Ceci dit, la notion de livre électronique m'intéresse en tant que bibliothécaire et lecteur.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

In the interests of their ambition she granted momentary favor to Chardin des Lupeaulx, the Secretary-General.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

‘Tis not one man, not Athos only, not the Comte de la Fere whom you will ruin by this amiable weakness, but a whole party to whom you belong and who depend upon you.”
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

These causes if they be considered, and come alone, I do easily yield, can do little of themselves, seldom, or apart (an old oak is not felled at a blow) though many times they are all sufficient every one: yet if they concur, as often they do, vis unita fortior; et quae non obsunt singula, multa nocent , they may batter a strong constitution; as [2400] Austin said, many grains and small sands sink a ship, many small drops make a flood, &c., often reiterated; many dispositions produce an habit.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Uds. harán fortuna con el comercio de la piel de chinchilla, de la cibelina, del armiño y de la marta, animales de cuyas pieles se obtiene mayor rendimiento.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

The story has it that Lefévre later opened a café near the Palais Royal, selling it in 1718 to one Leclerc, who named it the Café de la Régence, in honor of the regent of Orleans, a name that still endures on a broad sign over its doors.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Out of this Wood street be divers lanes; namely, on the east side is Lad lane, which runneth east to Milke street corner; down lower in Wood street is Love lane, which lieth by the south side of St. Alban’s church in Wood street, and runneth down to the Conduit in Aldermanburie street.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

Roy Uter Pendragon, jusques à le temps au Roy Artus son fils, et des compaignons de la Table Ronde.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of sorrow; he cometh up and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as a shadow and continueth not; in the midst of life we are in death; of whom may we seek for succor but of Thee, O Lord, who for our sins are justly displeased.
— from The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge by William Morgan

She came downstairs looking very much at home, and smoking the inevitable cigarette.
— from The Phantom Lover by Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred) Ayres

In the Cotillon of the ballroom, the ring finally breaks up and the company dances in couples; the Cushion Dance leads up to the withdrawal of the married pair, and concludes with a romp.
— from Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes by Lina Eckenstein

Je sais ce qu'il faut en cela mettre surde compte de l'époque....
— from Supernatural Religion, Vol. 2 (of 3) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels

I could allow for the wind—it would not blow so every day; few people were in the fields, and those few seemed to be taking life easy, contentedly doing little; the hedges were delightfully tangled, a disgrace to good farming it may be, but that is a matter apart.
— from A Leisurely Tour in England by James John Hissey

Other countries, discovered later, attract the attention of the colonists: such is the natural progress of things in peopling a vast continent.
— from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Alexander von Humboldt

The crops did look well, and the island being covered with mud, the sand had done wonders for the vegetation.
— from The Crater; Or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific by James Fenimore Cooper

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do lovely things, not dream them, all day long; And so make Life, and Death, and that Forever, One grand, sweet song. 10 rove stove grove nose close chose flies built calico lively poplar greedy parent window hatched Write c, d, w, cl, dr, str, with —ove; and h, r, pr, th, with —ose.
— from The Alberta Public School Speller Authorized by the Minister of Education for Alberta by Anonymous

H. P. L. Cart de Lafontaine " 1. 1.20 Military Cross 2/Lieut.
— from The War History of the 4th Battalion, the London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1914-1919 by F. Clive Grimwade

Demon malin, donnez vous garde de l'offenser, car, effectivement, c'est un Personnage à represailles: enfin en quelque caractere que vous le voyez, Il vous le faudra respecter: dans l'un vous l'aimerez comme fidele chretienne; dans l'autre, reverez le afin qu'il ne vous fasse point de mal.
— from Lord Chatham, His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of