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Boethius, Consolatio Philosophiae, Book Two , Prosa 2: (search)
he same moment). Paulum: L. Aemilius Paulus (consul in 170 B.C.) defeated the last king of Macedonia, Perseus (genitive: Persi ); Livy and others told of Paulus's sober reflections on the instability of mortal prosperity. se: Paulus; where the subject is impersonal, the reference of the reflexive pronoun is directed by common sense. Quid . . . vertentem?: A ninth-century commentator, Remigius of Auxerre, attributes this definition of tragedy to the early Roman tragic poet Pacuvius; the words indiscreto . . . vertentem may indeed be such a citation, but Pacuvius's works are lost. The definition was much quoted and discussed in the Middle Ages. indiscreto: "indiscriminate." du/o pi/qous, to\n me\n e(/na kakw=n to\n de| e(/teron e(a/wn : Iliad 24.527f, where Achilles consoles Priam on the death of Hecto
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gaillardet, Theodore Frederic 1808-1882 (search)
Gaillardet, Theodore Frederic 1808-1882 Journalist; born in Auxerre, France, April 7, 1808; emigrated to the United States and established the Courrier des États-unis in New York; took part in the Presidential canvass of 1872 on behalf of Horace Greeley. He is the author of Profession de foi et considerations sur le systeme republicain des Etats-Unis, and of a large number of communications on American subjects which appeared in the leading French newspapers. He died in Plessy-Bouchard, France, Aug. 12, 1882
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), R. (search)
tuted for the tiebeam. These are held partly by their pressure against each other and partly by the king or center post, and are tied to the feet of the rafters. 10 illustrates the roof-framing of the circus at Edinburgh. It will be seen that the downward pressure is distributed upon the rafters a a and stretchers b b′, which are so tied together by straps as to bring the stress of the outward thrust ultimately upon b. 11 covers the principal apartment of the Episcopal Palace at Auxerre, France. Two sets of stays g g′ are inserted above the tie-beam, between the king-post and principal rafters; a series of curved ribs receives the ceiling plank. 12 is Norman roof; so called because it was introduced by that people into Southern Europe. The rafters a a butt against joggles on the king-posts b b, between which braces are disposed. 13 shows in dotted lines a way by which a pointed Gothic roof was converted into a flat roof by carrying the nave walls up so as to obtain a cl