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de plus du reste
D'-- , de plus, du reste.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

des pages de références
Outre les liens, ce bureau de référence contient des pages de références aux articles, monographies et sites web correspondant aux différents projets de recherche en cours à l'OCDE, l'accès en réseau
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

DAMASCUS PRUNES DATES RAISINS
[237] OF DRIED FRUITS [to be on hand] DE POMIS SICCIS HOC DAMASCUS PRUNES, DATES, RAISINS, POMEGRANATES.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

daL parte de re
cõ alt i tanti piati de legnio grandi daL parte de re in ogni piato erão x hoꝟo dudize ſcudelle de porcelana pienne de Carne de vitello de caponi galine pauonj et altry animali et de peſce cenaſſemo in tera ſoura vna ſtora de palma de trenta o trenta dui ſorte de viuande de carne eccepto Lo peſce et alt e coſe
— 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

de penitencia de resignación
y pío de los hijos de Orbajosa contribuye a la grande obra de la extirpación de las desventuras patrias, 15 me tendré por el más dichoso de los hombres sólo con ser paisano vuestro; y toda mi vida de estudios, de penitencia, de resignación, no me parecerá tan meritoria para aspirar al cielo, como un día solo de vuestro heroísmo.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

dear patron did require
MOS: What busy knave is this!—Most reverend fathers, I sooner had attended your grave pleasures, But that my order for the funeral Of my dear patron, did require me— VOLP [ASIDE.]:
— from Volpone; Or, The Fox by Ben Jonson

de piezas de repuesto
—En ese caso sería indispensable una buena reserva de piezas de repuesto.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

den Paralogismen der reinen
"— Kritik von den Paralogismen der reinen Vernunft .
— from Hume (English Men of Letters Series) by Thomas Henry Huxley

Diggings Prairie de Roche
Rocky Diggings, (Prairie de Roche).
— from Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

De Prestigiis Demonum recounts
If we recollect right—for it is a long time since we studied the occult sciences—Wierius, in his erudite volume “De Prestigiis Demonum,” recounts the story which is celebrated in the following ballad.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various

dwellings painted dark red
An entrance through one of the buildings, closed with double doors, admitted us into the courtyard, a hollow square, surrounded with two story wooden dwellings, painted dark red.
— from Northern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Bayard Taylor

dollar per day raising
On those estates which are situated near the market, provisions will be cultivated; on those which are remote from the market, provisions will of course be partially neglected, and it will be more profitable to the apprentices to work on the estates at a quarter of a dollar per day, raising only enough provisions for their own use.
— from The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society

duo puncta distantiæ remota
Porro, si tantundem prolongaretur horizontalis DO , ita ut haberet duo puncta distantiæ remota æqualiter ab O , medietas diagonalium, quæ sunt in quadrato majori GNLH opticè deformato, & in quadratis ejus minoribus, tendent ad unum punctum distantiæ; altera medietas ad aliud punctum distantiæ.
— from Rules and Examples of Perspective proper for Painters and Architects, etc. In English and Latin: Containing a most easie and expeditious method to delineate in perspective all designs relating to architecture by Andrea Pozzo

De par Dieu Rendez
De par Dieu, Rendez vous, rendez vous, au roy de France .
— from Jeanne D'Arc: Her Life And Death by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

de progenitoribus Domini Regis
a tempore quo non exstat memoria tenuerunt tenementa sua praedicta de praedecessoribus praedicti Abbatis et de progenitoribus Domini Regis Regum Anglie quondam Dominis ejusdem Manerii per praedicta certa servicia et consuetudines in narracione sua superius contenta absque hoc quod praedecessores praedicti Abbatis fuissent seisiti de ipso Rogero aut antecessoribus suis ut de villanis suis talliando ipsos alto et basso vel faciendo de ipsis praepositos et messores aut capiendo de ipsis incertas consuetudines et servicia sicut praedictus Abbas dicit.
— from Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff


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