La Duchesse de Kent est parfaitement mécontente,--elle m'en a męme parlé.— The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861
"De ce Paris, oů elle était née, elle savait tout--elle connaissait tout.— On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature
I am reminded here of what Francisque Reynard says regarding the difficulties of Boccaccio, and because of a similarity in the situation I venture to quote from the preface of his (French) version of the Decameron Dans son admiration exclusive des anciens, Boccace a pris pour modčle Cicéron et sa longue période académique, dans laquelle les incidences se greffent sur les incidences, poursuivant l'idée jusqu'au bout, et ne la laissant que lorsqu'elle est épuisée, comme le souffle ou l'attention de celui qui lit.... Aussi le plus souvent sa phraséologie est-elle fort complexe, et pour suivre le fil de l'idée premičre, faut-il apporter une attention soutenue.— Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form
They have told me she was a brave woman CHAPTER XXXI IN A GARDEN AT POSILIPO Prends mon coeur, me dit-elle Oui, mais a la chapelle Sois mon petit Plait-il Ton petit Sois mon petit mari It was Calabressa who was gayly humming to himself; and it was well that he could amuse himself with his chansons and his cigarettes, for his friend Edwards was proving anything but an attentive companion.— Sunrise
The Hebrew name of this book is: Ve-elle shemoth_, Now these [are] the names_; or more briefly: Shemoth_, names_.— Companion to the Bible

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