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Letter of Marque A commission authorising a privateer to make reprisals on a hostile nation till satisfaction for injury has been duly made. Here marque means march, or marca, a border-land (whence our marquis, the lords appointed to prevent border-incursions). A letter of marque or mart was permission given for reprisals after a border-incursion. Called jus marchium. Letter of Orders (A). A certificate that the person named in the letter has been admitted into holy orders. Letter of Pythagoras (The). The Greek upsilon, Y They placed themselves in the order and figure of y, the letter of Pythagoras, as cranes do in their flight.- Rabelais: Pantagruel, iv. 33.Letter of Safe Conduct A writ under the Great Seal, guaranteeing safety to and fro to the person named in the passport. Letter of Uriah (2 Sam. xi. 14). A treacherous letter of friendship, but in reality a death-warrant. (See
Bellerophon .) However, sir, here is a guarantee. Look at its contents: I do not again carry the letters of Uriah.- Sir W. Scott: Redgauntlet, chap. xvi.Letters Their proportionate use is as follows:-
Consonants,
5,977. Vowels, 3,400.
E is the most common letter (except in initials), and r, s, t, d, are the most common final letters. Phoenices primi, famæ si creditur, ausiSir Richard Philips says- Thoth, the Egyptian who invented current writing, lived between B.C. 2806 and 3000. Many maintain that Jehovah taught men written characters when He inscribed on stone the ten commandments. Of course, all these assertions have a similar value to mythology and fable. Cadmos, the Phoenician, introduced sixteen of the Greek letters. Simonides introduced h, w, x, ; and Epicarmos introduced q, c. At least, so says Aristotle. (See Lacedemonian Letter, and Letter Of Pythagoras.) Father of Letters (Pére des Lettres). Francois I. of France (1494, 1515-1547). Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificient (1448-1492). A man of letters. A man of learning, of erudition. Letters expletive, and marks on letters. |
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