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JL re de queſti gentilli deto raya papua e richiſſimo de oro et habita dent o ne layſola
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta
he asked the aide-de-camp with a respectful politeness evidently relating to the personage he was referring to.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
"'That's a rather pretty eye,'" remarked the Munchkin who was watching the farmer.
— from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Cada vez que nacía un príncipe o una princesa los tres solteros aumentaban los impuestos para comprar magníficos regalos para el recién nacido.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler
Notre objectif est de la rendre pérenne et rentable et nous nous y employons.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
Me gustan todas, me gustan todas, me gustan todas en general, pero esa rubia, pero esa rubia, pero esa rubia me gusta más.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler
Pero esa rubia, pero esa rubia, pero esa rubia me gusta más.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler
router , plier en rouleau.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann
This circumstance was satisfactory: a private fear had haunted me, that in thus acting for myself, and by my own guidance, I ran the risk of getting into some scrape; and, above all things, I wished the result of my endeavours to be respectable, proper, en règle .
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë
[Pg 46] "'That's a rather pretty eye,' remarked the Munchkin who was watching the farmer; 'blue paint is just the color for eyes.'
— from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Upon the opposite side of the handle is a circle or a circle with a cross within it to denote the number of reals paid, each real being indicated upon the edge of the stick by a notch, while each ten reals or peso is noted by making the cut all the way across that face of the stick.
— from Picture-Writing of the American Indians Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888-89, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1893, pages 3-822 by Garrick Mallery
Paléolithique dans les cavernes des Baoussé Roussé , par Emile Rivière, p. 31.
— from Prehistoric Man Researches into the Origin of Civilization in the Old and the New World by Wilson, Daniel, Sir
Ravaut, P. et Reniac.
— from Shell-Shock and Other Neuropsychiatric Problems Presented in Five Hundred and Eighty-nine Case Histories from the War Literature, 1914-1918 by Elmer Ernest Southard
The lettered banners, borne by two pioneer Suffragists, Mrs. L. Crozier French and Mrs. E. C. Green, read: THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM ENDORSES RATIFICATION OF SUFFRAGE.
— from The Story of the Woman's Party by Inez Haynes Gillmore
We have seldom seen a book in which the best and highest aim is so manifest without the attractiveness of the tale being at all lessened by the embodiment of religious principles."— Eclectic Review.
— from Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by W. (William) Houghton
Political stability and the end of the civil war have improved aid flows and economic activity has increased, but underlying weaknesses - a high poverty rate, poor education rates, a weak legal system, and low administrative capacity - risk undermining planned economic reforms.
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
-R- Radisson , Pierre Esprit, reaches the Mississippi, 5 .
— from France and England in North America, Part III: La Salle, Discovery of The Great West by Francis Parkman
The Woman Rebel produced extraordinary results, striking vibrations that brought contacts, messages, inquiries, pamphlets, books, even some money.
— from Margaret Sanger: an autobiography. by Margaret Sanger
How much more we will have to put into Europe's Red Pay Envelope remains to be seen.
— from The War After the War by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
That no one should be molested on account of his religion provided everyone remained quietly at home.
— from Massacres of the South (1551-1815) Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas
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