[ The Greeks and Latins have invented and propagated the vulgar and ridiculous story, that Mahomet's iron tomb is suspended in the air at Mecca, (Laonicus Chalcondyles, de Rebus Turcicis, l. iii.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon
SYN: Trouble, burden, annoy, distress, bewail, wound, pain, sorrow, hurt, afflict, mourn, lament, complain, deplore.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows
When he was gone, and in the course of an evening passed with Miss Pross, the Doctor, and Mr. Lorry, Charles Darnay made some mention of this conversation in general terms, and spoke of Sydney Carton as a problem of carelessness and recklessness.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
He told me also how loose the Court is, nobody looking after business, but every man his lust and gain; and how the King is now become besotted upon Mrs. Stewart, that he gets into corners, and will be with her half an houre together kissing her to the observation of all the world; and she now stays by herself and expects it, as my Lady Castlemaine did use to do; to whom the King, he says, is still kind, so as now and then he goes to have a chat with her as he believes; but with no such fondness as he used to do.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys
Los pajaritos cantan que se las pelan en sus jaulas; tocan a misa las campanas de las iglesias, y hacen sonar sus 5 alegres esquilas las cabras que van a dejarse ordeñar a las puertas de las casas.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
appartement , m. , logement composé de plusieurs pièces.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann
Au tout début, ne pas avoir maîtrisé les codes de communication liés à l'internet.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
Up, and with Sir J. Minnes by coach, being a most lamentable cold day as any this year, to St. James’s, and there did our business with the Duke.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys
The gangs poured by in the dusk; men stopping to knot a loin-cloth or fasten a sandal; gang-foremen shouting to their subordinates as they ran or paused by the tool-issue sheds for bars and mattocks; locomotives creeping down their tracks wheel-deep in the crowd; till the brown torrent disappeared into the dusk of the river-bed, raced over the pilework, swarmed along the lattices, clustered by the cranes, and stood still—each man in his place.
— from The Bridge-Builders by Rudyard Kipling
On the 3rd of June, 1890, a gentleman, who gave his name as Monsieur Louis Caratal, desired an interview with Mr. James Bland, the superintendent of the London and West Coast Central Station in Liverpool.
— from Round the Fire Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
In the midst of this mob were the Queen, Madame d’Artois, Madame Elizabeth, and M. le Comte d’Artois.
— from Royalty in All Ages The Amusements, Eccentricities, Accomplishments, Superstitions and Frolics of the Kings and Queens of Europe by T. F. (Thomas Firminger) Thiselton-Dyer
In the first place, you are Monsieur le Comte de Globeski’s wife—consequently you are the Comtesse de Globeska.
— from The Bashful Lover (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIX) by Paul de Kock
Nor you, [175] who can see through a millstone, lawyer Coates, don't you recognize——" "Jack Palmer, as I'm a sinner!" cried Titus.
— from Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth
My luggage consisted of my black army canteen, across the front of which was painted in white letters "Carroll Winslow—Pilote Aviateur," and my long canvas duffel-bag, which contained my fur-lined clothes and all my flying paraphernalia.
— from With the French Flying Corps by Carroll Dana Winslow
" "I have the honor to address Monsieur le Comte de la Fere," said Conde instantly.
— from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas
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