“He is Minister of War, a man trusted by the Emperor, and I need not concern myself about his personal qualities: he has been commissioned to consider my project, so he alone can get it adopted,” thought Prince Andrew as he waited among a number of important and unimportant people in Count Arakchéev’s waiting room.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Lizzie was again fucked by me, and buggered by Mr. M., which she declared she preferred to any other combination, my prick so deliriously gorging her tight little cunt, and making M.’s prick, from the pressure of my larger weapon in the cunt, feel as tight in her bottom as my prick did, when nothing but Mary’s finger was in her cunt.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

cantor , m. , poet, singer.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

The Chinese and European customs which I have cited may perhaps shed light on the custom of rending a live bull or goat at the rites of Dionysus.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

I remember dreaming night after night, of being with my mother as she used to be, or of going to a party at Mr. Peggotty’s, or of travelling outside the stage-coach, or of dining again with my unfortunate friend the waiter, and in all these circumstances making people scream and stare, by the unhappy disclosure that I had nothing on
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Before taking final leave of me, my instructor inquired concerning my physical strength, and I was able to inform him that I hadn't any.
— from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain

In picciol corso mi parieno stanchi lo padre e ' figli, e con l'agute scane mi parea lor veder fender li fianchi.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

<che mostri per si` bestial segno
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

He would greatly have preferred silence and meditation to speech, when a discovery of his real condition might prove so instantly fatal.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

"Only a few privileged people are allowed to call me 'Pansy,'" she said tartly.
— from A Son of the Sahara by Louise Gerard

National holiday: Bastille Day, 14 July (1789) Constitution: 28 September 1958 (French Constitution) Legal system: French law with special adaptations for local conditions, such as housing and taxation Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Jean-Francois TALLON (since NA) elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held, first round - 21 April 2002, second round - 5 May 2002 (next to be held NA 2007); prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; president of the General Council is elected by the members of the council head of government: President of the General Council Marc PLANTAGENEST (since NA) cabinet:
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

"You know everything , of course, Mr. Punch ," said he; "and therefore you know that the object of my visit is not to have my praises sung even by you or the Poet Prowse , but to back up that National Testimonial to the Cricketer of the century—and the 'centuries'—of which I'm glad to hear whispers in the Elysian Fields, where—alas!—we do not pitch the stumps or chase the flying 'leathery duke' of Harrow song."
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, January 5th, 1895 by Various

"In her hysterical condition," continued Mr. Pyecroft, "she had but one thought, and that was to get home as quickly as she could.
— from No. 13 Washington Square by Leroy Scott

Leaders: Chief of State: President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May 1981) Head of Government: Commissioner of the Republic Kamel KHRISSATE (since NA); President of the General Council Marc PLANTEGENET (since NA) *Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Government Member of: FZ Diplomatic representation in US: as a territorial collectivity of France, local interests are represented in the US by France US diplomatic representation: none (territorial collectivity of France) Flag: the flag of France is used *Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Economy Overview:
— from The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

I may contradict my previous statements, but his actions have also varied frequently.
— from Mafeking: A Diary of a Siege by Frederick David Baillie

Maybe I write one letter, maybe Noisy-Owl he come, make plenty storm.
— from The Phantom Herd by B. M. Bower

After three years, the spirit of prophecy came on Miriam, as she sat in the house, and she cried, “My parents shall have another son, who shall deliver Israel out of the hands of the Egyptians!”
— from Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets And Other Old Testament Characters from Various Sources by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

Philpot told me he could make Pharaoh’s serpents, and smells like rotten eggs.
— from The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed

Of course most people said it was 'cause her son was my father.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration