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pensando que su uso pudiera engreír a la niña.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler
They saw a young man leave the door of the pansitería , gaze all about him, then with some unknown person enter a carriage that waited at the curb.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal
The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged, and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged; and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
"One hundred were in suitable situations on private places, forty-one were in woods, swamps and orchards, eight were placed under bridges (two being under the iron girders of the railroad bridge), four were {91} in quarries, sixteen were in barns, sheds, under piazzas, etc., and one was on the ground at the foot of a bush.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
‘There is reason to believe it a family complaint of some sort,’ broke in—a third; ‘the Bailli de Mirabeau sank under pure exhaustion, as if the machine had actually worn out.’ ‘ Pardie! ’ cried out a rough-looking man in a working dress; ‘it is hard that we cannot repair him with the strong materials the useless fellows are made of; there are full fifty in the Assembly we could give for one like him .’
— from Gerald Fitzgerald, the Chevalier: A Novel by Charles James Lever
The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States, until properly exchanged; and each company or regimental commander to sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
— from The Great Conspiracy, Volume 7 by John Alexander Logan
"The officers to give their individual parole not to take arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged, and each company or regimental commander to sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2 by Jefferson Davis
To the left of the steps down, and completely blocking up the underneath part of the first flight up, was a palisade of stout upright planks, each about six inches across, a further Boche precaution against undue communication with the cellars.
— from The Tunnellers of Holzminden (with a side-issue) by H. G. (Hugh George) Durnford
And in order to gain admission to this "plebeian aristocracy" men otherwise reasonable and honest will spend incredible sums, undergo prodigious exertions, associate themselves with the basest intrigues, and perform the most unblushing tergiversations.
— from Collections and Recollections by George William Erskine Russell
The officers to give their individual parole not to take arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged; and each company or regimental commander to sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
— from A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee by John Esten Cooke
All the officers of the Army of Northern Virginia were to give their parole not to take up arms against the United States, until properly exchanged, and the company or regimental commanders were to sign a like parole for their men.
— from The Tree of Appomattox by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
PRIOR, in The Life of Goldsmith , page 457, expressly says that Oglethorpe, " after being educated at Oxford , served under Prince Eugene against the Turks."[1]
— from Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe Founder of the Colony of Georgia, in North America. by Thaddeus Mason Harris
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