Résumé of a report published in the "Journal do Commercio" of Rio de Janeiro on the production of coffee in Brazil, with statistics respecting its consumption in the United States.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

He passes abruptly from persons to ideas and numbers, and from ideas and numbers to persons,—from the heavens to man, from astronomy to physiology; he confuses, or rather does not distinguish, subject and object, first and final causes, and is dreaming of geometrical figures lost in a flux of sense.
— from Timaeus by Plato

It is also to be noted, and cannot be denied, but that the said inclosure and ditch took the like or greater quantity of ground from the city within the wall; namely, one of that part called the Tower Hill, besides breaking down of the city wall, from the White Tower to the first gate of the city, called the Postern; yet have I not read of any quarrel made by the citizens, or recompense demanded by them for that matter, because all was done for good of the city’s defence thereof, and to their good likings.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

The floors were of brightly coloured tiles, the walls a composition of rich, dark, polished wood, which reflected the light, and coloured stucco-work, which gave the place a very sumptuous appearance.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

The Church of Rome discouraged the growth of national sentiment.
— from Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay by Immanuel Kant

Buttrick on custom of removing deers’ hamstrings 447 Buzzard , myths concerning 239 , 266 , 284 , 293 , 294 , 430 , 431 , 456 Byhan , Rev. Gottlieb , Cherokee missionary 84 [ Contents ] C Cabot, Sebastian , visit to America by 191 Caddo in Texas, union of, with Cherokee 143 Caddo , wanderings of 146 Cairns in Cherokee country 20 – 21 , 491 Caleebee creek , battle of 93 Calendars , Kiowa, publication of paper on xxvi, xxix Calendar systems , Mayan, memoir on xli–xlii Calhoun on Seneca town 485 Calhoun , reply to Cherokee memorial by 115 Calhoun , reply to Georgia’s protest by 116 Cameron , ——, attempt to seize 48 Cameron, —— , encounter between Williamson’s force and 50 Cameron, —— , interception of letter to 47 Cameron, —— , raid led by 48 Campbell , Col. Arthur , defeat of Ferguson by 57 Campbell , Col. Arthur , expedition under (1780–81) 57 – 58 Campbell ,
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Mukalàkalà giyud ang mga bakì sa panahun sa ting-ulan, Frogs croak on rainy days.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

These were concepts of the contemplative reason or imagination, which envisages natures and eternal essences behind the variations of experience, essences which at first receive names, becoming thus the centres of rational discourse, then acquire values, becoming guides to action and measures of achievement, and finally attract unconditional worship, being regarded as the first causes and ultimate goals of all existence and aspiration.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

Mr. Dittman entered the coffee business with Napier & Co., representing E. Johnston & Co., of Rio de Janeiro.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

In his second year, that is, in the year of our Lord 644, the most reverend Father Paulinus, formerly Bishop of York, but at that time Bishop of the city of Rochester, departed to the Lord, on the 10th day of October, having held the office of a bishop nineteen years, two months, and twenty-one days; and was buried in the sacristy of the blessed Apostle Andrew, 358 which King Ethelbert had built from the foundation, in the same city of Rochester.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

They consist of irregular lines, more or less continuous, of rough débris , enclosing angular and sub-angular stones, and they mark the later boundaries of the ice-sheet which filled Loch Ewe from side to side, flowing over Eilean Ewe, out to the Minch, and glaciating the rock faces in its course, as well seen at many points between Poolewe and Inverasdale on the south, and between Poolewe and Aultbea on the north.
— from Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations by John H. (John Henry) Dixon

The real corruption of Rome, deeply seated in high places, remained untouched.
— from Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by John Addington Symonds

A very curious mystery was evidently connected with this startling discovery, and I was anxious that my friend, Dick Deane, one of my old chums of Rugby days, should assist me in clearing it up.
— from Her Majesty's Minister by William Le Queux

Then the cock seated himself on the box and was coachman; so off they went at a great pace, the cock crying out "Run, duck, as fast as you can!"
— from Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

"The comradeship of the solemn occasion was the comradeship of real Democracy.
— from History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico by William Allison Sweeney

I wish, therefore, that you would send to the Adjutant-General the cases of recent date in which the discipline of your troops has been interfered with in the two methods stated, so that an inquiry may be made into the origin of the papers presented.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1 by Jefferson Davis

Jesus simply expanded the range of their application, clarified our comprehension of them, placed them in the very center of religious duty, and so lifted them to the high level of great social and religious principles.
— from The Social Principles of Jesus by Walter Rauschenbusch

Without sharing Mr. Tuckett's admiration for the members of the Rit Primitif, I agree with him that M. Fabre attributes to them too much guile and fails to substantiate his charge of revolutionary designs.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster