finding that the winds retarded our progression for maney days past, and no apparance of an alteration, and the river being Crooked that we could never have 3 miles fair wind, Capt. Lewis concluded to go by land as far as the Rochejhone or yellow Stone river, which we expect is at no great distance by land and make Some Selestial observations to find the Situation of its mouth, and by that measure not detain the Perogues at that place any time for the purpose of makeing those necessary observations he took 4 men & proceeded on up the Missouri on the L. Side, at 5 oClock the wind luled and we proceeded on and incamped.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

“Rest be blanked,” said Hal, with his beardless lips; and Mercedes said, “Oh!” in pain and sorrow at the oath.
— from The Call of the Wild by Jack London

But, if I must suffer, let me not be long a mournful survivor!—Only let me not shorten my own time sinfully!—— This woman left upon the table, in the chamber, this letter of my master's to her; and I bolted myself in, till I had transcribed it.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

The house threatened to give way at any moment: one end of it was sinking, and, in fact, the building looked a mere shell.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

Some there be that seduce through philosophy, under a great, and smooth, and honourable name colouring and disguising their own errors: and almost all who in that and former ages were such, are in that book censured and set forth: there also is made plain that wholesome advice of Thy Spirit, by Thy good and devout servant: Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Lift the bold lance, and make some Trojan bleed.
— from The Iliad by Homer

‘There seems to be nothing there but languid and monotonous smoke.
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

And truly the very view itself of the country was a melancholy thing; for those places which were before adorned with trees and pleasant gardens were now become a desolate country every way, and its trees were all cut down: nor could any foreigner that had formerly seen Judea and the most beautiful suburbs of the city, and now saw it as a desert, but lament and mourn sadly at so great a change: for the war had laid all the signs of beauty quite waste: nor if any one that had known the place before, had come on a sudden to it now, would he have known it again; but though he were at the city itself, yet would he have inquired for it notwithstanding.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

As he rubs himself upon a large jack-towel, blowing like a military sort of diver just come up, his hair curling tighter and tighter on his sunburnt temples the more he rubs it so that it looks as if it never could be loosened by any less coercive instrument than an iron rake or a curry-comb—as he rubs, and puffs, and polishes, and blows, turning his head from side to side the more conveniently to excoriate his throat, and standing with his body well bent forward to keep the wet from his martial legs, Phil, on his knees lighting a fire, looks round as if it were enough washing for him to see all that done, and sufficient renovation for one day to take in the superfluous health his master throws off.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

General Brown lived at McKee's, some distance below the city, and I had no means of communicating.
— from Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877 Read in the Senate and House of Representatives May 23, 1878 by 1877 Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July

But let a man speak in the language that needs no learning; and all the world will understand him.
— from Faces in the Fire, and Other Fancies by Frank Boreham

If thought desirable, the quantity of sherry and water could be lessened, and milk substituted for them.
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

But others have truly and forcefully shown, first, that to be let alone may sometimes be a doubtful blessing, and, secondly, that liberty has a further and positive aspect not less important than the negative.
— from Freedom In Service Six Essays on Matters Concerning Britain's Safety and Good Government by F. J. C. (Fossey John Cobb) Hearnshaw

Felix never said a word ('twouldn't have done the least good,—Phil can be like a mule sometimes); he just sat there with his lips pressed tight together, looking down at the cards he held in his hands.
— from We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses by Barbara Yechton

‘Behave like a man,’ said Ulick; ‘don’t disgrace yourself in that way.’
— from The Young Step-Mother; Or, A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

If, now, you were inclined to do as you say—to make some discreet inquiry as to your good father's sentiments——" "Not from himself," said she, quickly, and with some color mounting to her cheeks—"for he would but laugh at my speaking of such things—but from my gossip and neighbor I think I could gain sufficient assurance that would set your fears at rest."
— from Judith Shakespeare: Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black

[385] (1) 661-2373 Cuba none; note - the US has an Interests Section in the Swiss Embassy, headed by Principal Officer James C. CASON; address: USINT, Swiss Embassy, Calzada between L and M Streets, Vedado, Havana; telephone:
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency