First, he explains that in all of history there has never been a miracle which was attested to by a wide body of disinterested experts.

First attested in 1658, from Latin anus (“ ring, anus ”), from Proto-Indo-European * ano-(“ ring ”).

First attested in depictions on a cylinder-seal from around the 21st century BC, it was explicitly recorded in the Babylonian star catalogues as " The Goat-Fish " before 1000 BC.

First attested in English in 1785, the word camelopardalis comes from the Latin, and it is the romanisation of the Greek " καμηλοπάρδαλις " meaning " giraffe ", from " κάμηλος " ( kamēlos ), " camel " + " πάρδαλις " ( pardalis ), " leopard ", due to its having a long neck like a camel and spots like a leopard.

First attested in English in the mid-15th century, the word carat came from Middle French carat, in turn from Italian carato, which came from Arabic qīrāṭ ( قيراط ), which came from Greek kerátion ( κεράτιον ) meaning carob seed ( literally " small horn ")

First attested in English c. 1600, the word " navy " came via Old French navie, " fleet of ships ", from the Latin navigium, " a vessel, a ship, bark, boat ", from navis, " ship " and from Sanskrit " न ा व " ( Nav ), " ship ".

First attested in English late 13th century, the word parish comes from the Old French paroisse, in turn from, which is the latinisation of the

First attested in English c. 1530, the word police comes from Middle French police, in turn from Latin politia, which is the latinisation of the Greek πολιτεία ( politeia ), " citizenship, administration, civil polity ".

First attested in English in 1874, the word pasta comes from Italian pasta, in turn from Latin pasta " dough, pastry cake ", itself the latinisation of the Greek παστά ( pasta ) " barley porridge ", in turn from παστός ( pastos ), " sprinkled with salt, salted ".

First attested in English in 1297, the word pain comes from the Old French peine, in turn from Latin poena, " punishment, penalty " ( in L. L.

First attested in English in the middle of the 13th century, the word " rice " derives from the Old French ris, which comes from Italian riso, in turn from the Latin oriza, which derives from the Greek ὄρυζα ( oruza ).

First attested in English 1829, the word numismatics comes from the adjective numismatic, meaning " of coins ".

First attested in English in late 19th century, the word aeroplane derives from the French aéroplane, which comes from the Greek ἀήρ ( aēr ), " air " + either Latin planus, " level ", or Greek πλάνος ( planos ), " wandering ".

First attested in the 5th century, it became widespread in the Germanic-speaking world, not least due to its most famous bearer, Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths.

First attested in English in late 14th century, the word scar derives from Old French escharre, from Late Latin eschara, which is the latinisation of the Greek ἐσχάρα ( eskhara ), meaning " hearth, fireplace ", but in medicine " scab, eschar on a wound caused by burning or otherwise ".

First attested in English in 1467, the word tapestry derives from Old French tapisserie, from tapisser, meaning " to cover with heavy fabric, to carpet ", in turn from tapis, " heavy fabric ", via Latin tapes, which is the latinisation of the Greek τάπης ( tapēs ), " carpet, rug ".

She was the patron deity of Sais, where her cult was centered in the Western Nile Delta of Egypt and attested as early as the First Dynasty.

First attested in English 15th century, the word " plectrum " comes from Latin plectrum, itself derived from Greek " πλῆκτρον " ( plēktron ), " anything to strike with, an instrument for striking the lyre, a spear point ".

First attested in English 17th century, the word oyster comes from Old French oistre, in turn from Latin ostrea, the feminine form of ostreum, which is the latinisation of the Greek ὄστρεον ( ostreon ), " oyster ".

First attested in English in the late 19th century, the Italian word timpani derives from the Latin tympanum ( pl.

First attested in English in 1677s, the word hygiene comes from the French hygiène, the latinisation of the Greek ὑγιεινή ( τέχνη )-hugieinē technē, meaning "( art ) of health ", from ὑγιεινός ( hugieinos ), " good for the health, healthy ", in turn from ὑγιής ( hugiēs ), " healthful, sound, salutary, wholesome ".

First attested in English 14th century, the word circus derives from Latin circus, which is the romanization of the Greek κίρκος ( kirkos ), itself a metathesis of the Homeric Greek κρίκος ( krikos ), meaning " circle " or " ring ".

First attested in English in the early 17th century, the word tripod comes via Latin " tripodis ", genitive of " tripus ", which is the romanization of Greek " τρίπους " ( tripous ), " three-footed " ( gen. " τρίποδος "-tripodos ), ultimately from " τρι -" ( tri -), " three times " ( from " τρία "-tria, " three ") + " πούς " ( pous ), " foot ".

There is the " royal sealer " ( xtmtj-bity or xtmw-bity ), a title attested since the First Dynasty ( about 3000 BC ).

Aachen was chosen as the site of several important congresses and peace treaties: the first congress of Aachen ( often referred to as Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle in English ) in 1668, leading to the First Treaty of Aachen in the same year which ended the War of Devolution.

Australian English began its development after the landing of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove.

* 1296 – First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scots army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.

Lyrical and almost epigrammatic in form, the poems ' wistful evocation of doomed youth in the English countryside, in spare language and distinctive imagery, appealed strongly to late Victorian and Edwardian taste, and to many early 20th century English composers ( beginning with Arthur Somervell ) both before and after the First World War.

The Battles of Lostwithiel or Lostwithiel Campaign, took place near Lostwithiel and Fowey during the First English Civil War in 1644.

After publishing its own edition in 1979, the First Presidency announced in 1992 that the KJV was the church's official English Bible, stating " hile other Bible versions may be easier to read than the King James Version, in doctrinal matters latter-day revelation supports the King James Version in preference to other English translations.

Traditional stories from many Native American, First Nations, and Aboriginal cultures include a deity whose name is translated into English as " Coyote ".

Thomas Shelton's English translation of the First Part appeared in 1612.

* 1933: First European passenger cars with diesel engines ( Citroën Rosalie ); Citroën used an engine of the English diesel pioneer Sir Harry Ricardo.

They needed the same seaworthiness and endurance, and as they necessarily became larger, they became officially designated " torpedo boat destroyers ", and by the First World War were largely known as " destroyers " in English.

In 1599 John Farmer dedicated a second book to Oxford, The First Set of English Madrigals, alluding in the dedication to Oxford's own proficiency as a musician.

English Captain John Strong, commander of the Welfare, sailed between the two principal islands in 1690 and called the passage " Falkland Channel " ( now Falkland Sound ), after Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland ( 1659 – 1694 ), who as Commissioner of the Admiralty had financed the expedition and later became First Lord of the Admiralty.

The Parliamentary victors of the First English Civil War failed to negotiate a constitutional settlement with the defeated King Charles I.

It was Shepherd who first used the English term " first aid for the injured " First aid training began to spread through the empire through organisations such as St. John, often starting, as in the UK, with high risk activities such as ports and railways.

Almost all the women who attended this service walked out with her, as well as a few men .” Her works include: The Church and the Second Sex ( 1968 ), Beyond God the Father ( 1973 ), Gyn / ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism ( 1978 ), Pure Lust: Elemental Feminist Philosophy ( 1984 ), Webster ’ s First Intergalactic Wickedary of the English Language ( 1987 ), and Outercourse: The Be-Dazzling Voyage ( 1992 ).

Because he had sealed under duress, however, John received approval from the Pope to break his word as soon as hostilities had ceased, provoking the First Barons ' War and an invited French invasion by Prince Louis of France ( whom the majority of the English barons had invited to replace John on the throne and had him proclaimed king in London in May 1216 ).

The First English Civil War broke out in 1642, largely as a result of an ongoing series of conflicts between James ' son, Charles I, and Parliament.

His early childhood was spent in Edgbaston in Birmingham, but when he was eight years old his parents separated and he and his brother, the writer Vivian Beynon Harris, spent the rest of their childhood at a number of English preparatory and boarding schools, including Blundell's School in Devon during the First World War.

First complete English translation of the Mathnawí.

First printed by the King's Printer Robert Barker, this was the third official translation into English.