[401] “When he came to Illinois,” writes his son, “he found work on the tow-path of the old Illinois and Michigan Canal, at fifty cents per day.
— 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

If sea power be really based upon a peaceful and extensive commerce, aptitude for commercial pursuits must be a distinguishing feature of the nations that have at one time or another been great upon the sea.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Now, with elated step, they pace the planks in twos and threes, and humorously discourse of parlors, sofas, carpets, and fine cambrics; propose to mat the deck; think of having hanging to the top; object not to taking tea by moonlight on the piazza of the forecastle.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

I bring thee back, When I have ferreted out their burrowings, The hearts of all this Order in mine hand— Ay—so that fate and craft and folly close, Perchance, one curl of Arthur's golden beard.
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

A fine country-house in a picturesque position, substantial means, a good wife, three pretty children, and friends charming [Pg 308] and numerous—this is but a mere outline of all our host.
— from On Love by Stendhal

The former were ruled by the code of honour, offences against which were permitted to be expiated by self-destruction, the famous harakiri or disembowelment, while the latter were subject to a severe unwritten law enforced by cruel and frequent capital punishment.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

2. a ) collum, -ī , n. neck 304 colō, -ere, coluī, cultus , cultivate, till; honor, worship; devote one’s self to columna, -ae , f. column, pillar com- (col-, con-, cor-, co-) , a prefix, together, with , or intensifying the meaning of the root word coma, -ae , f. hair comes, -itis , m. and f. [ com- , together , + eō , go ], companion, comrade comitātus, -ūs , m. [ comitor , accompany ], escort, company comitor, -ārī, -ātus sum , dep.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

During the space of seven years it was possessed by Carausius; and fortune continued propitious to a rebellion supported with courage and ability.
— 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 islands of the Rhodians are Carpathus 4219 , which has given its name to the 484 surrounding sea; Casos 4220 , formerly known as Achne 4221 ; Nisyros 4222 , twelve miles distant from Cnidos, and formerly called Porphyris 4223 ; and, in the same vicinity, midway between Rhodes and Cnidos, Syme 4224 .
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

why, wherefore cûra, -ae , f. care, pains; anxiety cûria, -ae , f. senate house cûrô, -âre, -âvî, -âtus [ cûra , care ], care for, attend to, look after currô, -ere, cucurrî, cursus , run currus, -ûs , m. chariot cursus, -ûs , m. course custôdiô, -îre, -îvî, -îtus [ custôs , guard ], guard, watch D Daedalus, -î , m. Dæd´alus , the supposed inventor of the first flying machine Dâvus, -î , m. Davus , name of a slave dê , prep, with abl. down from, from; concerning, about, for ( § 209 ).
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

In rural Pennsylvania a charming and friendly custom prevailed among country folk of all nationalities—the "metzel-soup," the "taste" of sausage-making.
— from Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle

Quarter deck: one side of the after upper deck, reserved for the officer exercising command, and for ceremonial purposes.
— from The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

You will create a fidei commissum perhaps; and if the trustee betrays your confidence, your children have no remedy against him; and they are ruined.
— from The Duchesse of Langeais by Honoré de Balzac

streaked with chestnut, pileum usually wholly clear yellow, lower rump and upper tail-coverts yellow, faintly streaked with olive-greenish; wing edgings all yellow; under parts lighter yellow than in D. æ. æstiva , and with chest and sides much more narrowly (often faintly) streaked with chestnut; adult female conspicuously paler than in D. æ. aestiva , the upper parts often largely pale grayish, the under parts usually very pale buffy yellow.”
— from Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers, Part One and Part Two by Arthur Cleveland Bent

But the habitual despotism which the people are born to witness, familiarises them so much to every act of violence which may be inflicted on themselves or on others, that they view all events with equal indifference, and go in and out of prison, are bastinadoed, fined, and exposed to every ignominy, with an apathy which nothing but custom and fatalism could produce.
— from A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the Years 1808 and 1809 In Which is Included, Some Account of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart. K. C. to the Court of Persia by James Justinian Morier

It is proved as clearly as facts can prove, that he has suffered Melissa to die; and since she is dead, it is totally beyond his power to bring her to life —— and so his history is intrinsically good for nothing .”
— from Alonzo and Melissa; Or, The Unfeeling Father: An American Tale by I. (Isaac) Mitchell

Total FOOD A B C D E F G H I Beans, baked 68.9 6.9 2.5 19.6 2.1 8.0 6.6 22.7 37.3 Bread, white 35.3 9.2 1.3 53.1 1.1 10.7 3.4 61.6 75.7 Bread, whole wheat 38.4 9.7 .9 49.7 1.3 11.3 2.4 57.7 71.4 Corn bread 38.9 7.9 4.7 46.3 2.2 9.2 12.4 53.7 75.3 Corn flakes 8.5 9.3 .5 78.7 2.6 10.8 1.3 91.3 103.4 Hominy, cooked 79.3 2.2 .2 17.8 .5 2.6 .5 20.6 23.7 Macaroni, cooked 78.4 3.0 1.5 15.8 1.3 3.5 4.0 18.3 25.8 Oatmeal, boiled 84.5 2.8 .5 11.5 .7 3.2 1.3 13.3 17.8 Peas, green, cooked 73.8 6.7 3.4 14.6 1.5 7.8 9.0 16.9 33.7 Rice, boiled 72.5 2.8 .1 24.4 .2 3.2 .3 28.3 31.8 Pg 24 TABLE B—FRUITS A. Per cent Water B. Per cent Protein C. Per cent Fat D. Per cent Carbohydrate E. Per cent Ash F. Calories per oz.
— from The Food Question: Health and Economy by Various

Pg 27 TABLE E—MISCELLANEOUS FOODS A. Per cent Water B. Per cent Protein C. Per cent Fat D. Per cent Carbohydrate E. Per cent Ash F. Calories per oz.
— from The Food Question: Health and Economy by Various

A sou is about the same as an English halfpenny, and it is often [Pg 51] called a "five centime piece"—for there are ten centimes in each two -sous piece, just as there are four farthings in one English penny.
— from The Thirteen Little Black Pigs, and Other Stories by Mrs. Molesworth