41 The Gipseys use the word Slang as the Anglican synonyme for Romany, the continental (or rather Spanish) term for the Cingari or Gipsey tongue.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

These were signed by a variety of princes, and Luther had now nothing else to do, but to sit down and contemplate the mighty work he had finished: for that a single monk should be able to give the church of Rome so rude a shock, that there needed but such another entirely to overthrow it, may be well esteemed a mighty work.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

Since the captivity of Romanus, six years the feeble son of Eudocia had trembled under the weight of the Imperial crown, till the provinces of the East and West were lost in the same month by a double rebellion: of either chief Nicephorus was the common name; but the surnames of Bryennius and Botoniates distinguish the European and Asiatic candidates.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

But at last they succeeded, and could only remain standing by leaning against the rocks.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

Peasants having no clear idea of the cause of rain, say, according to whether they want rain or fine weather: “The wind has blown the clouds away,” or, “The wind has brought up the clouds.”
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

His characters are invariably typical portraits drawn from various classes of Russian society, strikingly life-like and realistic to the highest degree.
— from The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Who but the highly skilled draughtsman could attempt to copy our random shape at Fig.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

They refer rather indistinctly to the effects of faith without the works which Luther had now come to detest, and attack “self-righteousness,” as in the Commentary on Romans (“ sola fides ...
— from Luther, vol. 1 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar

This was the English name of a small island, or cluster of rocks, some five or six miles south of Porto Rico, resembling in appearance a coffin, and called, in Spanish, "Moxa del Muerta.
— from Jack in the Forecastle; or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by John Sherburne Sleeper

Surely in Barbour’s case it is but a striking case of his frequent carelessness of reference (see on 445).
— from The Bruce by John Barbour

The city lacked the towering rookeries of tenements (insulć) which were characteristic of Rome; sometimes, however, a house seems to have been shared between several families.
— from A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life by William Stearns Davis

Agriculture - products: coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), cashew nuts, tobacco, cloves, corn, wheat, cassava (tapioca), bananas, fruits, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats Industries: agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine); diamond, gold, and iron mining, salt, soda ash; cement, oil refining, shoes, apparel, wood products, fertilizer Industrial production growth rate: 9.5% (2007 est.)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Abdication of Carol of Rumania, Sept. 6, 1940.
— from Motion Pictures 1960-1969: Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

The last report of the Commissioner of Railroads shows that the total indebtedness, principal and interest, to the United States of the Pacific railroad companies, was $114,490,000 on July 1, 1892.
— from The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by William Larrabee

A sweet potato or corn hominy Two glasses of milk DINNER Cream of rice soup Boiled rice or spaghetti A glass of hot milk (If the milk should prove disagreeable, it may be boiled or heated to 200° Fahrenheit.)
— from Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 3 of 5 by Eugene Christian

It is the case of a will concealed, or rather suppressed, and acting upon a will previously made.
— from A Cousin's Conspiracy; Or, A Boy's Struggle for an Inheritance by Alger, Horatio, Jr.