[Pg 149] The dead Cat falls upon his nimble feet, Snaps up the slowest, head and tail.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

I remember, when I was once interceding with the emperor for a criminal who had wronged his master of a great sum of money, which he had received by order and ran away with; and happening to tell his majesty, by way of extenuation, that it was only a breach of trust, the emperor thought it monstrous in me to offer as a defence the greatest aggravation of the crime; and truly I had little to say in return, farther than the common answer, that different nations had different customs; for, I confess, I was heartily ashamed.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

At this moment the Duke came forward, in the habit of a friar, to request some speech with Isabella.
— from Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

In addition to the Great Festivals, Corpus Christi Day, Church feasts and ales, the occasions of royal visits, of episcopal visitations, victories, and many other great events, were always celebrated by the ringing of the church bells.
— from English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield

of, 1339 ; see Emotion , Mental distress , &c. Feet , metrical, defined, 2519 ; kinds of, 2521 , 2522 ; cyclic, 2523 ; irrational, 2524 ; groups of, 2531 , 2532 .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

The fan outlet can be carried directly out-of-doors; but the dusty discharge is objectionable in most installations, and this pipe is usually carried to a dust collector from the top of which the roof outlet is connected.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Fotokopiergerät photocopying machine Fotomontage photo composition Fracht freight Fracht am Zielort zahlbar freight forward Fracht bezahlt freight paid Fracht entladen discharge cargo Fracht im voraus bezahlt carriage paid Fracht im voraus bezahlt freight prepaid Fracht im voraus zu zahlen freight to be prepaid Fracht unbezahlt freight unpaid Fracht vom Empfänger einzuziehen freight collect Fracht vorauszahlbar freight prepayable Fracht zahlbar am Bestimmungsort freight payable at destination Fracht; Ladung cargo Frachtbedingungen terms of freight Frachtbrief consignment note Frachtbrief way-bill Frachtbrief (US) waybill Frachtbriefdoppel (Br.)
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

[The equivalent to an army corps, according to Ssu-ma Fa, consisted nominally of 12500 men; according to Ts`ao Kung, the equivalent of a regiment contained 500 men, the equivalent to a detachment consists from any number between 100 and 500, and the equivalent of a company contains from 5 to 100 men.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

There the trader took the irons from William, and as he did so, he said, "You are a damned clever fellow.
— from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

Thence, after a short attack of African fever, he proceeded to Cape Town, where he was attacked by the other sort of African fever—"an irresistible longing to penetrate the Dark Continent for purposes of exploration and of observing both man and Nature.
— from Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, September 1899 Vol. LV, May to October, 1899 by Various

The time will pass all the quicker with this gipsy beauty to talk to; and if she do care for me a little more than is good for her, why I suppose she can't help it.
— from Katerfelto: A Story of Exmoor by G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville

At the invitation of the bride’s mother the dancing ceased for a time so that all might partake of the feast she had spent days preparing.
— from Blue Ridge Country by Jean Thomas

The audience at a theater, the members of a club, of a literary or social gathering, constitute also a crowd but a different crowd from that of the street.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Here were some men "notching" the logs to fit them firmly together at the corners; yonder, one was hewing rude Robinson Crusoe boards for the eaves and gables; there, a man was digging clay for the chimney, which his messmate was cat-sticking up to a proper height; while some had already stretched their shelters 315 over rude cabins, and were busy cooking their suppers.
— from The Recollections of a Drummer-Boy by Henry Martyn Kieffer

Catania Alexander Heingartner [CS1] C. Do Jacob Ritter V. & D. C. Florence Edward C. Cramer [CS1] C. Do Spirito Bernardi V. & D. C. Bologna Carlo Gardini Agt.
— from Uncle Sam Abroad by Jacob Elon Conner

Dutch Collar ( Figure 255 ).
— from The Library of Work and Play: Needlecraft by Effie Archer Archer

This two-ring arrangement seemed to obviate this difficulty, and, as it at once hit the popular fancy, it proved a great drawing card for us and others, for within a few months smaller showmen all over the country began to give two-ring performances.
— from Sawdust & Spangles: Stories & Secrets of the Circus by W. C. (William Cameron) Coup