Kharara—Alota and Jawara, in Malwa. 14.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod
It is found wild in some places, but is chiefly planted in gardens, and joys in moist and shadowy places.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper
‘I happy am, Joy is my name.’
— from Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience by William Blake
[11] Again; Jahnu is made the successor to Kuru; whereas the Purana (whence my extracts) makes Parikshit the successor, who adopts the son of Jahnu.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod
A few days ago, in a journey I made to Davenport, being with my host at an arithmetical lesson given his children, I did (with pleasure, and without errors) a most complicated work.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
{174} Schiel says, “It has been frequently asserted that a judgment is more probably correct according to the number of judges and jury.”
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross
DRUM-TAPS First O Songs for a Prelude First O songs for a prelude, Lightly strike on the stretch'd tympanum pride and joy in my city, How she led the rest to arms, how she gave the cue, How at once with lithe limbs unwaiting a moment she sprang, (O superb!
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
“When the wall stands in the way of right and justice I must.”
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone
27 Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed, The dear respose for limbs with travel tired, But then begins a journey in my head To work my mind, when body’s work’s expired.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
"Suh, you have found me a jewel in Maguffin, and he has found me two splendid roadsters that are now being fitted with saddles.
— from Two Knapsacks: A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell
He knows not how soon, if he mix much in fashionable life, their testimony may avail him; and the loving smile he throws his spouse across the [80] supper-table is worth three thousand pounds before any jury in Middlesex.
— from Nuts and Nutcrackers by Charles James Lever
I'll give you a job in my room on Monday morning."
— from The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Van Vorst, John, Mrs.
[115] This list was already published by the writer in an article on The Civil and Military Status of American Jews , in Menorah Monthly , Vol.
— from The American Jew as Patriot, Soldier and Citizen by Simon Wolf
In half an hour there was a nice little tea ready for us, and just imagine, mother, how it felt for me to be sitting there drinking tea with Jane!"
— from The Measure of a Man by Amelia E. Barr
A jester in motley costume, with hood and bauble, was a special feature of the mummers, and provided immense fun as he made his jokes and plied his comic antics upon the other characters, belabouring John Bull with his bladder, rallying the doctor on the virtues of his pills, and tripping up the constable with the easy mirth of the clown in an old-fashioned pantomime.
— from The Girls of St. Cyprian's: A Tale of School Life by Angela Brazil
And I lost my head and ran from her like a hare, and jumped into Mr. Linton's car!”
— from Back to Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce
We are justified in making use of the facts so obtained and of utilising them cautiously for the interpretation of human race history, for we constantly and in every day life assume points of similarity between man and the lower animals.
— from Darwinism and Race Progress by John Berry Haycraft
But when one undertakes to administer justice, it must be with an even hand, and by rule; what is done for one, must be done for every one in equal degree.
— from Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson
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