"Ec" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... aa ba, but it also appears as ab cb, in which case it is a Kit'ah or fragment. The Murabba, tetrastichs or four fold-song, occurs once only in The Nights (vol.i. 98); it is a succession of double Bayts or of four lined stanzas rhyming aa bc dc ec: in strict form the first three hemistichs rhyme with one another only, independently of the rest of the poem, and the fourth with that of every other stanza, e.g., aa ab cb db. The Mukhammas, cinquains or pentastichs (Night cmlxiv.), represents ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 10 • Richard F. Burton
... the Chronicle of the Doge Andrea Dandolo, who wrote about 1342; and Milion occurs at least once (besides the application of the term to Polo) in the History of Giovanni Villani; viz. when he speaks of the Treasury of Avignon:— "diciotto milioni di fiorini d'oro ec. che ogni milione e mille migliaja di fiorini d' oro la valuta." (xi. 20, Sec. 1; Ducange, and Vocab. Univ. Ital.). But the definition, thought necessary by Villani, in itself points to the use of the word as rare. Domilion ...
— The Travels of Marco Polo Volume 1 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa
... lyuing: Dic mihi musa virum, I pray Muse and shew me the man, who ioynes with that euer zealous, reuerend, learned Deane in founding a Colledge for a Societie of writers against the superstitious Idolatries of the Romane Synagogue, the which happily might be like the [ec]Tower of Dauid, where the strong men of Israel might haue shieldes and targets to fight the Lords battaile: [ed]Is it time for your selues to dwell in your seiled houses, and this house ...
— An Exposition of the Last Psalme • John Boys
... The corresponding number in the middle column tells which hole the needle must be passed through. The tack D, around which the string must pass, is so placed that the total length of the string AD DC, or its equal AE EC, shall equal the greater diameter of the ellipse. In the figure it is placed 61/2 inches from A, and 11/2 inches from C, making the total length of string 8 inches. The oval described will then be 8 inches long ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 • Various
... claims but a moderate degree of inspiration. Me quoque dicunt Vatem pastores: sed non ego credulus illis. Nam neque adhuc Vario videor nec dicere Cinna Digna, sed argutos inter strepere anser olores. Ec. ix. 33. ...
— A History of Roman Literature - From the Earliest Period to the Death of Marcus Aurelius • Charles Thomas Cruttwell |
