Page 211 The Church benefited by the presence of the exile, for he drew the design for an elaborate curtain to adorn the sanctuary at Easter time, and an artist Sister of Charity of the school there did the oil painting under his direction.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

His desire for an education defied the extremest poverty, and no obstacle could turn him from his purpose.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Ce que j'ai pu voir jusqu'à présent, c'est que les médias électroniques sont en train de saper les médias imprimés de deux façons: a) en favorisant la création de maisons d'édition alternatives qui permettent de se libérer de la main-mise des grandes maisons d'édition, b) en forçant les publications imprimées à trouver les moyens nécessaires pour contrecarrer cette tendance.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

A rage for paper money, for an abolition of debts, for an equal division of property, or for any other improper or wicked project, will be less apt to pervade the whole body of the Union than a particular member of it; in the same proportion as such a malady is more likely to taint a particular county or district, than an entire State.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

And conversely, the more there is in it which must be conceived as mere chance, and the more it impresses us as given merely empirically, the more proper objectivity and true reality is there in such knowledge, and at the same time, the more that is inexplicable, that is, that cannot be deduced from anything else.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

Let me ask you to imagine that the contest, in which the United States asserted their independence of Great Britain, had been unsuccessful; that our armies, through treason or a league of tyrants against us, had been broken and scattered; that the great men who led them, and who swayed our councils—our Washington, our Franklin, and the venerable president of the American Congress—had been driven forth as exiles.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

N.. wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, efflation[obs3], eluvium[obs3]; air; breath, breath of air; puff, whiff, zephyr; blow, breeze, drift; aura; stream, current, jet stream; undercurrent.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Rumors to this effect reached my ears, but gave me not much uneasiness: it never even came into my head, that there could be the least thing in the whole affair which related to me personally, so perfectly irreproachable and well supported did I think myself; having besides conformed to every ministerial regulation, I did not apprehend Madam de Luxembourg would leave me in difficulties for an error, which, if it existed, proceeded entirely from herself.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Oh, cocoa's the drink for an elderly don who lives with an elderly niece;
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty, fearlessly and effectively.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 by Abraham Lincoln

He has no idea of them, or rather he has only a preconceived, arbitrary and false conception of them.—He has not dined, commonly, with a lady, head of the house, along with her daughters and often with other ladies; their tone of voice, their deportment at table, their toilette, their greater reserve, the attentions they receive, the air of politeness all around, have not impressed on his imagination the faintest lines of an exact notion; hence, there is something wanting in him in relation to how he should demean himself; he does not know how to address them, feels uncomfortable in their presence; they are strange beings to him, new, of an unknown species.—In a like situation, at table in the evening, he has never heard men conversing together: he has not gathered in the thousand bits of information which a young growing mind derives from general conversation: * about careers in life, competition, business, money, the domestic fireside and expenses; * about the cost of living which should always depend on income; * about the gain which nearly always indicates the current rates of labor and of the social subjection one undergoes; * about the pressing, powerful, personal interests which are soon to seize him by the collar and perhaps by the throat; * about the constant effort required the incessant calculation, the daily struggle which, in modern society, makes up the life of an ordinary man.
— from The Modern Regime, Volume 2 by Hippolyte Taine

( Seldom used in the singular ) entrañable , affectionate, deep entrar , to enter; no —— para nada , to be of no account entre , between, among; —— tanto , meanwhile entreabrir , to open partly entregar , to give over, surrender, deliver entrelazar , to interlace entrever , to discern, glimpse entrevista , interview entusiasmo , enthusiasm entusiasta , enthusiastic enunciar , to enunciate, proclaim envenenar , to poison enviado , messenger enviar , to send envidia , envy, jealousy envidiable , enviable envidiar , to envy envilecer , to degrade envolver , to wrap, involve épico , -a , epic episodio , episode epitafio , epitaph epíteto , epithet época , epoch, period epopeya , epic poem equidad , equity, justice equilibrar , to balance equilibrio , balance, equipoise equipaje , m. , baggage equitación , horsemanship equívoco , -a , equivocal, concealed erguir , to raise, elevate erial , m. , uncultivated land erigido , -a , erected, based erizar , to set on end, bristle; erizado de , bristling with errante , wandering erróneo , -a , erroneous erudición , erudition esbeltez , elegance esbelto , -a , stately; sprightly escala , scale, stage, ladder, dock; hacer —— , to stop escalar , to scale escama , shell, scale escándalo , scandal escapar , to escape escape , m. , escape; a todo —— , at full speed escapulario , scapulary escarchado , -a , frosty escasear , to give sparingly; to be scarce, lacking escasez , scarcity escaso , -a , scarce, occasional, few escena , scene, environment, foreground escenario , scene, stage escenográfico , -a , scenic, picturesque escepticismo , scepticism esclavitud , slavery esclavo , slave escoger , to select escolar , student escolástico , -a , scholastic escombro , rubbish, ruins esconder , to hide escribir , to write escrito , writing escritor , writer escritorio , office, writing-desk escritura , Scripture escrupuloso , -a , scrupulous escrutador , -ora , scrutinizing escuadra , fleet escuadrón , m. , squadron escuchar , to listen escudo , shield escudriñador , -ora , searching escuela , school escueto , -a , unincumbered, bare escupir , to spit, belch ese , that ése , that one, that esencialmente , essentially esfinge , f. , sphinx esforzado , -a , strong, valiant esforzarse , to strive esfuerzo , effort esfumarse , to disappear, fade away esgrima , art and rule of fencing esgrimir , to wield esmerado , -a , careful esmeralda , emerald espaciarse , to roam espacio , space, distance espada , sword espalda , back, shoulder; a la —— , in the rear, behind espantar , to frighten espanto , fright espantoso , -a , frightful España , Spain español , -ola , Spanish esparcir , to scatter Esparta , Sparta, one of former independent Greek states, whose citizens were renowned for manliness especial , special especialidad , specialty, peculiarity especie , f. , kind, class espectáculo , spectacle, sight espectador , spectator espectativa , expectation espejismo , mirage, deception espejo , mirror espera , wait, waiting esperanza , hope esperar , to hope, expect espesísimo , -a , very thick espeso , -a , thick espesor , m. , thickness, density espesura , thickness, forest espiar , to spy espinillo , thorn, prickly tree espinoso , -a , thorny, prickly espiral , m. , curl, spiral espíritu , spirit, mind esplendidez , splendor espléndido , -a , splendid esplendor , m. , splendor esplorador , scout, explorer espoleta , bomb fuse esponjazo , blow with a sponge, shower espontáneamente , spontaneously espontáneo , -a , spontaneous esposa , wife esposo , husband espuela , spur espuma , foam esquina , corner esquisito , -a , exquisite establecer , to establish establecimiento , establishment estación , station; season estacionar , to station estado , state, condition; —— mayor , staff estallar , to burst estampa , stamp, appearance estampar , to print, stamp estampido , crash estancia , large tract of land for raising stock; ranch estanciero , rancher estandarte , standard, banner estar , to be, stand, lie; —— en , to know estatuaria , statuary, statues estatura , stature este , this éste , this one, the latter estepa , steppe estereotipar , to stereotype estéril , sterile, barren estero , marsh, lake estertor , throat rattle estético , -a , æsthetic estimación , esteem, estimation estimular , to stimulate estímulo , stimulant, stimulus estirar , to stretch estirpe , m. , stock, family esto , this; por —— , on this account estoico , -a , stoic estopín , m. , quick-match estorbar , to hinder estorbo , hindrance estrangular , to strangle estrategia , strategy estratégicamente , strategically estratégico , -a , strategic estrato , layer, level estrechar , to squeeze, clasp, press, shut in estrechez , narrowness, penury estrecho , -a , narrow, closely bound estrechura , narrowness estrella , star estrellado , -a , starry estrellar , to clash, smash estremecer , to shake, agitate estremecimiento , trembling, shudder estrépito , noise, din estribor , m. , starboard estro , inspiration estrofa , stanza estruendo , roar, thunder estruendoso , -a , noisy, thunderous estuario , estuary estuche , m. , casing estudiante , student estudiar , to study estudio , study estudioso , -a , studious estupefacto , -a , stupefied estupendo , -a , stupendous estúpido , -a , stupid etapa , stop, station etéreo , -a , ethereal, unsullied eternamente , eternally eternidad , eternity eterno , -a , eternal ético , -a , hectic, weak, panting Europa , Europe europeo , -a , European Eva , Eve evacuar , to evacuate evangelio , gospel evasión , escape, evasion evidencia , evidence evidenciar , to give evidence of evidente , evident evitar , to avoid evocador , -ora , evoking evocar , to evoke evolución , evolution exactamente , exactly exactitud , exactness exacto , -a , exact exagerar , to exaggerate exaltación , loftiness, exaltation exaltar , to exalt examen , m. , examination examinar , to examine exánime , lifeless excelente , excellent excelentísimo , -a , very excellent excepcional , exceptional excepto , except; —— en cuanto , except in so far as excesivo , -a , excessive exceso , excess excitar , to excite exclamar , to exclaim exclusivamente , exclusively exclusivo , -a , exclusive excursión , excursion excusado , -a , excused, old, useless excusar , to excuse, shun exento , -a , exempt exhalar , to exhale exhausto , -a , exhausted exhibición , exhibition, portrayal exhibir , to exhibit exigencia , exigency, need exigir , to demand, require, arouse exiguo , -a , scarce, small existencia , existence existir , to exist éxito , outcome, success Excmo.
— from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López

The great shock was to come in far different form; and every nerve was strained to meet the issue when made.
— from Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by T. C. (Thomas Cooper) De Leon

But who could regret anything when I saw my dear sister, a glad, proud, happy wife and mother, a still young, active, and merry matron, dazzlingly fair as ever, among her growing sons and pretty daughters, and indeed far more handsome than when she sat in the salons of Paris, weary and almost fierce, in her half-tamed, wild-cat days, whereas now her step was about the house and garden everywhere, as the notable housewife and good mother.
— from Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

This and the following figures of this stage were drawn from an embryo in which the posterior region was in better condition than in the embryo from which the other figures of the stage were taken.
— from Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by A. M. (Albert Moore) Reese

Africa furnished the first dissenters from an established church,—the Donatists.
— from History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams

Oaths in Dutch, French, and English burst from the lips of the crew.
— from Tales of the Sea, and of Our Jack Tars by William Henry Giles Kingston

But it spoils the day for anything else.
— from Homeburg Memories by George Fitch

The early riser and walker, unless long habituated and naturally vigorous, returns from his exercise draggled, faint, and exhausted, to begin the digestive labors of the day, and take his food with hunger rather than appetite.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various