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Hotel de la Chevrette
This reasoning seemed to D’Artagnan so satisfactory that he no further insisted; and about eight o’clock in the evening, the time when the vapors of night begin to thicken in the streets, he left the Hotel de la Chevrette, and followed by Planchet set forth from the capital by way of the Saint Denis gate.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

hoy día las cajas
Pero hoy día las cajas registradoras se hallan en cada uno
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

him Death levels caste
ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS FOR THE ENTIRE “SATYRICON” Affairs start to go wrong, your friends will stand from under Believes, on the spot, every tale Boys play in the schools, the young men are laughed at Cardinals prejudiced in favor of Greek love Death is never far from those who seek him Death levels caste and sufferers unites Deferred pleasures are a long time coming
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter

He danced listlessly carelessly
He danced listlessly, carelessly, sullenly, and one could see from his movements, his tail and his ears, that he had a profound contempt for the crowd, the bright light, his master and himself.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

homme dit le capitaine
«Brave homme, dit le capitaine, montrez-moi, je vous prie, un champ où je puisse[1] faire fourrager mes cavaliers.--Volontiers,» répond le vieillard.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

hypercinétique de la caféine
Pétresco, Z. Sur l'action hypercinétique de la caféine à hautes doses ou doses thérapeutiques.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Hotel de las Cisternas
Marquis, where are you to be found?' 'As usual, at the Hotel de las Cisternas; But remember, that I am incognito, and that if you wish to see me, you must ask for Alphonso d'Alvarada.' 'Good!
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

Histoire de la Colonie
Madeleine, defends fort against Iroquois, 319 Verreau, abbé, on attempt to civilize Indians, 168 ; on character of Frontenac, 360 Villebon, governor of Acadia, mentions burning of a prisoner, 328 Villeray, Louis Rouer de, first councillor, 106 ; Frontenac's opinion of, 110 ; his right to title of "esquire" challenged by Frontenac, 139 ; waits on Frontenac, 255 , 256 Villieu, M. de, leads Abenaquis in attack on English settlements, 330 Vincent, Jesuit father, celebrates first mass at Montreal, 34 Vitre, Charles Denis de, member of Sovereign Council, 106 W Walley, Major, second in command to Phipps, 281 ; lands with troops on Beauport flats, 292 ; his forces suffer severely, 298 ; draws off his men, leaving artillery behind, 300 ; his explanation of defeat of expedition, 300 West India Company, creation of, 49 ; failure of, 149 Winthrop, Fitz-John, of Connecticut, commands expedition against Montreal, 279 ; arrives at Albany, and pushes on to Wood Creek, 280 ; returns to Albany and to Hartford (Connecticut), 281 Wood Creek, expedition against Montreal encamps at, 280 FOOTNOTES: [1] Histoire de la Colonie Française en Canada , vol.
— from Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by William Dawson LeSueur

Hôpital de la Charité
I had an opportunity of confirming the truth of this observation, on the trunk of a dog, during a course of experiments made in the Hôpital de la Charité , at Paris, and at St. Thomas’s Hospital, London.
— from An Account of the Late Improvements in Galvanism With a Series of Curious and Interesting Experiments Performed Before the Commissioners of the French National Institute, and Repeated Lately in the Anatomical Theatres of London by Giovanni Aldini

her delicate La chile
"Yes," Leah answered, "teething has made her delicate." "La, chile, the cap'n tells me you are bound for the Queen City; ain't you afeerd to go thar now, sich a power of shellin' goin' on thar?"
— from Leah Mordecai: A Novel by Belle K. (Belle Kendrick) Abbott

Histoire de La Colonie
Between 1852 and 1865 the Abbé Fallon published the lives of Marguerite Bourgeoys, Jeanne Mance and Madame d’Youville, and his lengthy work of the “Histoire de La Colonie Française,” which only went as far as 1672 but contains valuable Montreal history.
— from Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 2. Under British Rule, 1760-1914 by William H. (William Henry) Atherton

how Dr Leifchild came
While as yet no one seems to have remembered how Dr. Leifchild came to Hornton Street fresh from his tutor, Mr. Charles Silvester Horne, a student only half through his theological course at Mansfield College, Oxford, came to Kensington as an ordinary pulpit supply, and preached with so much acceptance that request was made,—but without any ulterior view,—that he might be sent again.
— from A Century of Christian Service: Kensington Congregational Church, 1793-1893 by C. Silvester (Charles Silvester) Horne


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