Que en nuestra vida americana sobran asuntos de positivo interés, lo han demostrado de antiguo, no sólo esas novelas o poemas románticos, hoy célebres, que se llaman «María» y «Amalia,» y que se deben a la pluma de dos poetas hondos y sinceros: Jorge Isaacs y José Mármol; lo demuestra también, por otro concepto, ese modelo de sátira político-social que se llama Blas Gil, [1] que sin desdeñar el sabor clásico del estilo, nos dejó como reflejo de la vida colombiana el literato-presidente José Manuel Marroquín.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson
La ciudad de este nombre es el centro ferrocarrilero y de navegación fluvial más importante de Sud América.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson
“Well, as somebody was sure to live there, and you couldn't, it can do 'ee no harm that he's the man.”
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Mr. Harby came down every now and then to her class, to see what she was doing.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
And as Nature, who gives supplies of food to every creature, dictates even naturally how to make use of it, so I, that had never milked a cow, much less a goat, or seen butter or cheese made only when I was a boy, after a great many essays and miscarriages, made both butter and cheese at last, also salt (though I found it partly made to my hand by the heat of the sun upon some of the rocks of the sea), and never wanted it afterwards.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
One side of his literary career deserves especial notice.
— from Intentions by Oscar Wilde
ROBERTO HERNANDEZ MONTOYA [ES, FR, EN] [ES] Roberto Hernández Montoya (Caracas) #Director de la biblioteca digital de la revista electrónica Venezuela Analítica Roberto Hernández Montoya es licenciado en letras de la Universidad Central de Venezuela; miembro del consejo de redacción de Venezuela Analítica; miembro de las direcciones editoriales de Venezuela Cultural e Imagen; columnista de El Nacional, Letras, Imagen e Internet World Venezuela.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
Ogne primaio aspetto ivi era casso: due e nessun l'imagine perversa parea; e tal sen gio con lento passo.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri
Optima autem hereditas a patribus traditur liberis omnique patrimonio praestantior gloria virtutis rerumque gestarum, cui dedecori esse nefas
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Washington was full of the earth and leaf odours of the spring, which rose in gusts from its trees and gardens; and rugged, swiftly moving clouds disclosed every now and then what looked like hurrying stars.
— from Marriage à la mode by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
'Ah! M. le Curé,' dit elle, 'nous n'avons plus rien, nous ne pouvons plus donner.
— from The Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare
Monday morning I ordered a coach for the purpose of visiting Cemetario de Espeda, named for an ancient bishop in Havana.
— from Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes by A. M. (Abbie M.) Brooks
10 A B C D E Nymphonides.
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 4 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby
Miss Daphne Wing buried her perfect chin deeper in her hands, and said meditatively: “Yes; I rather thought that, too; of course I could do either now.
— from The Works of John Galsworthy An Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Galsworthy by John Galsworthy
At the present moment the carriage department employs no less than three thousand hands, together with three hundred machines, moved by twenty-three steam-engines, which do the work of an additional twelve thousand men!
— from Curiosities of Civilization by Andrew Wynter
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