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Marie Duchesse de
Catherine Marie, Duchesse de Montpensier, was the daughter of the Duc de Guise, assassinated in 1563.
— from On Love by Stendhal

medicinæ doctor doctor
M.D., medicinæ doctor , doctor of medicine.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

menos de decir
Por fin tu papá dijo lo que 51 no podía menos de decir....
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

my dying day
I should have had him still, "My Johnny, till my dying day."
— from Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798) by William Wordsworth

most delicate dish
By and by the Duke went out and we with him through the Parke, and there I left him going into White Hall, and Creed and I walked round the Parke, a pleasant walk, observing the birds, which is very pleasant; and so walked to the New Exchange, and there had a most delicate dish of curds and creame, and discourse with the good woman of the house, a discreet well-bred woman, and a place with great delight I shall make it now and then to go thither.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

muerte de doscientos
Si cualquiera de vosotros, o todos juntos, hallarais ocasión propicia de vengar la muerte de doscientos ochenta y cinco compatriotas y de salvar
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

My deary deary
My deary, deary, deary, wife of John and mother of his little child!
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

mountain deer Dry
He gave him of his Highland cheer, The hardened flesh of mountain deer; Dry fuel on the fire he laid, And bade the Saxon share his plaid.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

Marechal Duc de
Marie-Nathalie lived then with her guardian, the Marechal Duc de Lenoncourt, and was supposed to be his mistress.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

Montana Del Delaware
(California) Miss. (Mississippi) Colo. (Colorado) Mo. (Missouri) Conn. (Connecticut) Mont. (Montana) Del. (Delaware) Nebr. (Nebraska) D. C. (District of Nev. (Nevada) Columbia) N. H. (New Hampshire) Fla. (Florida) N. J. (New Jersey) Ga. (Georgia) N. Mex.
— from Lippincott's Horn-Ashbaugh Speller For Grades One to Eight by Ernest J. (Ernest James) Ashbaugh

min den dat
"Well, Miss, he made up his min' den dat
— from The Conjure Woman by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

My dear dear
"My dear, dear girl!"
— from Mother by Maksim Gorky

my daughter dear
"Now haud y'r tongue, my daughter dear, An' o' your weepin' let me be; A bill o' divorce I'll gar write for him, An' I'll get as gude a Lord to thee."
— from Walks near Edinburgh by Margaret Warrender

Meister der Dresdener
W. v. Seidlitz: A. Feuerbach, im 4 Heft der “Stichausgabe moderner Meister der Dresdener Galerie.”
— from The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) Revised edition continued by the author to the end of the XIX century by Richard Muther

most decisive defeat
In every place the British were victorious, and had one forward movement of the Spaniards been made, Talavera would have proved the most decisive defeat that ever the French armies on the Peninsula had sustained, for a rapid flanking march from Cuesta’s right upon the Alberche must have compromised half the French army.
— from The Battles of the British Army Being a Popular Account of All the Principal Engagements During the Last Hundred Years by Robert Melvin Blackwood

Mr Dark did
Mr. Dark did not seem to hear the compliment.
— from The Queen of Hearts by Wilkie Collins

most devoted daughters
Why, after a voyage with Mrs. Crawford I have seen the most devoted daughters desert their parents.
— from Daireen. Complete by Frank Frankfort Moore

mines destroyers director
The British admiral's account of the inferiority of the British navy in submarines, aircraft, mines, destroyers, director firing (installed in only 8 ships in 1914), armor-piercing shells, and Page 351 protection of bases, seems to justify the caution of British operations, but is a severe indictment of the manner in which money appropriated for the navy was used.
— from A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens

Mr D Dale
There were for arbitrators 103 Mr G. Leeman and Mr D. Dale acting for the owners, and Mr L. Jones and Mr T. Burt for the workmen.
— from A History of the Durham Miner's Association 1870-1904 by John Wilson


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