10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ERMINE»
Discover the use of
ermine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ermine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
An NYRB Classics Original Set just after World War I, An Ermine in Czernopol centers on the tragicomic fate of Tildy, an erstwhile officer in the army of the now-defunct Austro-Hungarian Empire, determined to defend the virtue of his ...
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White
Ermine Across Her Shoulders
What makes this collection appealing is an intellectual depth that resonates, in the way of Emily Dickenson, with the imagistic and emotional core that has always been a hallmark of Davis's poetry.
Ethel Mortenson Davis, 2011
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Naked Beneath the
Ermine
Angus Thomson. “Well, anyway...Get them out! A night on the hillside will make
them think twice about being on strike!” The men trooped sullenly out and away
into the failing light. During the night one of the barracks blocks caught fire and ...
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Leonardo Da Vinci, 1452-1519
Amongst his earliest completed works as court artist are a number of portraits,
including the captivating Lady with an Ermine (Cecilia Gallerani) and the so-
called Belle Ferroniere (illus. p. 49), although there is not unanimous agreement
that ...
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An Arctic Tundra Food Chain
Ermine home ranges usually cover about 20 acres (8 ha), and ermines mark their
boundaries with urine, feces, and secretions from scent glands located near their
rear. Both male and female ermines will defend their territory by wrestling and ...
Angelique D. Tarbox, 2009
Elsewhere, populations may be less stable and tend to reflect changes in density
of primary prey species (Fagerstone, 1987a; King, 1983). Diet. — No report of
foods eaten by the ermine in Oregon is available. Elsewhere in North America,
the ...
B. J. Verts, Leslie N. Carraway, 1998
IF YOU want a new fur coat of any kind from ermine to seal, you may have it at
one twentieth to one tenth the price you would pay for a genuine garment of the
same size, color, and appearance. On any back yard space of 200 square feet or
...
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Medieval European Coinage: Italy (III) South Italy, Sicily, ...
The Ermine (Ital. armellino, now ermellino). Ferrante created the knightly Order of
the Ermine in 1465, with appropriate symbolism and code of rules (cf. Fusco
1844; Boulton 1987, 402—26), in the wake of the Aragonese Order of the Stole
and ...
Philip Grierson, Mark A. S. Blackburn, Lucia Travaini, 1998
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A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
This use of the word occurs even in the U.S., where ermine is not used in judges'
robes. E.g., "A judge loses none of his social instincts by assuming the ermine,
and while his position is changed he is still a lawyer."/ "From such liability, the ...
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Poets, Saints, and Visionaries of the Great Schism, 1378-1417
The Strange Case of Ermine de Reims One of the strangest visionaries from the
late Middle Ages is undoubtedly Ermine de Reims (1347-96), a simple widow
who in the last ten months of her life was haunted nightly by demons and ...
Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, 2010
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ERMINE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
ermine is used in the context of the following news items.
Lincoln allotments site could be sold for housing
Twenty-one allotment plots in Lincoln could be sold so that housing can be built on them. Selling the Ermine allotments site, which comprises ... «Lincolnshire Echo, Jul 15»
Council considers sale of Lincoln Ermine allotments site
An under-used allotments site in Lincoln is likely to be sold under city council plans to re-allocate investment into the city's wider allotments ... «The Lincolnite, Jul 15»
Karl Lagerfeld on Fur, Fendi and Couture
My favorite furs are sable and ermine: ermine because it's so liquid and sable because it's warm. They are the most flattering furs. WWD: What ... «WWD, Jul 15»
4000 bales alight at Mid UK Recycling
... water pumps and carriers were sent to Mid UK Recycling's Barkston Heath warehousing complex on Ermine Street in Ancaster, Lincolnshire, ... «Resource Magazine, Jul 15»
When it comes to group sex, we British have no style
And there was I, longing for tales of ermine-lined handcuffs. Swingfields festival: basically a whole load of caravans in a field (SWNS). «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Art, identity and freedom
Like the corn husk figures, the Mona Lisa, Woman in a Red Dress and Lady with an Ermine are all faceless. And instead of stroking an ermine, ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
Ron Cherry: A '61 Corvette with the right stuff
The write-up said it had gone through a frame-off restoration and been repainted in the original Jewel Blue with Ermine White covings. It had a ... «The Union of Grass Valley, Jul 15»
Landy's Opening Night
Big black and white images of the ermine-enshrouded, black tie and begowned stars of the day. The book has an almost visceral sense of the ... «Woodstock Times, Jul 15»
Droitwich Town Council looking at options to repair mayor's robes
The garment, made out of wool and ermine, are only ever worn on civic occasions and were last replaced between 20 and 30 years ago. «Droitwich Standard, Jul 15»
Axalta Is Cruising Into Columbus, Ohio
Axalta will feature Bill Weber's 1961 Chevrolet Corvette painted with Cromax® Roman Red and Ermine White Basecoats and ChromaPremier® ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
