These mournful but dear remembrances, puts my spirits into such a violent motion, that I thought it was too much to offer comfort to a friend for a few slight disgraces by such extraordinary means, as the representation of our sufferings and revolutions.
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Héloïse
La différence est d'abord un gain de temps, pour tout, puis un changement de méthode de documentation, puis de méthode d'enseignement privilégiant l'acquisition des méthodes de recherche par mes étudiants, au détriment des contenus (mais cela dépend des cours).
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
ANT: Strong, vigorous, energetic, fresh, daring, resolute, prominent, marked, conspicuous, glaring.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows
podrir to decay, rot. poema m .
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
[ 345 ] 1 Letter of July 22, 1898, by Duc d’Almodovar del Rio, Prime Minister of Spain, to President McKinley, suing for peace.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount
The divine ruling principle makes all things work together for good, but for the good of the whole.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
“Madame,” he said, “you wish to talk with M. de Restaud; permit me to wish you good-day——” The Countess interrupted him by a gesture, saying hastily, “Whenever you come to see us, both M. de Restaud and I shall be delighted to see you.”
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac
I was sick of cars driving right past me.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
[94] Dr. Rendle, previously Medical Officer of Health for St. George-the-Martyr, in his evidence
— from The Sanitary Evolution of London by Henry (Henry Lorenzo) Jephson
The “ Café et Restaurant de Rome ” proved more than its titles implied.
— from Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Thomas Forester
When Newport departed for England, June 22, he left one hundred and four settlers in a very unfortunate condition: 22 they were besieged by Indians; a small ladle of "ill-conditioned" barley-meal was the daily ration per man; the lodgings of the settlers were log-cabins and holes in the ground, and the brackish water of the river served them for drink.
— from England in America, 1580-1652 by Lyon Gardiner Tyler
p. 495: "Horum sermo multum nocet: nam etiamsi non statim officit, semina in animo relinquit, sequiturque nos etiam cum ab illis discesserimus, resurrecturum postea malum."
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch
At Hadrianus, ut præter sua quotidiana obsequia, quæ tam regi quam Anglis omnibus libens præstabat, aliquo diuturniori memoriæ monumento relinqueret, apud omnes testatum se memorem fuisse acceptorum beneficiorum ab Henrico, atque nomen Anglicum amasse, donavit regi palatium magnificum quod ipse Romæ in Vaticano ædificaverat, ornavitque regis insignibus, ut in ea luce hominum aliquod egregium opus nomini Anglico dedicatum conspiceretur.
— from Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 2 (of 3) Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630. by James Dennistoun