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giacea e qual carpone
Qual sovra 'l ventre, e qual sovra le spalle l'un de l'altro giacea, e qual carpone si trasmutava per lo tristo calle.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

get everything quite clear
I then dispatched the following message, wishing to get everything quite clear: When you say "Come" do you mean "Come to Brinkley Court"?
— from Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

généralement en quoi consiste
= Plus généralement, en quoi consiste exactement votre activité d'écrivain?
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Gignundis e qua constat
The regularity of Nature subsists— Materies quia rebus reddita certast Gignundis e qua constat quid possit oriri.
— from The Roman Poets of the Republic, 2nd edition by W. Y. (William Young) Sellar

grata e quivi con
Avvenne che un giorno, la cui prima ora Saturno avea signoreggiata, essendo già Febo co' suoi cavalli al sedecimo grado del celestiale Montone pervenuto, e nel quale il glorioso partimento del figliuiolo di Giove dagli spogliati regni di Plutone si celebrava, io, della presente opera componitore, mi trovai in un grazioso e bel -134- tempio in Partenope, nominato da colui che per deificarsi sostenne che fosse fatto di lui sacrificio sopra la grata, e quivi con canto pieno di dolce melodia ascoltava l'uficio che in tale giorno si canta, celebrato da' sacerdoti successori di colui che prima la corda cinse umilmente esaltando la povertade quella seguendo.
— from Renaissance in Italy, Volume 4 (of 7) Italian Literature, Part 1 by John Addington Symonds

Galli e quei ch
tti, Giuochi, Fifanti e Barucci e Galli e quei ch'arrossan per lo staio.
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri

Galli e quei ch
Grand'era gia` la colonna del Vaio, Sacchetti, Giuochi, Fifanti e Barucci e Galli e quei ch'arrossan per lo staio.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Paradiso by Dante Alighieri

great essential question charged
X. The displeasure of his fellows is a slight and ephemeral matter to a man whose mind is fixed on a great essential question, charged with moral gravity and imperishable consequence; whose physical courage is the instinct of his nature, conserved by its active exercise in a life of physical hardship.
— from The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree

galerie entendoient quelque chose
A mesure que ceux de la galerie entendoient quelque chose qui leur plaisoit, ils poussoient à leur manière des cris épouvantables.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Richard Hakluyt


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