It so fortuned, as he was walking late one night, he found a country fellow dead drunk, snorting on a bulk; [3309] he caused his followers to bring him to his palace, and there stripping him of his old clothes, and attiring him after the court fashion, when he waked, he and they were all ready to attend upon his excellency, persuading him he was some great duke.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The mouth must not be opened to its utmost extent, for when this occurs during a paroxysm of excessive laughter hardly any sound is emitted; or it changes its tone and seems to come from deep down in the throat.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

Augusta Livia hearing a few tragical verses recited out of Virgil, Tu Marcellus eris , &c., fell down dead in a swoon.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Vis-à-vis du grand public, une autre possibilité consisterait en un cryptage fort des données et une vérification automatique et obligatoire des licences.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Home came four dozen delightful little pots, half a barrel of sugar, and a small boy to pick the currants for her.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

I shall have such a comfortable feeling deep down in my mind about that flounce.”
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

—Corinthians, i. I.] He who is only a good man that men may know it, and that he may be the better esteemed when ‘tis known; who will not do well but upon condition that his virtue may be known to men: is one from whom much service is not to be expected: “Credo ch ‘el reste di quel verno, cose Facesse degne di tener ne conto; Ma fur fin’ a quel tempo si nascose, Che non a colpa mia s’ hor ‘non le conto Perche Orlando a far l’opre virtuose Piu ch’a narrar le poi sempre era pronto; Ne mai fu alcun’ de’suoi fatti espresso, Se non quando ebbe
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Its rapid progress has been due to the following circumstances: Ontario, with her rich grasses, clear skies, and clean springs and streams, is well adapted to dairying; large numbers of her farmers came from dairy districts in the mother country; the co-operative method of manufacture tends to produce a marketable article that can be shipped and that improves with proper storage; Great Britain has proved a fine market for such an article; and the industry has for over thirty years received the special help and careful supervision and direction of the provincial and Dominion governments.
— from History of Farming in Ontario by C. C. (Charles Canniff) James

[Timo LAHDENMAKI]; Constitutional Rightist Party; Finnish Communist Party-Unity [Yrjo HAKANEN]; Finnish Pensioners Party France: Communist-controlled labor union (Confederation Generale du Travail) or CGT, nearly 2.4 million members (claimed); independent labor union or Force Ouvriere, 1 million members (est.); independent white-collar union or Confederation Generale des Cadres, 340,000 members (claimed); National Council of French Employers (Conseil National du Patronat Francais) or CNPF or Patronat; Socialist-leaning labor union (Confederation Francaise Democratique du Travail) or CFDT, about 800,000 members (est.)
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Pendulums of 1-meter and of 1/2-meter distance between the knife edges were constructed from Defforges’ design by Brunner Brothers in Paris (fig. 21 ).
— from Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Papers 34-44 On Science and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1966 by Victor F. (Victor Fritz) Lenzen

The overruling interest was furnished by those great Asiatic airships that went upon incalculable missions across the sky, the crimson-clad swordsmen who might come fluttering down demanding petrol, or food, or news.
— from The War in the Air by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

His thirst now increased; and he called for "Drink, drink," "Fan, fan," and "Rub, rub:" addressing himself in the last case to Doctor SCOTT, who had been rubbing HIS LORDSHIP'S breast with his hand, from which he found some relief.
— from Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson by William Beatty

And our seamen, as many as had money or credit for drink, did do nothing else this evening.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys

Finally, after Franklin had raised a counter-claim for damages due to what he called the "inhuman burnings" of the British raids since 1778, it was agreed to insert a clause against any future confiscations or prosecutions of loyalists and to add that Congress should "earnestly recommend" to the States the restoration of loyalists' estates and the repealing of all laws against them.
— from The Wars Between England and America by Theodore Clarke Smith