The Russian courtiers were scandalised at their Emperor dancing, but while he was present the dancing was conventional enough, consisting of promenading two and two to the strains of a Polish march.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

As for their color, they were like the Irishman's pig, which would not stay to be counted, every change of position and light seemed to give them a new hue; but their prevailing color was black, or nearly so.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

(6) Hughes, Charles E. Conditions of Progress in a Democratic Government .
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

The common European custom of placing a green bush on May Day before or on the house of a beloved maiden probably originated in the belief of the fertilising power of the tree-spirit.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Abkürzungen some abbreviations in common use einige zentral gelegene Banken a few centrally located banks einigermaßen in some degree Einkassierung encashment Einkauf zu geringer Mengen underpurchasing Einkauf zu großer Mengen overpurchasing Einkaufen shopping Einkäufer purchasing agent Einkäufer; Einkaufsmakler buying agent Einkaufsabrechnung des Kommissionärs account purchases Einkaufsabteilung buying department Einkaufsbeutel; Einkaufstasche shopping bag Einkaufsgenossenschaft buying association Einkaufsgenossenschaft purchasing association Einkaufsgenossenschaft purchasing cooperative society Einkaufsgewohnheiten buying habits Einkaufsgewohnheiten shopping habits Einkaufshäufigkeit frequency of purchase Einkaufskartell purchasing cartel Einkaufskontrolle checking of purchases Einkaufsplan purchasing budget Einkaufsprovision purchasing commission Einkaufsring buying club Einkaufstasche shopping-bag Einkaufsverhalten buying behaviour Einkaufszentrum buying centre Einkaufszentrum shopping centre Einkaufszentrum;
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

In our experiences it is easy to observe that it is only the continuous influences in all parts of space that can conduct our senses from one object to another; that the light which plays between our eyes and the heavenly bodies produces a mediating community between them and us, and thereby evidences their coexistence with us; that we cannot empirically change our position (perceive this change), unless the existence of matter throughout the whole of space rendered possible the perception of the positions we occupy; and that this perception can prove the contemporaneous existence of these places only through their reciprocal influence, and thereby also the coexistence of even the most remote objects—although in this case the proof is only mediate.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

In the first place, Horace was not a knight; he was the son of a freedman of Venusia, in Apulia, who exercised the humble office of coactor exauctionum, (collector of payments at auctions.)
— 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

· · · · · end stanza end poem end poem container Every contradiction of passion is in this poem, and the very refinement of satire, as well.
— from The Younger American Poets by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

Under such circumstances, every consideration of policy would prompt our South American neighbors to desire that their amicable relations with us might remain uninterrupted; and to them we might offer the same stipulations with full confidence of their cordial acceptance.
— from A Visit to the United States in 1841 by Joseph Sturge

To my own knowledge, the hogs were cured and fatted up, and made well; and I say for the benefit of the public, that I believe that Dr. Stephens can either cure or prevent Hog Cholera on any man's farm.
— from One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by C. A. Bogardus

Then, when the paint on the chest itself was quite dry, the first canvas coat was slipped on, carefully laced, and then painted four coats, each coat of paint being allowed to dry before the next was applied.
— from The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer by Harry Collingwood

And that in Bavaria it is forbidden to have music in any church, either Catholic or Protestant, because it is supposed to desecrate them?
— from Letters of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy from 1833 to 1847 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

There was no draughty well, no galleried space overhead, from which curious ears could overhear private confidences.
— from The Lady of the Basement Flat by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

P. M. Camerario et Citeriorum Ordinum Provincialium Praesidi Magnifico: ex antiqua Ducā Spoleti familia oriundo:
— from Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2 Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy by Edward Luther Stevenson

In his composition, each charge of priming contains no more than one-eighth of a grain of chlorate of potassa.
— from A System of Pyrotechny Comprehending the theory and practice, with the application of chemistry; designed for exhibition and for war. by James Cutbush