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She had spoken in French and she had used the expression "mes transes" but for all the rest, intonation, bearing, solemnity, she might have been referring to one of the Bourbons.
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She had spoken in French and she had used the expression "mes transes" but for all the rest, intonation, bearing, solemnity, she might have been referring to one of the Bourbons.
The Arrow of Gold Joseph Conrad 1890
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Yes, I have been very unhappy, not giving way on the whole, going about my work as usual, but with a sense of a black veil between me and whatever I did, sometimes feeling incapable of crawling down to sit on the cushion under my own fig-tree for an hour's vision of this beautiful country -- sometimes in 'des transes mortelles' of fear.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1833
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I know all the pixel transes aren't necessary but that's the whole block of code.
CodingForums.com ~Kira 2010
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βmes transesβ but for all the rest, intonation, bearing, solemnity, she might have been referring to one of the
The Arrow of Gold 2006
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` ` _mes transes_ '' but for all the rest, intonation, bearing, solemnity, she might have been referring to one of the
The Arrow of Gold 1919
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Yes, I have been very unhappy, not giving way on the whole, going about my work as usual, but with a sense of a black veil between me and whatever I did, sometimes feeling incapable of crawling down to sit on the cushion under my own fig-tree for an hour's vision of this beautiful country β sometimes in 'des transes mortelles' of fear.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth B 1898
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