“‘Call me what you like,’ I said impatiently; ‘but what is it that you want—my crown, or my cities, or my treasures?’
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
“Count on me, count on me, and to the festivities celebrating our graduation we’ll invite these gentlemen,” he said, indicating the corporal and the warrant officer.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal
Subordinate sentences which express time or place, are called Temporal or Local sentences; comparison or manner, Comparative or Modal sentences; condition, cause, or concession, Conditional , Causal , or Concessive sentences; purpose, Final sentences; result, Consecutive sentences.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
'Here's the house broken into,' said the doctor, 'and a couple of men catch one moment's glimpse of a boy, in the midst of gunpowder smoke, and in all the distraction of alarm and darkness.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
“Here’s a house broken into,” said the doctor, “and a couple of men catch one moment’s glimpse of a boy in the midst of gunpowder-smoke, and in all the distraction of alarm and darkness.
— from Oliver Twist, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Charles Dickens
S o cc ó mbere, c ó mb o , c o mbéi, c o mbút o , not to be able to sustaine, to faint or fall downe vnder a burden, to [506] faile for feeblenesse.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio
"That in future you are to call me 'your grace,' and not 'Mr. Charlie,' or 'Mr. Cheyne,' or 'my lord.'"
— from The Duke's Sweetheart: A Romance by Richard Dowling
“Chick o' me, Chick o' me, Craneycrow, Went to the well to wash her toe, When she got back her chicken was dead—
— from Castle Craneycrow by George Barr McCutcheon
In connection with this expression of Solomon about man's Creators, it is a very remarkable circumstance, that in the account of the creation of man, given by Moses in the book of Genesis, the plural is also directly used, for it is there recorded, Genesis 1, 26, " And God said let us make " etc., or " we will make ," etc., so that Moses as well as Solomon very emphatically declares that the great Creator of man consists of more than one person; for whom could God have been addressing when he said, " Let us make ," etc.?
— from The Mormon Doctrine of Deity: The Roberts-Van Der Donckt Discussion To which is added a discourse, Jesus Christ, the revelation of God; also a collection of authoritative Mormon utterances on the being and nature of God by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts
Legal system: based on Spanish and American law, with large elements of Communist legal theory; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction National holiday: Rebellion Day, 26 July (1953) Political parties and leaders: only party - Cuban Communist Party (PCC), Fidel CASTRO Ruz, first secretary Suffrage: 16 years of age; universal Elections: National Assembly of People's Power: last held December 1986 (next to be held February 1993); results - PCC is the only party; seats - (510 total; after the February election, the National Assembly will have 590 seats) indirectly elected from slates approved by special candidacy commissions Executive branch: president of the Council of State, first vice president of the Council of State, Council of State, president of the Council of Ministers, first vice president of the Council of Ministers, Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers, Council of Ministers Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly of the People's Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular)
— from The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Sulphate of lime, Sulphate of magnesia, Sulphate of soda, Carbonate of lime, Carbonate of magnesia, Chloride of magnesium, Chloride of sodium, Chloride of calcium, Hydrosulphate of sodium and magnesium, Oxide of iron, existing as protosulphate, Iodine, Sulphur, Organic matters, Gaseous ingredients, Sulphuretted hydrogen, Carbonic acid, Oxygen, Nitrogen.
— from A Guide to the Virginia Springs Giving, in addition to the routes and distances, a description of the springs and also of the natural curiosities of the state by J. J. (John Jennings) Moorman
Every scene I have described I have looked upon myself, either in the presence of the American and British military attaches, or in the company of Mr. Cowan or Mr. Villiers.
— from The War in the East: Japan, China, and Corea by Trumbull White
Government #_Long-form name: Republic of Cuba _#_Type: Communist state _#_Capital: Havana _#_Administrative divisions: 14 provinces (provincias, singular—provincia) and 1 special municipality* (municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara _#_Independence: 20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898; administered by the US from 1898 to 1902) _#_Constitution: 24 February 1976 _#_Legal system: based on Spanish and American law, with large elements of Communist legal theory; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction _#_National holiday: Revolution Day, 1 January (1959) _#_Executive branch: president of the Council of State, first vice president of the Council of State, Council of State, president of the Council of Ministers, first vice president of the Council of Ministers, Council of Ministers _#_Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly of the People's Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular) _#_Judicial branch: People's Supreme Court _#_Leaders: Chief of State and Head of Government—President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers Fidel CASTRO
— from The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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