Bratten do do up R. Fields do do falls J. B. Thompson do do up J. Colter do do up H. Hall do do S. R. Labeech do do S R Peter Crusatte do do S R J. B. Depage do do up Shabono —- - S. Guterich do do falls W. Werner do do up Go.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark
LES RUGISSEMENTS DU LION ANGLAIS Au commencement de la Révolution d'Amérique, une des foudroyantes proclamations du roi d'Angleterre excita de vives discussions dans une société à Philadelphie.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann
L'année suivante, il décide de créer Travlang, devenu depuis un site majeur dans le domaine des voyages et des langues, et nommé meilleur site de voyages en 1997.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
[A1; c] decorate; dress up smartly, esp.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
Not that there is any power at all in those spells, charms, characters, and barbarous words; but that the devil doth use such means to delude them.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
ANT: Disbelief, distrust, untrustworthiness, shame, insecurity, disgrace, censure.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows
“Of course, you cannot do duty under such a masquerade as you are at present,” continued the captain, who referred to my stained skin.
— from Percival Keene by Frederick Marryat
After they come forth perfectly free from impurities they are stewed with pigeons’ eggs, spicery, and other ingredients into a soup; when cooked they resemble isinglass, and the dish depends upon sauces and seasoning for most of its taste.
— from The Middle Kingdom, Volume 1 (of 2) A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants by S. Wells (Samuel Wells) Williams
[94] Quand tous les biens que l'homme envie Déborderaient dans un seul cœur, La mort seule au bout de la vie Fait un supplice du bonheur.
— from The Heavenly Father: Lectures on Modern Atheism by Ernest Naville
A meeting was held at Yeovil between the agent and the patron, two or three others being present, at the house of one Daniel; where a contract was duly drawn up, signed, and witnessed, by which Medlycott agreed to sell the borough, and to throw out his old friend, the Hon.
— from A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days Showing the State of Political Parties and Party Warfare at the Hustings and in the House of Commons from the Stuarts to Queen Victoria by Joseph Grego
Alas, for poor humanity, if an endless destiny depended upon such scientific certainty!
— from Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Robert Patterson
Dann geht, durchsucht das Ufer scharf und schnell ***
— from Project Gutenberg Newsletters 1999 Thirteen Letters: December 1998 to December 1999 by Michael Hart
The old house took on new life and activity, the latter sometimes pernicious, as when Willy Cameron fell down the cellar stairs with a pail of paint in his hand, or Dan, digging up some bricks in the back yard for a border the seeds of which were already sprouting in a flat box in the kitchen, ran a pickaxe into his foot.
— from A Poor Wise Man by Mary Roberts Rinehart
“Much good will a dead daub do us,” said Baroncelli, sourly, and turning to his neighbours; but no man listened to him, and he, a would-be demagogue, gnawed his lip in envy.
— from Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
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