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French Literature University of Rennes
IN BRITTANY Introduction by Anatole le Braz , Professor of French Literature, University of Rennes, Brittany; author of La Légende de la Mort, Au Pays des Pardons , &c. English Translation of Introduction Mon cher Monsieur Wentz , Il me souvient que, lors de votre soutenance de thèse devant la
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

families live under one roof
In those great big buildings, where scores of families live under one roof, there must always be somebody who needs a helping hand.
— from The Lady of the Basement Flat by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

families live under one roof
In the houses of the poorer classes two or three families live under one roof.
— from A Woman's Journey Round the World From Vienna to Brazil, Chili, Tahiti, China, Hindostan, Persia and Asia Minor by Ida Pfeiffer

from laws unrighteous or righteous
His Mr. Trevenna , the mystical parson, friend of smugglers and of everyone who suffered from laws (unrighteous or righteous), is a great figure; and I shall not soon forget either his correspondence with Lady Evangeline Walrond or his superhuman kindliness of heart.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920 by Various

for living under our roof
Nobody must be morally the worse for living under our roof, if we can possibly help it.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, May 1884, No. 8 by Chautauqua Institution

family live under one roof
And not only did all the members of the family live under one roof, as a few of them still live, but the custom of dining together at one huge table was universal.
— from Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

family lived under one roof
The youngsters made pets of the calves and all the family lived under one roof.
— from Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks by William Elliot Griffis

freely Let us only realize
The Prophet refers to the future Saviour in a way quite similar to that in which the Apostle refers to Him, after He had appeared: "Who did not spare His only begotten Son, but gave Him up for us all, how should He not in Him give us all things freely?" Let us only realize the truth that the hope in the Messiah formed the centre of the life of believers; that this hope was, by fear, repressed only, but not destroyed.
— from Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

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— from McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey

former leads us over rugged
The former leads us over rugged rocks on to a waste, sparsely strewn with flowers; the latter through smiling country, flowery meadows, and by the side of rippling streams.
— from Life of Mozart, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Otto Jahn


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