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Examples

• M. Le Gray, of Paris, was the first to suggest collodion for this purpose, but Mr. Scott Archer, of London, in 1851, was the first to carry it out practically. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Bois-Guilbert's new shield bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Gare le Corbeau. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Recall 'Le Songe d'Athalie,' she entreated, and say it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• In the meantime, in 1801, Le Bon, a Frenchman at Paris, had succeeded in making illuminating gas from wood, lit his house therewith, and proposed to light the whole city of Paris. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Mr. Moore, when he read it, cried, 'Voilà le Fran?ais gagné! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It surpassed any complications of intrigue in her favourite Pigault le Brun. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Ginevra seconded me; between us we half-changed the nature of the _r?le_, gilding it from top to toe. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Le marmot n'a rien, nest-ce pas? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Le sentiment de la fausseté des plaisirs présents, et l'ignorance de la vanité des plaisirs absents causent l'inconstance. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Then was written, in rough bold characters, the words, Le Noir Faineant. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• In 1801 Le Bon, of Paris, used a gas made from wood for lighting his house. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Since resistance plays so important a r?le in electricity, it becomes necessary to have a unit of resistance. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Another storm enlightened Jura with faint flashes; and another darkened and sometimes disclosed the M?le, a peaked mountain to the east of the lake. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• My jealousy was at an end, _au moins pour le moment. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Lady Ingram thought it le cas to wring her hands: which she did accordingly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A bas la France, la Fiction et les Faquins! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• However, Lord Graham is rather reserved; _mais ne méprisez pas les personnes froides; elles ont leurs bons c?tés. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Je ne saurais vous dire 'how;' mais, enfin, les Anglais ont des idées à eux, en amitié, en amour, en tout. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Has your Society among its books the French work _Sur les Arts et les Metiers_? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• A bas les grandes passions et les sévères vertus! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Les penseurs, les hommes profonds et passionnés ne sont pas à mon go?t. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Sans doute vous savourez d'avance les délices de l'autorité. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Au diable les amis! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• At last, I struck a sharp stroke on my desk, opened my lips, and let loose this cry:-- Vive l'Angleterre, l'Histoire et les Héros! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Ni les élèves ni les parents ne regardent plus loin; ni, par conséquent, moi non plus. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• And now we were in the country, amongst what they called les bois et les petits sentiers. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Simply, _les droits du mari_, for the first night. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In the province of Holland, {Memoires concernant les Droits, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Pour les pauvres, she opened her purse freely--against _the poor man_, as a rule, she kept it closed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Les confitures! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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