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coffee entitled Le Caféier
1895—Édelestan Jardin publishes in Paris a work on coffee, entitled Le Caféier et le Café .
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Caféier et le Café
Le Caféier et le Café.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Chien et le Cheval
[ A familiar tale in Voltaire's Zadig (le Chien et le Cheval) is related, to prove the natural sagacity of the Arabs, (D'Herbelot, Bibliot.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

chiens eussent leur couvert
But they even carried their insolence further, and "poussèrent leur mépris pour les villains (the agricultural classes of the Rajput system) jusqu’à exiger que leurs chiens eussent leur couvert auprès de la mariée, et qu’on les laissât manger sur la table" (Art.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

CP earth land condition
eard m. native place, country, region, dwelling-place, estate, cultivated ground , B ; Æ, AO, CP: earth, land : condition, fate , † Hy .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

coſi era late como
po fare ancho [ 106 ] latte como nui faceuamo gratauamo qʒſta medola poi la miſquiauamo cō lacqua ſua medeſima ſtrucandola in vno panno et coſi era late como di capra.
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

corpo et li capili
ſe ongieno eL corpo et li capili cõ oleo de cocho et de giongioli le ſue caſe tute ſonno facte di legnio coperte de taule cõ foglie
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

Consanguinity etc loc cit
[444] Systems of Consanguinity , etc., loc. cit., pp.
— from Ancient Society Or, Researches in the Lines of Human Progress from Savagery, through Barbarism to Civilization by Lewis Henry Morgan

capitule Et les conquêtes
dont elle blesse Jusques aux plus sauvages lieux: L'Afrique avec vous capitule, Et les conquêtes de vos yeux Vont plus loin que celles d'Hercule."
— from Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. by James Richardson

Christian era literary culture
But in the seventh century before the Christian era literary culture began to prevail among the Greeks; and men of education and wealth were naturally desirous of obtaining copies of the great poet of the nation.
— from A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest by William Smith

contre elle le clergé
Par des députations que nous n'avons pas réellement choisies et qui osent introduire dans le texte discuté des paragraphes non discutés, par une commission pour les interpellations imposée par l'autorité; par le défaut absolu de discussion, réplique, objection, interpellation; par des journaux que l'on encourage pour la traquer, pour soulever contre elle le clergé des diocèses; par les nonciatures qui viennent à la rescousse, quand les journaux ne suffisent pas pour tout bouleverser, c'est-à-dire pour ériger en témoins de la foi les prêtres contre les évêques, et ne plus laisser à ces juges divins que le rôle de députés du clergé secondaire avec [pg 836] mandat impératif, et blâme si on ne répond pas au mandat.
— from Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger

costituzioni e le consuetudini
In spite of the action of the two previous pontificates, he determined to expel the three Benedicks who had entered the choir, Leonardo Barè, Domenico Ferrabosco, and Palestrina, "uomini ammogliati, e chi con grandissimo scandalo, ed in vilipendio del divin culto, contro le disposizioni dei sagri canoni, e contro le costituzioni e le consuetudini della cappella apostolica cantano
— from The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 by Rupert Hughes

Cartagena en la cobrança
Cartagena en la cobrança de los derechos de los esclauos, que se mandaron á beneficiar á aquellos puertos” f. 169 86.
— from Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4 by Pascual de Gayangos

Col Edward L court
Price, Col. Edward L., court martialed, 103 .
— from A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry by Julian Wisner Hinkley

ciel et le chapeau
Les hommes ont le long manteau bleu de ciel et le chapeau pointu; là-dessous leurs habits de travail font merveille, quoique roussis par le temps et couleur de perdrix.
— from Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

commander even less capable
In 1809 he had been opposed to a commander even less capable than himself, and his officers and soldiers had helped him successfully out of his difficulties.
— from Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812 by Edward (Edward A.) Foord


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