He at the same time wrote to Caballero, and particularly cautioned him not to allow any vessel to depart for Cuba, and to see that Narvaez did not [Pg 360] escape.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

The rain returned to invigorate the languid soil, harmony was restored between priest and soldier, the green grass presently waved over the sere hillsides, the children flocked again to the side of their martial preceptor, a Te Deum was sung in the mission church, and pastoral content once more smiled upon the gentle valleys of San Carlos.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

The variety of civic and popular ceremonies is so great, that it would require a large volume, illustrated with numerous engravings, to explain fully their characteristic features.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

A ce propos, je vous avais dit combien j'étais comme aimanté par ce continent et en particulier par le Sénégal où je me suis découvert de nombreuses attaches au point que, si Dieu le veut - mais il est grand et miséricordieux :-), je me suis proposé en personne pour concourir à un projet social, éducatif et
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

The patricians by their popular influence obtained the prætorship for Spurius Furius Camillus, the son of Marcus, the ædileship for Cneius Quinctius Capitolinus and Publius Cornelius Scipio, men of their own rank.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

—Es verdad que hasta hace poco nuestro caucho se cotizaba a precios casi prohibitivos; pero esa alza fué pasajera.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

There is no difficulty in seeing how other colours are probably composed.
— from Timaeus by Plato

This event was probably due to his composing and privately circulating an "Ode to Liberty," though the attendant circumstances have never yet been thoroughly brought to light.
— from Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

Yet, unlike the dwellers on Earth, they did not, because their lives were more or less constrained and painful, complain of or deny the goodness of God—on the contrary, they believed in a future state which should be as perfect as their present one was imperfect; and the chief aim and object of all their labours was to become worthy of attaining that final grand result—Eternal Happiness and Peace.
— from A Romance of Two Worlds: A Novel by Marie Corelli

They miss some of the snug conveniences and petty comforts which belong to an old, highly-finished, and over-populous state of society; where the ranks of useful labor are crowded, and many earn a painful and servile subsistence, by studying the very caprices of appetite and self-indulgence.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

What is this talk of chance and purpose?” “Come, come,” said the priest, his smile spreading from his eyes to his lips, “do not be angry.
— from The Valley of Vision : A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales by Henry Van Dyke

He stood up and beheld the sun, a great ball of blinding gold, setting upon a tumbled sea of gold-edged crimson and purple clouds, strange and wonderful beyond imagining.
— from The War in the Air by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

America, Central, and Peru, carved stone monuments, 517-8 ; Peruvian compared to those of Pelasgi and Tyrrheni, 518 ; no rude-stone monuments observed in South America, ib.
— from Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses by James Fergusson

The gun was now brought to the right hip, full cocked, a percussion cap placed on the nipple, and was then ready to aim and fire.
— from Ten years in the ranks, U.S. Army by Augustus Meyers

Equatorial Guinea partly based on Spanish civil law and tribal custom; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Eritrea primary basis is the Ethiopian legal code of 1957, with revisions; new civil, commercial, and penal codes have not yet been promulgated; government also issues unilateral proclamations setting laws and policies; also relies on customary and post-independence-enacted laws and, for civil cases involving Muslims, Islamic law; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Estonia based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations Ethiopia based on civil law; currently transitional mix of national and regional courts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction European Union comparable to the legal systems of member states; first supranational law system Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

To such a man, aroused and indignant, there comes a profound conviction that the urban rooster is far more vociferous than his rural brethren; that he can sing louder, hold on longer and begin again more quickly than the bucolic cock who has communed only with nature and known no envious longings to outshriek the morning milkman or the purveyor of catfish.
— from Elbow-Room: A Novel Without a Plot by Charles Heber Clark

Never forget that TRUE Spiritualism engenders HEALTH OF BODY AND MIND, serenity and brightness of aspect, cheerfulness and perfect contentment,—and that its influence on those who are brought within its radius is distinctly MARKED and BENEFICIAL.
— from Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self by Marie Corelli