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característica es la de ser
—En el canto, cuya característica es la de ser de una sola
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

circumstances even less disagreeable such
A short time ago he would have been intolerant of circumstances even less disagreeable, such as finding himself forced to share a cabin on shipboard, or a wagon-lit compartment, after expecting to travel alone.
— from Lord Loveland Discovers America by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

carmen e los de santa
cantan en alto grito.... los dela trinjdat conlos frayles del carmen e los de santa eulalya, por que non se ensanen, todos manda que digan que canten e que llamen: ‘¡ benedictus qui venjt!’
— from Chapters on Spanish Literature by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly

crazy enthusiasts like David savage
On the benches of the extreme "Left," around Robespierre, Danton and Marat, the original nucleus of the September faction, sit men of their stamp, first, the corrupt, like Chabot, Tallien and Barras, wretches like Fouché, Guffroy and Javogues, crazy enthusiasts like David, savage maniacs like Carrier, paltry simpletons like Joseph Lebon, common fanatics like Levasseur, Baubot, Jeanbon-Saint-André, Romme and Lebas.
— from The French Revolution - Volume 2 by Hippolyte Taine

creatum est licet determinet sibi
28: “ Liberum arbitrium, quia creatum est, licet determinet sibi actum, illum tamen determinat praedeterminatum a Deo. ”
— from Grace, Actual and Habitual: A Dogmatic Treatise by Joseph Pohle

Cornouailles et le Dameisel sans
We love to imagine the blonde princess for whom this romantic ruin had been erected, coming to sit at the foot of her tower, and, in order to put her thoughts in harmony with the melancholy of this legendary site, reading, in a nice little book published by Sieur Cazin, bookseller of Rheims, some chivalrous romance by M. de Mayer, for example Geneviève de Cornouailles et le Dameisel sans nom.
— from The Spell of the Heart of France: The Towns, Villages and Chateaus about Paris by André Hallays

chops en low dat some
"W'en Brer Fox year dat ole Miss Goose wuz down dar dabblin' in soapsuds en washin' cloze, he sorter lick he chops, en 'low dat some er dese odd-come-shorts he gwine ter call en pay he 'specks.
— from Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris

città e luoghi dello Stato
Bibliografia Storica, delle città e luoghi dello Stato Pontificale, &c. 4to.
— from A Bibliography of Bibliography; Or, a Handy Book About Books Which Relate to Books by Joseph Sabin

como en la de San
'Su principal abrigo es el famoso cerro Prieto, al Poniente de San José de los Pimas, doce leguas, y doce casi al Sur del Pitic; del mar como cerca de catorce leguas al Oriente, y de la boca del rio Hiaqui al Norte, treinta leguas.... Otro asilo tienen, así en su isla del Tiburon, casi como cuarenta leguas al Poniente de la hacienda del Pitic y como una legua de la costa, en el seno de Californias; como en la de San Juan Bautista, cerca de nueve leguas del Tiburon al Sud-sudueste y á mas de dos leguas de tierra.'
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft


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