ciel
Americannoun
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There are about 30 of them in total, all wearing the light and navy blue of Les ciel et marine.
From The Guardian • Sep. 8, 2018
The S i, pel ciel is one of the biggest climaxes in a score that sometimes seems to be nothing but climaxes.
From Time Magazine Archive
No moment in the opera was more splendidly sung or powerfully acted than the second act S i, pel ciel, with Otello looming over him with upraised hand, like a malign marionette master.
From Time Magazine Archive
III of the Granvelle Papers:— "Aulcungs ne pourroient contempler ciel plus bleu soleil plus brillianct ni peuple plus joieult."
From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
Les hommes ont le long manteau bleu de ciel et le chapeau pointu; l�-dessous leurs habits de travail font merveille, quoique roussis par le temps et couleur de perdrix.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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