There was an entrance where a door once was, and within, a massive rickety fireplace; great chinks between the logs served as windows.
— from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

The order in council for the printing and publishing a declaration of war against Denmark is dated “Whitehall, Sept. 19, 1666;” annexed is “A True Declaration of all transactions between his Majesty of Great Britain and the King of Denmark, with a declaration of war against the said king, and the motives that obliged his Majesty thereunto” (“Calendar of State Papers,” 1666-67, p. 140).
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The hooting of a distant owl was all the sound that troubled the dead stillness.
— from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Is not their climate foggy, raw, and dull; On whom, as in despite, the sun looks pale, Killing their fruit with frowns?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

We could all thus peaceably enjoy the good things set before us, and during our wine after dinner exchange accounts of all events that had passed since last we met, and they were varied, for Mr. Nixon’s death and legacies to my sisters and myself were subjects of congratulation, while the death of my mother was, on the contrary, one of condolence and sympathy.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

According to the former, letters of marque could be granted by the States after a declaration of war; according to the latter, these licenses must be obtained, as well during war as previous to its declaration, from the government of the United States.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

Not a drop of water!” And his head, which had been upraised for a moment, fell back upon his breast.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Arbeitsvermittlung employment exchange Arbeitsvermittlungsstelle employment agency Arbeitsverpflichteter indentured labourer Arbeitsverrechnungsblatt posting sheet Arbeitsverrichtung operation Arbeitsverschwendung waste of effort Arbeitsverteilung division of work Arbeitsvertrag contract of employment Arbeitsvorbereiter planning engineer Arbeitsvorbereitung planning operation
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

To this I will proceed; please to give me your very best attention: 'He who has been instructed thus far in the things of love, and who has learned to see the beautiful in due order and succession, when he comes toward the end will suddenly perceive a nature of wondrous beauty (and this, Socrates, is the final cause of all our former toils)—a nature which in the first place is everlasting, not growing and decaying, or waxing and waning; secondly, not fair in one point of view and foul in another, or at one time or in one relation or at one place fair, at another time or in another relation or at another place foul, as if fair to some and foul to others, or in the likeness of a face or hands or any other part of the bodily frame, or in any form of speech or knowledge, or existing in any other being, as for example, in an animal, or in heaven, or in earth, or in any other place; but beauty absolute, separate, simple, and everlasting, which without diminution and without increase, or any change, is imparted to the ever-growing and perishing beauties of all other things.
— from Symposium by Plato

For these and sundry other reasons I abandoned such themes as these, and determined on writing a history of actions: first, because they are continually new and require a new narrative,—as of course one generation cannot give us the history of the next; and secondly, because such a narrative is of all others the most instructive.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

The plant is placed in an inverted glass vessel resting in a dish of water, and is filled with hydrogen mixed with a percentage of CO2.
— from Rustic Sounds, and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History by Darwin, Francis, Sir

Finally, Benjie stood accused of having stolen a duck, to hunt it with the said lurcher, which was as dexterous on water as on land.
— from Redgauntlet: A Tale Of The Eighteenth Century by Walter Scott

He determined therefore not to waste a drop of water, and to make this one pail answer if possible.
— from Opening a Chestnut Burr by Edward Payson Roe

I pray then favour me, to inform your Lady, and Duke Orleans wife, A business of import awaits 'em here, And craves for speedy answer.
— from Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 10 of 10 by John Fletcher

In this situation a good vessel will ride out a very heavy gale of wind without shipping a drop of water, and without any further attention being requisite on the part of the crew.
— from The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Comprising the details of a mutiny and atrocious butchery on board the American brig Grampus, on her way to the South Seas, in the month of June, 1827. by Edgar Allan Poe

[Pg 183] Glandular swelling, discharges from the ear, offensive secretion from the nose, and in female children, even of very tender age, a discharge of whites, are all common signs of a scrofulous constitution, and all tedious and troublesome.
— from The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by Charles West

It is best done by means of tabulation, accurate description of wounds according to their place, size, form, and significance, the statement of the victim concerning his feeling at the moment of receiving the wound, the consequences of healing, and at the end explanatory observations concerning the reasons for true or incorrect sensations of the victim.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

Returning by the dark arch we look into Little Dean's Yard, around which are the school buildings, but Westminster School is too vast a subject to be tackled at the end of a long morning, so we merely point out the gateway leading to the great schoolroom, where are carved the names of many a distinguished old Westminster, and advise our friends to visit Ashburnham House and see Inigo Jones's famous staircase on another occasion.
— from Westminster Abbey by Smith, A. Murray, Mrs.

He waved his hand, and appeared to bring before me a distant ocean where all the books of the world were tossing up and down like agitated waves.
— from The Physiology of Marriage, Complete by Honoré de Balzac

The day had been a day of wind and storm, The wind was laid, the storm was overpast, And stooping from the zenith, bright and warm, Shone the great sun on the wide earth at last.
— from Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by William Cullen Bryant