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japonais en doctorat pendant
Mon activité s'articule désormais autour de trois pôles: - veille technologique et culturelle, - enseignement assisté par ordinateur, - création de pages littéraires pédagogiques (mise en ligne en février ou mars 2000 d'une oeuvre de Balzac, L'Illustre Gaudissart, avec notes de lecture préparées par des étudiants japonais en doctorat pendant l'année universitaire 1999).
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Jove et Dione prognata
Duae Veneres duo amores; quarum una antiquior et sine matre, coelo nata, quam coelestem Venerem nuncupamus; altera vero junior a Jove et Dione prognata, quam vulgarem Venerem vocamus.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Julliani exordiente Divino primitus
cum egregio Petremando Bertrandi ejus procuratore producens testimoniales constitutionis facte eidem egregio Bertrandi die tertia decima aprilis proxime fluxi petit sibi provideri juxta supplicationem nobis porrectam parte scindicorum et communitatis Sancti Julliani exordiente Divino primitus implorato auxilio signatum Franciscus Faeti contra Animalia bruta ad formam muscarum volantia nuncupata Verpillions producens etiam acta et agitata superioribus annis coram predecessoribus nostris maxime de anno 1545 et die vicesima secunda mensis aprilis unacum ordinatione nostra lata octava maii millesimo quingentesimo octuagesimo sexto et ne contra Animalia ipsis inauditis procedi videatur petunt sibi
— from The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals by E. P. (Edward Payson) Evans

jours et demi pour
The great uncertainty of the navigation is proved by what Belzoni tells us:— “Nous ne mîmes cette fois que deux jours et demi pour faire le trajet du
— from The Epicurean: A Tale by Thomas Moore

jouissances et des plaisirs
"Aussi nous vous disons dans notre chaire apostolique,—Exécutez les commandemens de Dieu, adorez et glorifiez notre Père qui est aux cieux, pratiquez la morale de l'Evangile, aimez votre prochain comme vous-mêmes, et vous aurez accompli la loi de Jésus-Christ ... et nous ajoutons,—Vous êtes membre de la société pour laquelle vous avez été créés, et cette société vous impose des devoirs; en échange elle vous procure des jouissances et des plaisirs: remplissez vos devoirs et livrez-vous ensuite sans crainte aux jouissances
— from Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1) by Frances Milton Trollope

judicio et doctrinâ probabili
Unde elucet criticum acuto judicio et doctrinâ probabili instructum codicibus recentioribus collectis effecturum esse (?) quid in communi plurium aliquorum archetypo scriptum fuerit” (Genesis, p. 19).
— from A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

Jerome Ecce Deus p
Jerome’s opinion about Jesus’s brothers There remains the appeal to Jerome ( Ecce Deus , p. 237):— No less an authority than Jerome has expressed the correct idea on this point.
— from The Historical Christ; Or, An investigation of the views of Mr. J. M. Robertson, Dr. A. Drews, and Prof. W. B. Smith by F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis) Conybeare

John E Dixon Private
22d, Expiration of three years since muster of the Regiment into the Service of the United States. 23d, Division paraded to witness the execution of John E. Dixon, Private 1st
— from Eighty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers (Infantry.) by Thomas Edward Merchant

Jeff en dat po
Hannibal said, but she had heared 'nuff to l'arn dat dis nigger had fooled her en Jeff, en dat po' Jeff had n' done nuffin, en dat fer lovin' her too much en goin' ter meet her she had cause' 'im ter be sol' erway whar
— from The Conjure Woman by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

Jostice et de Plet
de Jostice et de Plet, Liv.
— from A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea


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