For a coarse make of net and a very marked pattern, the lowest numbers of D.M.C cottons, or the narrowest braids, such as Soutache D.M.C Nos. 1, 2, 3 should be used; if the net be fine and the pattern a delicate one, then the higher numbers of the following are preferable: Coton à tricoter D.M.C Nos. 8 to 20, Coton à repriser D.M.C Nos.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

Without assuming the supererogatory task of entering into a discussion of the comparative merits of national courtesy, Duncan cheerfully assented to supply the place of the veteran in the approaching interview.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

Hans, without saying a word, clambered to the top of the mast, but could make out nothing.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

All these were heathens; and besides them there were many more,—some men of power, others common men of no property.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Now since yee haue satisfied me nowe so fullie, concerning Magie or Necromancie I will pray you to do the like in Sorcerie or Witchcraft .
— from Daemonologie. by King of England James I

I could make out nothing of what they said, but I think they thought it rather a good joke that I had come past the statues.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

The consequence clearly is that there can be no common measure of national wealth, and, of course, no general or stationary rule by which the ability of a state to pay taxes can be determined.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

'Aye!' said Mrs. Purkis, smoothing down the bed, and despatching Jenny for an armful of lavender-scented towels, 'times is changed, miss; our new Vicar has seven children, and is building a nursery ready for more, just out where the arbour and tool-house used to be in old times.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

The wolves had scented them, and, turning his back to the light, he spent some minutes gazing fixedly at the glistening white patches among the straggling trees, but could make out none of the stealthy, flitting shapes he had half expected to see.
— from Blake's Burden by Harold Bindloss

Thus such a chain of causation must of necessity lead eventually to Him who is the Ever-Living, the All-Powerful, who is Self-Dependent and the Ultimate Cause.
— from `Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet to Dr. Forel by `Abdu'l-Bahá

They would seem, on the whole, to be a characteristic mixture of natural phenomena (nature myths), personified as gods, who became in course of time legendary heroes.
— from A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections by Isabel Florence Hapgood

By his second wife, Anna of Saxony; he had one son, the celebrated Maurice of Nassau, and two daughters, Anna, married afterwards to her cousin, Count William Louis, and Emilie, who espoused the Pretender of Portugal, Prince Emanuel.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

In the axis of each of the four divisions the cells divide lengthwise so as to form a cylindrical mass of narrow cells, not unlike those in the stem of a moss.
— from Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Douglas Houghton Campbell

But, through growth of character, modification of nature, or change in desires, sentiments, and tastes, they become attracted to each other.
— from Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes by J. M. Judy

"I don't believe a word of it," she cried; "money or no money, will or no will, it is just as possible that he wants to marry me—because—because he wants to marry me!
— from The White Plumes of Navarre: A Romance of the Wars of Religion by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

In the meantime, some paintings are shown in the Public Library and in the Colorado Museum of Natural History—a building which also shelters a collection of stuffed animals (somewhat better, on the whole, than the paintings) and of minerals found in the State.
— from Abroad at Home: American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Julian Street