Citations:compliment
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English citations of compliment
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- 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
- I met with one piece of gratitude indeed, which I did not expect; and this was, that the master of the ship, whom I had so happily delivered, and by the same means saved the ship and cargo, having given a very handsome account to the owners of the manner how I had saved the lives of the men and the ship, they invited me to meet them and some other merchants concerned, and all together made me a very handsome compliment upon the subject, and a present of almost £200 sterling.
Occitan citations of compliment
- 2014, Joan Ganhaire, Un tant doç fogier, 2017, IEO Edicions/novelum - IEO, Toulouse/Périgueux, page 20.
- D'ente era, Darnaudguilhem podiá pas auvir çò que li disiá l'autre, mas quo era segurament pas daus compliments.