They keep very close rank, so that you would not guess them for half their real strength.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

The difference between Pennsylvania and Connecticut, respecting some unlocated lands, shews the insignificance of a British government, and fully proves, that nothing but Continental authority can regulate Continental matters.
— from Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Whilst the royal youth still sat there alone, glad of the comfort he had received, but still troubled and earnestly pondering who he was, and whence he came, that had so talked to him, his aforesaid friend came to him, and greeting him with a glad countenance, “Rise,” said he, “go in; calm and put away your anxious cares, and compose yourself in body and mind to sleep; for the king's resolution is altered, and he designs to do you
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

Mr. Pontellier scanned the names of his wife's callers, reading some of them aloud, with comments as he read.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

It should not, however, be overlooked that certain rather strongly marked variations, which no one would rank as mere individual differences, frequently recur owing to a similar organisation being similarly acted on—of which fact numerous instances could be given with our domestic productions.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

The old gentleman was not satisfied of his son's integrity by this declaration; being naturally of a generous disposition, highly prepossessed in favour of the poor orphan, and chagrined at the unpromising appearance of his heir, he suspected that Fathom was overawed by the fear of giving offence, and that, notwithstanding what he had said, the case really stood as it had been represented.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

the leafets are oblong, obtuse, convex absolutely entire, marked on the upper disk with a Slight longitudinal grove in place of the central rib, smooth and of a deep green; near the upper extremity those lefets are decurscivily pinnate as are also those of the larg firn.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

In some of the vessels at anchor all hands were busily engaged in coiling ropes, spreading out sails to dry, taking in or discharging their cargoes; in others no life was visible but two or three tarry boys, and perhaps a barking dog running to and fro upon the deck or scrambling up to look over the side and bark the louder for the view.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

L' ASTROLOGUE SAUVÉ PAR SA PRÉSENCE D'ESPRIT Un astrologue, sous le règne de Louis XI, ayant prédit quelque chose de désagréable à ce roi, sa majesté , pour se venger, résolut de le faire mourir .
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

[2] He might be able to outsail the San Jacinto, but he knew very well that one or two of her broadsides would be very apt to send the Alabama to the bottom, in case Captain Ronckendorff should take it into his head to violate the neutrality of a French port.
— from Cruise and Captures of the Alabama by Albert M. Goodrich

He knew well what enamel was; and his readers, in order to understand him thoroughly, must remember what it is,—a vitreous paste, dissolved in water, mixed with metallic oxides, to give it the opacity and the color required, spread in a moist state on metal, and afterwards hardened by fire, so as never to change.
— from Modern Painters, Volume 3 (of 5) by John Ruskin

"You have a conscience, Richard," she said gently, without turning.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

She began to count how much money her mother owed her for eggs—which reminded her to look into the nests; and when, in spite of a clucking remonstrance, she put her hand under a feathery breast and touched the hot smoothness of a new-laid egg, she felt perfectly happy.
— from The Vehement Flame by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland

“That’s a puzzling question,” coolly rejoined Sam.
— from Johnny Ludlow, Fifth Series by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

or what has he to fear beyond a short imprisonment, and an honourable ransom, according to the use of chivalry?” “Rowena,” said De Bracy, “art thou, too, deceived by the common error of thy sex, who think there can be no rivalry but that respecting their own charms?
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

There the cliff rose steeply to a lighthouse, standing on a bare summit; dipped, and rose again.
— from Boy Woodburn: A Story of the Sussex Downs by Alfred Ollivant

Thereafter came Roger, stooping as he ran, and shouting: "Archers! Archers!—run, lord!"
— from Beltane the Smith by Jeffery Farnol

Panama constitutional democracy Papua New Guinea constitutional parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm Paraguay constitutional republic Peru constitutional republic Philippines republic Pitcairn Islands NA Poland republic Portugal republic; parliamentary democracy Puerto Rico commonwealth Qatar emirate Romania republic Russia federation Rwanda republic; presidential, multiparty system Saint Helena NA Saint Kitts and Nevis parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm Saint Lucia parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm Saint Pierre and Miquelon NA Saint Vincent and the Grenadines parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm Samoa parliamentary democracy San Marino republic Sao Tome and Principe republic Saudi Arabia monarchy
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency