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puissant empereur répliqua le soldat
Et toi, continua-t-il en s'adressant au vétéran, va en paix: tes affaires sont en bonnes mains, ta cause triomphera.--Mon puissant empereur, répliqua le soldat, quand votre pouvoir fut menacé à la bataille d'Actium, je n'ai point chargé un autre du soin de votre défense.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

pour en recevoir les services
Le Commissaire protège: le droit du public d'utiliser le français ou l'anglais pour communiquer avec les institutions fédérales et pour en recevoir les services là où la loi et le règlement sur les langues officielles le prévoient; le droit des fonctionnaires de travailler dans l'une ou l'autre langue officielle dans les régions désignées à cette fin ; le droit de tous les Canadiens et
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Parmy eulx règne la sexte
Rabelais uses the term with the signification of to seize :— Parmy eulx règne la sexte essence, moyennant laquelle ils grippent tout, dévorent tout et conchient tout.
— from Argot and Slang A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New Paris by Albert Barrère

period elaborately represented lie side
A Cavalier and his wife, with the dress of the period elaborately represented, lie side by side in excellent preservation; and it is remarkable that though their noses are very prominent, they have come down from the past without any wear and tear.
— from Passages from the English Notebooks, Complete by Nathaniel Hawthorne

poscia e ripigliò la spada
Il suo caduto ferro instanto fuore Portò del bosco impetuoso vento, Sicchè vinto partissi; e in sulla strada Ritrovò poscia, e ripigliò la spada.
— from Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Leigh Hunt

people ever reached Lima six
Only fifteen of its people ever reached Lima, six miles inland.
— from Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History by Allen Howard Godbey

president election results Ludwig SCOTTY
Rene HARRIS became president election results: Ludwig SCOTTY elected president 29 May 2003; Ludwig SCOTTY 10 parliamentary votes, Kinza CLODUMAR 7 cabinet:
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency


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