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ECHO also offers the European Commission's CORDIS database (Community Research and Development Information Service) containing information about research results within scientific and technical fields.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

censuit deinde cum retineretur a
Punico bello Regulus captus a Poenis cum de captivis commutandis Romam missus esset iurassetque se rediturum, primum, ut venit, captivos reddendos in senatu non censuit, deinde, cum retineretur a propinquis et ab amicis, ad supplicium redire maluit quam fidem hosti datam fallere.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

cause definitely circumscribed reddening and
M. Janet could cause definitely circumscribed reddening and tumefaction of the skin on two of his subjects, [Pg 211] by suggesting to them in hypnotism the hallucination of a mustard-poultice of any special shape.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

création des couvertures rapport avec
mise en page des textes, correction, création des couvertures, rapport avec les auteurs, avec les médias, suivi de la distribution-diffusion, etc.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Chase D Charnier Robert Adair
The Baltimore town committee consisted of Thomas Chase, D. Charnier, Robert Adair, Reverend Patrick Allison, and W. Smith.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

City Dr Cronin read a
A few years ago, as chief Medical Inspector of the schools of New York City, Dr. Cronin read a paper
— from On the Firing Line in Education by Adoniram Judson Ladd

cry Dungannon church rang and
" Thus, then, this Parliament exercised less severity than any of its time; it established liberty of conscience and equality of creeds; it proscribed no man for his religion—the word Protestant does not occur in any Act—(though, while it sat, the Westminster Convention was not only thundering out insults against "popery," but exciting William to persecute it, and laying the foundation of the penal code); it introduced many laws of great practical value in the business of society; it removed the disabilities of the natives, the scars of old fetters; it was generous to the king, yet carried its own opinions out against his where they differed; it, finally—and what should win the remembrance and veneration of Irishmen through all time—it boldly announced our national independence, in words which Molyneux shouted on to Swift, and Swift to Lucas, and Lucas to Flood, and Flood and Grattan redoubling the cry; Dungannon church rang, and Ireland was again a nation.
— from Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Thomas Osborne Davis

corps dramatique came round and
When this was given them, the whole of the corps dramatique came round, and each made a most polite bow of acknowledgment and withdrew.
— from Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China Including a visit to the tea, silk, and cotton countries; with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc. by Robert Fortune

Christian duty could require at
Though strongly impressed with the belief that the captives had early been put beyond the reach of suffering, he had neglected no duty, which tenderness to his sorrowing partner, parental love, or Christian duty, could require at his hands.
— from The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish by James Fenimore Cooper

change did come Ram appearing
The change did come, Ram appearing the next day with the basket; but his father and several other men entered the quarry, and something was brought in—what he did not see.
— from Cutlass and Cudgel by George Manville Fenn

cow dowdy cow ride away
Dowdy cow, dowdy cow, ride away hame, Thy house is burnt, and thy bairns are ta'en; And if thou means to save thy bairns, Take thy wings and fly away.
— from Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes by Lina Eckenstein


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