 ... with that. You will often be able to glean knowledge from the names of things, if not as important as that I have just been speaking of, yet curious and interesting. What a record of inventions is preserved in the names which so many articles bear,...  New Practical Speller - Page 150by James Hosmer Penniman - 1900 - 154 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1852 - 638 pages
...I have just been speaking of, yet curious and interesting. What a record of inventions lies in the names which so many articles bear, of the place from...made at Bayonne — " cambrics" that they came from Catnbray — " damask" from Damascus — " arras" from the city of that name — " cordwain" from Cordova... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1852 - 252 pages
...just been speaking of, yet curious and interesting. What a record of invention is presented in the names which so many articles bear, of the place from...made at Bayonne — "cambrics" that they came from Carnbray — " damask" from Damascus — "arras" from the city of the same name — "cordwain" or "... | |
 | 1852 - 710 pages
...themselves the record of the place where something was invented, or whence it was first brought. Thus, "bayonet tells us that it was first made at Bayonne; cambrics, that they came from Cambray ; damasks [and damsons], from Damascus; arras, from the city of the same name; cord wain, or cordovan,... | |
 | Elisha Reynolds Potter - 1852 - 406 pages
...the history of trade and commerce. Your very apparel is a dictionary. They tell us of the "bayonet," that it was first made at Bayonne — " cambrics,"...they came from Cambray — " damask," from Damascus — " assas," from a city of the same name — " cord wine," or " cordova," from Cordova — "currants,"... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1853 - 248 pages
...just been speaking of, yet curious and interesting. What a record of inventions is preserved in the names which so many articles bear, of the place from...cambrics' that they came from Cambray—' damask' from Damascus—'arras' from Arras—'dimity' from Damietta—'cordwain' or 'cordovan' from Cordova—'... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...great success against an enemy unprepared for the encounter with so formidable a novelty.'" — Haydn, The bayonet tells us that it was first made at Bayonne...that they came from Cambray ; damask, from Damascus ; an-as, from the city of the same name; cordwain, from Cordova; currant, from Corinth ; the guinea,... | |
 | English orthography - 1853 - 374 pages
...the history of trade and commerce. Our very apparel is a dictionary. They tell us of the ' bayonet,' that it was first made at Bayonne ; ' cambrics,' that they came from Cambray ; ' damasks,' from Damascus ; ' arras,' from a city of the same name ; ' cordwine,' or ' cordova,'... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1855 - 810 pages
...just been speaking of, yet curious and interesting. What a record of inventions is preserved in the names which so many articles bear, of the place from...or the person by whom they were first invented. The ' magnet' has its name from Magnesia ; the ' bayonet' tells us that it was first made at Bayonne —... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1858 - 256 pages
...just been speaking of, yet curious and interesting. What a record of invention is presented in the names which so many articles bear, of the place from...The " bayonet" tells us that it was first made at Bayonne—"cambrics" that they came from Cambray—" damask" from Damascus — \- "arras" from the... | |
 | 1868 - 776 pages
...just been speaking of, yet curious and interesting. What a record of inventions is preserved in the names which so many articles bear, of the place from...or the person by whom they were first invented. The 'magnet' has its name from Magnesia; the 'bayonet' tells us that it was first made at Bayonne ; ' worsted,'... | |
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