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Chabot disfrocked Capuchin skilful in
Foremost here are the Cordelier Trio: hot Merlin from Thionville, hot Bazire, Attorneys both; Chabot, disfrocked Capuchin, skilful in agio.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

Claudian de Consulatu Stilichonis iii
Claudian , de Consulatu Stilichonis , iii. 150-173.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Clarissa down Chloe stepped in
As bold Sir Plume had drawn Clarissa down, Chloe stepped in, and killed him with a frown; She smiled to see the doughty hero slain,
— from The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope

cosa de comer said I
"Hay algunas cosa de comer?" said I. "Si Señor!" said he.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

Chevalier de Casanova said I
“I am the Chevalier de Casanova,” said I.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

castratus dicitur Capo saginatur in
habet Cristam , 2. & Calcaria , 3. castratus dicitur Capo & saginatur in Ornithotrophico , 4.
— from The Orbis Pictus by Johann Amos Comenius

Christians did commit something illegal
But on the other hand it was not difficult to show that Christians did commit something illegal.
— from The Formation of Christendom, Volume II by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

cried De Chemerant striving in
"This miserable wretch has deceived me most outrageously, gentlemen!" cried De Chemerant, striving in vain to make himself heard.
— from A Romance of the West Indies by Eugène Sue

caldo de canna shops in
Within a fortnight of the establishment of this entirely new industry fifteen other persons, all Brazilians, had opened caldo de canna shops in the three short blocks of that narrow, vehicle-less shopping street, buying out the former occupants at any price—with the inevitable result that within a month the entire clan, including the originator, were bankrupt.
— from Working North from Patagonia Being the Narrative of a Journey, Earned on the Way, Through Southern and Eastern South America by Harry Alverson Franck

Cima di Conegliano sustained imparting
With these the influence of Oderigi seems to have become extinct in his native town, before the close of the fifteenth century, long ere which it had, however, been transported elsewhere by Gentile da Fabriano, who, emerging from his Apennine home, reproduced in Florence and in Rome the characteristics of that master, amid universal applause, and, carrying them to Venice, founded there the religious feeling which the Bellini, Vivarini, and Cima di Conegliano sustained, imparting at the same time that taste for luxuriant colouring which Titian brought to perfection.
— from Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 2 (of 3) Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630. by James Dennistoun

circus de circus smash I
I go back to de circus; de circus smash; I have no pay.
— from The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Complete by Gilbert Parker

Cour des Comptes situated in
Then he followed the quays, which led him to the Cour des Comptes, situated in that time close to the Saint-Chapelle.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

certandum deficiente cum se in
Sept. venisset, ab ipso Monsorello et aliis loricatis oppressus: tamen, qua erat animi praesentia, quamvis unus contra plures, summa vi percussores initio disjecit; tandemque numero victus, spiritu inter certandum deficiente, cum se in fossam per fenestram praecipitare vellet, a tergo interfectus est."
— from Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois by George Chapman

can discern clearly such is
next, the author coming into notice, but under eclipse now and then from disappearance behind a public office; finally, the acknowledged romancer of indefinitely great endowment—the head of his order in America—sent abroad to an important post, where he is recognized and warmly greeted by every one who can discern clearly: such is the general course of the narrative.
— from The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Appendix to Volume XII: Tales, Sketches, and other Papers by Nathaniel Hawthorne with a Biographical Sketch by George Parsons Lathrop Biographical Sketch of Nathaniel Hawthorne by George Parsons Lathrop


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