A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children. From LearnThat.org. [John James Audubon]
The Writings, more generally known by a title borrowed from the Greek Fathers. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
McInnis 'message suggests he's working with a 527, the term borrowed from the IRS code for an independent political organization. From Wordnik.com. [GJSentinel - Latest News Headlines] Reference
So all dinosaur pens came equipped with a scram switch—the name borrowed from the emergency shutdown switch in nuclear reactors. From Wordnik.com. [The Blue Nowhere] Reference
He uses the term borrowed from Grice, generalized conversational implicatures (GCIs), but ascribes some properties to them that differentiate them from Grice's GCIs. From Wordnik.com. [Defaults in Semantics and Pragmatics] Reference
Much of this work is sponsored by a group of scientists banded together in the Heffter Institute (a name borrowed from a German pharmacologist born in the mid 19th century). From Wordnik.com. [Craig K. Comstock: Psychedelic Medicine: Using Ecstasy to Treat PTSD] Reference
It was a term borrowed from Egypt, which was itself an. From Wordnik.com. [A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.] Reference
Havasupaí - Gohní̆nĭ (A term borrowed from the Hopi). From Wordnik.com. [The North American Indian] Reference
This is a term borrowed from the movie and music industries. From Wordnik.com. [Quick, Pretend You're a Publicist! Yes, Like That, But Blonder.] Reference
It is a term borrowed from theism and one not consonant with pantheism. From Wordnik.com. [Pantheism] Reference
< 88.3 > A term borrowed from the medical, or rather surgical, vocabulary. From Wordnik.com. [The Lucasta Poems] Reference
(He calls it "mixed reality," a term borrowed from a couple of German artists.). From Wordnik.com. [Virtual Reality and the First Person Shooter] Reference
He applies it to societies of his own priests and people; but it was a term borrowed from Chaldea. From Wordnik.com. [A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.] Reference
Further on he returns to the same theme under a title borrowed from Victor Hugo's "Le Roi S'Amuse,". From Wordnik.com. [Pierre Curie] Reference
Resonance is a term borrowed from the world of music, where it means a prolonged response attributable to vibration. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
Elgar wrote it in 1901 with a title borrowed from a fellow describing the pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war. From Wordnik.com. [Edward Elgar, Britain's Musical Icon, Turns 150] Reference
In the work before us, he insists that there is a golden hour at hand, a title borrowed from the quaint advertisement, of. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
Brad Roberts, the man who brought you Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm, emerges from hiding once again with a title borrowed from The Faces. From Wordnik.com. [JAM! Showbiz] Reference
And, at 20, he had his first #1 hit: "To Know Him Is To Love Him," a title borrowed from the epitaph on his father's grave. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: The Best Holiday CD Ever Made (See If You Don't Agree)] Reference
In a term borrowed from the book itself, Jonathan Culler reads this turn-about as a "spiralling" backwards rather than a regression. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online] Reference
In any case, by making use of "con amore," a term borrowed from Italian, Melmoth gave us the first known use of the word in English prose. From Wordnik.com. [Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day] Reference
Byron wrote "skirred," a word borrowed from Shakespeare. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry] Reference
Constantinople was borrowed from the Latins in the last age of the empire. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5] Reference
They would probably think a game at bowls, a prayer borrowed from the English. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference
He claimed that it was a word borrowed, as he put it from "the bullies in White Friars.". From Wordnik.com. [podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history] Reference
Cane would at first sight appear to be a designation borrowed from the animal of that name. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
It was founded by DF Concert's Stuart Clumpas in 1990 with a name borrowed from a venue in New York. From Wordnik.com. [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Or perhaps a word borrowed from an entirely different context, such as physics: "energy" or "force"?. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
He concludes that the French form must have been borrowed from the Germans, and declares that it is not found in. From Wordnik.com. [Europa's Fairy Book] Reference
Minnie, one Mehitable, and one Marthie, as she saw fit to spell the name borrowed from her who was troubled about many things. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian Angel] Reference
The word barbarian, which we have borrowed from the Greeks and Romans, was possibly merely the proper name of one of those rude hordes. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
The incentive is cold taxpayer cash, borrowed from the Chinese, to be repaid by the grandchildren of the kids needing a decent education. From Wordnik.com. [RightMichigan.com -] Reference
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