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cupo en los juegos
Querido amigo mío, por la dolorosa parte que me cupo en los juegos de esta tarde—añadió, llevándose la mano a la 15 región lastimada,—no me doy por ofendido, ni siquiera mortificaré a usted con recuerdos de tan desagradable incidente.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

chez elle le jeudi
Elle est chez elle le jeudi (or) les jeudis.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

called Epiphanes laid Jerusalem
For as the Jewish nation is widely dispersed over all the habitable earth among its inhabitants, so it is very much intermingled with Syria by reason of its neighborhood, and had the greatest multitudes in Antioch by reason of the largeness of the city, wherein the kings, after Antiochus, had afforded them a habitation with the most undisturbed tranquillity; for though Antiochus, who was called Epiphanes, laid Jerusalem waste, and spoiled the temple, yet did those that succeeded him in the kingdom restore all the donations that were made of brass to the Jews of Antioch, and dedicated them to their synagogue, and granted them the enjoyment of equal privileges of citizens with the Greeks themselves; and as the succeeding kings treated them after the same manner, they both multiplied to a great number, and adorned their temple gloriously by fine ornaments, and with great magnificence, in the use of what had been given them.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

compassion even little Jip
‘But Jip,’ said Dora, looking at him with compassion, ‘even little Jip!
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Charles E Lauriat Jr
Copyright in Great Britain, Ireland, and British Colonies, and in all countries under the Convention, by Charles E. Lauriat, Jr. TO MY FATHER WHO TAUGHT ME IN BOYHOOD TO SWIM, AND TO KNOW NO FEAR OF THE SEA AND TO MY MOTHER
— from The Lusitania's Last Voyage Being a narrative of the torpedoing and sinking of the R. M. S. Lusitania by a German submarine off the Irish coast, May 7, 1915 by Lauriat, Charles Emelius, Jr.

CHINE ET LE JAPON
HENRY SCHLIEMANN CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: AUTHOR OF 'TROY AND ITS REMAINS,' 'ITHAQUE, LE PÉLOPONNÈSE ET TROIE,' AND 'LA CHINE ET LE JAPON.'
— from Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns by Heinrich Schliemann

cailloux en le jettant
Il ne sçavoit que faire lors que la Bucheronne leur ayant donné à chacun un morceau de pain pour leur déjeuné, il songea qu'il pourroit se servir de son pain au lieu de cailloux en le jettant par miettes le long des chemins où ils passeroient, il le serra donc dans sa poche.
— from Popular Tales by Charles Perrault

congregate eyes like jet
Looking around, I discover a dark-complexioned woman, with hair black as night, when cats most do congregate; eyes like jet, square face, all one color—parchment; a mouth that shuts like a steel-trap.
— from With Rod and Line in Colorado Waters by Lewis B. France

Charles E Levey Jos
Charles E. Levey Jos.
— from Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir

C E Little J
Boston: C. E. Little & J. Brown, 1844, pp.
— from Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America by Jane M. (Jane Marie) Bancroft

chrétiens et les Juifs
Payen de religion, Rutilius a montré son aversion pour la religion chrétienne dans des vers où, confondant ensemble les chrétiens et les Juifs, il dit du mal des deux sectes.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Richard Hakluyt


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