Davys
Americannoun
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Shall we say that quartz mountains will pulverize into innumerable Werners, Von Buchs, and Beaumonts; and the laboratory of the atmosphere holds in solution I know not what Berzeliuses and Davys?
From Representative Men by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Mr. Davys, her "good, kind master," as she called him, heard her practice her speech; then she was made ready for the ceremony.
From In the Days of Queen Victoria by Tappan, Eva March
If a clergyman of higher rank was necessary, there was room for the promotion of Dr. Davys.
From Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 by Tytler, Sarah
I think the Tibetans were really impressed with our humanity, and looked upon Davys as some incarnation of a medicine Buddha.
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund
Mr. Davys told the Duchess about the chart, and she wrote at once to the Bishop of London that the Princess now understood her position.
From In the Days of Queen Victoria by Tappan, Eva March
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