"Minium" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Lead forms a number of oxides, the most important of which are litharge, red lead or minium, ...
— An Elementary Study of Chemistry • William McPherson
... to the stream of Salmacis, which, whoever entered, left half his virility behind him. Salmasius was a Frenchman, and was unhappily married to a scold: "Tu es Gallus," says Milton, "et, ut aiunt, minium gallinaceus." But his supreme pleasure is to tax his adversary, so renowned for criticism, with vitious Latin. He opens his book with telling that he has used persona, which, according to Milton, signifies only a ...
— Lives of the Poets, Vol. 1 • Samuel Johnson |
