Let us unite in doing all we can to make it a real Mothers' Day, by especially honoring our mothers; in the flesh, those of us who are so fortunate as to have our mothers with us; in the spirit, those who are not so fortunate.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

My time and labors, while abroad were divided between England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

After having spoken these words in general, he turned himself towards his wife, and embracing her fast in his arms, as, her heart and strength failing her, she was ready to sink down with grief, he begged of her, for his sake, to bear this accident with a little more patience, telling her, that now the hour was come wherein he was to show, not by argument and discourse, but effect, the fruit he had acquired by his studies, and that he really embraced his death, not only without grief, but moreover with joy.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

But O, of this, I pray, beware!-- You who may choose the tempting share,-- Too eager fishing for the pitcher May ruin that which is far richer.' Out ran the boys, their gifts to draw: But eagerness was check'd with awe, How could there be a richer prize Than solid gold beneath the skies?
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

Entwicklungsbank development bank entwicklungsfähig capable of development entwicklungsfähiger Markt potential market Entwicklungsgebiet development area Entwicklungsgebiet development areas Entwicklungshilfe development aid Entwicklungskosten cost of development Entwicklungskosten developent expenses Entwicklungskosten development costs Entwicklungsland developing country Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten development potentialities Entwicklungsstufe level of development Entwurf; Gestaltung design Epoche era er hat seine Verpflichtungen erfüllt
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

It was fully exposed to the Eastern sun, but this was not yet sufficiently high to drop its light right from above, and thus to produce that deadly effect of tropical mid-day, where the shadows instead of modelling out the details, blur every vertical surface and make everything dull and formless.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

In the critical consideration of any war it is necessary, first, to put clearly before the student's eye the objects desired by each belligerent; then, to consider whether the objective chosen is the most likely, in case of success, to compass those objects; and finally, to study the merits or faults of the various movements by which the objective is approached.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Finding himself fast, then, and that the ladies had retired, he began to fancy that all this was done by enchantment, as on the former occasion when in that same castle that enchanted Moor of a carrier had belaboured him; and he cursed in his heart his own want of sense and judgment in venturing to enter the castle again, after having come off so badly the first time; it being a settled point with knights-errant that when they have tried an adventure, and have not succeeded in it, it is a sign that it is not reserved for them but for others, and that therefore they need not try it again.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

This was one of the cases where one must differentiate between energy and idiocy.
— from The Red Battle Flyer by Richthofen, Manfred, Freiherr von

Nor was it safe for others to 372 commiserate or bewail so cruel a destiny; but even his companions in arms, whilst they lamented the death of their leader, and filled all places with their complaints, were turned into a kind of swans, which are said, at the approach of their own death, to chant sweet melancholy dirges.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

A desperate battle ensued.
— from Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians by Elias Johnson

The greater part of the passage, as Jack had explained, had to be carried out in broad daylight, with the consequent likelihood of discovery by enemy aircraft or submarines.
— from The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets; Or, The Fall of the German Navy by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes

Impotent rebellion was still smouldering in his eyes when a knock came at his door and Dellmey Baxter entered.
— from The Delafield Affair by Florence Finch Kelly

As Miss Jerusha again turned round and encountered the piercing stare of those great, dark, bright eyes fixed so unwinkingly on her face, she felt, for the first time in her life, perhaps, restless and uneasy under the infliction.
— from The Actress' Daughter: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming

He was well aware that there were differences between Evelyn Porter and her friends, and Miss Margrave and those whom he knew to be her intimates.
— from The Main Chance by Meredith Nicholson

Comment will probably during the next few decades be eliminated from daily journalism altogether, and confined to serious weekly publications, somewhat on the lines of our monthly reviews, and to other publications summarising the latter, like the present Review of Reviews , perhaps the most useful periodical now being issued, with the single exception of The Times .
— from A Hundred Years Hence: The Expectations of an Optimist by T. Baron Russell

More than once Ming-Y thought of departing; but each time Sië would begin, in that silver-sweet voice of hers, so wondrous a story of the great poets of the past, and of the women whom they loved, that he became as one entranced; or she would sing for him a song so strange that all his senses seemed to die except that of hearing.
— from Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn