10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENNIGHT»
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sennight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Art of Correspondence: English and French
(G) Mondag sennight, lundi en huit, sennight étant abrège dc seven nights, de
même que fortnight , quinzaine, pour fourteen nights, quatorzo nuits. Ex. On
Mondag sennight we shall set off for Paris where we shall stag a fortnight , lundi
en huit ...
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A Supplement to the Athenian Oracle: Being a Collection of ...
Why do we> call a single week a Sennight-, and two weeks a fortnight} that is,
why do1 we reckon by the Night, aud not by the Day f Answ. As for the words
Sennight and Fortnight, they come from the Words Seven-nights and Four teen-
nights ...
Member of the Athenian Society, 1710
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The Athenian Oracle: Being an Entire Collection of All the ...
Why do we call a single •week a Sennight, and two weeks a Fortnight, that is, why
do wt reckon by the Night, and not by the Hay} Anfw. As for the words Sennight
and Fortnight, they come from the Words Seven-nights and Fourteen- nights, ...
John Dunton, Richard Sault, Samuel Wesley, 1728
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A Vocabulary: Or, Collection of Words and Phrases, which ...
Recuforceinent Reqimiily RegiiiMineai Resiiff. Restive Reauveueaa | Reveller
Reverie, Revery Ribbon, Riband Rinse Roudeaa Uoquelaure, (way) eveimiglit,
Sennight do. Sergeant Sew, Soe Shalota Chamois, Shamois| Sheath, Sheathe (9
.) ...
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The Writings of Julian of Norwich: A Vision Showed to a ...
Thus I saw the swete flesh dry in my sight, parte after parte, drying with mervelous
paine. And as long as any sprite had life in Cristes flesh, so longe sufferde he
paine.° This long paining° semede to me as if he had be sennight deade, dying, ...
Nicholas Watson, Jacqueline Jenkins, 2006
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Observations on the Scottish Dialect
John Sinclair. buy [to-day\; and that in Germany, instead of faying St. Johns day,
and St: Martin V day, they fay Stt Johns night, and St. Martins night. They must
avoid, therefore, such strange anomalies as, this day sennight, and this day ...
“In less than a sennight, we travel to the Isle Faire.” “What's a sennight, and
what's the Isle Faire?” Teressa asked. “A sennight is seven days,” Souyer said, “
The Isle Faire is a gathering of the island clans. I will be meeting with chiefs from
the ...
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A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe ...: ...
The friday he staid there, and set out from thence this day sennight. The secretary
of the English envoy mr. Rolt, who had rode with him about two miles, had been
obliged to go back again, having forgotten some papcrs; but came back to him ...
John Thurloe, Thomas Birch, 1742
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Charter and bye laws of the Worshipful Company of Clock ...
... sennight after annunciation of the blessed lady St. Mary the Virgin ; the second
quarter- day upon the first Monday sennight next, and immediately after the feast
of St. John Baptist ; the third quarter-day upon the first Monday sennight next, ...
Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, 1825
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A critical review of the orthography of Dr. Webster's series ...
Sennight do. Sevennlght Sevennight, Sennight do. Sennight. Sevennight
Sevennight, Sennighz Sepulcher do. Sepulclire Sepulcher (n.) Sepulchre,
Sepuicher(n, &a.) Sepulcher (v.) Sepulcher (n.) do. Serjeant" Sergeant do. do.
Sepulchre (v.) ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENNIGHT»
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sennight is used in the context of the following news items.
Hải quân Nga quyết thực hiện tham vọng thống trị đại dương
... bờ đối hạm K-300P Bastion-P với tên lửa lừng danh P-800 Onyx và 3K60 Bal-E (SSC-6 'Sennight') với tên lửa Kh-35E, cùng với tổ hợp radar Monomer- БР. «BaoDatViet, Jun 15»
4 Hạm đội Nga đồng loạt “nhe nanh múa vuốt”
... riêng rẽ khác, Hạm đội Thái Bình Dương của Nga đã phóng thành công tên lửa từ hệ thống tên lửa chống hạm ven biển Bal (Sennight) ở vùng Viễn Đông. «VNMedia, Apr 15»
Cách Nga chọc tức đối thủ bằng biệt danh vũ khí
Hệ thống phòng thủ bờ biển 3K60 mang biệt danh “Ball” – Buổi khiêu vũ, trong khi NATO gọi là Sennight – Tuần lễ. Hệ thống phòng thủ bờ biển 3K60. Tất nhiên ... «Soha, Mar 15»
Killer Names: The Funny Side of Some of Russia's Most Lethal …
The 3K60 coastal defense system, NATO reporting name Sennight, is known as the 'Ball' (as in the stately dance party). The GRAU 3K60 coastal defense ... «Sputnik International, Mar 15»
Monthly etymology gleanings for November 2014
The noun fortnight is indeed unknown in the United States, but anyone who reads books by British authors will recognize it. It is sennight “seven nights; a week,” ... «OUPblog, Nov 14»
Could you have been a codebreaker at Bletchley Park?
Down: 1 Tipstaff, 2 Olive oil, 3 Pseudonym, 5 Horde, 6 Remit, 7 Cutter, 8 Tackle, 11 Agenda, 14 Ada, 18 Wreath, 19 Right nail, 20 Tinkling, 21 Sennight, 23 Pie, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
Tổ hợp tên lửa phòng thủ Bal-E canh giữ biển Việt Nam
Tổ hợp phòng thủ bờ biển Bal-E (NATO định danh là SSC-6 Sennight) để bảo vệ các căn cứ hải quân, các mục tiêu và hạ tầng trên bờ, bảo vệ bờ biển (trải dài ... «Người Đưa Tin, Jun 14»
Дубина из контейнера
... применяются в составе корабельных комплексов «Уран» (SS-N-25 «Switchblade») и береговых ракетных комплексов «Бал» (SSC-6 «Sennight»). «Эксперт Online, Feb 14»
How German came to have such ridiculously long words (cute video)
Read Jane Austen and you'll run across sennight (a week) and twelvemonth (a year), words we don't use anymore. They've gone out of the language sometime ... «AMERICAblog, Dec 13»
Nga chọn cả hệ thống phòng thủ bờ biển Bastion và Bal
Hệ thống tên lửa phòng thủ bờ biển Bal được NATO gọi là SSC-6 Sennight. Tổ hợp này sử dụng tên lửa dưới âm Kh-35. Bal do Tập đoàn chế tạo máy KB ở ... «Báo Đất Việt, Sep 13»