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de coral coral
Chapter Footnotes: [1] víbora de coral, coral snake .
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

dutifull Children c
lodges & I explained to the nation the cause of my comeing in this formadable manner to their Town, was to asst and Chastise the enimies of our Dutifull Children,—I requested the Grand Cheif to repeat the Circumstancies as they hapined which he did as was mentioned by the Express in the morning—I then informed them that if they would assemble their warrers and those of the different Towns I would to meet the Army of Souix & Chastise thim for takeing the blood of our dutifull Children &c. after a conversation of a fiew minits anongst themselves, one Chief the Big Man Cien Said they now Saw that what we hade told them was the trooth, whin we expected the enimies of their Nation was Comeing to attact them, or had spilt their blood were ready to protect them, and Kill those who would not listen to our Good talk—his people had listened to what we had told them and Cearlessly went out to hunt in Small parties believing themselves to be Safe from the other Nations—and have been killed by the Panies & Seauex.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

du Cargo Club
Elle a été créée en 1971 par Catherine Domain, membre du SLAM (Syndicat national de la librairie ancienne et moderne), du Club des explorateurs et du Club international des grands voyageurs, et fondatrice du Cargo Club (un club de rencontre pour les passionnés de la mer) et du Club Ulysse des petites îles du monde.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Diego Comic Con
Mega-hit best-sellers in science fiction sell half a million copies -- in a world where 175,000 attend the San Diego Comic Con alone, you've got to figure that most of the people who "like science fiction" (and related geeky stuff like comics, games, Linux, and so on) just don't really buy books.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

deprived Capt Clark
this accedent deprived Capt. Clark of any information with ripect to the country and supposing that the rapid fork was most in the direction which it was proper we should pursue, or West, he took that stream and asscended it with much difficulty about a mile and encamped on an island that had been lately overflown and was yet damp; they were therefore compelled to make beds of brush to keep themselves out of the mud.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

defendant could clear
A defendant could clear himself of the felony by their oath that he had bought or received the thing openly in the way appointed by law.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

dejarle cuando cierre
Y si no, dígame: ¿qué herencia piensa usted dejarle cuando cierre el ojo?
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

de Cosectis c
The anonymous writer (p. 285) enumerates, arcus Titi, turris Cartularia; arcus Julii Cæsaris et Senatorum, turres de Bratis; arcus Antonini, turris de Cosectis, &c.]
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

distribute colorful catalogues
Some commercial services distribute colorful catalogues to users to support sales.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

deposits copper coal
Mongolia also has extensive mineral deposits: copper, coal, molybdenum, tin, tungsten, and gold account for a large part of industrial production.
— from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Despatches Castlereagh Correspondence
AUTHORITIES.—F. de Martins, Recueil des traites conclus par la Russie, &c. (St Petersb., 1874, &c.); Wellington Despatches Castlereagh Correspondence; Prince Adam Czartoryski, Memoires et correspondance avec l'empereur Alexandre I. (Paris, 1887, 2 vols.).
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

de Cremona Caracciolus
Franciscus de Hailbrun complied with it to this extent in some dull lines in an edition of the “Quadragesimale” of Robertus de Licio in 1472; and it is in another edition of the same work that Panzer first records three couplets which, with the addition of a prose sentence, also constant in form, occur in numerous books printed by Bartolommeo de Cremona: Caracciolus.
— from An Essay on Colophons, with Specimens and Translations by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard

divorce case contained
His letters to Mrs. Weatherley from thence, afterwards put into Court in the celebrated divorce case, contained many interesting accounts of his attempts in that direction.
— from The Last Boer War by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

derive considerable convenience
Ladies will derive considerable convenience and gratification from having an exterior case made to enclose the piano-forte, leaving a space of about an inch all around.
— from The East India Vade-Mecum, Volume 1 (of 2) or, complete guide to gentlemen intended for the civil, military, or naval service of the East India Company. by Thomas Williamson


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