At this time he began to lodge in a house on the Place de la Madeleine, which had been recently bought by the Thuilliers, whom he had known in the Bureau of Finance.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr
[ gaderian ] tōgægnes = tōgegnes , tōgēanes tōgǣlan to profane, defile , LPs 88 32 .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall
El suelo es fértil, el clima templado, la precipitación de lluvia suficiente y oportuna para el crecimiento gradual de los cultivos; los cambios de tiempo no son raros, pero su intensidad es limitada; los ríos, arroyos y lagos no escasean; y, además, el agricultor está seguro de encontrar, siempre una napa subterránea de agua apropiada para el regadío.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson
Examples Donnez-moi du pain, de la viande, des pommes de terre.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann
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— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
It was towards this corner of the place, dimly lighted by the reflection of a distant street lamp, that the gamin guided his two “brats.”
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Il lui propose de les dessiner.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann
The President de Lamoignon, very intimate in the family, dined there also.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
In the postscript of a letter (of April 15, 1880) arranging one of these visits, he writes: "Since poor, dear Lyell's death, I rarely have the pleasure of geological talk with anyone.")
— from Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward
Preacher and theologian; he had been chaplain to the Princesse de Lamballe, and refused to take the oath of citizenship at the time of the revolution.
— from Memoirs of the Duchesse De Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1841-1850 by Dino, Dorothée, duchesse de
You used to live then in the Habsburgergasse, in an old house that has been pulled down long ago.
— from The Road to the Open by Arthur Schnitzler
Bachicao , Hernando, 11 ; accompanies Vaca de Castro on his journey to the city of the Kings, 13 ; career of, 13 ( n. ); resolves to go to Cuzco, 34 ; desires to leave Lima, 45 , 46 ; arrives in Huarochiri, 47 ; departure from Lima, 59 ; the Cuzco citizens disturbed by his news, 64 ; is interviewed with others by Pedro de los Rios, 65 ; signs in favour of Gonzalo Pizarro being made Chief Justice, 68 , 69 ; in charge of the artillery, 79 , 140 ( n. ), 156 Badajos , 19 Balsa , Juan, 42 ( n. )
— from The War of Quito by Pedro de Cieza de León
"Vous auriez entendu dans tout Paris des lamentations pitoyables, des petits enfants qui criaient, 'Je meurs de faim.'
— from The Churches of Paris, from Clovis to Charles X by Sophia Beale
I do not [288] mean that the poor, dear lads are converts , but that they use their eyes and ears,—and think that ours must be a very pleasant, genial kind of religion, connected in some sort of way with singing, and cricket, and kindness.’
— from A Lady of England: The Life and Letters of Charlotte Maria Tucker by Agnes Giberne
“A Arcos [D. Rodrigo Ponce de Leon, duque de].”
— from Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4 by Pascual de Gayangos
] Note 5164 ( return ) [ Pelet de la Lozère, p.208 (May 22, 1804).
— from The Modern Regime, Volume 2 by Hippolyte Taine
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