salle


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salle

(sæl)
n
1. a hall
2. the examining department at a papermill
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These illustrious ladies appeared so lovely on the sign, -- they presented to the astonished eyes such an assemblage of lilies and roses, the enchanting result of the change of style in Pittrino -- they assumed the poses of sirens so Anacreontically -- that the principal echevin, when admitted to view this capital piece in the salle of Cropole, at once declared that these ladies were too handsome, of too animated a beauty, to figure as a sign in the eyes of passers-by.
The company assembled in the long salle a manger that evening was such as one sees nowhere but on the Continent.
He continued to measure the length of the little salle of the Armes de Prance until the day began to wane, when he went out to keep his rendezvous with Mrs.
"Why, our Lord Ruthven -- the Vampire of the Salle Argentino!"
Adrienne went through the ante-chamber, which served also as a salle a manger, and passed a small saloon, into the bed-chamber of her parent.
I accepted, of course, and as I descended the stairs, I wondered what whim had entered the old lady's brain; her son was out--gone to pass the evening at the Salle of the Grande Harmonie or some other club of which he was a member.
De Jesus, who owns all of La Salle's 11 titles, said there will come a time when a team eventually relinquishes its place at the top and no one can stay at the perch for eternity.
The third seeds of Group A and B-De La Salle University (DLSU) and Far Eastern University (FEU)-clash at 4 p.m.
La Salle guns for its third straight women's title even as National University seeks to end a five-year-old men's championship drought when they battle respective foes today at the resumption of the UAAP volleyball finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Ce couloir traverse plusieurs salons d'honneur et une salle de reunion.
DE LA Salle skipper Jack Sinnott, helped by teammate Patrick McBride, lifted the oldest and largest Mersey-side Schools football trophy after victory over Sacred Heart in under-19 Senior Shield final in Netherton.
Twenty years ago (my God!), when painting and postmodernism met in their unlikely romance, it was David Salle who played Friar Lawrence.