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ruled each passion like a

Wise, modest, pure, he honoured eld, His lips from lying tales withheld; Due reverence to the Bráhmans gave, And ruled each passion like a slave.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

rassembler et promouvoir les auteurs

Raymond Godefroy est membre de l'Association internationale des écrivains paysans (AIEP), fondée en 1972 dans le but de rassembler et promouvoir les auteurs servant la pensée paysanne.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

rudimentary equipment produces lances and

This rudimentary equipment produces lances and knives of the greatest efficacy.
— from Indo-China and Its Primitive People by Henry Baudesson

rolling each piece loosely and

It is no use to give the rest of the recipe for drying them, rolling each piece loosely and cutting it into strips and boiling them with salt in water.
— from Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.

rongeaient en paix les affuts

J'errai longtemps seul dans ce silencieux désert sans rencontrer personne; de loin en loin seulement, j'apercevais quelque sentinelle perdue à la pointe d'une demi-lune et nonchalamment appuyée contre les canons et les mortiers; de gros rats rongeaient en paix les affuts; ils se sont si bien emparés du lieu, que mon approche les dérangeait à peine; je n'avais pas fait trois pas, qu'ils se remettaient à l'œuvre.
— from An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. by Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir

remarked every place like a

As we have elsewhere remarked, every place, like a bit of 120 tapestry, has its right side and its wrong side; and both are true and real,—the wrong side with its tags and rags, and seams and knots, and thrums of worsted, and the right side with its pretty picture.
— from Palmetto-Leaves by Harriet Beecher Stowe

religious educational political legal administrative

But, nevertheless, the 2008 pages of testimony taken in Alabama furnish a mine of information concerning the social, religious, educational, political, legal, administrative, agricultural, and financial conditions in Alabama from 1865 to 1871.
— from Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama by Walter L. (Walter Lynwood) Fleming

Rev Elijah P Lovejoy at

The Trumbulls from Newcastle-on-Tyne, England—Most illustrious family in Colony of Connecticut—Lyman Trumbull born and educated at Colchester—Begins his career as school-teacher in Georgia in 1833—Studies law there in office of Hiram Warner—In 1837 makes a journey on horseback to Shawneetown, Illinois—Begins practice of law in office of Governor Reynolds at Belleville—"Riding on the circuit" in the early days—In a letter to his father describes the killing of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy at Alton—Elected to the legislature from St. Clair County in 1840—Appointed secretary of state in 1841 by Governor Carlin—Removed from office in 1843 by Governor Ford—Political disturbance in consequence—Belleville in 1842—Marriage of Trumbull and Miss Julia Jayne—Their wedding journey—Political campaign of 1848—Trumbull fails of nomination for governor—
— from The Life of Lyman Trumbull by Horace White

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