He heard those around him disputing in whispers and one of them insisting that he should be led along a certain carpet.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

tawag v 1 [A; a12b2] call, call on.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

FIRST DECLENSION SECOND DECLENSION rîpa barbarî captîvus castellum impedîmentum THIRD DECLENSION animal arbor avis caedês calamitâs calcar caput cîvis cliêns collis cônsul dêns dux eques fînis flûmen fôns frâter homô hostîs ignis imperâtor însigne iter iûdex labor lapis legiô mare mâter mênsis mîles môns nâvis opus ôrâtor ôrdô pater pedes pês pôns prînceps rêx salûs sanguis soror tempus terror turris urbs victor virtûs vîs Adjectives of the First and Second Declensions barbarus dexter sinister summus Prepositions Adverbs Conjunctions in with the abl.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

So he broke into the 'Tivity Hymm, just as at Christmas carol-singing; when, lo and behold, down went the bull on his bended knees, in his ignorance, just as if 'twere the true 'Tivity night and hour.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

“As the pupil, friend, and collaborateur of Prescott, Mr. Kirk was early initiated into those methods of patient analysis and careful collation, which, conjoined with a remarkably transparent style, give such value to the works of that historian.
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 by Henri Mouhot

The rise of the United States as a coffee consumer in the last century and a quarter has been marked, not only by steadily increased imports as the population of the country increased, but also by a steady growth in per capita consumption, showing that the beverage has been continually advancing in favor with the American people.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Lamb was one of the Deputy-Grecians from whom the Grecians were chosen, but his stammer standing in his way and a Church career being out of the question, he never became a full Grecian.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

You will see a town which resembles the fields in time of pestilence,” he continued, “in which there is nothing but carcasses to be torn at and carrion crows tearing at them.”
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter

After the interregnum, both the consuls were elected from the patricians, Marcus Valerius Corvus a third time, and Aulus Cornelius Cossus, so that it would seem that such was the end aimed at.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

Everybody seemed to have gone to bed, but at a certain corner a girl opened a window above them, and looked out at the moon.
— from Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 3 by William Dean Howells

Mr. Ledgerwood was a very progressive man, public-spirited in all that he did, and his aid and cooperation could ever be counted upon to further public progress.
— from Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 Embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties by William Denison Lyman

Spence took consolation in the fact that Mason had at last come into personal contact with Palmerston, "even [V2:pg 217] now at his great age a charming contrast to that piece of small human pipe-clay, Lord Russell
— from Great Britain and the American Civil War by Ephraim Douglass Adams

There is always a close connection between Varuna and Yama, and perhaps it is owing to this that parallel to 'Varuna's fetters' is found also 'Yama's fetter,' i.e., death (x. 97. 16).
— from The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins

The firm believer in those mysteries is already a celestial citizen by faith and hope.
— from The Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Augustus J. Thébaud

She seemed to have recovered from the shock of her husband’s tragic death; or at least treated the incident as a closed chapter in her life.
— from Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Mathew Joseph Holt

This is because a positive character may fail to develop; but an absent character can not develop even a little way.
— from Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl by Charles Benedict Davenport

At half-past five the marriage procession started, and proceeded to a saloon which had been arranged as a Catholic chapel.
— from The Life of Carmen Sylva (Queen of Roumania) by Natalie Stackelberg

It may well be, for it is a hard-working situation and a cruel climate.
— from Miss Eden's Letters by Emily Eden

We may arrive at a clearer conception of what a [Pg 29] factory really is in the protective sense of the word, by examining first the essential characteristics of such kinds of employment as are placed by the protective laws on the same (or nearly the same) footing as factory labour, and then observing the peculiarities of such kinds of employments as are legally excluded from factory-labour protection.
— from The Theory and Policy of Labour Protection by A. (Albert) Schäffle