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forum un site en partenariat
Nous y avons ajouté depuis un forum, un site (en partenariat) pour
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

flood until some epoch prior
"His book," said Ephraim, "is a history of the North American Indians from the time of the flood until some epoch prior to Columbus.
— from The Mormon Prophet by L. (Lily) Dougall

fallen under some excommunication pronounced
We have some acquaintance with these canons; and, if they are to be taken literally, we would not take upon ourselves to prove that the whole Orthodox Church has not long ago fallen under some excommunication pronounced by her own canons; such, at any rate, would be the case with regard to the Russian Church, which forms its principal portion.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 20, October 1874‐March 1875 by Various

fall upon such Epicurean pigs
[371] On another occasion Luther, speaking of the wilful blindness of the Catholics, declared that “God’s untold wrath must sooner or later fall upon such Epicurean pigs and donkeys”; the devil must be a spirit of tremendous power to incite them “deliberately to withstand God.”
— from Luther, vol. 3 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar

forthcoming unless some effective Pg
[157] It became apparent to those in a position to understand the situation that those solid advantages which the Government had expected would accrue in return for the expense of maintaining establishments in the West would not be forthcoming, unless some effective [Pg 53] though expensive measures be taken.
— from British Policy in the Illinois Country, 1763-1768 by Clarence Edwin Carter

felt unmixed satisfaction except perhaps
No one felt unmixed satisfaction, except perhaps England.
— from A Short History of Spain by Mary Platt Parmele

fine utterance spoken ex pleno
the emotion which accompanied another fine utterance spoken “ ex pleno et accenso corde ” (Cordatus, “Tagebuch,” p. 23).
— from Luther, vol. 4 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar

feed upon sweetmeats Even poetical
Why should we vitiate their taste and spoil their appetite by suffering them to feed upon sweetmeats?" Even poetical allusions, he thought, should be avoided in books for children.
— from Maria Edgeworth by Helen Zimmern


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