The juice is then strained through a new double cloth eight cubits in length by the husband’s sisters.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

Cecina e Corneto i luoghi colti.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Meretrix speciosa cepit delicatius stringere colla complexibus, et corpora in libidinem concitato, &c. 5138 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The tiny polyp, in its unconscious life, builds the everlasting coral; each citizen is little more than the industrious insect.
— from Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers by Benj. N. (Benjamin Nicholas) Martin

The anima, or spirit, being merely the product of certain elements combined in life, was wiped out when those elements dissolved their union in death.
— from Queed: A Novel by Henry Sydnor Harrison

A day or two after this conversation, Ernest came in late to dinner, exclaiming: “Father, the white sow and all her thirteen pigs are out.”
— from Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Lily Munsell Ritchie

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): total: 0.29 cu km/yr (24%/3%/72%) per capita: 358 cu m/yr (2000) Natural hazards: haze, dust storms, sandstorms common Environment - current issues: limited natural fresh water resources are increasing dependence on large-scale desalination facilities Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Geography - note: strategic location in central Persian Gulf near major petroleum deposits People Qatar Population: 824,789 (July 2008 est.)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The important science of cachaye (Canadian expression) consists in leaving no trace which might betray it to the Indians; to prevent this, the earth taken from the excavation is put into blankets and carried to a great distance.
— from The Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet in California, Sonora, and Western Texas by Frederick Marryat

“No,” I answered; “because I believe that this device, which is only proper in certain exceptional circumstances, is likely to prove very dangerous if it is employed at the wrong moment or at random.
— from Secrets of the Sword by Bazancourt, César Lecat, baron de

Irrigated land: 840 sq km (1998 est.) Natural hazards: dust storms, grassland and forest fires, drought, and "zud", which is harsh winter conditions Environment - current issues: limited natural fresh water resources in some areas; the policies of former Communist regimes promoted rapid urbanization and industrial growth that had negative effects on the environment; the burning of soft coal in power plants and the lack of enforcement of environmental laws severely polluted the air in Ulaanbaatar; deforestation, overgrazing, and the converting of virgin land to agricultural production increased soil erosion from wind and rain; desertification and mining activities had a deleterious effect on the environment Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Geography - note: landlocked; strategic location between China and
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): total: 0.29 cu km/yr (24%/3%/72%) per capita: 358 cu m/yr (2000) Natural hazards: haze, dust storms, sandstorms common Environment - current issues: limited natural fresh water resources are increasing dependence on large-scale desalination facilities Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Geography - note: strategic location in central Persian Gulf near major petroleum deposits People ::Qatar Population: 833,285 (July 2009 est.)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Had it been straight the second car would have got it, and there might have been a vacancy in one of the chief editorial chairs in London.
— from A Visit to Three Fronts: June 1916 by Arthur Conan Doyle

Now the fact is that Maeterlinck, to a certain extent, collaborated in Les Flaireurs .
— from Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck by Jethro Bithell