I flew down the companion-way, looked about for him, could not find him, then returned to the deck just in time to catch a glimpse of him as he re-entered that confounded nest of rascality.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

CHAPTER VII ToC CONVERSATION Need Of Reciprocity Ideal conversation should be a matter of equal give and take, but too often it is all "take."
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

In rice countries, where the crop not only requires a very moist soil, but where, in a certain period of its growing, it must be laid under water, the effects of a drought are much more dismal.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

For Mrs J. R., who had never been wont to do too much at home as Miss B. W., was under the constant necessity of referring for advice and support to a sage volume entitled The Complete British Family Housewife, which she would sit consulting, with her elbows on the table and her temples on her hands, like some perplexed enchantress poring over the Black Art.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

6. Epidem., blames much also Quintus his tutor, who, a certain nobleman of Rome, his patient, saying to him, You have been at breakfast, my master, your breath smells of wine; answered arrogantly, Yours smells of fever; which is the better smell of the two, wine or a putrid fever?
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

There are a certain number of riverside roughs who make quite an income, during the summer, by slouching about the banks and blackmailing weak-minded noodles in this way.
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

Ere quitting this halting-place in the genealogical history of the ancient races, where the celebrated names of Rama, Krishna, and Yudhishthira close the brazen age of India, and whose issue introduce the present iron age, or Kali Yuga, I shall shortly refer to the few synchronic points which the various authorities admit.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

To the good man, education is of all things the most precious, and is also in constant need of renovation.
— from Laws by Plato

All the bodies in the world, pressing a drop of water on all sides, will never be able to overcome the resistance which it will make, soft as it is, to their approaching one another, till it be removed out of their way: whereby our idea of solidity is distinguished both from pure space, which is capable neither of resistance nor motion; and from the ordinary idea of hardness.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

It was my desire, I pointed out, to become President of the Nicaraguan Republic instead of him; and I was willing to pay him (in hard cash) not only reasonable, but even generous, compensation for disturbance.
— from Stromboli and the Guns by Francis Henry Gribble

In winter, scampering home from school over the ice and snow, they were always happy, knowing that they would soon be cracking nuts or roasting chestnuts in the heat and light of the dear old stove.
— from The Story Hour: A Book for the Home and the Kindergarten by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

He himself was put on other duty when they went to Mexico, and, finally, in the great war of the Rebellion, there was constant need of regulars to act as mustering and disbursing officers at the rear.
— from Marion's Faith. by Charles King

Canimairo, name of Russian River, i., 449 .
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 5, Primitive History The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

The soap treatment, or at least, the mode of applying it was first suggested to me by Dr. J. Tifft , of Norwalk, Ohio, some six or seven years ago, since which time I have had opportunities of testing its virtues in all forms of burns and scalds, some of which were of the severest and most dangerous character, and I am quite sure in several cases, no other remedy or process known to the medical profession, could have relieved and restored as this did.
— from An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time by B. L. (Benjamin L.) Hill

It is not unlikely that of the twenty or more who sit down to dinner, no two will be of the same color, costume, nationality, or religion.
— from Ocean Steamships A popular account of their construction, development, management and appliances by A. E. (Albert Edward) Seaton

The performance of this contract not only restored the reserve, but checked for a time the withdrawals of gold and brought on a period of restored confidence and such peace and quiet in business circles as were of the greatest possible value to every interest that affects our people.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Grover Cleveland

The government assumes the business of protecting, more or less vigilantly, the life of citizens against direct and brutal attacks; acknowledges and legalizes a certain number of rights and primitive usages and customs, without which it is impossible to live in society.
— from Anarchy by Errico Malatesta

The manner of proceeding is as follows: The two companies here are permitted to have each a certain number of representatives, and the fleetest and strongest men are generally chosen.
— from The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical: A Cabinet for the Curious by Frank H. Stauffer

Household Cavalry, number of regiments 3 Heavy Dragoons, number of regiments 10 Lancers, Light number of regiments 5 Hussars, Light number of regiments 13 Royal Horse Artillery, number of batteries 26 Royal Artillery number of batteries 80 Garrison Artillery number of batteries 96 Royal Engineers, number of companies 52 Foot Guards, number of battalions 7 Regiments of the Line,number of battalions 129 Regiments of Rifles, number of battalions 12 Royal Marines, number of companies 40 Commissariat and Transport Corps, companies 20 Medical Staff Corps, divisions 16 Ordnance Department, companies 4 Yeomanry Cavalry in Great Britain, regiments 39 Militia Artillery, number of batteries 196 Militia Regiments, number of infantry 143 Militia Engineers, number of companies 3 Artillery Volunteers, number of battalions 62 Engineer Volunteers, number of companies 22 Light Horse Volunteers, number of regiments 15 Volunteer battalions of Infantry 206 Mounted Rifle Volunteer regiments 16 West India Regiments of Infantry 2 Royal Malta Fencibles, Artillery batteries 6 Channel Islands Militia, battalions of Infantry 6 Channel Islands Militia Artillery, number of batteries 15 [534] In Memoriam—Charles George Gordon.
— from A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863 by T. (Timothy) Gowing