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  • After this came my second service: a pudding a la Reine Elizabeth (who, Madame Fribsbi knows, was a maiden princess); a dish of opal-coloured plover's eggs which I called Nid de tourtereaux a la Roucoule; placing in the midst of them two of those tender volatiles, billing each other, and confectioned with butter; a basket containing little gateaux of apricots, which, I know, all young ladies adore; and a jelly of marasquin, bland insinuating, intoxicating as the glance of beauty.

    The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • 'That little thing -- I believe they call her Nid-de-Merle -- she has only just been brought from her nunnery to wait on the young Queen.

    The Chaplet of Pearls Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Fribsbi knows, was a maiden princess); a dish of opal-coloured plover’s eggs which I called Nid de tourtereaux a la

    The History of Pendennis 2006

  • But the genlmn called Nid was at the botm of the stare, and pretended to be very busy with his shoo-string.

    The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush 2006

  • But the genlmn called Nid was at the botm of the stare, and pretended to be very busy with his shoo-string.

    The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • Please note that whether Socrates or Nocrates (Sid or Nid) believe realism/nominalism is true is beside the point.

    An Argument from Realism Against Naturalism about Human Beings 2008

  • The description of his blog reads Nid da lle gellir gwell, a Welsh proverb which means 'It isn't good if it can be done better'.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • Please note that whether Socrates or Nocrates (Sid or Nid) believe realism/nominalism is true is beside the point.

    An Argument from Realism Against Naturalism about Human Beings 2008

  • Nid beirniadaeth yw hyn - dwi'n nodi bod amrywiaeth barn yn ran annatod o bob plaid wleidyddol, ac fe fyddwn i'n mynd cyn belled a dweud ei fod yn rinwedd mewn plaid.

    Cyng. Louise Hughes Dyfrig 2009

  • Nid fi yw'r unig un sydd yn credu hyn - mae hyd yn oed Cymdeithas yr Iaith, sydd wedi arddel safbwynt gwrthwynebus iawn yn y gorffennol, wedi croesawu'r cyfeiriad newydd.

    Ad-drefnu ysgolion cynradd Dyfrig 2009

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