Do we say lay or lei

lay 28466 occurrences

The skin of the louse is hard and transparent, with here and there several bristly hairs: at the end of each leg are two claws, by which it is enabled to lay hold of the hairs, on which it climbs.

The butterflies lay their eggs: from these hatch out worms or caterpillars, which change their skins several times, and, finally, become aureliae, chrysales, or silkworms, out of which come the beautiful butterflies.

The doctrine of cashiering kings, and erecting, on the ruins of the constitution, a new form of government, which lately issued from their pulpits, he always thought was, under a calm disguise, the principle that lay lurking in their hearts.

The books lay on the table, with many leaves doubled down, and, in particular, those which contained his share in the parliamentary debates.

With all his merit, he lay in the prison of Bocardo, at Oxford, till bishop Usher, Laud, and others, paid his debts.

This watercourse, which McKinlay afterwards called the Mueller, began in time to lead their steps too much to the eastward, in which direction lay its source.

As they progressed slowly down the creek, one of the two camels became bogged, and had to be shot where it lay.

Although Gosse's exploration did not add any important new features, he filled in many details in the central map, and was able correctly to lay down the position of some of the discoveries of Ernest Giles.

A common valet lay under the hallowed stones of the Abbey, and Europe had mourned in vain!

The judge had intimated that the ecclesiastical wrath of the Dean and Chapter might speedily and terribly overtake Priam Farll; but that sounded vague and unsatisfactory to the lay ear.

The report from the Secretary of State which I now lay before Congress will show the obstacles which arose in the progress of the conferences between the respective plenipotentiaries, and which resulted in the agreement between them then to refer the subject to the consideration of their respective Governments.

To the Senate of the United States: I lay before the Senate a report from the Secretary of the Navy, with the estimate of the expense which will be incurred by the establishment of two dockyards for repairing vessels of the largest size.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: I now lay before Congress all the information in the possession of the Executive respecting the war with the Seminoles, and the measures which it has been thought proper to adopt for the safety of our fellow-citizens on the frontier exposed to their ravages.

To the Senate of the United States: An arrangement having been made and concluded between this Government and that of Great Britain with respect to the naval armament of the two Governments, respectively, on the Lakes, I lay before the Senate a copy of the correspondence upon that subject, including the stipulations mutually agreed upon by the two parties.

To the Senate of the United States: I lay before the Senate, for their consideration, a convention, signed at London on the 20th of October last, between the United States and Great Britain, together with the documents showing the course and progress of the negotiation.

The negroes who had ridden with him were sprawled about him on the ground; one of them lay sleeping, face up, in the sunlight.

Putty and me agree to go halves with what we get out of you, and when I lay out a piece of business I don't make no changes.

''Now, look a-here,' says I, mighty sharp, 'none o' that, old man; fork over the money or I'll lay you out stiff as a poker, and help myself.

I had frequently noticed that when he entered a room it was through an open door, and I sometimes knew of his approach by seeing an unlatched door open without visible cause; so, feeling secure for the present, I lay and gasped and panted.

44, and the other a saying assigned to our Lord, 'They who wish to see me and lay hold on my kingdom must receive me through affliction and suffering.'

He felt that under the circle of baldness on top of that carefully brushed head lay the solution of every monetary problem that could beset the soul of man.

Around him lay a great and populous city, hemmed in, as by a fire, by an exterminating plague, that spared neither age, condition, nor sex.

There she lay in a bower of roses, year after year, and the hedge around the palace garden grew so tall and thick that at last you could not have told that there was a castle at all.

At the end of the hundred years a king's son heard of the castle and the enchanted princess who lay asleep there and determined to rescue her.

But all your efforts were in vain, Friends or physicians could not save; For ghastly death his mandate gave, To lay me in the silent grave.

lei 110 occurrences

As for the Austrian and Hungarian crowns, the Jugo-Slav crowns, the Rumanian lei, and all the other depreciated moneys, their fate is not doubtful.

Enter SIMON, Earl of Leicester. LEI.

Leicester, it shall, though all the world say no. LEI.

Still facest thou? Draw, boy, and quickly see that thou defend thee. LEI. Patience, Lord Lacy!

[Stabs him; he falls; Boy runs in. LEI.

'Tis more, sir, than he may. LEI.

Who are his bail? LEI.

[Footnote 3: The conceit is more antithetically put in the original "Ch'egli avria del candor che in te si vede Argomentato in lei non bianca fede." Canto xii.

Re fe' sepelire; E poi dove a lei piacque si ridusse; Et ella per pietà ne l'umil case Del cortese pastor seco rimase.

Di non cura; e non è ad altro intenta, Ch'a risanar chi lei fere e tormenta.

Mostratemi una sola cortesia, Che mai costei v'usasse, o vecchia o nuova, Per ricompensa e guidardone e merto Di quanto avete già per lei sofferto.

Poi ritorna in alquanto, e pensa come Possa esser che non sia la cosa vera: Che voglia alcun così infamare il nome De la sua donna e crede e brama e spera, O gravar lui d'insopportabil some Tanto di gelosia, che ne pera; Et abbia quel, sia chi si voglia stato, Molto la man di lei bene imitato.

a chi volea ascoltarla, Ch'a molti dilettevole fu a udire, Gl'incominciò senza rispetto a dire: Come esso a prieghi d'Angelica bella, Portato avea Medoro alla sua villa; Ch'era ferito gravemente, e ch'ella Curò la piaga, e in pochi guarilla; Ma che nel cor d'una maggior di quella Lei ferì amor: e di poca scintilla L'accese tanto e cocente fuoco, Che n'ardea tutta, e non trovava loco.

Quel segue la vittoria, e la trafitta Vergine minacciando incalza e preme: Ella, mentre cadea, la voce afitta Movendo, disse le parole estreme: Parole ch'a lei novo on spirto ditta, Spirto di , di carità, di speme: Virtù ch'or Dio le infonde; e se rubella In vita fu, la vuole in morte ancella: Amico, hai vinto; io ti perdon: perdona Tu ancora, al corpo

per lei prega: e dona Battesmo a me ch'ogni mia colpe lave.

D'un bel pallore ha il bianco volto asperso, Come a gigli sarian miste viole; E gli occhi al cielo affisa, e in lei converso Sembra per la pietate il cielo e 'l sole; E la man nuda e fredda alzando verso Il cavaliero, in vece di parole, Gli pegno di pace.

poco innanzi a lei spiegava l'ale; Ma quivi stuol de' Franchi a caso arriva,

bisogno d' acqua, o d'altro tale; E con la donna il cavalier ne porta, In mal vivo, e morto in lei ch'è morta.

Joe placed a pikake and ginger lei around Alison's neck.

" The following Thursday, the lei stands at the airport were busy.

SEE Jordan, H. E. KING, CHARLES E. Lei aloha, lei makamae, one song, piano, with ukelele and guitar accompaniment.

SEE Jordan, H. E. KING, CHARLES E. Lei aloha, lei makamae, one song, piano, with ukelele and guitar accompaniment.

Lei aloha, lei makamae, one song, piano, with ukelele and guitar accompaniment.

Lei aloha, lei makamae, one song, piano, with ukelele and guitar accompaniment.

Sara seminata in lei l'Autorita di Sarra, la Fedelta d'Esther, e la Sapienza di Abba; la vogliamo con l'occhio della colomba che guarda il cielo, e la terra e con la bocca dello

Do we say   lay   or  lei