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jugé plus pratique
Je me rappelle que, pour les travaux de rédaction de ma thèse, après avoir stocké un certain nombre d'articles en ligne sur mon ordinateur, j'ai jugé plus pratique pour moi de les imprimer intégralement pour pouvoir les exploiter.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

jour presque par
"Si jamais correspondence de mari à femme a été intime et fréquente, si jamais continuité et permanence de tendresse a été marquée, c'est bien dans ces lettres écrites, chaque jour presque, par Napoléon à sa femme durant la campagne de l'an XIV."— F. Masson , Joséphine, Impératrice et Reine , 1899, p. 427.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

J Pilkington pronounced
Justice, however, was done to the memories of these pious and learned men in queen Elizabeth's reign, when Mr. Ackworth, orator of the university, and Mr. J. Pilkington, pronounced orations in honour of their memory, and in reprobation of their catholic persecutors.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

Jeunesse Peter Pinaut
(viz) Patroon, Baptist Dechamps Engages Etienne Mabbauf Paul Primaut Charles Hébert Baptist La Jeunesse Peter Pinaut Peter Roi & Joseph Collin 1 Corpl.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

jealousy pain perturbation
[300] And grief they define to be an irrational contraction of the mind, and it is divided into the following species, pity, envy, emulation, jealousy, pain, perturbation, sorrow, anguish, confusion.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Jason Pratensis puts
[2122] Jason Pratensis puts this of education for a principal cause; bad parents, stepmothers, tutors, masters, teachers, too rigorous, too severe, too remiss or indulgent on the other side, are often fountains and furtherers of this disease.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Jewish propaganda pure
However, most of what we read concerning this in the public press is Jewish propaganda, pure and simple, and the reports of men on the spot contradict it all.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

je parlais plus
Les grands médias sont en train de s'embarquer dans ce train-là, voir les sites de TF1, Canal+, etc… Les autres (l'édition principalement) passeront encore longtemps par l'étape tirage papier… Mais il se passe quelque chose via les sites de webtertainment dont je parlais plus haut, des habitudes se prennent, surtout chez les jeunes.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

joint petition protesting
The Ambalakkārans and Muttiriyans of a village in Musiri tāluk wrote a joint petition, protesting against their being classified as Kallans, but nevertheless it is said that the Kallans of Madura will not eat in Ambalakkāran’s houses.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 1 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

JAMES Political pressure
Dominica Freedom Party or DFP [Charles SAVARIN]; Dominica Labor Party or DLP [Rosie DOUGLAS]; United Workers Party or UWP [Edison JAMES] Political pressure groups and leaders: Dominica Liberation Movement or DLM (a small leftist party) International organization participation: ACCT, ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM (observer), OAS, OECS, OPANAL, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WMO, WTrO Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant) chancery: 3216 New Mexico Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016 telephone:
— from The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Jordan phosphates potash
Jan Mayen none Japan negligible mineral resources, fish note: with virtually no energy natural resources, Japan is the world's largest importer of coal and liquefied natural gas as well as the second largest importer of oil Jersey arable land Jordan phosphates, potash, shale oil Kazakhstan major deposits of petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium Kenya limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower Kiribati phosphate (production discontinued in 1979) Korea, North coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower Korea, South coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower potential Kosovo nickel, lead, zinc, magnesium, lignite, kaolin, chrome, bauxite Kuwait petroleum, fish, shrimp, natural gas Kyrgyzstan abundant hydropower; significant deposits of gold and rare earth metals; locally exploitable coal, oil, and natural gas; other deposits of nepheline, mercury, bismuth, lead, and zinc Laos timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones Latvia peat, limestone, dolomite, amber, hydropower, wood, arable land Lebanon limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land Lesotho water, agricultural and grazing land, diamonds, sand, clay, building stone Liberia iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold, hydropower Libya petroleum, natural gas, gypsum Liechtenstein hydroelectric potential, arable land Lithuania peat, arable land, amber Luxembourg iron ore (no longer exploited), arable land Macau NEGL Macedonia low-grade iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, manganese, nickel, tungsten, gold, silver, asbestos, gypsum, timber, arable land Madagascar graphite, chromite, coal, bauxite, salt, quartz, tar sands, semiprecious stones, mica, fish, hydropower Malawi limestone, arable land, hydropower, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite Malaysia tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Jackson Persia p
See Williams Jackson, Persia , p. 298 and references.
— from Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

Jacqueline Pascal possessing
Cousin says that few women of the seventeenth century were as brilliantly endowed as Jacqueline Pascal; possessing the finesse, energy, and sobriety of her brother, she was capable of the most serious work, and yet knew perfectly how to lead in a social circle.
— from Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) by Hugo P. (Hugo Paul) Thieme

jack pine plains
Farther west, in northern Michigan, this warbler breeds on the open jack pine plains and in mixed growths containing a fair percentage of other conifers.
— from Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers, Part One and Part Two by Arthur Cleveland Bent

Japanese political point
But it is necessary, as a simple matter of justice, to consider the whole event from the Japanese political point of view.
— from Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation by Lafcadio Hearn

Jenny Primrose puts
“O father!” said his granddaughter Barbara, “ye surely wrong poor old Mary Moray; what use could it be to an old woman like her, who has no wrongs to redress, no malice to work out against mankind, and nothing to seek of enjoyment save a canny hour and a quiet grave—what use could the fellowship of fiends and the communion of evil spirits be to her? I know Jenny Primrose puts rowan-tree above the door-head when she sees old Mary coming; I know the good-wife of Kittlenaket wears rowan-berry leaves in the headband of her blue kirtle, and all for the sake of averting the unsonsie glance of Mary’s right ee; and I know that the auld Laird of Burntroutwater drives his seven cows to their pasture with a wand of witch-tree, to keep Mary from milking them.
— from Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland by Anonymous

Jim Phelan peaked
Jim Phelan peaked his oar and broke silence.
— from Tempest-Driven: A Romance (Vol. 3 of 3) by Richard Dowling


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