tramontane influences. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Parting from thence, they sailed away with a tramontane or northerly wind, passing by Meden, by Uti, by Uden, by Gelasim, by the Isles of the. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Parting from thence, they sailed away with a tramontane or northerly wind, passing by Meden, by Uti, by Uden, by Gelasim, by the Isles of the Fairies, and alongst the kingdom of Achorie, till at last they arrived at the port of Utopia, distant from the city of the Amaurots three leagues and somewhat more. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Oh such visions are death to the tramontane expedition. From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the Horse-Shoe; A Traditionary Tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion.] Reference
One of the first to revive these tramontane expeditions was General. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West] Reference
One of the first to revive these tramontane expeditions was General Ashley, of Missouri. From Wordnik.com. [The adventures of Captain Bonneville] Reference
One subject gave him poignant regret; it was the difficulty of his now accompanying the tramontane expedition. From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the Horse-Shoe; A Traditionary Tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion.] Reference
When I found myself in the streets, I scarcely could believe that I was in Italy, for everything had a tramontane appearance. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference
Her heart was full, she did little as she rode by Frank's side but to listen to the narration of their tramontane adventures. From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the Horse-Shoe; A Traditionary Tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion.] Reference
It means what there is as yet no precise name for in England, though the practice is as common as in any tramontane country whatever. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4] Reference
"Yes, Paganel, it is the north wind -- a wind which causes many a crime in the Pampas, as the tramontane does in the Campagna of Rome.". From Wordnik.com. [In Search of the Castaways] Reference
Cathy decided that once was enough for her and stayed with the car in the car park, guarding it from being blown away by the tramontane wind. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
Inconsistencies and nonparallelisms abound: cisatlantic is in but not cisalpine; tramontane but not cismontane; poikilothermal but not homoiothermal. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol 1 No 2] Reference
The tramontane concerns of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company were managed by two resident partners, Fitzpatrick and Bridger; those of the American Fur Company, by Vanderburgh and Dripps. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West] Reference
He was ripe for the tramontane expedition, and perhaps of all the number who that day set out in its accomplishment, he was the best informed of its hazards, and the best prepared to endure its hardships. From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the Horse-Shoe; A Traditionary Tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion.] Reference
One of the first to revive these tramontane expeditions was General Ashley, of Missouri, a man whose courage and achievements in the prosecution of his enterprises have rendered him famous in the Far West. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Captain Bonneville]
This was partly occasioned by the previous appointment of this very day, for the meeting of the young gentry at the capital in order to make arrangements for the immediate marching of the tramontane expedition. From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the Horse-Shoe; A Traditionary Tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion.] Reference
This great tramontane highway must be broken up at all hazards, else all that magnificent western country slips from our grasp, and besides we will be constantly subject to be harrassed by these disagreeable neighbors. From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the Horse-Shoe; A Traditionary Tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion.] Reference
He believed that the match was in every respect such as to flatter the ambition of Mr. Falkland; and he was stung even to madness by the idea of being deprived of the object dearest to his heart by this tramontane upstart. From Wordnik.com. [Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are] Reference
The Burgesses, at the previous session, had refused to vote the necessary supplies; and should the present representatives be governed by the same feelings and opinions, there was forever an end of the great tramontane expedition. From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the Horse-Shoe; A Traditionary Tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion.] Reference
He carries all the weight of his artificial popularity over to the Government on vital points and hard-run questions; while they, in return, lend him a little of the gilding of court-favour to set off his disinterested philanthropy and tramontane enthusiasm. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits] Reference
He knew not but his enemies might prove him an attainted rebel, and thus baffle one of the greatest desires of his life, (to bear an active part in the tramontane expedition,) as well as throw him out once more from the association of that circle which he loved so well. From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the Horse-Shoe; A Traditionary Tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion.] Reference
A nation, less sensible of danger than of fatigue and delay, soon murmured against the folly of their twenty commanders; and the hot vapors of an Italian sun infected with disease those tramontane bodies which had already suffered the vicissitudes of intemperance and famine. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4] Reference
En attendant, I have sent you some pamphlets to amuse your solitude; for, do you see, tramontane as I am, and as much as I love Florence, and hate the country, while we make such a figure in the world, or at least such a noise in it, one must consider you other Florentines as country gentlemen. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1] Reference
This multitude, however, was of a higher grade than usually made up the throng of the court-house, for the tramontane army was to set out as soon as the Governor was sufficiently restored to himself to conduct it; and most of the youthful chivalry of the Colony were present -- the very men who were soon to march across the great Apalachee. From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the Horse-Shoe; A Traditionary Tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion.] Reference
I knelt very piously in one of the aisles while a symphony in the best style of Corelli, performed with taste and feeling, transported me to Italian climates, and I was quite vexed, when a cessation dissolved the charm, to think that I had still so many tramontane regions to pass, before I could in effect reach that classic country, where my spirit had so long taken up its abode. From Wordnik.com. [Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents] Reference
The discoveries of the latter may fairly claim that much, for he was in reality the great pioneer, who first led the chivalrous youths of the Old Dominion upon those tramontane pilgrimages, which have already been so gloriously commemorated upon the plains of San Jacinto, by one of the same peripatetic race, and which we confidently predict will never rest this side of the gates of Mexico. From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the Horse-Shoe; A Traditionary Tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion.] Reference
Greenland should always be the scene of the tramontane negociation. From Wordnik.com. [History of Tom Jones, a Foundling] Reference
Greg.l. ii.c. 7) expresses the early contempt of the Italians for tramontane singing. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Quand le soleil y donne, c’est une fournaise; quand la tramontane souffle, une glacière. From Wordnik.com. [Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant] Reference
"Oh, no, not so bad as that either" -- and he laughed immoderately at the idea -- "I was only inspecting the condition of the garrison, to see how many troops I could muster into my father's tramontane army.". From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the Horse-Shoe; A Traditionary Tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion.] Reference
Not satisfied with discarding the meagre accompaniments of the Italian composers, he even goes far beyond the tramontane masters in the multitude and use of instruments, and frequently smothers his concerted pieces and choruses by the overwhelming weight of his orchestra. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers] Reference
21. tramontane, ‘north wind. From Wordnik.com. [Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant] Reference
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