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eminently distinguished divine
Next in order to the magistrates came the young and eminently distinguished divine, from whose lips the religious discourse of the anniversary was expected.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

elde daunteth daunger
Lat this proverbe a lore un-to yow be; "To late y-war, quod Beautee, whan it paste;" And elde daunteth daunger at the laste.
— from Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer

en dehors de
Des services complémentaires viennent s'y ajouter: bases documentaires comprenant des textes de référence (cas du cahier Irak), dossiers d'actualité permettant au journal d'intervenir en dehors de son cadre mensuel, etc.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Exergat Deus disipenture
Exergat Deus & disipenture inimiciessus ✠ · ✠ O Lord Jesus Christ
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

et dépend de
L'interprétation de ces regards, c'est-à-dire le choix des liens pour chaque élément de texte, incombe à chaque auteur et dépend de sa perception individuelle du sujet au sein de son univers intime.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Era de día
Era de día.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

employ devote dedicate
ANT: Use, employ, devote, dedicate, consecrate, solemnize, sanctify, purify, reconcile.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

E D Duke
(Charles Louis Napoleon, third son of Hortense), 127 , 238 , 269 , 303 , 307 Nassau, Prince of, 270 Necker, M., 224 Nelson, Lord, 41 , 49 Nero, Emperor, 236 328 Ney, Marshal (Prince of the Moskowa), 20 , 52 , 53 , 57 , 64 , 65 , 69 , 83 , 88 , 90 , 173 , 187 , 188 , 189 , 192 , 231 , 239 , 255 ——, Madame, 231 , 304 Nicolas, Sir Harris (historian), 74 O'Donnell (Spanish General), 181 O'Meara, Dr., 272 Oscar, Prince (son of Bernadotte), 106 Ossian, 4 , 199 Oudet, General, 279 Oudinot, Marshal, Duke of Reggio, 143 , 150 , 187 , 189 , 192 , 196 , 270 , 292 Ouvrard (financier), 248 Paër, Ferdinando (musical composer), 89 , 91 , 242 Paget, Lord, 293 Palafox y Melzi, Duke of Saragossa, 136 Palatine, The Archduke (Joseph-Antoine of Hungary), 148 Palmerston, Lord, 272 Paoli, General de, 209 Parma, Grand Duke of, 11 , 204 Pasquier, E. D., Duke, 162 , 253 , 268 , 270 , 276 , 281 Paterson, Miss (repudiated wife of Jerome Bonaparte), 301 Paul, Princess, 70 Paul I. ( See Russia, Czar of) Pauline.
— 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

even dreams do
Do you know that I am forced now to celebrate the anniversary of my own sensations, the anniversary of that which was once so sweet, which never existed in reality—for this anniversary is kept in memory of those same foolish, shadowy dreams—and to do this because those foolish dreams are no more, because I have nothing to earn them with; you know even dreams do not come for nothing!
— from White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

est de Dieu
M. Fidélité est de Dieu —Fidelity is of God.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

est dispersé dans
(some) à l'embouchure de la rivière Choloma, et le reste est dispersé dans les montagnes à l'ouest de la plaine de Sula.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

Each day during
Each day, during that war, the story of Mary Magdalene redeemed was somewhere lived over again.
— from 'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!' by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

en drunk de
After the supper was over, we had another long grace ending with: “voor spijze en drunk de Heer ik dank” (for food and drink the Lord I thank).
— from Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

ever doth defeated
Passion, as it ever doth, defeated its own ends; and Lady Rookwood, seeing the ill effect her anger would probably produce, gradually softened the asperity of her manner, and suffered him to depart.
— from Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth

Evelyn drove down
Mrs. Evelyn drove down to the boat with Fleda, and did not leave her till she was safely put in charge of Mrs. Renney.
— from Queechy, Volume II by Susan Warner

ensuing day during
In this divided state the town remained throughout the ensuing day, during which the Demos sent emissaries round the territory soliciting aid from the working slaves, and promising to them emancipation as a reward; while the oligarchy also hired and procured eight hundred Epirotic mercenaries from the mainland.
— from History of Greece, Volume 06 (of 12) by George Grote

experience daily demonstrates
However, every one knows that the harmony and connection between the Body and the Mind are so establish’d and constituted, while they are united, that the Diseases of the one always affect the other in a very sensible manner; and experience daily demonstrates, that violent passions of the mind produce Fevers, Fainting Fits, and other severe effects on the Body; e. contra, violent shocks of the Body, acute Diseases, &c. frequently disturb, and raise strange commotions in the Mind, or at least excite extravagant, wild ideas in it.
— from An Essay on the Incubus, or Night-mare by Bond, John, M.D.

English doctor died
Meryon, Charles , etcher of street scenes, born at Paris; son of English doctor; died insane (18211868).
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall


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