Depaynt , pp. painted, S3; depeynted , C; depaynted , S3; depeynt , pt.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
He is pleasant, pretty, smartly dressed, cleverly good-for-nothing, not long turned 20, with a charming voice and agreeably disrespectful manners.
— from Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw
Santo Domingo Porto Plata Santo Domingo Cape, m n Mocha, d Santiago, d Porto Plata, d Bani, d Barahona, d
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
Plain and Plaid Poplins, Satins de Chine, Empress Cloths, Royal Velvets, Serges, etc. Customers, strangers, and the public are respectfully requested to examine.
— from Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 26, September 24, 1870 by Various
Cuando encontraba algo de que burlarse, su ironía era profunda, pero siempre disimulada con la doblez del sentido, con el monosílabo o con un
— from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López
Among other historic memories evoked by Le Poulchre in his seven cantos, he relates how, going to kiss the hand of the young King Charles IX., Anne d’Este, “Veufve du grand Lorrain, Qu’avait meschantement d’une traisteresse main Blecé d’un coup de plomb Poltrot, son domestique,” —came not to seek vengeance on Poltrot, for he had already been drawn and quartered before St. Jean de Grève, but on Coligny, whom, in the presence of the king, the Cardinal de Guise, and others, in the nave of the chapel of the château de Vincennes, she accused of being an accomplice in the crime of February 18, 1563.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 21, April, 1875, to September, 1875 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various
PARTIAL PARAGRAPH SPLICED DOWN [ Continued overleaf .
— from The Illustrated War News, Number 21, Dec. 30, 1914 by Various
Fruit medium to large, long-pyriform; flesh fine, melting, pleasantly perfumed; Sept. Des Chartreux.
— from The Pears of New York by U. P. Hedrick
Benvenuto Cellini belonged to a golden age of the arts, essentially that of the Old Masters; he was intimately associated with Michael Angelo, Titian and the most eminent sculptors and painters of the time; he was on friendly terms with {65} popes and monarchs, great princes, powerful statesmen, distinguished commanders, lordly ecclesiastics, and braving displeasure, held his head high, speaking his mind freely to all.
— from Italian Prisons St. Angelo; the Piombi; the Vicaria; Prisons of the Roman Inquisition by Arthur Griffiths
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