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embarrassed Captain Delano lifted
Waiting a moment for the Spaniard [pg 234] to relinquish his hold, the now embarrassed Captain Delano lifted his foot, to overstep the threshold of the open gangway; but still Don Benito would not let go his hand.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

El café de Liberia
El café de Liberia én Vénézuela.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

el catálogo de la
Nuestro sitio Intranet estará completamente reorganizado antes del final del año, y pondremos en él el catálogo de la biblioteca, lo que permitirá a nuestros usuarios de tener la entrada a éste directamente desde su pantalla.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

El Cántaro de la
El Cántaro de la Doncella Leopoldo Lugones 319 Vocabulary 321 001
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

enfant chéri de la
Massena named next day enfant chéri de la victoire by Bonaparte, and later Duc de Rivoli.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

el cruce de la
- www.esanteactu.com, el sitio de eSanté Actu, creado el 16 de mayo de 2000, que presenta las noticias de la "eSalud", para saber el cruce de la salud (vista por los profesionales del sector) y del Internet.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

est celle de la
C'est là la question la moins bien prise en compte dans les dispositifs numériques où la mémoire prise en compte est celle de la machine et du logiciel, pas celle de nos cheminements intimes.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

En casa de las
¿En casa de las Troyas?
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

el contra de las
A pesar de tan buen ejemplo, en mi vida me hubiera sometido a ejercer una profesión que consiste en defender lo mismo el pro que 25 el contra de las cuestiones.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

era certa de la
ciascuna era certa de la sua sepultura, e ancor nulla era per Francia nel letto diserta.
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri

et curieuses de l
Rélations véritables et curieuses de l'isle de Madagascar.
— from Extinct Birds An attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those Birds which have become extinct in historical times by Rothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild, Baron

et consolidé dans l
Cet état de choses existant et consolidé dans l’État
— from Correspondence and Report from His Majesty's Consul at Boma Respecting the Administration of the Independent State of the Congo [and Further Correspondence] by Roger Casement

Elitha C Donner Leanna
The first relief party rescued Mrs. Margaret W. Reed, Virginia E. Reed and James F. Reed, Jr., Elitha C. Donner, Leanna C. Donner, George Donner, Jr., Wm.
— from History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra by C. F. (Charles Fayette) McGlashan

en considération de la
This distinction was given, as he said, “tant en considération de la réputation acquise dans son art, que pour avoir peint la famille royalle jusqu’à la quatrième génération.”
— from Kensington Palace, the birthplace of the Queen being an historical guide to the state rooms, pictures and gardens by Ernest Law

en cristaux découpés Les
There is one morsel that must be quoted,—a fragment fashioned on the air and the simple words that used to waken the musings of George Sand when she was a child, dancing with the peasant children: “Nous n’irons plus an bois: les lauries sont coupés, Les amours des bassins, les naïades en groupe Voient reluire au soleil, en cristaux découpés Les flots silencieux qui coulaient de leur coupe, Les lauriers sont coupés et le cerf
— from Essays in Little by Andrew Lang

exceed certain definite limits
Like an organic body, the Greek temple inclosed within itself the principle of its own growth, the law which governed its development, and forbade it in advance to exceed certain definite limits.
— from A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Charles Chipiez

et chronologique de la
The full title of the work by Pierre de Gibours, known as Père Anselme, is Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison de France et des grands officiers de la Couronne (1674).
— from The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England, Volume 1 (of 6) Mémoires d'outre-tombe, volume 1 by Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de


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