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Tempus Fugit
''Tempus fugit'' is a Latin phrase, usually translated into English as "time flies". The expression comes from line 284 of book 3 of Virgil's ''Georgics'', Vergilius Maro, Publius. ''Georgicon'', III. c. 29 BC. Hosted at Wikisource. where it appears as ''fugit'' ''inreparabile'' ''tempus'': "it escapes, irretrievable time". The phrase is used in both its Latin and English forms as a proverb that "time's a-wasting". Usage ''Tempus fugit'' is typically employed as an admonition against sloth and procrastination (cf. ''carpe diem'') rather than an argument for licentiousness (cf. " gather ye rosebuds while ye may"); the English form is often merely descriptive: "time flies like the wind", "time flies when you're having fun". The phrase is a common motto, particularly on sundials and clocks. It also has been used on gravestones. Some writers have attempted rebuttals: Time goes, you say? Ah, no! alas, time stays, we go. by H(enry) Austin Dobson 1840–1921. 'Hêd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Rhoades
James Rhoades (1841 – 15 March 1923) was an Anglo–Irish poet, translator and author. He worked as a schoolmaster. Life Rhoades was born in Clonmel, and was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1864 and M.A. in 1867. He taught at Haileybury College and Sherborne School. Between those posts, while his wife was ill, he was a tutor in Bournemouth. Rhoades married Charlotte Elizabeth Lester, daughter of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Parkinson Lester, they had two sons and two daughters together. He married secondly Alice Hunt, daughter of John Hunt. Rhoades died in Kelvedon on 15 March 1923. Works Rhoades has been described as "a conventional poet who wrote of imperial war in a conservative idiom and a grandiloquent style". He was author of ''The City of the five gates'' (Chapman & Hall, 1913) which gives as a preface note: The following poem is intended to convey the doctrine of what is often mistermed "The New Thought"; namely, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferarum
Doggy style is a sex position in which a person bends over, crouches on all fours (usually on hands and knees), or lies on their abdomen, for sexual intercourse, other forms of sexual penetration or other sexual activity. Doggy style is a form of a rear-entry position, others being with the receiving partner lying on the side in the spoons sex position or the reverse cowgirl sex position. Non-penetrative sex in this position may also be regarded as doggy style. Although it is not the most commonly used sex position, it is regarded as the favoured position by men, while the reverse cowgirl position is favoured by women. Between sex partners, the person in the doggy style position is usually passive, while the other partner is active (although sometimes it can be the other way around if the person in doggy position backs up into their partner behind them). Either partner may be the dominant partner or the submissive partner. The submissive partner in the doggy position is ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terris
Terris may refer to: Arts * ''Legends of Terris'', a text-based game by English game designer Paul Barnett * Terris (band), Welsh indie band People Surname * Archibald Terris (1873–1938), coal miner and political figure * John Terris (born 1939), New Zealand politician, priest and broadcaster * Harold A. Terris (1916–2001), military pilot, civil servant, and politician * Malcolm Terris (born 1941), British actor * Norma Terris (1904–1989), American musical theatre star ** Norma Terris Theatre, a theatre in Chester, Connecticut * Sid Terris (1904–1974), top rated American lightweight boxing contender Given name * Terris Moore (1908–1993), explorer, mountaineer, pilot, and second president of the University of Alaska Religion * Association of Catholic Clergy Pacem in Terris, a regime-sponsored organisation of Catholic clergy in the communist Czechoslovakia * '' Pacem in terris'', a papal encyclical issued by Pope John XXIII on 11 April 1963 * Pacem in Terris Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
