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Club des Poètes
D'innombrables rencontres avec des poètes du monde entier que nous avons découverts sur internet et qui sont venus nous rendre visite au Club des Poètes.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

composée de plusieurs
périphrase , f. , expression composée de plusieurs mots, employée au lieu d'un seul.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

costante De pensieri
Alba rivien colma di rose. VI Giovane piano, e semplicetto amante Poi che fuggir me stesso in dubbio sono, Madonna a voi del mio cuor l'humil dono Faro divoto; io certo a prove tante L'hebbi fedele, intrepido, costante, De pensieri leggiadro, accorto, e buono; Quando rugge il gran mondo, e scocca il tuono, S 'arma di se, e d' intero diamante, Tanto del forse, e d' invidia sicuro, Di timori, e speranze al popol use 10 Quanto d'ingegno, e d' alto valor vago, E di cetra sonora, e delle muse: Sol troverete in tal parte men duro Ove amor
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

Computer Database Plus
The Ziff-Davis service Computer Database Plus, a database with full-text articles from magazines like Datamation and Wall Street Computer Review, depends on them.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

clubs dinner parties
He was drawn into a round of restaurants, clubs, dinner-parties, parties, and he was flattered to have his house frequented by famous lawyers and actors, and to play cards with a professor at the University club.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

certa ducis placidos
V. Pax me certa ducis placidos curvavit in usus.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

copy display perform
Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project Gutenberg-tm License.
— from The Bet, and other stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

creatures danced past
And if all the flowers and leaves and green things and birds and wild creatures danced past at once, what a crowd it would be!
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Christine de Pisan
--The Knight and his Lady.--Costumes of the Court of Burgundy in the Fourteenth Century; Furnished Chamber.--Miniature in "Othea," Poem by Christine de Pisan (Brussels Library).
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

classe de personnes
C'est une très bonne chose, mais cet outil présente aujourd'hui deux inconvénients: - tout d'abord, rien ne remplacera le marque-page, ni l'odeur des bouquins qui sont lus sur la plage dans le sable par toute la famille durant l'été… En bref, l'e-book ne peut remplacer le rapport charnel du lecteur et de son livre; - de plus, cet instrument est réservé à une classe de personnes qui peuvent financièrement s'en permettre l'acquisition.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

clausum domorum predictorum
Sciatis quod concessimus fratribus Minoribus de Cantebr’ domum illam cum pertinenciis in Cantebr’ que fuit Magistri Benjamin Judei et quam prius vobis concesseramus ad Gayolam nostram ( or vestram) inde faciendam, ad clausum domorum predictorum fratrum dilatandum, salvis domino feodi serviciis et redditibus ei inde debitis.
— from The Grey Friars in Oxford by A. G. (Andrew George) Little

certain dwelling place
And Musæus answered, “We have no certain dwelling-place: [ Pg 144] but climb this hill, and ye can see the whole plain below, and doubtless him whom ye seek.”
— from Stories from Virgil by Alfred John Church

Calle de Pescadores
"You're wanted to-night in the Calle de Pescadores," he whispered, as she rested her hand on his shoulder to jump down.
— from The Hippodrome by Rachel Hayward

Company D Private
John H. Parker, 13th Infantry. Sergeant Alois Weischaar, Company A, Sergeant William Eyder, Company G, Private Lewis Kastner, Company A. Private Joe Seman, Company B, Private Abram Greenberg, Company C. Private Joseph Hoft, Company D, Private O'Connor L. Jones, Company D, Private Louis Misiak, Company E, Private George C. Murray, Company F, Private John Bremer, Company G, Private Fred H. Chase, Company H, Private Martin Pyne, Company H, will report to Lieut.
— from History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Santiago With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition by John H. (John Henry) Parker

Continuation des Pensées
[5] Upon this topic consult what Bayle says, Continuation des Pensées diverses sur la Comète , Sections 124, 125, tome iv., Rousseau de Genève, in his Contrat Social , l. 4, ch. 8.
— from Letters to Eugenia; Or, A Preservative Against Religious Prejudices by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

clear distinct painting
Stanza 9 he praised for the clear distinct painting; 10 he repeated with emphasis,—the last two lines conscious that his own age was eighty; 13, 14, and 15 are favourites with me.
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

consules designati provincias
Metellus et Silanus consules designati provincias inter se partiverant, Metelloque Numidia evenerat.
— from A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge

Cerro de Pasco
The third section was very much longer and more difficult in every respect than either of the two completed, since it extended from Nanucaca—already connected by rail with Cerro de Pasco—along the shore of Lake Chinchaycocha to Ayacucho and Cuzco, and thence on to Santa Rosa, the distance being some four hundred and seventy miles as the crow flies, while the difficulties of the route might possibly increase that distance by nearly one-third.
— from Harry Escombe: A Tale of Adventure in Peru by Harry Collingwood

considerable distance past
It was probable that Hermann and his father had gone a considerable distance past the Widow Geiser's before they realized they were lost and turned back.
— from Rescue Dog of the High Pass by Jim Kjelgaard


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