“I tell thee, Hester Prynne, the richest fee that ever physician earned from monarch could not have bought such care as I have wasted on this miserable priest! — from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
toisi epesi poieon even
Note 21 ( return ) [ {en autoisi toisi epesi poieon}: "even in the verses which he composed," in which he might be expected as a poet to go somewhat beyond the literal truth. — from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus
Each liked the way in which the other talked; the voice, the diction, the expression pleased; each keenly relished the flavour of the other's wit; they met each other's meaning with strange quickness, their thoughts often matched like carefully-chosen pearls. — from Villette by Charlotte Brontë
this exceedingly picturesque effect
It is a peculiarity of this material to give houses built of it the appearance of being wider at bottom than at top—after the manner of Egyptian architecture; and in the present instance, this exceedingly picturesque effect was aided by numerous pots of gorgeous flowers that almost encompassed the base of the buildings. — from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe
thy earthly part expires
Till seventeen nights and seventeen days return'd All that was mortal or immortal mourn'd, To flames we gave thee, the succeeding day, And fatted sheep and sable oxen slay; With oils and honey blazed the augmented fires, And, like a god adorn'd, thy earthly part expires. — from The Odyssey by Homer
téléchargé en P2P en
Bref: "écouter le dernier Red Hot (Chilli Peppers pour les non-polyglottes) téléchargé en P2P en étudiant le cours téléchargé de la même manière, tout ça dans le métro; puis, dès la matière maîtrisée, passer plutôt à la lecture du texte des Guignols de ce matin, et pourquoi pas, à la vision de l'extrait en vidéo, et là, qu'est-ce qu'on rigole!" — from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
there every person enjoying
But the manner of life which is now established, more particularly when embellished with good morals and a system of equal laws, is far superior to it, for it will have the advantage of both; by both I mean properties being common, and divided also; for in some respects it ought to be in a manner common, but upon the whole private: for every man's attention being employed on his own particular concerns, will prevent mutual complaints against each other; nay, by this means industry will be increased, as each person will labour to improve his own private property; and it will then be, that from a principle of virtue they will mutually perform good offices to each other, according to the proverb, "All things are common amongst friends;" and in some cities there are traces of this custom to be seen, so that it is not impracticable, and particularly in those which are best governed; some things are by this means in a manner common, and others might be so; for there, every person enjoying his own private property, some things he assists his friend with, others are considered as in common; as in Lacedaemon, where they use each other's slaves, as if they were, so to speak, their own, as they do their horses and dogs, or even any provision they may want in a journey. — from Politics: A Treatise on Government by Aristotle
the equally passive Emelye
At an equal sacrifice of blood, first Arcite and then Palamon won the equally passive Emelye, who, when Theseus had set her up as a prize to the better fighter, could only pray that she might either avoid them both, or at least fall to him who loved her best in his inmost heart. — from Chaucer and His England by G. G. (George Gordon) Coulton
The entire party eight
The entire party, eight men and Mary Burke, had been taken to Horton, a station not far up the line, and put on the train with many dire threats. — from King Coal : a Novel by Upton Sinclair
The chair was taken by the Rev. Jopling Baynes, Lady Petchworth was enthroned behind the table, Hubert was in charge of his wife's notes—if notes should be needed—and Mr. Pope, expectant of an invitation at the end to say a few words about the East Purblow experiment, also occupied a chair on the platform. — from Marriage by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Haase declared that he had done more for Latin grammar than any of his predecessors, and Sir William Hamilton, the English philosopher, even held that the study of "Minerva" with the notes of the editors was more profitable than that of Newton's "Principia." — from The Century of Columbus by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
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