The animal was propped up on all fours as if alive, and his mouth kept open by propping [ 169 ] the roof with a stick.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

In particular, it may be observed that sandpits are hardly ever lacking in any place within the districts of Italy and Tuscany which are bounded by the Apennines; whereas across the Apennines toward the Adriatic none are found, and in Achaea and Asia Minor or, in short, across the sea, the very term is unknown.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

“I have not, sir,” cried Jones, “the assurance to ask it of you now; indeed it would be cruel, after so much breath as you have already spent: but you will give me leave to wish for some further opportunity of hearing the excellent observations which a man of your sense and knowledge of the world must have made in so long a course of travels.”—“Indeed, young gentleman,” answered the stranger, “I will endeavour to satisfy your curiosity on this head likewise, as far as I am able.” Jones attempted fresh apologies, but was prevented; and while he and Partridge sat with greedy and impatient ears, the stranger proceeded as in the next chapter.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

While Mr Bramble holds conferences with the graver literati of the place, and our females are entertained at visits by the Scotch ladies, who are the best and kindest creatures upon earth, I pass my time among the bucks of Edinburgh; who, with a great share of spirit and vivacity, have a certain shrewdness and self-command that is not often found among their neighbours, in the high-day of youth and exultation—Not a hint escapes a Scotchman that can be interpreted into offence by any individual in the company; and national reflections are never heard—In this particular, I must own, we are both unjust and ungrateful to the Scots; for, as far as I am able to judge, they have a real esteem for the natives of South-Britain; and never mention our country, but with expressions of regard—Nevertheless, they are far from being servile imitators of our modes and fashionable vices.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

[443] Chrysostom pleads farther yet, that they are more than mad, very beasts, stupefied and void of common sense: For how (saith he) shall I know thee to be a man, when thou kickest like an ass, neighest like a horse after women, ravest in lust like a bull, ravenest like a bear, stingest like a scorpion, rakest like a wolf, as subtle as a fox, as impudent as a dog?
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

She is in bed with a fever, and I am afraid it may have serious consequences as she is in her monthly period.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

He bought the literature of the dispute as fast as it appeared, and we discussed it all through thirteen hundred miles of river four times traversed in every thirty-five days—the time required by that swift boat to achieve two round trips.
— from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain

I will, therefore, send to Caius, and let him know what your resolutions are, and will assist your suit as far as I am able, that you may not be exposed to suffer on account of the honest designs you have proposed to yourselves; and may God be your assistant, for his authority is beyond all the contrivance and power of men; and may he procure you the preservation of your ancient laws, and may not he be deprived, though without your consent, of his accustomed honors.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

"No, the safe doors were standing open; as far as I am able to judge, the valuable part of its contents had been removed," replied the sheriff.
— from The Just and the Unjust by Vaughan Kester

Till my arrival in England, I never doubted but the appearance of art was admissible, even necessary to the essence of a splendid Garden: and I am more firmly of that opinion, after having seen your English Gardens; though the contrary is so violently maintained by your countrymen, in opposition to the rest of the world, to the practice of all other polished nations, all enlightened ages; and, as far as I am able to judge, in opposition to reason.
— from An Explanatory Discourse by Tan Chet-qua of Quang-chew-fu, Gent. by Chambers, William, Sir

“I feel perfectly satisfied with my successor, as far as I am able at present to judge,” observed Mr Lennard.
— from Clara Maynard; Or, The True and the False: A Tale of the Times by William Henry Giles Kingston

He accordingly brought a volume to me one morning, accompanied by the secretary of Sheikh Nasr, the only Yezidi, as far as I am aware, who could read it.
— from Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon by Austen Henry Layard

Empfangsbestätigung acknowledgement of debt Schuldanerkenntnis acknowledgement of order Auftragsbestätigung acknowledgement of receipt Empfangsbestätigung act handeln; Handlung; Gesetz act of bankruptcy Konkursvergehen Act of God höhere Gewalt Act of Parliament vom Parlament verabschiedetes Gesetz act of protest Protestaufnahme acting geschäftsführend action Handlung; Klage action for damages Schadensersatzklage action for support Unterhaltsklage action for an injunction Antrag auf Erlass einer einstweiligen Verfüg.
— from Mr. Honey's Small Business Dictionary (English-German) by Winfried Honig

Mechal is from the mint of Thomas Heywood; but, like many other words of the same stamp, it continued a private token of the party who issued it, and never, as far as I am aware, became current coin.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 180, April 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

The Translator's thanks are also due to the author for a few alterations in and additions to the text, and to Miss Edgehill, Miss Tomlinson, and Dr B. Scheifers for translations from Greek and Latin, Italian, and Middle German respectively.
— from The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Alfred Biese

I offer it to you as a friend, accept it as a friend; as to interest, we will estimate that afterward, and still as a friend.'"
— from Luxury--Gluttony: Two of the Seven Cardinal Sins by Eugène Sue