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etc proveerlos de relleno
[5] ocurrir a un ebanista, ya se trate de añadir una pieza, completar un dibujo o reponer una moldura; si en cambio hubiera que [6] guarnecer de nuevo almohadones, sillas, sofás, etc., proveerlos de relleno, resortes o cubiertas, Ud. acudiría a [7] un tapicero, quien además entiende en todo lo que se refiere a [8] cortinados, cenefas, tapices, etc. —¿El sistema de provisión de alimentos es idéntico al que se usa en los Estados Unidos?
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Economie Politique des Romains
Compare Blair on Roman Slavery, p. 19.—M., and Dureau de la blalle, Economie Politique des Romains, l. i. c. 15.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Economic Politique des Romaines
( return ) [ M. Dureau de la Malle (Economic Politique des Romaines, t. i. p. 369) quotes a passage from the xvth chapter of Gibbon, in which he estimates the population of Rome at not less than a million, and adds (omitting any reference to this passage,) that he (Gibbon) could not have seriously studied the question.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

e polve Deh restate
O sola insegna al gemino valore; O faticosa vita, o dolce errore, Che mi fate ir cercando piagge e monti; O bel viso, ov’Amor insieme pose Gli sproni e ’l fren, ond’e’ mi punge e volve Com’a lui piace, e calcitrar non vale; O anime gentili ed amorose, S’alcuna ha ’l mondo; e voi nude ombre e polve; Deh restate a veder qual è ’l mio male.
— from Fifteen sonnets of Petrarch by Francesco Petrarca

empeño pawnshop de remate
casa , f. , house; firm; —— de compra y venta , buyers and venders; —— de empeño , pawnshop; —— de remate , auctioneer’s. casaisaco , m. ( Sp. A. ), a parasitic plant.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

el parque de recreo
Este batey está compuesto de muchas y numerosas casas; semeja el parque de recreo de una ciudad, y aun le sobrepuja; porque es preciso estar en Cuba para ver
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Economie Politique des Romains
According to Niebuhr, the relative disproportion in value, between the two metals, arose, in a great degree from the abundance of brass or copper.—M. Compare also Dureau 'de la Malle Economie Politique des Romains
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

ed prefix denotes repetition
ed- prefix, denotes repetition, turning .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

expected perhaps Dean Ramsay
The Fall of Adam and Its Consequences As might have been expected, perhaps, Dean Ramsay is especially copious in clerical stories and those trenching on theological topics.
— from Scotch Wit and Humor by W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe

el pretexto de reducirlos
La primera medida que tomó en 1612 fue ordenar que ninguno en lo sucesivo pudiese ir a casa de Indios, con el pretexto de reducirlos, y que no se diesen encomiendas del modo que hemos explicado, es decir con servicio personal.
— from A Vanished Arcadia: Being Some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 by R. B. (Robert Bontine) Cunninghame Graham

especially Père de Ravignan
Though he never thwarted her religious views, he did not himself embrace them; he liked to see her Catholic friends, even priests, and especially Père de Ravignan; but remained satisfied with the Greek Church.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 01, April to September, 1865 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Various

Essex P Dumouchelle Rockburn
Robinson Bury Compton Lemuel Pope Roblin Richmond Lenox William Paul Rochelle Stukeley Shefford Louis Dubé Rochester Rochester Essex P. Dumouchelle Rockburn Hinchinbrook Huntingdon A. Oliver Rockford Townsend Norfolk Joseph Greathead Rockingham Brudenell Renfrew J. S. Watson Rock Island Stanstead Stanstead A. A. Barry Rockland Chatham Argenteuil J. Huston Rockport Escott Leeds, S. R. William Cornwall Rockside Caledon Peel D. Kirkwood Rockton Beverley Wentworth, N. R. B. Cornell * Rockwood Eramosa Wellington, S. R. Robert Pasmore Rodgerville Usborne Huron James Bouthron Rodney Aldboro’ Elgin, W. R. A. Humphrey Rokeby Sherbrooke Lanark, S. R. A. Adams Rolph Middleton Norfolk E. D. Buchner Romney Romney Kent C. Coatsworth Ronaldsay
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1866 by Canada. Post Office Department

eam perfecit Deus rationabiliter
De bona potestate patet, quod eam perfecit Deus rationabiliter.
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes

et particulièrement des Raies
Recherches sur la segmentation de la cicatrule et la formation des produits adventifs de l'œuf des Plagiostomes et particulièrement des Raies.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 3 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Vertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

Eugène Pierre de Ravenel
13 , 16 - 17 Boisgarein, François Nicolas Magon, Seigneur de, i. 51 Boisgarein, Élisabeth Anne Dame de, i. 51 Boisgelin, Louis Brune Comte de, i. 152 Boisgelin, née de Boufflers, Comtesse de, i. 152 Boisgelin de Cicé, Archbishop of Aix, later of Tours, Jean-de-Dieu Raymond Cardinal de, ii. 103 Bois de La Ferronnière (see Du Bois de La Ferronnière) Boishamon, M. du, i. 23 Boishue, Jean Baptiste René de Guehenneuc, Comte de, i. 154; ii. 38 Boishue (see also Guehenneuc de Boishue) Boisrobert, Abbé Francis Le Metel, Sieur de, v. 55 Boissonade, Jean François, iii. 8 Boissy, Hilaire Étienne Octave Rouillé, Marquis de, ii. 136; iv. 227; v. 89 Boissy (see also Guiccioli) Boistelleul, Jean Baptiste Joseph Eugène de Ravenel, Comte du, i. 67, 69 Boistelleul, Captain Hyacinthe Eugène Pierre de Ravenel du, i. 67 Boistelleul, Pauline Zoé Marie de Farcy de Montavallon, Dame de Ravenel du, i. 67 Boistelleul, Mademoiselle de, i. 17, 21-23; ii. 120; vi. 127, 173 Bojardo, Conte di Scandiano, Matteo Maria, vi. 78-79 Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, first Viscount, v. 57 Bolivar, President of Columbia, Simon, i. xxi; iv.
— from The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England. volume 3 (of 6) Mémoires d'outre-tombe volume 3 by Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de

ex parte Domini Regis
Tunc facto silentio, dixi: Ego veni ad filium vestrum, quia audiuimus quod esset Christianus, et attuli et literas ex parte Domini Regis Francorum ipse misit me huc ad vos.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 02 by Richard Hakluyt

extremely pronounced dolichocephaly ranging
[Pg 217] cephalics; this average is based on figures showing an extremely pronounced dolichocephaly (ranging to 70!).
— from Pedagogical Anthropology by Maria Montessori


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