10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARGOSIES»
Discover the use of
argosies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
argosies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
... Ragusi) itself appears in 16th Century English as Aragouse, Arragouese,
Arragosa. 'That argosies were reputed to take their name from Ragusa is stated
by several writers of the 17th Century; and the derivation is made inductively
certain ...
William Shakespeare, 2001
2
The Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A Study of Tʻang Exotics
... who were astonished at their size, "Argosies of the South Seas," "Argosies of
the Western Regions," "Argosies of the Maw-Barbarians," "Malayan Argosies," "
Singhalese Argosies," "Brahman Argosies," and especially "Persian Argosies.
3
The Armstrong-Whitworth Argosy
The first of the RAF's 56 Argosies flew on 4th March 1961. The Argosy was used
by the RAF because it had the capability to carry 69 troops, 48 stretcher cases or
29,000 pound of freight. It also had the ability to carry military equipment such as
...
4
Our Lives, Our Fortunes: Continuing the Account of the Life ...
Life would be impossible to bear if you disabuse us of what we have been told is
conveyed in these argosies—these marvelous argosies ofyours.” “Your
intelligence is accurate. These argosies bring Xour, rice, corn meal—and powder
.
5
A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
1107.49 Argosies. Venice, whose promised argosies should stand 264.51 The
argosies of Venice, like a cloud, 265.42 Which waits the landing of the argosies
274.58 Hear me! The argosies touch land by this; .... 278.29 Argue.
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The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
Your mind is tossing on the ocean ; There, where your argosies 4 with portly sail,
— * — argosies — ] A name given in our author's time to ships of great burthen,
probably galleons, such as the Spaniards now use in their West India trade.
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, 1821
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Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
Q.8 What are 'argosies with portly sail'? A.8 The argosies are large merchant
ships with their stately sails unfurled. Q. 9 To what does Salarino compare
Antonio 's argosies? A.9 Salarino compares Antonio's argosies to the great lbrds(
signiors) ...
8
Early Voyages and Travels in the Levant
In this work he tells us that the ships known as argosies were so called because
they were built at Ragusa for the Venetian merchants. " These vast carracks
called argosies, which are so famed for the vastness of their burthen and bulk,
were ...
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The plays and poems of William Shakespeare: with the ...
Your mind is tossing on the ocean ; There, where your argosies 4 with portly sail,
— 4 — argosies — ] A name given in our author's time to ships of great burthen,
probably galleons, 'such as the Spaniards now use in their West India trade.
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Richard Farmer, 1821
10
Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Prose and Letters
what wealth untold, Far down, and shining through their stillness lies! Thou hast
the starry gems, the burning gold, Won from ten thousand royal Argosies!2 10 —
Sweep o'er thy spoils, thou wild and wrathful main! Earth claims not thes? again.
Felicia Hemans, Gary Kelly, 2002
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARGOSIES»
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argosies is used in the context of the following news items.
Sam Leith: History keeps leading back to Tilbury Docks
It was in the first Elizabethan era that we really started to push out into the world, our argosies dreaming of honourable plunder. From the green ... «Evening Standard, Aug 14»
Dolman Book Award 2014: the best of the world... in words
... huge argosies of merchandise – when only Venice surpassed the little walled republic in the Mediterranean trade – dropped anchor in all the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 14»
'Imbecile Slush': Surprising Early Reactions To Crooning
... regretted that his hopes for the medium as a dispenser of “golden argosies of tome” had become “a continual drivel of sickening crooning by ... «KUOW News and Information, Jul 14»
Silks for Silver: Saga of the Manila Galleons
... de China" (ships of China), in the Chinese books as what translated to "the Silver Argosies," and in the English books, "the Manila Galleons." «Huffington Post, Jun 14»
How Bing Crosby and the Nazis Helped to Create Silicon Valley
Lee DeForest, one of radio's inventors, regretted that his hopes for the medium as a dispenser of “golden argosies of tome” had become “a ... «New Yorker, May 13»
America's Titanic Editorial: April 27, 1912
Neither will archaic words or phrases like the "lightnings of heaven" or God's "argosies." Two things, however, may be of surprise to current-day ... «America Magazine, Apr 12»
Strong affections for Safe Air
Mr Beattie flew the Bristols for 23 years before transferring to the Argosies when they entered the fleet in 1973. "They were a good company to ... «Marlborough Express, Nov 10»
Making a safe landing
... later, she was seconded to Safe Air in Blenheim and flew the company's lumbering freight workhorses, the Bristol Freighters and Argosies. «The Nelson Mail, Nov 10»
There's no magic in choosing the proper word
Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote in 1842 that he looked into the future and "saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails. «NewsOK.com, Oct 10»
That Championship Season
Instead I silently sipped my lemonade, while Jason Miller stared out across the blue Pacific at argosies on the horizon that only he could see. «Riverfront Times, Aug 10»
