"Dite" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... et de Geographie contenant 1^e l'Histoire proprement dite.... 2^e la Biographie Universelle.... 3^e la Mythologie.... 4^e la Geographie ancienne et moderne. Par M.N. Bouillet ... ouvrage revu et continue par A Chassang. Nouvelle edition (vingt-cinquieme), avec un Supplement. ...
— How to Form a Library, 2nd ed • H. B. Wheatley
... e'er a cuif tak' up a quill, Wha ne'er did aught that he did well, To gar the muses rant and reel, An' flaunt and swagger, Nae doubt ye 'll say 't is that daft chiel Old Dite McGregore!" ...
— The Complete Works of Whittier - The Standard Library Edition with a linked Index • John Greenleaf Whittier
... ... longerent le rempart, apres la prise du cavalier, et ouvrirent la porte dite de Kilia aux soldats du general Koutouzow."—Hist, de la Nouvelle Russie, ...
— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 6 • Lord Byron
... mis au jour un de ces grands hommes qui ont illustre leur nation en la defendant, et dont la Providence s'est servie pour reprimer l'insatiable ambition de l'ennemi, les Etats ont unanimement resolu d'offrir dans cette occasion aux habitans de la dite ile leurs sinceres et cordiales felicitations; et, afin de leur faire connaitre la part que prend cette assemblee a cet evenement memorable, le greffier est charge de transmettre le present acte a Robert P. Le Marchant, ecuyer, bailli de Guernesey, ...
— Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II • Sir John Ross
... possible, he may consider to be a somewhat better draftsman than David. There is hardly any thing but what he adorns by his touch. He may consider the whole length portrait of Bonaparte to be his chef-d'oeuvre; but his Vierge au Linge, Vierge dite la Belle Jardiniere,—and perhaps, still finer, that called au Donataire—are infinitely preferable, to my taste. The portrait has too much of detail. It is a combination of little parts; of flowered robes, ...
— A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two • Thomas Frognall Dibdin |
