[2] —"Sua casa che era posta nel confin di S. Giovanni Chrisostomo, che hor fà l'anno s'abbrugiò totalmente , con gran danno di molti.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa
Les rubriques sont peu à peu équipées avec des postes dédiés, mais une minorité de journalistes exploite ce gisement de données.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
For the soul which hath the longest ladder, and can go deepest down: how could there fail to be most parasites upon it?— —The most comprehensive soul, which can run and stray and rove furthest in itself; the most necessary soul, which out of joy flingeth itself into chance:— —The soul in Being, which plungeth into Becoming; the possessing soul, which SEEKETH to attain desire and longing:— —The soul fleeing from itself, which overtaketh itself in the widest circuit; the wisest soul, unto which folly speaketh most sweetly:— —The soul most self-loving, in which all things have their current and counter-current, their ebb and their flow:—oh, how could THE LOFTIEST SOUL fail to have the worst parasites? 20.
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
[ Ger. steig] ± stīgan 1 to move, go : go up, spring up, ascend, rise, mount, scale , AO, CP: go down, descend , Æ, CP.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall
Ma ’l suon, che di dolcezza i sensi lega, Col gran desir d’udendo esser beata, L’anima, al dipartir presta, raffrena.
— from Fifteen sonnets of Petrarch by Francesco Petrarca
La noción de gobierno, esto es, la de una entidad tutelar y directiva, nacida del consenso general, digna de respeto, necesariamente fuerte y obligatoriamente honesta, empezó a entrar en el alma nacional cuando, después de predicarla durante cuarenta años, Sarmiento la encarnó en la Presidencia.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson
Partowch partowch eich pibau cân, Gan ddawnsio dowch
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes
III., 244.—The only place where I have found any testimony to show that America was seen from the Gabriel is a chart by J. N. De l'Isle: " Carte Génerale des Découvertes de l'Admiral de Fonte ," Paris, 1752, on which chart, opposite the Bering peninsula, a coast line is represented with the words: " Terres vues par M. Spangberg en [Pg 204] 1728, frequentées à présent par les Russes, qui en apportent de très belles fourrures ."
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen
Dey come gallupin' down de road, jumpin' over de palin's, tromplin' down de rose bushes an' messin' up de flower beds.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration
For in the early history of Cuba there is no other name which stands for so much in conquest and colonization, and in the foundation, organization and development of the State, as that of the first Cuban Governor, Diego de Velasquez.
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
“No, but Chet Greene did, day before yesterday, and they told him they were laying men off instead of taking ’em on.”
— from First at the North Pole; Or, Two Boys in the Arctic Circle by Edward Stratemeyer
18-24; Calderon, Gloriosa Defensa de Malta, pp.
— from History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott
[By a ready conception of this sort, joined to a great courage, General Dessaix determined the issue of the battle of Marengo.
— from Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. by H. W. (Henry Wager) Halleck
B. Stem cartilaginous, Gills decurrent Deconia.
— from The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
"But I am afraid, my dear wife, we cannot get David Delaney back now; he must have reached the Himalayas by this time."
— from A Little Mother to the Others by L. T. Meade
8-13; Calderon, Gloriosa Defensa de Malta, pp.
— from History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott
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