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dear friend cried Aramis
“My dear friend,” cried Aramis.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

drives forth choleric and
An handful of the leaves, or roots boiled in wine or water, and a draught thereof drank fasting, drives forth choleric and phlegmatic humours, opens obstructions of the liver, gall and spleen; helps the yellow jaundice, the heat of the reins, and of the urine; the dropsy also; and those that have an evil disposition in their bodies, by reason of long sickness, evil diet, &c. which the Greeks call Cachexia.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

Dear friend come and
Dear friend, come and succour me or else my other creditors will get wind of my imprisonment and I shall be ruined.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Devisen foreign currency ausländische
ausgleichen; ersetzen make up for ausgleichen; saldieren balance Ausgleichsgeld compensation allowance Ausgleichsplan compensation scheme Ausgleichszahlung compensation Ausgleichszahlung make-up pay Ausgleichung equalization aushändigen hand over Aushilfe temporary job Aushilfen temporary staff Aushilfskraft temporary employee Auskunftei credit agency Auskunftsabteilung; Informationsabteilung intelligence department Auskunftsbüro inquiry office Auskunftsgeber informant Auskunftsperson; Informant informant Auskunftsschalter information desk Auskunftsschalter inquiry desk Auskunftsstelle information office ausladen unload Auslagen machen incur expenses Ausländer alien Ausländerkonto account for foreign citizens ausländisch foreign ausländisch; Auslands- external ausländische Firma foreign corporation ausländische Sorten foreign coins and notes ausländische Währung foreign currency ausländische Währung; Devisen foreign currency ausländische
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

departed for Camelot and
So the next day King Pellinore departed for Camelot, and took the lady with him; and as they rode in a valley full of rough stones, the damsel’s horse stumbled and threw her, so that her arms were sorely bruised and hurt.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

derived from complexion as
This was sometimes derived from complexion, as dhu or roy; sometimes from size, as beg or more; at other times, from some peculiar exploit, or from some peculiarity of habit or appearance.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

daughters first confidante and
“I know I shall always be my daughters’ first confidante, and that if Nicholas, with his impulsive nature, does get into mischief (a boy can’t help it), he will all the same never be like those Petersburg young men.”
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

des faits criminels Archives
(14) Aubry, P. "De l'influence contagieuse de la publicité des faits criminels," Archives d'anthropologie criminelle , VIII (1893), 565-80.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

dicho fconducido a
[5-9] 20 Quedamos en lo dicho: fconducido a la cueva, donde me encerraron, y Parrón montó en
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

deep foundations cleave And
The rooted mountains will I rend, The mightiest trees will break and bend, Earth to her deep foundations cleave, And make the calm sea throb and heave.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Dardanelles for centuries and
But there is no need of documentary evidence to attest the power of the Ottoman artillery of this period; cannon built on the above model have guarded the Dardanelles for centuries, and, what is more, have proved sufficiently effective in modern engagements.
— from The Evolution of Naval Armament by Frederick Leslie Robertson

Dewar from childhood as
Bain is more convincing when he states at the conclusion of his letter that he had known Mrs. Dewar from childhood as a "thoroughly good and true woman," who, as far as he knew, had never in her life had any acquaintance with Butler.
— from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. (Henry Brodribb) Irving

dismissed from court and
After the death of Louis she was dismissed from court and sent to live in a convent near Meaux.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Deposition to Eberswalde Volume 4, Part 1 by Various

dressed figure caught at
The elaborately dressed figure caught at the door-post, as any homely drudge might have done; the woman of the world, startled out of—or into—herself, forgot the world.
— from A Valiant Ignorance; vol. 1 of 3 A Novel in Three Volumes by Mary Angela Dickens

departed from Cirencester and
In the eight yéere of king Alfred his reigne, the armie of the Danes wintered at Cirencester, and the same yéere an other armie of strangers called Wincigi laie at Fulham, and in the yéere following departed foorth of England, and went into France, and the armie of king Godrun 879. or Gurmo departed from Cirencester, and came into Eastangle, and there diuiding the countrie amongst them, began to inhabit the same.
— from Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete by William Harrison

drums from ceiling and
With loud and dissonant clangor Echoed the sound of their brazen drums from ceiling and casement,— Echoed a moment only, and slowly the ponderous portal Closed, and in silence the crowd awaited the will of the soldiers.
— from Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

displaying fresh cuts and
The stranger pursed up his lips in an expressive whistle, then suddenly sprang upwards as the mare, freed from her harness, rolled on her side and struggled to her feet, where she stood shivering and tossing her head, displaying fresh cuts and bruises in her dusty coat.
— from Flaming June by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.


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