cesser
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
Est-ce un malheur si grand que de cesser de vivre?
From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton
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
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
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