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On y voioit un chef, qui n'etoit proprement, que le premier des Citoiens, et qui donnoit, moins des ordres, que des Conseils.
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L'on se doit aussi peu ingerer a seruir les autres hors de sa maison, ou l'on avoir peu de pouuoir, n'etoit que le nombre des conuiez fust grand, & que le Maistre de la maison ne peust pas avoir l'oeil sur tout; Et pour lors l'on peut seruir ceux qui sont proches de soy.
George Washington's Rules of Civility Conway, M D 1890
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Duchess Isabella, as time showed, was a woman of strong character and deep feeling, but she never seemed to have acquired any influence over her feeble husband, and found herself powerless to arouse him to any sense of his position, "_La dicte fille_" says Commines, "_etoit fort courageuse et eut volontier donné crédit à son mary, si elle eut pu, mais il n'etoit guère saige et révélait ce qu'elle lui disait_."
Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 Julia Mary Cartwright Ady 1887
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Mais la circoncision n'etoit guere a mon gout; especially that of the Jews, for I am a Greek, am proud, and have principles of honour.
The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842
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About three or four months ago, Monsieur du Vergy published in a brochure, a parcel of letters, from himself to the Duc de Choiseul; in which he positively asserts that Monsieur de Guerchy prevailed with him (Vergy) to come over into England to assassinate d'Eon; the words are, as well as I remember, 'que ce n'etoit pas pour se servir de sa plume, mais de son epee, qu'on le demandoit en Angleterre'.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1759-65 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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To this I should answer: 'La partie n'etoit pas encore tout-a fait liee, vous nous avez interrompu; mais avec le tems que fait-on?
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1752 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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About three or four months ago, Monsieur du Vergy published in a brochure, a parcel of letters, from himself to the Duc de Choiseul; in which he positively asserts that Monsieur de Guerchy prevailed with him (Vergy) to come over into England to assassinate d'Eon; the words are, as well as I remember, 'que ce n'etoit pas pour se servir de sa plume, mais de son epee, qu'on le demandoit en Angleterre'.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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To this I should answer: 'La partie n'etoit pas encore tout-a fait liee, vous nous avez interrompu; mais avec le tems que fait-on?
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Cettc mouche n'etoit point encore engourdie; elle prit le vpl des qu'clle apper9ut le jour, et s'eloigna a perte de vue.
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Luparavant, ce que j'atttibue à ce que le terrein n'etoit pas wiTez gias pour,
Papers and letters on agriculture, recommended to the attention of the Canadian farmers by the Agricultural Society in Canada [microform] Agricultural Society in Canada 1790
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