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poor eyes let fall
And just against thy heart make thou a hole, That all the tears that thy poor eyes let fall May run into that sink and, soaking in, Drown the lamenting fool in sea-salt tears.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

puesto en la faz
¡Me has puesto en la faz la mano!
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

Public et la foule
This distinction was first made by Tarde in a paper entitled "Le Public et la foule," published first in La Revue de Paris in 1898, and included with several others on the same general theme under the title L'Opinion et la foule which appeared in 1901.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

perche era la festa
Jeri fummo a S. Lorenzo e sentimmo il Vespero, e oggi matina la messa cantata, e la sera poi il secondo vespero, perche era la festa della Madonna del Buonconsiglio.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

plaisirs et la fin
These few words of Jouy, Sans les femmes le commencement de notre vie seroit privé de secours, le milieu de plaisirs et la fin de consolation , more exactly express, in my opinion, the true praise of woman than Schiller's poem, Würde der Frauen , which is the fruit of much careful thought and impressive because of its antithesis and use of contrast.
— from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer

Princess eternally live For
May the sweetest of charms that god Hymen can give, For you and the Princess, eternally live: For you fully deserve it; in token of this I will point to your gifts, both of riches and bliss.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

presentados en las formas
los derechos de copiado no están presentados en las formas usuales y si las obras están expuestas sin las formalidades de ingresos.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

present Emperor lady Feng
"This is indeed evidence of the great bounty of the present Emperor!" lady Feng observed smirkingly; "one doesn't hear in books, or see in plays, written from time to time, any mention of such an instance, even so far back as the days of old!"
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

playmate Eugene La Forgue
Even while a child, her susceptibility was evinced in an attachment which she formed to a playmate, Eugene La Forgue, the only son of a widow, who lived in the neighbourhood.
— from Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Washington Irving

produce early lambs for
He keeps them to produce early lambs for the Chicago market.
— from Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

par exemple la fin
À quelques exceptions près, par exemple, la fin du chapitre 'on Truth,' je vois les choses comme vous, mais certains préjugés sont bien invétérés dans l'esprit de vos compatriotes.
— from Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Eugénie Hamerton

P Enriques La forma
62 Cf. P. Enriques, La forma come funzione della grandezza: Ricerche sui gangli nervosi degli Invertebrati, Arch.
— from On Growth and Form by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

Pinckney E L floriculture
Pinckney, E. L., floriculture by, 14 .
— from Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle

provides economic loans for
aim - UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate that provides economic loans for low income countries members - (160)
— from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

place excepting lizards for
No animals were perceived upon the place, excepting lizards, for which reason the gentlemen gave it the name of Lizard Island.
— from Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook With an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Andrew Kippis

Pinch each leaf from
Pinch each leaf from underneath along the crease in the middle, to give the depression at the midrib.
— from Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls by Lina Beard

pay exorbitant levies for
The great cities of Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing, [Pg 155] Laon and Mezières have been compelled to pay exorbitant levies for war purposes, which have amounted to billions of francs.
— from Fighting France by Stéphane Lauzanne


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