Et si est li dieuesse, dame et suppellatis, Qui doctrine les autres et en fais et en dis, Celle est la fille au Roy c'on dist des Haus-Assis ."[18] Pp.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa
Felizmente, el esquilón de la catedral, llamando a los canónigos a la importante tarea del coro, le sacó de situación tan penosa.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
Thus the illustrious physiologist Muller, says, [17] "The completely different expression of the features in different passions shows that, according to the kind of feeling excited, entirely different groups of the fibres of the facial nerve are acted on.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
La patience est amère, mais le fruit en est doux —Patience is bitter, but it yields sweet fruit.
— 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.
Within the OWI itself, the overseas operation was separated from the domestic, the broadcasters from the [Pg 178] planners, the outposts from everybody else, during much of the war.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
peau, x , f. , enveloppe extérieure du corps.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann
He said that for every evil deed they were punished tenfold—now the journey was of a thousand years’ duration, because the life of man was reckoned as a hundred years—and the rewards of virtue were in the same proportion.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato
== lāttēow lādung f. exculpation, excuse, defence, apology , Æ, CP.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall
Workers Councils are: Factory Workers Councils, for each establishment; District Workers Councils, organized for each economic district; and the National Workers Council, whose [246] authority extends over the whole German territory.
— from The New German Constitution by René Brunet
Under this able commander, he remained at sea, with various convoys, till the 2d of April 1777; and Admiral Robinson—for this worthy man was, in consequence of his misfortune, placed on the list of superannuated rear-admirals—has often been heard to remark, that he felt equally easy, during the night, when it was young Nelson's turn to watch, as when the oldest officer on board had charge of the ship.
— from The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 by James Harrison
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— from Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney by John Cunningham Geikie
It was unanimously resolved: That it is desirable that the family of "Frasers" do organize themselves into a clan with a purely and benevolent social object, and, with that view, they do now proceed to such organization by recommending the choice of A Chief for the Dominion of Canada; A Chief for each province; A Chief for each electoral division; A Chief for each county; A Chief for each locality and township.
— from The Clan Fraser in Canada: Souvenir of the First Annual Gathering by Alexander Fraser
"There's a remedy for everything except death," said Don Quixote; "if they bring the vessel close to the shore we shall be able to get on board though all the world strive to prevent us."
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 39 by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
The third part of the French economic exposé deals with a study of all these measures.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 5 by Various
Telle est la question qu'il faut examiner; en d'autres termes, les priviléges sont-ils nécessaires, utiles ou nuisibles au progrès des lumières?"
— from The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle
Johnny Squinch an’ Brer Brindle Cow dey confabs er while jes ’fo’ de moon git dark ergin, an’ de upshot uv hit wus dat Brer Brindle g’long ter de fur een’ er de pastur’ an’ drap hisse’f down like he done fell dead.
— from Bypaths in Dixie: Folk Tales of the South by Sarah Johnson Cocke
Scarron, who was present, and knew her age, said, "Do not fret at it, madam; for you will get further from that frightful epoch every day."
— from The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. by Various
Yet, O favor'd ones!—to chase Victory, to grasp her flutt'ring skirt, and so, with warm, panting cheeks, kissing her, to fall, escaping evil days!
— from The Splendid Spur Being Memoirs of the Adventures of Mr. John Marvel, a Servant of His Late Majesty King Charles I, in the Years 1642-3 by Arthur Quiller-Couch
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