 | 1852 - 448 pàgines
...Such has been the manufacturing progress, that we now and then send calicoes and muslins to In dia and the East ; and yet the words give standing witness...we once imported them thence, for ' calico' is from Calcut, and ' mus lin' from Mosul, a city in Asiatic Turkey. (A mistake as to the derivation of Calico... | |
 | Elisha Reynolds Potter - 1852 - 406 pàgines
...from Cambray — " damask," from Damascus — " assas," from a city of the same name — " cord wine," or " cordova," from Cordova — "currants," from Corinth—...we once imported them thence, for " calico" is from Calcut, and " muslin" from Mousul, a city in Asiatic Turkey. HUMILITY. — The whole Roman language,... | |
 | 1852 - 710 pàgines
...manufacturing progress of England, that we now send our calicoes and muslins to India and the East; yet the words give standing witness that we once imported them thence, for calico is from Calicut, and muslin from Mousul." It is not strange that now and then a word conveys a geographical... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1852 - 278 pàgines
...progress of England that we now send our calicoe? and muslins to India and the east ; yet the words giv^ standing witness that we once imported them thence ; for "calico" is from Calicut, and "muslin" from Moxissul, a city in Asiatic Turkey. It is true indeed that occasionally... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1854 - 252 pàgines
...progress of England that we now send our calicoee and muslins to India and the east ; yet the words giv« standing witness that we once imported them thence ; for "calico" is from Calicut, and "muslin" from Moussul, a city in Asiatic Turkey. It is true indeed that occasionally names... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1855 - 252 pàgines
...manufacturing progress of England that we now send our calicoep and muslins to India and the east ; yet the words give standing witness that we once imported them thence ; for "calico" is from Calicut, and "muslin" from Moussul, a city in Asiatic Turkey. It is true indeed that occasionally names... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1855 - 252 pàgines
...progress of England that we now send our calicoes and muslins to India and the east ; yet the words giv« standing witness that we once imported them thence ; for "calico" is from Calicut, and "muslin" from Moussul, a city in Asiatic Turkey. It is true indeed that occasionally names... | |
 | Septimus Sears - 1856 - 906 pàgines
...manufacturing progress of England that we now send our calicoes and muslins' to India and the East ; yet the words give standing witness that we once imported them thence : for " calico" is from Calicut, and " muslin" from Mossul, a city iu Asiatic Turkey.— Trench. THE BONMAHON SCHOOLS. (With... | |
 | 1857 - 372 pàgines
...unkind ; suffixes, as, mindful ; and terminations, as, man's ; prefixes and suffixes, as, ung&inly, demands marked attention. Compound words are made...we once imported them thence; for 'calico' is from Calcut, and 'muslin' from Mosul, a city in Asiatic Turkey." CHAPTER 111. THE USE OF SUCH STUDIES. THE... | |
 | Charles Northend - 1865 - 364 pàgines
...manufacturing progress of England* that we now send our calicoes and muslins to India and the East; yet the words give standing witness that we once imported them thence ; for calico is from Calicut, and muslin from Moussul, a city in Asiatic Turkey." We shall find some words used by ancient... | |
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England that we now send our calicoep and muslins to India and the east ; yet the words give standing witness that we once imported them thence ; for "calico" is from Calicut, and "muslin" from Moussul, a city in Asiatic Turkey. 
