Al igual que en la meseta de Méjico y en los altos valles, altozanos, sierras bajas y collados que se alzan al pie de la cordillera en la América Central, Colombia, Ecuador y Perú, aquí se ven hermosas tierras de pastoreo, adecuadas para la cría del ganado, producción de granos y frutas propias de las zonas templadas.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

queue , f. , prolongement de l'épine dorsale chez les quadrupèdes.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

Also the fair Princess de Lamballe intrigues, bosom friend of her Majesty: to the angering of Patriotism.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

En 2000, il fait partie de la grande aventure du Samarkande: www.thewebsoap.net, un feuilleton hypermédia collectif de onze auteurs diffusé en direct sur la toile.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Charles Philippe Louis Foucaud, Prince de la Rochefoucault.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

[153] STEWED LACERTUS FISH PATINA DE LACERTIS [1] CLEAN AND WASH [soak] THE FISH [2] [cook and flake it] BREAK AND BEAT EGGS, MIX THEM WITH THE FISH, ADD BROTH, WINE AND OIL.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

He gone, comes Lovett with my little print of my dear Lady Castlemayne varnished, and the frame prettily done like gold, which pleases me well.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

to the French people (dated London).
— 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

As they headed toward the laboratory, a fine, powdery dust, like volcanic ash was falling.
— from Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 by Various

National holiday: Revolution Day, 25 May (1810) Constitution: 1 May 1853; revised August 1994 Legal system: mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and mandatory Executive branch: chief of state: President Eduardo Alberto DUHALDE (since 2 January 2002); note - selected by National Congress in aftermath of resignation of former President DE LA RUA on 20 December 2001 and resignations of others who briefly held the office following DE LA RUA's departure; Vice President Carlos "Chacho" ALVAREZ resigned 6 October 2000 and the post remains vacant; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: President Eduardo Alberto DUHALDE (since 2 January 2002); note - selected by National Congress in aftermath of resignation of former President DE LA RUA on 20 December 2001 and resignations of others who briefly held the office following DE LA RUA's departure; Vice President Carlos "Chacho" ALVAREZ resigned 6 October 2000 and the post remains vacant; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president election results: Fernando DE LA RUA elected president; percent of vote - 48.5% ; Vice President Carlos "Chacho" ALVAREZ resigned 6 October 2000 and a replacement was not named; DE LA RUA resigned 20 December 2001; following a series of interim presidents, Eduardo Alberto DUHALDE was selected president by the National Congress on 1 January 2002 elections: for four-year terms; election last held 24 October 1999 (next to be held NA October 2003) Legislative branch: bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of the Senate (72 seats; formerly, three members appointed by each of the provincial legislatures; presently transitioning to one-third of the members being elected every two years to six-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies (257 seats; one-half of the members elected every two years to four-year terms) election results: Senate - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA%; seats by bloc or party - Justicialist (Peronist) 40, UCR 24, provincial parties 6, Frepaso 1, ARI 1; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA%; seats by bloc or party - Justicialist (Peronist) 113, UCR 74, provincial parties 27, Frepaso 17, ARI 17, AR 9 elections: Senate - last held 14 October 2001 (next to be held NA October 2003); Chamber of Deputies - last held 14 October 2001 (next to be held NA October 2003) Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (the nine Supreme Court judges are appointed by the president with approval by the Senate)
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

A herdsman asks a shepherdess if she has seen a cow of his which is missing, and he thus accosts her:— O Pasturedda, di li trizzi ad unna, Chi fai pinnata di la manu manca, Pri’ un t’ appighiari ssa facciuzza biunna.
— from A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla by Leigh Hunt

C'est, disent-ils, un pays très êloigné, et où chacun est contraint de se rendre, après son trèpas, par un chemin fort long et fort pénible, dans lequel il y a beaucoup à souffrir, à cause des rivières qu'il faut passer sur des ponts tremblants, et si étroits qu'il faut être une âme pour pouvoir s'y soûtenir; encore trouve-t-il au bout du pont un chien, qui comme un antre cerbère leur dispute le passage, et en fait tomber plusieurs dans les eaux, dont la rapidité les roule de précipice en précipice.
— from The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 2 by George Warburton

“Relacion breve de las fiestas al feliz parto de la Reyna, nuestra señora
— from Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4 by Pascual de Gayangos

Some years ago, in our country, practically all the male population worked at the trade of agriculture, there being only a few preachers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, and clerks.
— from Analyzing Character The New Science of Judging Men; Misfits in Business, the Home and Social Life by Arthur Newcomb

L’ennemi continue à occuper Fleurus par de la cavalerie légère qui a des vedettes en avant; l’on aperçoit deux masses ennemis venant par la route de Namur et
— from The Campaign of Waterloo: A Military History Third Edition by John Codman Ropes

See Muratori, a.d. 665, who quotes from Paulus Diaconus, lib. 5, ch.
— from Peter's Rock in Mohammed's Flood, from St. Gregory the Great to St. Leo III by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies