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Judgement likewise contains
We may therefore suppose provisionally that the Judgement likewise contains in itself an a priori principle.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

Jane Lady Clinton
Jane, Lady Clinton, gave ten pounds to the poor of this house, was there buried, 1458; Agnes, daughter to Sir William St. George; John Rogerbrooke, esquire; Richard Sturgeon; Thomas Burgan, gentleman; Elizabeth, wife to Henry Skinard, daughter to Chincroft, esquire; William Mackley, gentleman, and Alice his wife; W. Fitzwater, gentleman, 1466.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

jouent la carte
Les médias de l'imprimé jouent la carte de la crédibilité, alors que les médias électroniques pensent qu'ils sont les seuls pourvoyeurs d'une vérité impartiale.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Jean le Charlier
Many manuscripts scattered throughout Europe ascribe the book to Jean le Charlier de Gerson, the great Chancellor of the University of Paris, who was a leading figure in the Church in the earlier part of the fifteenth century.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

Japanese lower classes
It seemed curious, we thought, that a man of certainly not very high rank should be thought fit for this double post, and that the common people should be ready to obey him, but the Japanese lower classes, as I noted in my diary, had a great appetite for being governed, and were ready to submit to any one who claimed authority over them, especially if there appeared to be a military force in the background.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

joint leap Cydnaws
recognition Cydnabyddiaeth, n. aquaintance Cydnabyddus, a. aquainted together; expert Cydnad, n. conclamation Cydnaid, n. a joint leap Cydnaws, a. connatural Cydnerth, n. equipollence Cydnesu, to approach mutually Cydnewid, v. to interchange Cydoddef, n. sympathy Cydoed, n. a contemporary Cydoes, a. coeval, coevous Cydoesi, v. to contemporise Cydofal, n. a mutual care Cydol, a. complete, whole Cydolrwydd, n. continuity Cydradd, a. of equal degree Cydraid, n. mutual want Cydraith, n. mutual rule Cydran, n. a joint share Cydranu, v. to share mutually Cydranwr, n. a joint sharer Cydrawd, n. concurrence Cydred, a. concurrent Cydroddi, v. to give mutually Cydrwymo, v. to bind together Cydryddid, n. mutual liberty Cydryw, n. hermaphrodite: a homogeneous Cydrywiaeth, n. homogeneity Cydsain, n. a consonant Cydseinio, v. to agree in sound Cydsiarad, n. confabulation Cydsisial, v. to whisper together Cydsoriant, n. mutual offence Cydsylweddiad, consubstantiation Cydsylltiad, n. conjunction Cydsyniad, n. unanimity Cydsynio, v. to consent Cydu, v. to bag, to pouch Cydundeb, n. unity, union Cyduniad, n. a consenting Cydwaed, a. to the same blood Cydwaeddiad, n. conclamation Cydwas, n. a fellow servant Cydwe, n. a contexture Cydwedd, n. a yoke fellow Cydweddu, v. to accord Cydweinidog, n. a fellow servant Cydweitho, v. to co-operate Cydweithiwr, n. a fellow labourer Cydweithredu, v. to co-operate Cydwelydd, n. a consociate Cydwerth, n. an equivalent Cydweu, v. to interweave Cydwybod, n. conscience Cydwybodol, a. conscientious Cydwybodolrwydd, n. conscientiousness Cydwynebiad, n. confrontation Cydwysiad, n. convocation Cydyfed, v. to drink together Cydymattal, to abstain mutually Cydymaith, n. a companion; v. to accompany Cydymdeimlad, n. mutual sympathy Cydymdeithas, n. company Cydymdeithasu, v. mutually to asscociate Cydymdrafodi, v. to strive mutually Cydymddiried, n. mutual trust Cydymddwyn, to bear mutually Cydymgais, n. competition Cydymgilio, to recede mutually Cydymgyrch, n. concurrence Cydymholi, v. enquire mutually Cydymlid, n. mutual pursuit Cydymliw, n. mutual reproach Cydymaith, n. companion Cydymeithasu, v. to consociate Cydymoddef, v. to bear mutually Cydymranu, v. to secede together Cydymrodd, v. to yield mutually Cydymroi, v. to resign mutually Cydymryson, n. mutual strife Cydyrauniad, n. mutual union Cydymweddu, v. to conform mutually Cydyn, n. a little bag Cydyru, v. to drive together Cyf, a. prefix of general use, denoting a mutual act or effect Cyfab, a. with foal Cyfaddas, a. convenient, meet Cyfaddasu, v. to render meet Cyfaddef, v. to confess Cyfaddefiad, n. confession Cyfagos, a. near, contiguous Cyfagu, v. to nurse together Cyfagwedd, n. conformity Cyfagweddu, v. to conform Cyfaill, n. a friend Cyfammod, n. covenant Cyfammodi, v. to covenant Cyfamser, a. mean time Cyfamseru, to make opportune Cyfan, a. entire, whole, total Cyfanol, a. entire, integral Cyfander, n. entireness Cyfandroed, a. web-footed Cyfanedd, n. integrality Cyfaniad, n. a making whole Cyfannedd, n. inhabited place: adj. inhabited; domestic Cyfanneddiad, n. inhabitation Cyfanneddle, n. habitation Cyfanneddol, a. habitable Cyfaneddu, v. to inhabit Cyfaneddwr, n. inhabitant Cyfanrif, n. total number Cyfanrwydd, n. entireness Cyfansawdd, a composite Cyfansoddi, v. to compose; to arrange the letters Cyfansoddiad, n. composition Cyfansoddol, a. compositive Cyfansoddwr, n. composer Cyfanu, v. to make whole Cyfanwerth, n. wholesale Cyfar, n. a front, facing; joint ploughing; acre Cyfarch, n. address, greeting: v. to greet, to salute Cyfarchedigol, v. congratulatory Cafarchiad, n. a greeting Cyfarchol, a. complimentary Cyfarchwel, n. reproach Cyfarchwr, n. congratulator Cyfarchwyl, n. a survey Cyfaredd, n. a charm Cyfareddu, v. to cure by charm Cyfarfod, an assembly, a meeting Cyfartal, a. proportional Cyfartalai, n. a standard Cyfartaledd, n. poportionateness Cyfartaliad, n. an equation Cyfartalu, v. to proportonate Cyfarth, n. a barking, a yelp: v. to bark, to yelp Cyfarthiad, n. a barking Cyfarthfa, n. a baiting with dogs; n. junction of hills Cyfarthiad, n. a barking Cyfaru, v. to plough together Cyfarwydd, n. a wizard: a. guideing; skilful Cyfarwyddiad, n. direction Cyfarwyddo, v. to direct Cyfarwyddol, v. directing Cyfarwyddwr, n. director Cyfarwyddyd, n. experience Cyfarwynebu, v. to comfort Cyfatteb, v. to correspond Cyfattebiad, n. a corresponding Cyfattebiaeth, n. correspondence Cyfattebol, a. corresponding Cyfategu, v. to uphold jointly Cyfathrach, n. affinity, kind Cyfathrachu, v. to join alliance, to join in matrimony Cyfhâu, v. make whole Cyfddydd, n. the day-spring Cyfebol, a. big with foal Cyfebr, v. going with foal Cyfebriad, n. gestati
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

joyful letter could
And he never dreamed that such a joyful letter could sadden her and fill her night with sighs, and troubled thoughts, and bodings of the future, instead of filling it with peace and blessing it with restful sleep.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

Jubainville Le culte
Jubainville, Le culte des menhirs dans le monde celtique , in Rev. Celt. , xxvii. 313).
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

judgement lays claim
Of the method of deduction of judgements of Taste A Deduction, i.e. the guarantee of the legitimacy of a class of judgements, is only obligatory if the judgement lays claim to necessity.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

Jo looks cross
Old Jim, standing in a corner, craned his neck to get a better view, wheezily murmuring in the ear of his friend, the backwoodsman, "Jo looks cross.
— from A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by William Henry Venable

JOHN LANE COMPANY
JOHN LANE COMPANY 1915 Press of J.J. Little & Ives Company New York, U.S.A. TO MY WIFE
— from Jaffery by William John Locke

Jourdan le Cointe
These sauces gave the dishes a corrosive acidity, and as Jourdan le Cointe remarks, far from nourishing the body, communicated to it a feverish sensation, which baffled all the skill of physicians, in their attempts to cure it.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 371, May 23, 1829 by Various

Judge Logan came
Judge Logan came up about that time, and insisted on running Lincoln still; but the latter said, 'If you do, you will lose both Trumbull and myself; and I think the cause, in this case, is to be preferred to men.'
— from The Life of Abraham Lincoln, from His Birth to His Inauguration as President by Ward Hill Lamon

jurisdiction legal code
Legal system: civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; legal code modified to bring it in line with Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) obligations and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal theory National holiday: NA Political parties and leaders: Civic Democratic Party, Vaclav KLAUS, chairman; Christian Democratic Union, leader NA; Civic Democratic Alliance, Jan KALVODA, chairman; Christian Democratic Party, Vaclav BENDA, chairman; Czech People's Party, Josef LUX; Czechoslovak Social Democracy, Milos ZEMAN, chairman; Left Bloc, leader NA; Republican Party, Miroslav SLADEK, chairman; Movement for Self-Governing Democracy for Moravia and Silesia, Jan STRYCER, chairman; Liberal Social Union, leader NA; Assembly for the Republic, leader NA Other political or pressure groups: Czech Democratic Left Movement; Civic Movement Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Elections: President: last held 26 January 1993 (next to be held NA January 1998); results - Vaclav HAVEL elected by the National Council Senate: elections not yet held; seats (81 total) Chamber of Deputies: last held 5-6 June 1992 (next to be held NA 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (200 total)
— from The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Japanese landing craft
A grounded Japanese landing craft is tied to the west side of the pier.
— from Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa by Joseph H. Alexander

Job Legg concealing
Job Legg, concealing the mighty matters in his own bosom, soon waited upon Raymond and found him in a sulky humour.
— from The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts


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