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concurrencer son propre eBookMan
Version qui dans ce cas précis risque de concurrencer son propre eBookMan, dont le nom est assez bien choisi, remember walkman, discman… Il est censé sortir
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Christ suffer persecution even
By these and similar depraved manners and errors of men, those who will live piously in Christ suffer persecution, even when no one molests or vexes their body; for they suffer this persecution, not in their bodies, but in their hearts.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Church says plainly enough
And again St. Augustin explaining [251] what is meant by the Water, and the Wine that it wou'd be turn'd into, at the Time of the spiritual Celebration of this Marriage of Christ with his Spouse of the Church, says plainly enough, that by Water is meant the Letter of the Scriptures; and by the best Wine is to be understood spiritual Interpretations, which would transport the understandings of Men with divine knowledge; and warm their Hearts and Affections into a spiritual Inebriation ; after the similitude of Wine natural.
— from Six Discourses on the Miracles of Our Saviour, and Defences of His Discourses by Thomas Woolston

chevalier sans peur et
All agree that his conduct in everyday life and on all occasions was that of a true knight, a cavaliere servente , a chevalier sans peur et sans [ xi ] reproche .
— from Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians by Woislav M. Petrovitch

Cimaroso Sacchini Piccini etc
Great popularity of the Operas by Paesiello, Cimaroso, Sacchini, Piccini, etc.
— from Musical Myths and Facts, Volume 2 (of 2) by Carl Engel

curls said Peaches eying
"All right; I will if you will smooth out those groups of curls," said Peaches, eying me critically.
— from It Pays to Smile by Nina Wilcox Putnam

Cuming Street Prof E
ASUNDER Huddled with his family in the basement of his home at 3229 Cuming Street, Prof. E. W. Hunt saw the house split asunder.
— from The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado by Logan Marshall

conception style phrasing etc
He was aware of this, and said in effect on one occasion, as I learned indirectly through either Klindworth or Pruckner: "You are to learn all you can from my playing, relating to conception, style, phrasing, etc., but do not imitate my touch, which, I am well aware, is not a good model to follow.
— from Memories of a Musical Life by William Mason

conductor some psychic element
One always feels inhibition and suppression (such as a Freudian has found characteristic of the English) in the movements of the English conductor, some psychic element holding the nervous play in check, and producing a stiff wooden embarrassed rigidity or an ostentatiously languid and careless indifference.
— from Impressions and Comments by Havelock Ellis

could see plain enough
“Wal, you see, from the time that Bill Elderkin come and took the academy, I could see plain enough that it was time for me to hang up my fiddle.
— from Oldtown Fireside Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe

color size position etc
We need to add some words to tell its color, size, position, etc., if we are at a distance; and if we are near, we need some word to point out the house we speak of, so that no other will be mistaken for it.
— from An English Grammar by James Witt Sewell


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