I loved to sit in the sun, and to listen to the gondoliers without understanding them, and for hours together to gaze at the little house where, they said, Desdemona lived—a naïve, mournful little house with a demure expression, as light as lace, so light that it looked as though one could lift it from its place with one hand.
— from The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The Dāsaris eat a little, and spit out the remainder into the hands of the devotees, who eat it.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

But this dispute ended at length like all others, the parties not the least [471] nearer in opinion, but more to enmity with each other's persons.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

15 But of this necessity the Grand Master may judge, and, on good and sufficient reason being shown, he may grant a dispensation enabling any lodge to suspend this regulation and make more than five new Brothers.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

La nostra musica di chiesa e assai differente di quella d'Italia e sempre piu, che una Messa con tutto il Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, la Sonata all' Epistola, l'Offertorio osia Motetto, Sanctus ed Agnus Dei, ed anche la piu solenne, quando dice la Messa il Principe stesso, non ha da durare che al piu longo 3 quarti d'ora.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

99 33 Por poco más le dejan , etc.: 'a little more and they had left him
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Un día le añade a tal mata [68-8] 30 un puñadillo de estiércol; otro le echa una chorreadita de agua; ora las limpia a todas de orugas y demás insectos dañinos; ora cura a las enfermas, entablilla a las fracturadas, y pone parapetos de caña y hojas secas a las que no pueden resistir los rayos del sol o están demasiado expuestas a los (p69) vientos del mar; ora, en fin, cuenta los tallos, las hojas, las flores o los frutos de las más adelantadas y precoces, y les habla, las acaricia, las besa, las bendice y hasta les pone
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

The Grand Master may grant a dispensation empowering a lodge to elect a Master from among the members on the floor; but this must be done only when every Past Master, Warden, and Past Warden of the lodge has refused to serve, 16 because ordinarily a requisite qualification for the Mastership is, that the candidate shall, previously, have served in the office of Warden. 5.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

Each had a different posture: one had grown into the earth, and only turned about his downcast eyes; another, looking straight before him, as if in a dream, seemed to be walking along a line, turning neither to the right nor to the left.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

[Pg 368] A simple way to determine the length of spars is the following: Take two small lines somewhat longer than the width of the gap, double each and lash the bights together.
— from Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss

And if any say, as they have a right to say—“But these are subjects which can hardly be taught to young women in public lectures;” I rejoin,—Of course not, unless they are taught by women,—by women, of course, duly educated and legally qualified.
— from Health and Education by Charles Kingsley

The injunction having been awarded, the answer of Gibbons was filed, in which he stated, that the boats employed by him were duly enrolled and licensed to be employed in carrying on the coasting trade, under the act of Congress, passed the 18th of February, 1793, ch. 8, entitled, "An Act for enrolling and licensing ships and vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same."
— from The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Edwin Percy Whipple

"Then let it make you very humble, dear Ellie, and let it make you in future keep close to our dear Saviour, without whose help we cannot stand a moment."
— from The Wide, Wide World by Susan Warner

She opened her big dark eyes, and looked innocently interrogative.
— from My Lady Nobody: A Novel by Maarten Maartens

All that need be said on my part is, that an endeavor was made to frame the account in the Siege of Boston with care and with a partiality only for well directed effort, and lofty patriotism, and noble self-sacrifice, by whomsoever manifested, going directly to original authorities in all cases where it was practicable; and at a risk of being charged with pedantry, references are made in notes to authorities, especially where this battle is described, that will justify every line of the text.
— from The Command in the Battle of Bunker Hill With a Reply to "Remarks on Frothingham's History of the Battle, by S. Swett" by Richard Frothingham

[24] triste départ, et amenèrent l’ombre
— from Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant) by Alphonse Daudet

And when his ministers, whom he has appointed to declare his will,—to instruct you out of his word,—preach to you from the sacred pulpit, will you turn a deaf ear, and lose their instructions, and at the same time displease your heavenly Father?
— from Parker's Second Reader National Series of Selections for Reading, Designed For The Younger Classes In Schools, Academies, &C. by Richard Green Parker