Vi
[,vi'aɪ]
Examples
- They reached their highest splendor in France, under Charles VI, through the influence of his consort, Isabella of Bavaria, whose court was established in 1380. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Just now nothing will come into my mind but _les litanies de la sainte Vièrge. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- VI The address communicated by Mrs. Todd took me to a lodging-house situated in a respectable street near the Gray's Inn Road. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- VI CONCLUSION OF THIS BOOK Thus upon the whole I am hopeful, that nothing is wanting to an accurate proof of this system of ethics. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- VI THE AGE OF REPTILES § 1. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Louis VI used bombards of great length and power against the Flemish in 1477, while as early as 1401 bronze cannon had been cast in several cities of West Prussia. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- C?sar Borgia (1476-1507), the reader must understand, was the son of Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia (1492-1503). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- BOOK VI CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM XXX THE BEGINNINGS, THE RISE, AND THE DIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANITY § 1. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No, whispered he, Deerhurst brought me with him, and I desired my coachman to follow, with my _vis-à-vis. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I, too, have heard of his gallant feats of prowess in chariots and _vis-à-vis! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- John Sykes will be your _vis-à-vis_, and you will sit with your back towards us. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- With a fearful projection of the under-lip, implying an impetus of scorn the most decided, he broke out-- Je vis dans un trou! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- His inventions in this line were directed to the best means of utilising and controlling the force of springs, his motto being _ut tensio sic vis_, (as the tension is so is the force. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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