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deficient in X is
fail to come; there is lack of; there is no ( no creas que falta more euphonious than no creas que no hay ); neglect what is due; falta a X. X. lacks, X. is without, X. is deficient in, X. is short of; no te falta más que the only thing you have left undone is, the next thing will be; similarly es lo que falta , begin translation with 'that'; (pues)
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Dover I xi ii
[856] Lyon’s Dover, I. xi.; ii. 267-8, 287, 312, 370.
— from Town Life in the Fifteenth Century, Volume 2 (of 2) by Alice Stopford Green

Digby i xxxix ii
Fairly, Colonel (Hon. Stephen Digby), i. xxxix; ii.
— from The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Fanny Burney

dance is xe in
The word for dance is xe in the Eastern Pomo dialect, and ke in that of the Central and Northern Pomo.
— from Ceremonies of the Pomo Indians by S. A. (Samuel Alfred) Barrett

Davenant i xxxii i
Scenes, first introduced by Sir William Davenant, i. xxxii ., i. 87 , note 1.
— from An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume 1 (of 2) Written by Himself. A New Edition with Notes and Supplement by Colley Cibber

die if Xanthias is
May I die, if Xanthias is not my dearest friend.
— from The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes

defined i xxxix in
-537- Lipsius, ii, 124 , 437 Lira, Nicolò de, i, 166 Lisini, Cesare Borgia , ii, 11 note Litta, Count, i, 55 ; ii, 59 ; iii, 123 Liverotto da Fermo, i, 412 , 413 — murdered at Sinigaglia, ii, 3 , 4 Livia, Duchess of Urbino, iii, 477 — birth of iii, 82 — marriage of, iii, 170 , 171 — letter from her to Princess Vittoria, iii, 236 — retirement of, iii, 239 Lloyd, Humphrey, ii, 117 Loches, Castle of, i, 385 , 471 Lodi, ii, 424 ; iii, 77 , 450 — peace of, i, 107 , 123 , 182 — capitulation of, ii, 428 — army of the League at, ii, 435 Lomazzo, ii, 203 , 265 Lombardy, defined, i, xxxix — in 1430, i, 67 — Iron crown of, iii, 42 , 46 Francesco Maria I., in, iii, 58 , 70 Lonato, Pier-Antonio, iii, 131 London, treaty of, ii, 372 Lonno, ii, 409 Loredano, Leonardo, i, 256 , letter to, i, 422 Lorenzo, Fiorenzo di, ii, 199 note Lorenzo da Ceri; see Renzo Loreto, ii, 335 , 379 ; iii, 350 , 360 , 411 — cathedral of, ii, 286 — church of, iii, 353 — drug-vases of, iii, 411 — Madonna of, iii, 176 , 418 Loretto, i, 47 — Lady of, i, 125 Lorraine, Cardinal of, iii, 395 Lo Spagna, ii, 226 note Louis I., i, 323 Louis II., i, 324 Louis III., i, 324 Louis VIII.
— from Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 3 (of 3) Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630 by James Dennistoun

de i xxiv ii
37 Johnson, Samuel, ii. 121 ; iii. 23; v. 413 Johnson, Thomas, iii. 216 Joinville, François Ferdinand Philippe Louis Marie d'Orléans, Prince de, ii. 280 ; iii. 81, 225 Joinville, Jean Sire de, i. xxiv; ii. 132 , 202 , 278 Joly (see Crétineau-Joly) Joques, Père Isaac, i. 229 Jordan, Camille, iii. 68-69; iv. 128, 180, 213 Joseph King of Naples, later of Spain, i. 128; ii. 223 , 257 , 280 ; iii. 46, 54-55, 63-64, 73, 110, 154, 188; iv. 164, 195, 210, 241; v. 44; vi. 91, 184 Joseph, the Milanese tinman, ii. 321 - 322 ; v. 326 Josephine of Sardinia, Queen of France, iv. 9 Josephine of Saxony, Dauphiness of France, ii. 298 Joséphine Tascher de La Pagerie, Vicomtesse de Beauharnais, later Dame Bonaparte, later Empress of the French, ii. 261 - 262 , 282 ; iii. 17, 98, 110, 184, 196; iv. 42, 165-166, 178; vi. 12 Joubert, General Barthélemy Cathérine, iii. 67-68 Joubert, Joseph, ii. 104 , 157 , 167 - 177 , 213 , 226 - 227 , 230 , 236 , 239 , 244 , 307 , 310 , 317 - 319 ; iii. 51; iv. 213, 221; vi. 6 Joubert, Dame, ii. 171 , 174 Joubert the Younger, ii.
— from The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England, Volume 2 (of 6) Mémoires d'outre-tombe, volume 2 by Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de

Dunois i xvi ii
10 , 15 , 22 evidence of, i. xxv , xxix , xxxii becomes Count of Dunois, i. xvi ; ii. 383 , 387 obtains supplies, i. 117 parentage of, i. 128 enters Orléans, i. 129 , 264 -269 achievements of, i. 129 lends musicians to the English, i. 133 leaves Orléans, i. 137 attacks Fastolf's convoy, i. 139 sends to inquire of Jeanne, i. 144 regards Jeanne's mission as religious, i. 264 , 266 , 284 advises Jeanne to hold aloof, i. 272 meets the army from Blois, i. 277 , 282 speaks with Jeanne of Falstolf, i. 283 pacifies Jeanne, i. 294 demands Jeanne's heralds, i. 295 at Les Tourelles, i. 298 , 304 attacks Jargeau, i. 332 , 351 -355 marvels at Jeanne, i. 335 at Patay, i. 370 , 372 policy of, ii.
— from The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 by Anatole France

Dawkinsiani III XXVII in
Dawkinsiani III, XXVII, in the Bodleian Library.
— from A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener


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