Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
F. observance, L. observantia,. See Observant
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Fr.,—L. observāre, -ātum—ob, before, servāre, to keep.
In literature:
Suddenly I heard a shout, and turning hastily round, observed Peterkin struggling in the arms of the gorilla!
"The Gorilla Hunters" by R.M. Ballantyne
In the first place, no two observers have obtained exactly the same results.
"The Psychology of Singing" by David C. Taylor
They do not observe impurity after a death nor bathe on returning from a funeral.
"The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India" by R. V. Russell
I observed how shrewd that particular bird was.
"Across Unknown South America" by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
Now, look at the chart, and observe where the mighty current leaves its reputed source in the Gulf of Mexico.
"A Voyage round the World" by W.H.G. Kingston
Let us observe who occupy them.
"The White Chief" by Mayne Reid
About the only examination of water that can be made by the average stock raiser is to observe its taste, color, smell, and clearness.
"Special Report on Diseases of the Horse" by United States Department of Agriculture
I'm all for the observance of ancient forms and ceremonies.
"The History of Sir Richard Calmady" by Lucas Malet
According to a distinguished naturalist (Buffon), it is first observable by a slight swelling of the groins.
"The Physical Life of Woman:" by Dr. George H Napheys
The observations of meteorologists furnish important, though hitherto unconscious evidence of the influence of this agent.
"Fragments of science, V. 1-2" by John Tyndall
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In poetry:
PATRICK. Luis, though a low position
Mine is here, and I observe thee
Raised to fortune's highest summit,
Yet I feel more grief than envy
At thy rise. Thou art a Christian;
Show thyself one now in earnest.
"The Purgatory Of St. Patrick - Act I" by Denis Florence MacCarthy
The gypsy-girl, with speaking eyes,
Observ'd her pupil's fond surprize,
She begg'd that he her hand would cross,
With Sixpence; and that He should know
His future scene of gain and loss,
His weal and woe.—
"The Fortune-Teller, a Gypsy Tale" by Mary Darby Robinson
Rebecca, when the night grew dark,
Upon the vigil of Saint Mark,
(Observ'd by Paul, a roguish scout,
Who guess'd the task she went about,)
Stepp'd to St Stephen's Church to see
What youth her husband was to be.
"Rebecca" by Sir John Carr
Once when leading a storming party the soldiers drew back,
But he quickly observed that courage they did lack,
Then he calmly lighted a cigar, and turned cheerfully found,
And the soldiers rushed boldly on with a bound.
"General Gordon, the Hero of Khartoum" by William Topaz McGonagall
The clock no more his herald prov'd;
Tuesday, nay Wednesday, morn have mov'd,
Ere trembling shopmen saw their master:
Observing neighbours whisper'd round,
That ease might do, with plenty crown'd;
If not, that ruin came the faster.
"Bamkruptcy Rendered Easy" by Sir John Carr
When, if sweet memories of her sleeping smile
Should my devotion thitherward beguile,
Cheating the morn of its observance due,
My happy voice should not be wanting long
To wile her forth with loving transport true
Or wake her with a song.
"A Poet's Home" by Charles Harpur
In news:
Medicare rules for 'observation' care are arbitrary , unjust.
Leanna Russell, Community Observer aboard USCGC Healy.
On Saturday, May 19th, Armed Forces Day will be observed at the Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery beginning at 11 AM.
An astute observation of Iraqi trainees.
Use this table to refine your comet observing.
Here are 10 more observations heading into the Saints' Week 12 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers.
Manjoo's observation piqued the Explainer's curiosity: When did scribbling your name on a piece of paper become a means of authentication .
Students in the Ruthven- Ayrshire Community School are gearing up for their Homecoming observance, which will run Sept 17-21, in conjunction with Homecoming at Graettinger-Terril.
New fighting as UN observers leave.
Some observers say it points to a persistent and deep homophobia in pro sports.
US President Obama's re-election and the Senate remaining under Democratic control have dashed Republican hopes of axing the healthcare law, observers said.
Br> Re: Ben Stein's Simply Terrifying: /p> p>Ben Stein's writing is the literary equivalent of Samuel Johnson's observation that "The prospect of getting hung in the morning will concentrate the mind wonderfully".
Perry is a member of the Rotary Club, which built a sculpture of food as part of the Art in Boone County Sculpture contest in August, where she observed the other entries.
"There was a time when I thought writing poems could help us arrive at answers," Telluride poet Rosemerry Trommer observes on her blogsite, Wordwoman.
A s Bob Hope and Bing Crosby observed in Road to Bali.
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In science:
We show that randomness in the transition function can be obtained for free for complete-observation concurrent games (and any class that subsumes complete-observation concurrent games) and for one-sided complete-observation turn-based games (and any class that subsumes this class).
Randomness for Free
The games with one-sided complete-observation are the special case of games where O1 = {{s} | s ∈ S } (i.e., Player 1 has complete observation) or O2 = {{s} | s ∈ S } (Player 2 has complete observation).
Randomness for Free
Observing log for some of the results obtained with the scientific camera of SAOLIM during the observing run at the telescope. A narrow band filter (1033/10nm) was used during all the observations.
SAOLIM, a prototype of a low cost System for Adaptive Optics with Lucky Imaging
This QFT should assign to each Rindler wedge W (V ) an algebra of observables M (V ), such that when V < V ′ , M (V ) ⊃ M (V ′ ) (because every observable in the smaller wedge is also an observable of the larger one).
A proof of the generalized second law for rapidly-evolving Rindler horizons
Now, as explained in section 4.1, the effective FLRW observer must have a different observer time, teff , compared to the LTB observer time t0 to get the angular scales to match.
Testing the Void against Cosmological data: fitting CMB, BAO, SN and H0
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