An orchestra plays every night.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

In 1900, Baltimore was a close rival of New Orleans and was far ahead of all other ports except New York; but a decline in her imports began about 1903, and was so swift, that five years later her imports were almost negligible.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

from the beginning; ever the past; never the past Eriw, n. progress, course Erlewyn, n. a meteor Erlid, n. a pursuit, a chase: v. to pursue; to persecute Erlidedig, a. persecuted Erlidedigaeth, n. persecution Erlidfa, n. a pursuit, a chase Erlidiad, n. a pursuing Erlidigaeth, n. persecution Erlidfa, n. a pursuit, a chase Erlidiol, a. pursuing, chasing Erlidiwr, n. pursuer; persecutor Erlif, n. a great torrent; flood Erlifiad, n. a deluging, an overflowing Erlifo, v. to flow in a torrent Erlyn, n. pursuit, chase: v. to pursue, to follow Erlyniad, n. a pursuer Erlyniaeth, n. the act of pursuing Erlyniedydd, n. pursuer Erlynol, a. persuing, chasing Erllen, n. a lamp Erllyfasu, v. to adventure Erllynedd, adv.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Are all our pleasures ended now, With those delicious hours which thou
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

A new constitution was hastily framed by private ambition or popular enthusiasm; nor could Rome, in the twelfth century, produce an antiquary to explain, or a legislator to restore, the harmony and proportions of the ancient model.
— 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

The troops had little difficulty in forming up under the barrage, except that the numerous water-filled shell-holes made the maintenance of direction and of proper extensions no easy matter.
— from The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 by F. W. (Frederick William) Bewsher

Let the reader observe that this conclusion regards the action of primitive elements , not the action of molecules .
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 19, April 1874‐September 1874 by Various

This is a postulate of all thought; and in so far as it is alleged of phenomenal existence, no one calls it in question.
— from Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 2 of 3 Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions. by Herbert Spencer

The intellectual function was no less essential to the warrior-king of Homer, than was the martial; and the culture of the art of persuasion entered no less deeply into his early training.
— from Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 3 of 3 I. Agorè: Polities of the Homeric Age. II. Ilios: Trojans and Greeks Compared. III. Thalassa: The Outer Geography. IV. Aoidos: Some Points of the Poetry of Homer. by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone

cabinet: State Council appointed by the monarch with the approval of Parliament elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; following parliamentary elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the monarch with the approval of the Parliament Legislative branch: modified unicameral Parliament or Storting (165 seats; members are elected by popular vote by proportional representation to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 10 September 2001 (next to be held NA September 2005) note: for certain purposes, the Parliament divides itself into two chambers and elects one-fourth of its membership to an upper house or Lagting election results: percent of vote by party - Labor Party 24.3%, Conservative Party 21.2%, Progress Party 14.6%, Socialist Left Party 12.5%, Christian People's Party 12.4%, Center Party 5.6%, Liberal Party 3.9%, Coastal Party 1.7%, other 3.8%; seats by party - Labor Party 43, Conservative Party 38, Progress Party 26, Socialist Left Party 23, Christian People's Party 22, Center Party 10, Liberal Party 2, Coastal Party 1 Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Hoyesterett (justices appointed by the monarch)
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

With this [Pg 191] brief sentence Punch prefaces his memorial verses on what was at once the most tragic and heroic episode in all the long annals of Polar exploration:— Not for the fame that crowns a gallant deed, They fixed their fearless eyes on that far goal, Steadfast of purpose, resolute at need To give their lives for toll.
— from Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 4 (of 4).—1892-1914 by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves

The sense of power is a fertile source of the sublime; and as the appearance of power exerted, no less than that of simplicity, is necessary to confer this character on architecture, so the mind, insensibly transferring the operations of nature to the efforts of art where they approximate in character, becomes impressed with a feeling rarely excited by her more ordinary forms, where these are even more stupendous."
— from The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland by Hugh Miller

If I were to be asked how I would remedy this, I would answer, it should be by some method in which every man may be taxed in the due proportion to his estate, and the Act put in execution, according to the true intent and meaning of it, in order to which a commission of assessment should be granted to twelve men, such as his Majesty should be well satisfied of, who should go through the whole kingdom, three in a body, and should make a new assessment of personal estates, not to meddle with land.
— from An Essay Upon Projects by Daniel Defoe