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de boue q
Ne diſbucaſemo da queſto ſtrecto ingolfandone neL mare pacifico ſteſſemo tre mesi et vinti Jorni senſa pigliare refrigerio de coſa alguna mangiauamo biſcoto non piu biſcoto ma poluere de q e llo cõ vermi apugnate ꝓ che eſſi haueuano mãgiato iL buono puzaua grã damẽte de orina de Sorzi et beueuamo hacqua Jalla gia putrifata per molti giorni et mangiauamo certe pelle de boue q̃ erano ſop a Lantena mangiore açio q̃
— 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

Davy behaved quite
Davy behaved quite well at first, being occupied in casting covert glances at all the small boys within view and wondering which was Paul Irving.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

durement bien que
Ausi ont-il trop bons homes d'armes et vaillans durement (bien que maint n'y ait), et les dames et damoseles bonnes et loialles, et belles com lys souef florant.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Devotee became quite
" The Devotee became quite excited as I spoke, and exclaimed: "God speaks to me, not only with His mouth, but with His whole body.
— from The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore

de Boze q
H., 488 Davis, S.L., 499 Davis & Co., Noah, 501 Dawson, August T., q. , 711 , 712 Dayton & Co., 480 Dayton Spice Mills, 443 Dayton Spice Mills Co., 508 De Belloy, Jean Baptiste, inv. , 94 , 621 , 622 , 697 , 698 de Boze, q. , 543 de Bussy, Th. Roland, q. , 656 de Chirac, 6 de Clieu, Mathieu Gabriel, 6 , 7 , 8 , 233 , 550 Memorial to, 9 Verses about, 8 Voyage to Martinique, 6 , 7 De Constantinople à Bombay, Lettres , Della Valle, q. , 12 de Coverley, Sir Roger, 86 De Fremery & Co., 488 de Goncourt, Jules, 102 , 103 de Gourcuff, O., 557 de Jour, Rouillé, 8 de Jussieu, Antoine, 6 De la Café , de Gourcuff, 557 de la Motte, Houdard, 554 De Lancey house, New York, 121 de Lannay, Count, 47 de Laval, Pyrard, q. , 2 de l'Écluse, Charles, 31 De Lessert & Co., J.S., 476 De Lima, D.A., 482 De Lima, D.A. & J., 482 De Lima & Co., D.A.,
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

di botto quando
poco i valse: che' l'ali al sospetto non potero avanzar: quelli ando` sotto, e quei drizzo` volando suso il petto: non altrimenti l'anitra di botto, quando 'l falcon s'appressa, giu` s'attuffa, ed ei ritorna su` crucciato e rotto.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

door being quickly
The door being quickly opened, she had not time to disengage herself, before Smike, very pale and haggard, and completely dressed, confronted them.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Do be quiet
Do be quiet, Payne,’ interposed the lieutenant.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

do be quiet
"Girls, girls, do be quiet one minute!
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

de bien qui
Celui est homme de bien qui est homme de 50 biens —He is a good man who is a man of goods.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

des bestiaux qui
JUSTICE DE SOLIMAN Comme Soliman, sultan des Turcs, allait à la conquête de Belgrade, l'an 1521, une femme s'approcha de lui et se plaignit vivement de ce que, pendant son sommeil , des soldats lui avaient volé des bestiaux qui faisaient route sa fortune .
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

distinction between Quirites
The distinction between Quirites and soldiers became more and more deeply rooted in the minds of the burgesses.
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen

Dignam Bailey Q
When Mr. Dignam Bailey, Q. C., went down to Westminster, to move the Court of Queen's Bench, multitudes besieged it.
— from Ginx's Baby: His Birth and Other Misfortunes; a Satire by Edward Jenkins

drew back quickly
"Doc says it's catching," he said, and the undertaker drew back quickly.
— from 'Doc.' Gordon by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

disputed boundary question
Very recently the relations between France and Siam were very much strained over a disputed boundary question.
— from Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics by Oliver Optic

doubtless been quite
Popes, bishops, and cardinals, in straw and pasteboard, were paraded through the streets and burned amid the shouts of the populace, a great portion of whom would have doubtless been quite as ready to do the same pleasant little office for the Bishop of Exeter or his Grace of Canterbury, if they could have carted about and burned in effigy a Protestant hierarchy as safely as a Catholic one.
— from The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume VI. (Of VII) Old Portraits and Modern Sketches, Plus Personal Sketches and Tributes and Historical Papers by John Greenleaf Whittier

do be quick
Oh, Bacchis, dear, do be quick and fetch the witch.
— from The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 04 by of Samosata Lucian

deux bandes qui
Les joueurs sont partagés en deux bandes, qui ont chacune leur poteau, et il s'agit de faire aller la bale jusqu'à celui de la partie adverse, sans qu'elle tombe à terre, et sans qu'elle soit touchée avec la main; car si l'un
— from The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 2 by George Warburton

Dr Barnes quietly
"All right, Captain Nichol," said Dr. Barnes, quietly, "I understand my duties, and I see that you understand yours.
— from Taken Alive by Edward Payson Roe


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