Mas cuando una buena espada, But when challenged by a good blade, por un buen brazo esgrimida, given a strong arm weighed, con la muerte les convida, inviting them to die, todo su valor es nada.
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

Nevertheless, he was at pains to emphasize: It must be ... clearly understood by every believer that the institution of Guardianship does not under any circumstances abrogate, or even in the slightest degree detract from, the powers granted to the Universal House of Justice by Bahá’u’lláh in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, and repeatedly and solemnly confirmed by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in His Will.
— from Century of Light by Bahá'í International Community

" He turned to the widow and began to chat about "his people" again to divert her attention from Mr. Burton, who seemed likely to cause unpleasantness by either bursting a blood-vessel or falling into a fit.
— from Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

G. de F. has: "le costé lonc comme une biche et bien avalé" ("the sides long as a hind, and hanging down well").
— from The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on Hunting by of Norwich Edward

He turned to the widow and began to chat about “his people” again to divert her attention from Mr. Burton, who seemed likely to cause unpleasantness by either bursting a blood-vessel or falling into a fit.
— from Odd Craft, Complete by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

In the judgment of these analysts, racial differences in representation since the Truman order, and indeed most of the other discrepancies between black and white servicemen, could usually be explained by the sometimes sharp difference in aptitude test results ( Table 14 ).
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor

"There is yet another course, unembraced by either branch of the alternative presented by the senator from South Carolina; and that is, to establish a bank of the United States, constituted according to the old and approved method of forming such an institution, tested and sanctioned by experience; a bank of the United States which should blend public and private interests, and be subject to public and private control; united together in such manner as to present safe and salutary checks against all abuses.
— from Thirty Years' View (Vol. 2 of 2) or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850 by Thomas Hart Benton

It soon cleared up, but every bush we stumbled against showered down and gave us a fresh bath.
— from Looking Back: An Autobiography by Merrick Abner Richardson

Their love for one another is unparalleled in the annals of human history, to which may be attributed their fortitude and perseverance in their travels from Canada, upon being expelled by the British, to their chosen Land on the banks of Bayou Teche.
— from Acadian Reminiscences : The True Story of Evangeline by Felix Voorhies

Here was a teacher who could understand by experience both the new birth and vision.
— from William Blake, the Man by Charles Gardner

"Sorry, sir," chirped up Bright Eyes, "but cook's just beaten up the egg.
— from Letters from a Son to His Self-Made Father Being the Replies to Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son by Charles Eustace Merriman