What she had treasured up besides, as also what food she had contrived to save, had been also carried off by the rapacious guards, who came every day running into her house for that purpose.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

[‘ bego ’] bēgan = bīegan begang m. † way, course, circuit, extent : district, region : business, undertaking, practice, exercise, service, reverence, worship : cultivation , GD.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Affectus animi concupiscibilis e desiderio rei amatae per oculus in mente concepto, spiritus in corde et jecore incendens.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

“Madame,” said the Marquis, “I have the honor of presenting to you the Chevalier Eugene de Rastignac; he is a cousin of Mme.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

Il s'agit d'une base de données qui fonctionne sous le logiciel TACTweb et qui permet l'interrogation en ligne des textes de la bibliothèque classés en différentes rubriques: oeuvres littéraires, notamment du 19e siècle; brochures et opuscules documentaires; manuscrits, livres et brochures sur la Normandie; conférences et exposés transcrits par des élèves du Lycée Marcel Gambier.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Ceci s'explique par le fait qu'il est très difficile de faire en sorte que votre ordinateur "comprenne" réellement ce que vous voulez dire - ce qui nécessite de notre part la construction informatique d'un réseau de "concepts" et des relations de ces concepts entre eux - réseau qui, jusqu'à un certain stade au moins, reflèterait celui de l'esprit humain, au moins dans les domaines d'intérêt pouvant être regroupés par sujets.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

(See Restaud, Comtesse Ernest de.) GRANDLIEU (Vicomte Juste de), son of Vicomtesse de Grandlieu; brother of Comtesse Ernest de Restaud; cousin and afterwards husband of Marie-Athenais de Grandlieu, combining by this marriage the fortunes of the two houses of Grandlieu and obtaining the title of duke.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

Cette observation est de tous les lieux, et de tous les temps: la barbarie Angloise est connue, &c. Emile de Rousseau, tom.
— 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

Mais ceci signifie également que leurs lecteurs ont le droit de copier et de réutiliser ce travail autant qu'ils le veulent à l'expiration de ce copyright.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

“It is,—there are but two exceptions, that of those who can every day renew, by the aid of imagination, the hope of escape, and who cherish that hope even on their dying bed; and those who, like me, diminish their misery by dividing it,
— from Melmoth the Wanderer, Vol. 1 (of 4) by Charles Robert Maturin

The First President represented to the Queen, with becoming freedom, that the royal word had been prostituted a thousand times over by scandalous and even childish evasions, defeating resolutions most useful and necessary for the State.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

[173] To what extent these considerations entered Don Richards’ head are now uncertain; he has never given expression to the incident in full, but it may easily be inferred, judging from the boy’s humanity and right-mindedness, that for a little disinclination held him, perhaps only for the turn of a few seconds; then bold circumstance demanded action.
— from The Brighton Boys in the Argonne Forest by James R. Driscoll

L’Art de Conduire et de Régler les Pendules et les Montres , etc.
— from Choffard by Vera Salomons

These emanations of the British Muse, Where English thoughts could English dress refuse, Were once presented to another press, Though thence borne back, as hopeless of success.
— from A Minniature ov Inglish Orthoggraphy by James Elphinston

After careful examination, Dr. Ryan gave it as his decided opinion that the bullet had taken an outward course; had therefore injured no vital organ; that the faintness had been caused by loss of blood, which symptom was natural, but not necessarily dangerous.
— from The Crooked Stick; Or, Pollie's Probation by Rolf Boldrewood

Fancy came to him that he would dine at some cheap, even dubious, restaurant lower down in the city, where the erratic chefs from all countries of the world spread their national cookery for the omnivorous American.
— from Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry

"Millionaires are getting so common and unpopular." "Peers are common enough," Dagmar retorted.
— from A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William, Sir

The House is now divided into “ extrême gauche ” (rabid radicals); “ gauche” (advanced republicans); “ centre-gauchers ” (conservative republicans); “ centre ” (wavering members); “ centre droit ” (moderate conservatives); “ droite ” (monarchists and clericals); “ extrême droite ” (rabid monarchists and ultramontane clericals).
— from Argot and Slang A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New Paris by Albert Barrère

Contents: Chart sailing; Mean and apparent time; Compass error; Dead reckoning; Soundings; Corrected altitude; Latitude; Latitude by sun on meridian short rule; Longitude; Latitude by sun, ex-meridian; Chronometer reading; Stars and planets; General remarks.
— from The Book Review Digest, Volume 13, 1917 Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books by Various