By his marriage, which took place under Louis Philippe, he became allied with the family of a German grand duke.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr
expérience , f. , connaissance acquise par une longue pratique, jointe à l'observation; épreuve personnelle.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann
Hatágan kag primyu, ug labaw pa niánà, makabyáhi ka, You will be given a prize, and in addition to that, you can travel.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
Mau pay pubri ku, inudnud pa giyud tag palukat ug lisinsya, Poor as I am, I still have to pay for a license.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
Muwagat (mawagat) ang pálaw ug linghud pa, Palaw is watery and lumpy when it is cooked too young.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
'Genius,' says Buffon, 'is only a protracted patience ( une longue patience ).'
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James
There are three kinds of portraits: ugly likenesses, perfect likenesses, and those which to a perfect likeness add an almost imperceptible character of beauty.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
[Colonel Chabert.] GRAFF (Johann), brother of a tailor established in Paris under Louis Philippe. Came himself to Paris after having been head-waiter in the hotel of Gedeon Brunner at Frankfort; and ran the Hotel du Rhin in rue du Mail where Frederic Brunner and Wilhelm Schwab alighted penniless in 1835.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr
On your at-home days, we shall put up little placards as they do outside the theatres, ‘Drawing-room full,’ ‘Dining-room full,’ ‘Room in the Conservatory.’
— from A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus by Arthur Conan Doyle
In August 1846 one of the highest administrative posts under Louis Philippe was filled by a man of great ability, one of those officials who are selected by the Press for flattering eulogium.
— from The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816 by Thomas (Thomas James) Walker
Becque left a play unfinished, "Les Polichinelles."
— from Books and Persons; Being Comments on a Past Epoch, 1908-1911 by Arnold Bennett
It not only picked up loose particles, but also scoured and wore away solid rocks along its bed.
— from The Niagara River by Archer Butler Hulbert
“Chronicle of Philadelphia Union League,” pp. 106, 107, 145.
— from Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama by Walter L. (Walter Lynwood) Fleming
People usually loved Philip, even while they criticised him; but Hope loved him first, and then could not criticise him at all.
— from Malbone: An Oldport Romance by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Character—which implies integrity, purity, unselfishness, love, patience, self-forgetfulness, and temperance—means the truth we have received, made our own, and put in action.
— from Eli and Sibyl Jones, Their Life and Work by Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew) Jones
The half-past twelve o'clock déjeuner even appeared painfully early to Susie, though she contrived to be present at that luxurious meal, where there were often amusing droppers-in, lads from the embassies, soldiers in picturesque uniforms, literary people and artistic people, mostly Americans, people whom Susie could not afford to miss.
— from Beyond These Voices by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
Swarthy mariners, clad in the Spanish costume of the seventeenth century,—long, sausage-shaped hose, with breeches pinned up like pudding bags and fringed at the bottom, boots with wide, voluminous tops, buff coats with sleeves slashed [78] in front, and broad-brimmed Flemish beaver hats, with rich hat-bands and plumes of feathers—are watching the unlading, and an old Turk stands near by, complaisant and serene, smoking his pipe.
— from Old Time Wall Papers An Account of the Pictorial Papers on Our Forefathers' Walls with a Study of the Historical Development of Wall Paper Making and Decoration by Kate Sanborn
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