Do we say en or n

en 9586 occurrences

Chopin conducted himself in Paris very much en prince, according to Von Lenz, and such a sacrilege to the laws of precedence naturally was unpardonable.

At length, as the rain kept falling ever colder as night came on, she controlled herself by en effort, slowly retraced her step and rang gently.

The same crowded conditions prevailed here as in Sambor, and after a night's rest I again was put on board a Red Cross train en route to Vienna.

I have a family of friends at Voulangis, about two miles the other side of Crecy-en-Brie.

They say that they go as far as Crecy-en-Brie, and used to connect the royal palace there with one on this hill.

We left them behind in skilled hands, and the others we re-embarked on our buses en route for Bruges and Ostend.

" At 10 P.M. we set out en famille.

Ten minutes later the Bosch gentlemen were en route for the main guard under strong, if déshabillé, escort.

And this one fact, so simple, yet so grand, was just this:That a male and female snail, having been once, by contact, put in communication with one another, so as to become what magnetizers call en rapport the one with the other, continue ever after to sympathize, no matter what space may divide them.

Therefore, when she said pleasantly, en passant, "By the way, Delphine, I see you have taken my advice about wedding-presents.

As soon as that appalling decision of the Supreme Court was enunciated, in the name of the Constitution, the people of the North should have risen en masse, if for no other cause, and declared the Union at an end; and they would have done so, if they had not lost their manhood, and their reverence for justice and liberty.

The inn here was as unpretentious as the one at Les Vignes; but with hare, en civet, a dish of trout, and a bottle of the wine grown upon the sunny terrace above the houses, I had as good a meal as any hungry tramp has a right to expect.

Per me ti manda Dieus de pla Que t'en anes en Gavalda,[*] Car, lay trobaras una fon Que redra ton cors bel

e mon Si te laves en l'aygua clara.

The picture has since haunted my memory; the mind goes back to it in a strange way, and the sentiment of it, as it was communicated to me, I find perfectly expressed in these lines by Alphonse Karr: 'De la solitaire demeure Une ombre lourde d'heure en heure, Se détache sur le gazon, Et cet ombre, couchée et morte

The finance minister was aghast; and the more earnestly he considered the subject, the more he became convinced that there was no alternative save to negative all these egregious claims en masse; a conviction which satisfied him that by fearlessly adopting this course, his tenure of office would, had he still desired to contend with the cabal which had already been formed against him, become utterly impossible.

Jacques Noailles, the vender of jewels en gros, second door below, must be the man.

Le style roman en France dans l'architecture et la décoration des monuments.

Le style roman en France dans l'architecture et la décoration des monuments.

Tres comedias contemporaneas en un acto y en prosa.

Tres comedias contemporaneas en un acto y en prosa.

TRANIN, ALIX AUGUSTA CLAUDE (TERY) Seule en Russie.

Histoires pour lire en voyage.

In the pantry the news was greeted with hilarity, and coachman and gardener declared that they would shoulder their spades and faire la guerre en sabots.

The emergency wheel clapped on, we were soon en route again.

n 2368 occurrences

Honest to goodness, I don't believe they're more 'n half as far ahead as they were, Frank!"

[Footnote 45: "Le lacrime scendean tra gigli e rôse, dove avvien ch' alcune n' inghiozzi.

"N-n-not a b-bit of it, old t-top," says the Babe.

"N-n-not a b-bit of it, old t-top," says the Babe.

Generality N. {opp. 79} generality, generalization; universality; catholicity, catholicism; miscellany, miscellaneousness^; dragnet; common run; worldwideness^. everyone, everybody; all hands, all the world and his wife; anybody, N or M, all sorts.

Fr.], late; ancestral. foregoing; last, latter; recent, over night; preterperfect^, preterpluperfect^. looking back &c v.; retrospective, retroactive; archaeological &c n..

V. be the cause of &c n .

V. be powerful &c adj.; gain power &c n.. belong to, pertain to; lie in one's power, be in one's power; can, be able. give power, confer power, exercise power &c n.; empower, enable, invest; indue^, endue; endow, arm; strengthen &c 159; compel &c 744.

destructive, subversive, ruinous, devastating; incendiary, deletory^; destroying &c n.. suicidal; deadly &c (killing)

Adj. situate, situated; local, topical, topographical &c n..

dwell &c (be present) 186; settle &c (be located) 184; alight &c (arrive) 292; stick, stick fast; stand like a post; not stir a peg, not stir a step; be at a stand &c n.. quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on.

on the rebound, on the recoil &c n.. Phr. for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction

point of the compass, cardinal points; North East, South, West; N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, &c; rhumb^, azimuth, line of collimation.

point of the compass, cardinal points; North East, South, West; N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, &c; rhumb^, azimuth, line of collimation.

Adj. directed &c v.. directed towards; pointing towards &c v.; bound for; aligned, with alligned with^; direct, straight; undeviating, unswerving; straightforward; North, Northern, Northerly, &c n.. Adv.

zoologist &c Adj. zoological &c n.. 369.

white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver; like ivory &c n.. 431.

n the midst of his shield, and the spear of Sir Gylmere burst into pieces, but Sir Launcelot's spear held, so the breast-strap of Sir Gylmere's saddle bursting, both saddle and knight were swept entirely off the horse and to the earth, where Sir Gylmere lay altogether stunned.

C-l-e-a-n, clean, verb active, to make bright.

W-i-n, win; d-e-r, winder, a casement.

B-o-t, bot; t-i-n, bottin; n-e-y, ney, bottiney, noun substantive, a knowledge of plants.

B-o-t, bot; t-i-n, bottin; n-e-y, ney, bottiney, noun substantive, a knowledge of plants.

"No, sir; down in the gall there's magnolias a heap bigger 'n that.

" "No," she said; "I seen him goin' pas'; he did n' say nothin'.

We always know that within half an hour of a-n observation by aeroplane the shells will begin to fall above the gunners unless they have altered their position.

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