One of the after berths, too, leaked in very bad weather; so that in a ship which was in other respects as tight as a bottle, and brought her cargo to Boston perfectly dry, we had, after every effort made to prevent it, in the way of caulking and leading, a forecastle with only three dry berths for seven of us.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

[Pg 31] Chapter V THE BEGINNINGS OF COFFEE IN FRANCE What French travelers did for coffee—The introduction of coffee by P. de la Roque into Marseilles in 1644—The first commercial importation of coffee from Egypt—The first French coffee house—Failure of the attempt by physicians of Marseilles to discredit coffee—Soliman Aga introduces coffee into Paris—Cabarets à caffè—Celebrated works on coffee by French writers W e are indebted to three great French travelers for much valuable knowledge about coffee; and these gallant gentlemen first fired the imagination of the French people in regard to the beverage that was destined to play so important a part in the French revolution.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

At present, then, "the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthly tabernacle weigheth down the mind that museth upon [Pg 5] many things," nevertheless they are in error who suppose that all the evils of the soul proceed from the body.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

It has accordingly been thought that the artist must seek out the beautiful parts, distributed among a number of different human beings, and out of them construct a beautiful whole; a perverse and foolish opinion.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

And God forgive me, I cracked Tom’s head with my thimble, poor boy, poor dead boy.
— from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Is it not on the plea that these higher institutions of learning—High Schools and Normal Schools—are broad and just and free from prejudice in their teaching that the Roman Catholic Separate School System has been persistently denied by successive Governments in this Province the right to develop beyond an elementary status, though this right is manifestly inherent or implied in the very pact which made provision for the establishment of Separate Schools for the minorities in the Provinces of Quebec and Ontario.
— from Essays Literary, Critical and Historical by Thomas O'Hagan

This time, Gadget had no opportunity to lock the door, but, turning round, he bolted precipitately down the long keel corridor, cannoning into the chief officer, who was just coming along to the rear gondola, and receiving a somewhat violent cuff on the head from that dignified official, whose gravity had been gravely endangered by this sudden encounter.
— from The Phantom Airman by Rowland Walker

Here the company cooks were busy preparing dinner.
— from The Brown Brethren by Patrick MacGill

When he came back partly dressed he sent them to their beds.
— from Jack Winters' Campmates by Mark Overton

Lord Paget, to-day you will receive your letters patent of Baron Paget de Beaudesert in Stafford.
— from The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda by Victor Hugo

These were at once bought by Pierre de la Mesangère, editor of Le Journal des Dames et des Modes , and they form an exceedingly valuable record of the fashions at the time of Louis XV.
— from Chantilly in History and Art by Luise Richter

Under such conditions, the populace becomes profoundly distrustful of the powers that be, and such distrust breeds bad citizens.
— from Old Calabria by Norman Douglas