Adversaria

A certain Dutch Latinist who once attempted to find good Roman words for all the terms [unclear: Spheazes] used among merchants employed with great propriety, the term Adversaria for a Ledger; matters of account being there arranged, as we all know, in opposition to each other

Letter to John Hall, Philadelphia, November 21, 1806 1806

The latin word Adversaria, though I see no etymological reason for it, has been always applied to the use which you have made of it.

Letter to John Hall, Philadelphia, November 21, 1806 1806

A little fresh gossip was collected by William Oldys, and was printed from his manuscript 'Adversaria' (now in the British Museum) as an appendix to Yeowell's 'Memoir of Oldys,' 1862.

A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892

The Lobelia commemorates Lobel, one of Rondelet's most famous pupils, who wrote those "Adversaria" which contain so many curious sketches of Rondelet's botanical expeditions, and who inherited his botanical (as Joubert his biographer inherited his anatomical) manuscripts.

Historical Lectures and Essays Charles Kingsley 1847

William Oldys, in his manuscript _Adversaria_, now in the British

The Facts About Shakespeare William Allan Nielson

Another (No. 21) was translated into rhymed verse by Prof. Giles in “Adversaria Sinica” (1914), p. 323.

More Translations from the Chinese Arthur Waley 1927

[177] This epigram was found by Barth in a Merseburg codex, and first printed in his _Adversaria_ (1624).

The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

Much of the same kind is Johnson's Adversaria [2] '.

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

Before we present thee with our exercitations on this most delectable poem (drawn from the many volumes of our Adversaria on modern authors) we shall here, according to the laudable usage of editors, collect the various judgments of the learned concerning our Poet: various indeed, not only of different authors, but of the same author at different seasons.

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 Alexander Pope 1716

She has also been a member of the Committee to Study the Role of the Courts in Protecting Children, and the Bernstein Non-Adversaria1 Forum Committee.

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