C'est un club de riches en ce sens que ses Membres produisent les deux tiers des biens et services du monde, mais ce n'est pas un club privé.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

'I should not have doubted it, sir.' 'Generally, I confess myself a man to be doubted,' returned Eugene, coolly, 'for all that.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

But I will not forbear to say that he makes no mention (and perchance they may not have been in use) of some earth-colours, such as dark red earths, cinabrese, and certain vitreous greens.
— from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10) Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi by Giorgio Vasari

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

Sus exportaciones principales son trigo, maíz, avena, lana, cueros, pieles de cabra, carne de res en conserva y helada.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

Comme vous le voyez, on assiste à une dégradation régulière et constante du domaine public.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

La ley argentina exige veintidós años de edad, pero su hijo los tendría mientras cumpliese con la condición de residencia en caso que el ofrecimiento hubiera sido hecho desde ese país.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Dès qu'elle a été possible, en 1997, puis améliorée jusqu'à aujourd'hui, elle m'a permis de rester en contact étroit
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

( Le Diable rôde et circule. )
— from Stories of Symphonic Music A Guide to the Meaning of Important Symphonies, Overtures, and Tone-poems from Beethoven to the Present Day by Lawrence Gilman

Everybody explained his condition as being, neither more nor less, ennui (in fact the thought now expressed on his face did resemble ennui), caused, they said, by the sudden cessation of business and the change from an active life to one of well-to-do leisure.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

"I wouldn't have a single track mind like yours for a million dollars," returned Ernest cheerfully.
— from The Forbidden Trail by Honoré Morrow

"Mais ce qu'il-y-a de plus digne de remarque, est cet arbre merveilleux qui fournit d'eau toute l'isle, tant pour les hommes que pour les bêtes.
— from The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) by Arthur Phillip

Thar’s not a doubt raised; each church believes it-se’f favored five hundred dollars’ worth from the kindly hand of the millionaire candidate, an’ the three pastors sits pleasantly down an’ writes
— from The Black Lion Inn by Alfred Henry Lewis

[388] In the articles against Bernard Saget in the year 1300, recorded by Du Cange, I read—"Aves elegerunt Regem quemdam avem vocatam Duc, et est avis pulchrior et major inter omnes aves, et accidit semel quod Pica conquesta fuerat de Accipitre dicto Domino Regi, et congregatis avibus, dictus Rex nihil dixit nisi quod flavit (flevit?).
— from Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 2 (of 2) by Angelo De Gubernatis

For great ditches ran everywhere, choked with loose-strife and water-dock, and the ground quaked as we walked, a pleasant springy black mould, the dust of endless centuries of the rich water plants.
— from The Thread of Gold by Arthur Christopher Benson