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orientations du cyberespace
Bien que l'anglais soit la langue la plus importante du web et de l'internet en général, je pense que le multilinguisme fait inévitablement partie des futures orientations du cyberespace.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Oeuvres de Condorcet
( Oeuvres de Condorcet, t. v. ), p. 67.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

on dark colours
The deserted Count long remained standing in the garden; his soul, like the earth after sunset, gradually grew cool, and took on dark colours.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

our dispute concerning
Let all such errors be banished from philosophy, if we would advance, in our dispute concerning the immortal Gods, nothing unworthy of immortal beings.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

OF DANTE cx
PAGE FLORENCE AND DANTE, xvii GIOTTO’S PORTRAIT OF DANTE, cx The Inferno.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

of Dion Cassius
Note 38 ( return ) [ The constitutional style of Legibus Solutus is misinterpreted by the art or ignorance of Dion Cassius, (tom. i. l. liii.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

one daughter Christie
They had one daughter, Christie, born 1849, and who is married to Gunder Larson.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

of different countries
He was a keen student of the history of different countries and had begun but could not complete a historical work in Bengali.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore

our desires c
Again, in the office of consecrating Cramp Rings: "We beseech thee, O Lord, that the Spirit which proceeds from thee may prevent and follow in our desires," &c.— Reed.
— from A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 13 by Robert Dodsley

only demanded common
They will now insist on independence where they only demanded common justice.
— from The Cretan Insurrection of 1866-7-8 by William James Stillman

once discovered ceased
The court of London and the states-general laid aside all rules upon seeing the dangers which menaced the house of Hanover; but, in fact, this danger, when once discovered, ceased to be any longer danger, at least at that juncture.
— from The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia by Voltaire

OF DAMAGE CAUSED
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE ATOMIC EXPLOSIONS In considering the devastation in the two cities, it should be remembered that the cities' differences in shape and topography resulted in great differences in the damages.
— from The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Manhattan District

our dear country
“But, gentlemen,” continued the councillor, “if, banishing from my memory the remembrance of these sad pictures, I carry my eyes back to the actual situation of our dear country, what do I see there?
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

only differs chemically
Considering the particular emerald which is a variety of beryl—although the name emerald in the trade is applied somewhat loosely to any stone which is of the same colour, or approaching the colour of the beryl variety—this emerald only differs chemically from the beryl, just described, in possessing an addition of oxide of chromium.
— from The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones by John Mastin

old Dr Carter
She says 't Henry Ward Beecher never budged last night, 'n' so far from that bein' a relief, it led to worse 'n ever, for old Dr. Carter 'n' young Dr. Brown got so hungry observin' 't they went downstairs, 'n' young Dr. Brown knowed where everything was, 'n' as a result they eat up
— from Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop by Anne Warner

on deeply considering
But Pa says, on deeply considering the thing, "I am just as well pleased it should not be the King; "As I think for my BIDDY, so gentille and jolie .
— from The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Thomas Moore


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