The definitive study of English rhymes remains the work of Iona and Peter Opie.

There exists no one definitive English translation of the decree because of the minor differences between the three original texts and because modern understanding of the ancient languages continues to develop.

* La Boxe Française-Savate ( 1980 – present ): the technical abilities of both Savate's major kicking arsenal and English Boxing were merged into a definitive sport of combat.

Neither At Dawn We Slept, the definitive history of the Pearl Harbor attack by Gordon Prange, nor The Reluctant Admiral, the definitive biography of Yamamoto in English by Hiroyuki Agawa, contains the line.

The English translation of the definitive edition of the Grimms ' Kinder-und Hausmärchen ( Berlin 1857 ), tale number 53, is the basis for the English translation by D. L. Ashliman.

See also Whitman for a comparative study of Old Latin and Old English meter ( he argues for alliteration and accent as definitive for both ).

A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, considered by many to be the definitive style guide to the English language, " made the name of Fowler a household word in all English-speaking countries ".

Highly influential in the Western world and still widely read by theological students today, it was published in Latin in 1536 ( at the same time as the English King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries ) and in his native French in 1541, with the definitive editions appearing in 1559 ( Latin ) and in 1560 ( French ).

The Constance Garnett translation was for many years accepted as the definitive English translation, but more recently it has come under criticism for being dated.

In English heraldry, two or more such charges appearing together on a shield are termed bars, though there are no definitive rules setting the width of the fess, the bar, nor their comparative width.

Over the centuries, the Irish parliament met in a number of locations both inside and outside of Dublin-the first place of definitive date and place was Castledermot, County Kildare on 18 June 1264 some months earlier than the first English Parliament containing elected members.

a. Pronunciation: As a mythological figure there is no definitive pronunciation, but in modern English it is: see In the Brythonic language of the time the dd of " Blaiddyd " would have been pronounced, which has allowed some authors to call him " Bathulf, the founder of Bath ": see

After Ray Coleman's death, the connection led to Dawson working on a definitive biography of Nicky Hopkins, first published by Random House, Inc. in German in 2010, followed in 2011 by the English language version with the title And On Piano ... Nicky Hopkins ( a hardback in the UK via Desert Hearts, and a paperback in North America via Backstage Books / Plus One Press ).

The final 1797 version La Nouvelle Justine has never been published in English translation, although it was published in French in the permissive conditions of the late 1960s, as part of two rival limited-editions of the definitive collected works of de Sade: Jean-Jacques Pauvert's Oeuvres completes de Sade ( 1968, 30 volumes ) and Cercle du Livre Precieux's Oeuvres completes du Marquis de Sade: editions definitive ( 1967, 16 volumes ).

* Akira Naito, Takeshi Nishikawa ( photographs ), ( translated Charles S. Terry ), Katsura: A Princely Retreat ( Kodansha, New York, 1977 ) is a magnificent book, the definitive work on Katsura in English

Similarly, attempts have to been made to link it to the Constance cycle, where the heroine is persecuted by her wicked mother-in-law, which has English instances of Vitae duorum Offarum, Emaré, and The Man of Law's Tale, but no definitive conclusion can be made.

The original Galet Ampélographie Pratique is the definitive book, either in French or in English translation, but has long been out of print and does not include any DNA evidence.

" Marion J. Hatchett in his definitive work Commentary on the American Prayer Book, notes that in the Pre-Reformation English Sarum Rite, collects for four of the last five Sundays before Christmas began with the word excita or " stir up.

He also wrote the definitive work on the English woodcut artists of the 1860s ( Illustrators of the Sixties ); his collection of original illustrations from that time are housed in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

The competitive version of hare coursing was given definitive form in the UK when the first complete set of English rules was drawn up in the reign of Elizabeth I by Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, providing for a pursuit of no more than two hounds, a headstart termed " Law " to be given to the hare for a fair run, and for the manner of awarding points on " Speed ", " Go-bye ", " Turn ", " Wrench ", " Kill " & " Trip ", to judge the dogs ' performance.

The Ardhamagadhi language (" half Magadhi "), an archaic form of the Magadhi language which was used extensively to write Jain scriptures, is often considered to be the definitive form of Prakrit, while others are considered variants thereof.

It is closely associated with such characteristically human activities as philosophy, science, language, mathematics, and art, and is normally considered to be a definitive characteristic of human nature.

* Annotated reference manual, the definitive reference manual for a computer programming language

The challenge of compiling a definitive synopsis of Finnegans Wake lies not only in the opacity of the book's language, but also in the radical approach to plot which Joyce employed.

In the years since the definitive Dyirbal grammar was published in 1972, the language has grown steadily closer to extinction as younger community members fail to learn their language.

Systems Programming with Modula-3 The definitive reference on the Modula-3 language with interesting articles on object-oriented systems software construction and a documentation of the discussion leading to the final features of the language.

A definitive example of focus on poetic language is the study of Russian versification by Osip Brik.

The Khoe languages, Tuu languages, Kx ' a languages, Hadza language and Sandawe language ( the latter two being Tanzanian language isolates ) are frequently grouped together in the catch all Khoisan categorization, despite the lack of a definitive recent common origin of these languages in a common language family.

No definitive " Proto-Niger – Congo " lexicon or grammar has been developed for the language family as a whole.

There is no definitive guide to what is joseki ; the situation with joseki dictionaries is similar to that of natural language dictionaries, in that some entries are obsolete and the listing is not likely to be complete.

Probably the only work of its kind in any language and often acclaimed as the definitive novel on India's partition, it chronicles the ups and downs in the lives of two families ( a brother and sister, and his girlfriend / wife ) in pre-and post-partition India.

There is no definitive guide to what is joseki ; the situation with joseki dictionaries is similar to that of natural language dictionaries, in that some entries are obsolete and the listing is not likely to be complete.

Based on responses to that specification, changes were made to the language, and the definitive version of the TSQL2 Language Specification was published in September, 1994

Torres García's call to artists not to renounce being Latin Americans, pretending to be contemporary through the formal investigation in their artistic careers, provided a new dimension in the construction of a modern and American language, constituting one of the definitive episodes in the Latin American vanguards. The Torres García Museum, Montevideo

He wrote books for English beginners interested in the Japanese language, and his grammar books and English-Japanese Dictionary ( compiled with Fumio Nanjo and Yukichika Iwasaki ) were regarded as the definitive books on the subject for those studying English in the latter half of the Meiji period.

After reviewing the history of the community, Justice Arnould gave a definitive and detailed judgement against the plaintiffs and in favour of Hasan Ali Shah and other defendants.

* – The definitive narrative history, useful for checking discrepancies between sources

This clock representation shows some of the major units of geological time and definitive events of Earth history.

Their children, the first Irish Australians in the sense we understand the term, played a definitive role in shaping Australian history, society and culture.

Edward Robert Harrison's Darkness at Night: A Riddle of the Universe ( 1987 ) is the definitive account to date of the dark night sky paradox, seen as a problem in the history of science.

He displayed his acid wit in two books: The Devil's Bedside Book in 1980, a collection of cynical dictionary definitions in the style of Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary, and The Lowest Form of Wit in 1981, a collection of biting bon mots, stinging retorts, and insults divided into six main sections, illustrated with cartoons ( by Honeysett ) and including a definitive guide and a history of sarcasm.

A Blu-ray and SD DVD of the concert was produced by Concert One Ltd, together with a definitive documentary of the band's 40-year history.

A blue diamond with the same shape, size, and color as the Hope Diamond was recorded by John Francillon in the possession of the London diamond merchant Daniel Eliason in September 1812, the earliest point when the history of the Hope Diamond can be definitively fixed, although a second less definitive report suggests that the Hope Diamond's " authentic history " can only be traced back to 1830.

A definitive history of the network, The Weather Channel: The Improbable Rise of a Media Phenomenon, by Frank Batten and Jeffrey L. Cruikshank, was published by Harvard Business Press in May 2002, on TWC's 20th anniversary.

In 1991, Allen Gardiner, a fifth-generation descendant of Denison area pioneers, published a 357-page definitive history of the area, titled " Denison, Kansas: A Record of a Town and Its People ( With Observations on the Human Condition )".

Historian David McCullough wrote what is widely regarded as the city's definitive history, The Johnstown Flood, in 1968.

His account uses primary sources from the time and is widely recognised as the definitive account of this aspect of Irish history.

Despite the exhibitions, history, number of artists and global sweep of the artistamp movement, the medium had long been ignored by major institutions and derided by the arts establishment: before his death in 1989, Bidner attempted to donate his definitive collection to several major Canadian institutions but was turned down by every one.

Since eskrima and arnis are derived from Spanish words, the preference for the term kali by foreigners is due to its lack of a definitive foreign origin and an attempt to preserve authenticity of a name that has otherwise been lost to history.

In September 2006, Johnson took part in a theatrical production titled " Primal Twang: The Legacy of the Guitar " – the first definitive theatrical journey through the guitar ’ s colorful and controversial 3, 500-year history.

* 1969: The Year Everything Changed ( Skyhorse, 2009 ) The definitive history of 1969 in American society and culture

James Hardiman's History of Galway is considered to be the definitive history of Galway city and county from the earliest of times until the early 19th century.

These projects are among the very few definitive success stories in the history of the US public housing effort.

It is not their role to improve or complete Christ's definitive Revelation, but to help live more fully by it in a certain period of history " ( Catechism of the Catholic Church, 67 ).

( to 1436 ) of the definitive form of his Swiss history, which was received with great praise.

( Considered the definitive treatment of Courbet's politics and painting in 1848, and a foundational text of Marxist art history ).