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jorno dementiqué dimenticato
dou sepolchro de Crist "; " L'Angel ven en vision pour mesajes de Deu à un Veschevo qe mout estoient home de sante vite"; " E certes il estoit bien beizongno"; " ne trop caut ne trop fredo"; " la crense" ( credenza ); "remort" for noise ( rumore ) "inverno"; "jorno"; "dementiqué" ( dimenticato ); "enferme" for sickly; "leign" ( legno ); "devisce" ( dovizia ); "ammalaide" ( ammalato ), etc. etc.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Jacob David Daniel
Let it be Abraham, Jacob, David, Daniel, Elijah or whom you will; honor followed honor as harvest the seed.
— from The Pursuit of God by A. W. (Aiden Wilson) Tozer

jamais donné d
{pg 233} Le ciel me prive d'une épouse qui ne m'a jamais donné d'autre chagrin que celui de sa mort —Heaven bereaves me of a spouse who never caused me any other vexation than by her death.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

Journal des Debats
The Journal des Debats and the Gazette de France are exceptions.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Jourdain Dorimène Dorante
SCENE XVI (Monsieur Jourdain, Dorimène, Dorante, Lackey)
— from The Middle-Class Gentleman by Molière

Juan de Dios
San Juan de Dios hospital 120 Sarangani 118 Santa Potenciana 170 Santibañez Ignacio 152 Santo Niño 129 Sanvitores Padre Diego Luis de 213 Sedeño, Padre Antonio 168 Segovia, Nueva 172 Seljuks 47 Schwan, General 305 School, Manila Normal 276 Schools 169 , 274 , 314 Siam, treaty with 218 Sierra, Don Juan 218 Signal Service 312 Silonga 151 Silva, Juan de 192 Sioco 141 Slavery 63 , 103 Smith, Gen. James 301 Soliman, Raja 133 Sonnerat, M. 21 South America, rebellion in 253 Spaniards 171 , 256 Spain— colonial policy of 113 decline of 252 economic policy of 220 war with United States 292 Spanish— found a post at Zamboanga 196 increase in population 276 settle Mindanao 266 take Moro city of Manila
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

Journal des Débats
Is it possible that the National-Zeitung —a Prussian paper (this comment is for the sake of my foreign readers—for my own part, I beg to state, I read only Le Journal des Débats )—really and seriously regarded the book as a "sign of the times," or a genuine and typical example of Tory philosophy, [1]
— from Ecce Homo Complete Works, Volume Seventeen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Jersey dort dans
("Jersey dort dans les flots.")
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

Jo dear don
"Jo, dear, don't hope any more.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

juncture Diddie decided
But just at this juncture Diddie decided that she would make good her escape, and, to the great delight of the children, she climbed out of the window, and descended the ladder, and soon stood safe among them on the ground.
— from Diddie, Dumps, and Tot; Or, Plantation Child-Life by Louise Clarke Pyrnelle

Justum deduxit Dominus
"Adoramus" (327 K.), "Justum deduxit Dominus," and "0 sancte fac nos captare" (326 K.), are preserved among Wolfgang's sketches in L. Mozart's handwriting.
— from Life of Mozart, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Otto Jahn

Jean de Descant
See Muris, Jean de . Descant, the art of, 16 , 17 , 21 , 22 .
— from How Music Developed A Critical and Explanatory Account of the Growth of Modern Music by W. J. (William James) Henderson

Joshua divining Dan
It isn't very far, Dan," continued Joshua, divining Dan's wish that Golden Cloud should be buried near him; "only five yards off; and it is the best place we know of."
— from Joshua Marvel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

just drawn down
I've just drawn down my blinds on Oxford Street; I walked back by way of Regent Street after lunch—all the windows are gay and full.
— from Living Bayonets: A Record of the Last Push by Coningsby Dawson

just dropped dead
"I just dropped dead," Bryce said, finding words.
— from The Man Who Staked the Stars by Katherine MacLean

just dropped down
But there must be some sort of moving up that could be, to make things evener, if we only knew!" Poor little Bel Bree, just dropped down out of New Hampshire!
— from The Other Girls by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

JOURDAIN DORIMÈNE DORANTE
JOURDAIN, MR. JOURDAIN, DORIMÈNE, DORANTE, SINGERS, SERVANTS. MRS.
— from The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman by Molière


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