It differs, according to Blyth, only in shades of colour and unimportant markings from the Ghor Khar of Western India and the Persian Deserts, the Kulan of Turkestan, which Marco has spoken of in a previous passage ( suprà , ch. xvi.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Thirteen miles northwest from McGregor at Poverty Point, since called Monona, another halt of a creek was made.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

“Aunt Polly, please,” she called wistfully, “isn't there ANY way you can be glad about all that—duty business?”
— from Pollyanna by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

9 Minime vero assentior iis, qui negant eum locum a Panaetio praetermissum, sed consulto relictum, nec omnino scribendum fuisse, quia numquam posset utilitas cum honestate pugnare.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Deeming him a pretty plaything, she caught him up with his team, [ 238 ] and thrusting them into her apron, she gleefully carried them home to exhibit to her father.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

Others as prodigiously inquire after his omnipotency, an possit plures similes creare deos?
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

chaussure , f. , tout ce qu'on met au pied pour se chausser.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

That guilds of working masons known in France as "Compagnonnages" and in Germany as "Steinmetzen" did then form close corporations and possibly possess secrets connected with their profession is more than probable.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

This was an airy slim boy in shrimp-colored tights that made him look like a forked carrot, the rest of his gear was blue silk and dainty laces and ruffles; and he had long yellow curls, and wore a plumed pink satin cap tilted complacently over his ear.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

" The Indian Village was known as Ossining, from "ossin" a stone and "ing" a place, probably so called from the rocky and stony character of the river banks.
— from The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention by Wallace Bruce

He writes letters; he writes to fathers, mothers, brothers, wives, sweethearts; some of the soldiers are poor penmen; some cannot get paper and envelopes; some fear to write lest they should worry the folks at home: he writes for them all; he uses that genius which shall endure to the latest generation, to say the felicitous, the consoling, the cheering, the prudent, the best word.
— from The Good Gray Poet, A Vindication by William Douglas O'Connor

Well, the great day came yesterday, and poor pater simply couldn't bid in a single drop.
— from The Spenders: A Tale of the Third Generation by Harry Leon Wilson

Alas! poor prisoner Spot can see No prospect left of liberty, No chance of his escape.
— from Surprising Stories about the Mouse and Her Sons, and the Funny Pigs. With Laughable Colored Engravings by Unknown

Because, way beyond the voice of Dr. Bunting she heard the songs of far-away birds, and because beneath the rumble of a printing press she could get the babble of a brook, because Z was near and life was strong, the woman vanquished the girl, and she threw this over to his desk: “CHAFING-DISH, n. That out of which Miss Noah asks Mr. Webster to eat his Sunday night lunch tomorrow.
— from Lifted Masks; stories by Susan Glaspell

Ste. Brigitte des Saults Ste. Brigitte des Saults Yamaska Urbain Beaudet St. Bruno Montarville Chambly A. P. Paré St. Camille St. Camille Wolfe Flavien Milette St. Canute St. Canute Two Mountains John Hanna St. Casimir St. Casimir Portneuf Narcisse Paré St. Catharines, East Fossambault Portneuf Joseph Maloney St. Catharines, West Grantham Lincoln W. L. Copeland St. Célestin Nicolet C. E. Houde St. Césaire Rouville C. Dorval St. Charles, River Richelieu St. Charles St. Hyacinthe J. E. LeBlanc St. Charles, River Boyer Bellechasse Bellechasse T. Montminy St. Christophe d’Arthabaska Arthabaska Arthabaska Noël A. Beaudet Ste.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1864 by Canada. Post Office Department

When a Catholic becomes clay, let a priest perform such ceremonies as his creed demands, and let him picture the delights of purgatory for the gratification of the living.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 08 (of 12) Dresden Edition—Interviews by Robert Green Ingersoll