) • Charles Darwin
... &c adj.; ween^, weet^, trow^, have, possess. conceive; apprehend, comprehend; take, realize, understand, savvy [Slang], appreciate; fathom, make out; recognize, discern, perceive, see, get a sight-of, experience. know full well; have some knowledge of, possess some knowledge of; be au courant &c adj.; have in one's head, have at one' fingers ends; know by heart, know by rote; be master of; connaitre le dessous des cartes [Fr.], know what's what &c 698. see one's way; discover &c 480.1. come ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... told his daughter this he was a little triumphant. They had talked over Courant and his antecedents, and had some argument about them, the doctor maintaining that the strange man was a gentleman, Susan quite sure that he was not. Dr. Gillespie used the word in its old-fashioned sense, as ...
— The Emigrant Trail • Geraldine Bonner |
