cesser
Britishnoun
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Saint-Simon noticed how in his noble countenance every contrary quality was expressed, and how all were harmonised: "Il fallait faire effort pour cesser de le regarder."
From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund
Le Conseil a seul qualit� pour d�clarer qui'l y a lieu de faire cesser l'application des sanctions et de r�tablir les conditions normales.
From The Geneva Protocol by Miller, David Hunter
Si le Roy faisoit cesser ici la construction de ses vaisseaux, tous les ouvriers qui y sont employés seroient forcés d'aller chercher du travail ailleurs.
From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir
Mais ce seroit peu que cette destruction ext�rieure; elle pourroit m�me cesser enfin totalement par l'effet seul des mousses, s'il n'y avoit pas des causes plus puissantes qui pendant quelque tems agissent dans l'int�rieur.
From Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) by Hutton, James
Malherbe borrowed from the Latin, insidieux, s�curit�, which have been received; but a bolder word, d�vouloir, by which he proposed to express cesser de vouloir, 28 has not.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac
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