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
Aussitôt que ces affections ou utérines, ou ovariennes ou rénales sont guéries par l'emploi de Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, ce mal de dos tourmentant va cesser tout seul.
From Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Pinkham, Lydia Estes
The cesser clause has come into common use because very frequently the charterers are not personally interested in the cargo shipped.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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
Couches de pierres calcaires m�l�es d'une quantit� suffisante de sable pour faire feu avec le briquet, sans cesser de faire effervescence avec les acides.
From Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) by Hutton, James
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