"Sain" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... peril des ages democratiques, soyez-en sur, c'est la destruction ou l'affaiblissement excessif des parties du corps social en presence du tout. Tout ce qui releve de nos jours l'idee de l'individu est sain.—TOCQUEVILLE, Jan. 3, 1840, OEuvres, vii. 97. En France, il n'y a plus d'hommes. On a systematiquement tue l'homme au profit du peuple, des masses, comme disent nos legislateurs ecerveles. Puis un beau jour, on s'est apercu que ce peuple n'avait jamais existe qu'en projet, que ces masses etaient ...
— A Lecture on the Study of History • Lord Acton
... {122} land that our master saw." And they went forward until they saw Anglesey before them, and until they saw Arvon likewise. "Behold," said they, "the land our master saw in his sleep." And they saw Aber Sain, and a castle at the mouth of the river. The portal of the castle saw they open, and into the castle they went, and they saw a hall in the castle. Then said they, "Behold the hall which ...
— The Mabinogion Vol. 2 (of 3) • Owen M. Edwards
... rechigne, Va d'une aile pesante et d'un air renfrogne Chercher en murmurant la caverne profonde, Ou loin des doux raions que repand l'oeil du monde La Deesse aux Vapeurs a choisi son sejour, Les Tristes Aquilons y sifflent a l'entour, Et le souffle mal sain de leur aride haleine Y porte aux environs la fievre et la migraine. Sur un riche sofa derriere un paravent Loin des flambeaux, du bruit, des parleurs et du vent, La quinteuse deesse incessamment repose, Le coeur gros de chagrin, sans en savoir la cause. N'aiant pense jamais, ...
— Letters on England • Voltaire
... yn gwrando P'un a glywaf mo dy sain,— Gan holi'r awel sy'n mynd beibio, A yw'th wyneb fel dy nain? A oes eurwallt ar dy goryn? A oes rhosyn ar dy rudd? A pha dybiau sydd yn dirwyn Drwy'th freuddwydion ...
— Gwaith Alun • Alun
... nouvelles qui ne me semblent point trop bonnes,' and told me touching the King's Highness's marriage. To the which I answered her Grace and said, 'Madame, je ne me doute point syl est faict, et quand le veult prendre et entendre de bonne part et au sain chemyn, sans porter faveur parentelle que ung le trouvera tout lente et bien raysonnable par layde de Dieu et de bonne conscience.' Her Grace said to me again, 'Monsieur l'ambassadeur, c'est Dieu qui le scait que je vouldroye que le tout allysse bien, mais ne ...
— History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. • James Anthony Froude
... talkin' 'bout things. One time I got ruffed up and I say I was goin' to freedom—the wood whar Mr. Jim be—and I recollect we was crossin' over a railin' fence. My ma put her hand over my mouth like dis, and say you don't know anything 'bout what you sain' boy. ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Arkansas Narratives Part 3 • Works Projects Administration
... of these monsters last night. The arena for his exhibition might, but for the known liberality of society, be thought objectionable—being none other than the English place of worship. But tout est sain aux sains—or aux saints, if you please. Charity covereth many sins; and if there be a place upon earth where charity reigns, it is at what you call watering-places. Pindar was right, [Greek: ariston ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. • Various
... what so that these Clerkis sain Of all their writing I ne do no cure All their labour and travail is in vain For between me and my Lady Nature Shall not be suffred, while the world may 'dure. Thus these Clerkis, by their cruel tyranny, On silly women ...
— Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse • Various |
