"ESP" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of an h after the first and the last—ch, sh. gx is pronounced like English g in George, which g without sign has the value of g in good. jx is pronounced like s in pleasure, while j simple has the sound of y in yes, esp. jes. hx occurs rarely and is doomed to disappear in favor ...
— Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education • Richard Bartholdt and A. Christen
... d'autres blasphmes, de ne pas permettre qu'il soit traduit et jug devant un Mehkem quelconque; mais si le cas arrive Constantinople, d'envoyer l'accus la Porte, et s'il arrive dans un pays hors de Constantinople, de l'envoyer au Pacha de la province, sans aucune espce de jugement pralable. De cette manire-ci, dit Rifaat Pacha, la Porte et les Pachas au-dehors songeront aux moyens de terminer ces sortes d'affaires sans clat, et (j'ose infrer des paroles de son Excellence) sans recourir ...
— Correspondence Relating to Executions in Turkey for Apostacy from Islamism • Various
... full season of sheep-shearing; meant to last until the next year, including a family, but often "blued' in a 'spree' chyack: (chy-ike) like chaffing; to tease, mildly abuse cocky: a farmer, esp. dairy farmers ('cow-cockies') cubby-house: or cubby. Children's playhouse ("Wendy house" ...
— While the Billy Boils • Henry Lawson
... Inn: Htel de l'Esprance, on the Yonne, nearly a mile from the station, owing its importance to its position at the junction of the branch to Clamecy, 22 miles S., with the line to Les Laumes, 56 miles S.E. Cravant is 85 miles from Nevers by Clamecy, and 116 miles from Paris by ...
— The South of France—East Half • Charles Bertram Black |
