He was civil, even cordial in his manner, but just then, I was more intent on observing the arrangements of the dwelling which had so much interested me, than the personal appearance of the tenant.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

But when sampling for delivery on Coffee Exchange contract, every bag must be tested, and care taken that each chop is uniform in color, kind, and quality.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

— N. negation, abnegation; denial; disavowal, disclaimer; abjuration; contradiction, contravention; recusation[obs3][Law], protest; recusancy &c (dissent) 489; flat contradiction, emphatic contradiction, emphatic denial, dementi[Lat].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

[2] —Hablaba Ud. hace un momento de diferencias en la legislación escolar dentro de cada país: ¿no está centralizada en cada una la dirección de la educación?
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Thus the latter was so far harmonised with experience, and ceased to stand abashed, before popular wisdom, which long before had spoken the words of truth in the Spanish proverb: Lo que entra con el capillo, sale con la mortaja (that which comes in [Pg 118] with the child's cap, goes out with the winding-sheet); or: Lo que en la leche se mama, en la mortaja se derrama (what is imbibed with the milk, is poured out again in the winding-sheet).
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

choose , dēligō, 3 choose, elect , creō, 1 citizen , cīvis, -is,
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

We cannot be bound beyond what we are able to perform, by reason that effect and performance are not at all in our power, and that, indeed, we are masters of nothing but the will, in which, by necessity, all the rules and whole duty of mankind are founded and established: therefore Count Egmont, conceiving his soul and will indebted to his promise, although he had not the power to make it good, had doubtless been absolved of his duty, even though he had outlived the other; but the King of England wilfully and premeditately breaking his faith, was no more to be excused for deferring the execution of his infidelity till after his death than the mason in Herodotus, who having inviolably, during the time of his life, kept the secret of the treasure of the King of Egypt, his master, at his death discovered it to his children.—[Herod., ii. 121.]
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

The little boy wanted Uncle Remus to sing some more; but before the old man could either consent or refuse, the notes of a horn were heard in the distance.
— from Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris

Velo cloud, examples, cause, effect, distribution, density.
— from The Aviator and the Weather Bureau by Ford A. (Ford Ashman) Carpenter

Why the examinations should not be held both in England and India to give the youths of both countries equal chances is an anomaly which passes my comprehension.
— from Young India An interpretation and a history of the nationalist movement from within by Lala Lajpat Rai

Don't you know you're the only girl in this world I could ever care for?
— from The Portygee by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

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— from Ravished Armenia The Story of Aurora Mardiganian, the Christian Girl Who Lived Through the Great Massacres by Aurora Mardiganian

But there are other pangs quite noiseless: there are other martyrs who suffer without the sign, who cannot even confess the reason for the high faith that upholds them.
— from Hope Mills; Or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Amanda M. Douglas

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— from The Heart of Cherry McBain: A Novel by Douglas Durkin

Natural hazards: periodic cyclones Environment - current issues: NA Geography - note: wildlife sanctuary People Juan de Nova Island Population: no indigenous inhabitants note: there is a small French military garrison along with a few meteorologists; occasionally visited by scientists (July 2003 est.)
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Champlevé Enamel Casket, French, 13th Century {189} ground, stage by stage, in white, leaving the chiaroscuro to be determined by the effect of the ground showing through.
— from The Pleasures of Collecting by Gardner C. Teall