Enquire within upon everything: The great Victorian-era domestic standby — Page 7
The Indexes have been prepared with great labour, and alone occupy about 500 pages.
Les index ont été préparés avec beaucoup de travail, et occupent à eux seuls environ 500 pages.
A vast Fund of valuable Information, embracing every Subject of Interest or Utility, is thus attainable, and at a merely nominal Cost.
Un vaste fonds d'informations précieuses, englobant tout sujet d'intérêt ou d'utilité, est ainsi accessible, et à un coût purement symbolique.
These Works are in such general demand, that the Sale has already reached considerably upwards of ONE-AND-A-HALF MILLION VOLUMES.
Ces ouvrages sont d'une demande si générale que les ventes ont déjà largement dépassé UN MILLION ET DEMI DE VOLUMES.
The attention of all parties interested in the dissemination of sound Theoretical Instruction and Practical Knowledge is particularly directed to the Twenty-seven Volumes in this Series of Popular and Valuable Books.
L'attention de toutes les personnes intéressées par la diffusion d'une solide Instruction Théorique et de Connaissances Pratiques est particulièrement attirée vers les Vingt-sept Volumes de cette Série de Livres Populaires et Précieux.
1-3. "DAILY WANTS, THE DICTIONARY OF," containing nearly 1,200 pages of Information upon all matters of Practical and Domestic Utility. Above 118,000 copies have been sold.
1-3. « LE DICTIONNAIRE DES BESOINS QUOTIDIENS », contenant près de 1 200 pages d'informations sur toutes les questions d'utilité Pratique et Domestique. Plus de 118 000 exemplaires ont été vendus.
4-7. "USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, THE DICTIONARY OF," a Book of Reference upon History, Geography, Science, Statistics, &c. A Companion Work to the "Dictionary of Daily Wants."
4-7. « LE DICTIONNAIRE DU SAVOIR UTILE », un ouvrage de référence sur l'Histoire, la Géographie, les Sciences, les Statistiques, etc. Un ouvrage complémentaire au « Dictionnaire des Besoins Quotidiens ».
8 & 9. "MEDICAL AND SURGICAL KNOWLEDGE, THE DICTIONARY OF," a Complete Practical Guide on Health and Disease, for Families, Emigrants, and Colonists.
8 & 9. « LE DICTIONNAIRE DES CONNAISSANCES MÉDICALES ET CHIRURGICALES », un Guide Pratique Complet sur la Santé et la Maladie, à l'usage des Familles, des Émigrants et des Colons.
10. "ENQUIRE WITHIN UPON EVERYTHING."
10. « RENSEIGNEZ-VOUS SUR TOUT ».
11. "THE REASON WHY, CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS," giving the Origin, History, and Tenets of the Christian Sects, with the Reasons assigned _by themselves_ for their Specialities of Faith and forms of Worship.
11. « POURQUOI, LES CONFESSIONS CHRÉTIENNES », donnant l'Origine, l'Histoire et les Principes des Sectes Chrétiennes, avec les Raisons invoquées _par elles-mêmes_ pour leurs Spécificités de Foi et leurs formes de Culte.
12. "THE REASON WHY, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY," containing upwards of 1,200 Reasons, explanatory of the Physical Phenomena of Earth and Sea, their Geological History, and the Geographical distribution of Plants, Animals, and the Human Race.
12. « POURQUOI, GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE ET GÉOLOGIE », contenant plus de 1 200 Explications des Phénomènes Physiques de la Terre et de la Mer, de leur Histoire Géologique, et de la répartition Géographique des Plantes, des Animaux et de la Race Humaine.
Vocabulary
- index
- Alphabetical lists for locating information in books
- été
- Past participle of 'être', meaning 'been'
- préparés
- Prepared or made ready with care
- occupent
- Occupy or take up a certain amount of space
- seuls
- Alone or by themselves, without others
- environ
- Approximately or around a given quantity
- vaste
- Vast or extensive in scope or size
- fonds
- Fund or collection of resources and materials
- précieuses
- Precious or highly valuable in quality
- englobant
- Encompassing or including a wide range of topics
- sujet
- Subject or topic being discussed or studied
- utilité
- Usefulness or practical value of something
- ainsi
- Adverb meaning 'thus' or 'in this way'
- accessible
- Able to be reached or obtained easily
- coût
- Cost or price of something purchased
- purement
- Purely or entirely without other elements
- symbolique
- Symbolic or nominal, representing very little value
- ouvrages
- Works or publications, typically books or texts
- demande
- Demand or request for a product or service
- générale
- General or widespread across a broad population
- ventes
- Sales or instances of selling goods
- largement
- Largely or by a wide margin
- dépassé
- Surpassed or exceeded a particular limit or number
- DEMI
- Half, referring to one and a half total
- VOLUMES
- Physical books or bound publications in a series
- intéressées
- Interested or engaged in a particular subject
- diffusion
- Dissemination or spreading of information widely
- solide
- Solid or thorough, dependable in quality
- Instruction
- Teaching or education providing structured knowledge
- Théorique
- Theoretical, relating to abstract principles and concepts
- Connaissances
- Knowledge or understanding of a subject area
- Pratiques
- Practical skills applicable to real situations
- particulièrement
- Particularly or especially in a specific manner
- attirée
- Attracted or drawn toward something specific
- Volumes
- Books or tomes forming part of a series
- Série
- Series or sequence of related published works
- Populaires
- Popular or widely appreciated by the general public
- Précieux
- Precious or invaluable, of great worth
- DICTIONNAIRE
- Dictionary, a reference book of word definitions
- BESOINS
- Needs or necessities required for daily life
- QUOTIDIENS
- Daily or occurring every day routinely
- contenant
- Containing or holding a specified amount inside
- Pratique
- Practical or relating to hands-on application
- Domestique
- Domestic or relating to home and household matters
- exemplaires
- Copies of a printed work sold or distributed
- vendus
- Sold, past participle of 'vendre'
- SAVOIR
- Knowledge or the act of knowing something
- UTILE
- Useful or serving a practical purpose
- ouvrage
- Work or publication, typically a book
- référence
- Reference, a source consulted for information
- Géographie
- Geography, the study of Earth's landscapes and regions
- Statistiques
- Statistics, numerical data collected and analyzed
- complémentaire
- Complementary, serving to complete or supplement another
- Dictionnaire
- Dictionary, a book listing words and definitions
- Besoins
- Needs or requirements for everyday living
- Quotidiens
- Daily matters or things occurring every day
- CONNAISSANCES
- Knowledge or areas of understanding on subjects
- MÉDICALES
- Medical, relating to the practice of medicine
- CHIRURGICALES
- Surgical, relating to surgery and operative procedures
- Complet
- Complete or comprehensive, covering all aspects
- Maladie
- Illness or disease affecting the body
- usage
- Use or intended application of something
- Émigrants
- Emigrants, people who leave their country to settle elsewhere
- Colons
- Settlers or colonists establishing communities in new lands
- RENSEIGNEZ-VOUS
- Imperative meaning 'find out' or 'inform yourself'
- CONFESSIONS
- Religious denominations or declarations of faith
- CHRÉTIENNES
- Christian, relating to the religion of Christianity
- donnant
- Giving or providing information about something
- Origine
- Origin or starting point of something's existence
- Principes
- Principles or fundamental beliefs guiding behavior
- Sectes
- Sects or religious groups with distinct beliefs
- Chrétiennes
- Christian, relating to denominations within Christianity
- Raisons
- Reasons or justifications given for a position
- invoquées
- Invoked or cited as justification for something
- elles-mêmes_
- Themselves (feminine), referring to the groups themselves
- Spécificités
- Specificities or distinctive characteristics of something
- Foi
- Faith or belief, especially religious conviction
- formes
- Forms or types of something's expression or practice
- Culte
- Worship or religious practice and ritual observance
- GÉOGRAPHIE
- Geography, study of Earth's physical features and regions
- PHYSIQUE
- Physical, relating to natural matter and phenomena
- GÉOLOGIE
- Geology, science of Earth's rocks and structure
- Explications
- Explanations or clarifications of complex phenomena
- Phénomènes
- Phenomena or observable natural events and occurrences
- Physiques
- Physical, relating to the natural world's processes
- Géologique
- Geological, relating to the study of Earth's rocks
- répartition
- Distribution or allocation across a given area
- Géographique
- Geographic, relating to the features of Earth's surface
- Race
- Race or classification grouping of human populations
- Humaine
- Human, relating to humankind or human beings
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