we have seen more waterfowl on this island than we have previously seen since we left Fort Clatsop, consisting of geese, ducks, large swan, and Sandhill crams.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

SYN: Determination, limitation, specification, restriction.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Además de [123] la mesa central, de las sillas y de alguna que otra
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

-6- III Aura che quelle chiome bionde e crespe Circondi e movi, e se’ mossa da loro Soavemente, e spargi quel dolce oro, E poi ’l raccogli e ’n bei nodi ’l rincrespe; Tu stai negli occhi ond’amorose vespe Mi pungon sì, che ’nfin qua il sento e ploro; E vacillando cerco il mio tesoro, Com’animal che spesso adombre e ’ncespe: Ch’or mel par ritrovar, ed or m’accorgo Ch’i’ ne son lunge; or mi sollevo, or caggio: Ch’or quel ch’i’ bramo, or quel ch’è vero, scorgo.
— from Fifteen sonnets of Petrarch by Francesco Petrarca

por la mano de [3] los gobiernos y de los pueblos europeos, y después de abolida la autoridad de los gobiernos europeos en América, por la acción inmediata y directa de la sociedad europea, que no ha sido sino más grande desde que ha sido libre su juego trasatlántico.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

We women who dwell Quietly adorning ourselves in a back-room With gowns of lucid gold and gawdy toilets Of stately silk and dainty little slippers.... LYSISTRATA
— from Lysistrata by Aristophanes

un solo instante de pesimismo y, como buen pájaro natural, dice su decir rítmico celebrando las cosas lindas de la vida y despertando la sonrisa en los labios de los que escuchan su música jovial.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

The dotted line shows the course of the thread, on the wrong side.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

Murray Suid vit à Palo Alto (Californie), une ville située au coeur de la Silicon Valley.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Dum la sezonoj malpacis, ili forgesis pri la mondo , while the seasons quarreled, they forgot about the world .
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

Dr. London sent him to Thomas Cromwell (Aug. 31, 1538), to obtain the ‘capacities’ for the Oxford [Pg 133] friars, and begged Cromwell to allow him to live in Oxford ‘altho he wer benefycyd.’
— from The Grey Friars in Oxford by A. G. (Andrew George) Little

6 6 88 COOKED MEATS [C] Beef, round, boiled (fat), 1099 [D] Small serving 36 1.3 40 60 00 [C] Beef, round, boiled (lean), 1206 [D] Large serving 62 2.2 90 10 00 [C] Beef, round, boiled (med.), 1188 [D] Small serving 44 1.6 60 40 00 [C] Beef, 5th right rib, roasted, 1538 [D] Half serving 18.5 .65 12 88 00 [C] Beef, 5th right rib, roasted, 1616 [D] Small serving 32 1.2 25 75 00 [C] Beef, 5th right rib, roasted, 1615 [D] Very small serving 25 .88 18 82 00 [C] Beef, ribs, boiled, 1169 [D] Small serving 30 1.1 27 73 00 [C] Beef, ribs, boiled, 1170 [D] Very small serving 25 .87 21 79 00 [B] Calves foot jelly, as purchased 112 4. 19 00 81 [B] Chicken, as purchased, canned One thin slice 27 .96 23 77 00 [B] Lamb chops, boiled, edible portion, average One small chop 27 .96 24 76 00 [B] Lamb, leg, roast Ordinary serving 50 1.8 40 60 00 [C] Mutton, leg, boiled, 1184
— from How to Live: Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Irving Fisher

2. Dulness, lifelessness, stupidity, heaviness, want of interest.
— from A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology by Richard Soule

Why with his dim light should he betake himself afresh to Bible study and with so great a body of divinity already compiled, presume himself to be still a seeker after truth?
— from Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Henry Drummond

He believes in Hunker—" "I'll find out if he does," Laure said, quickly.
— from The Winds of Chance by Rex Beach

We will have a cup of coffee each and a loaf between us for breakfast, and then we will go for a walk into the park, the same as we did last Sunday, and hear the preaching."
— from Sturdy and Strong; Or, How George Andrews Made His Way by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

“But for him I should have been dead and worse than dead long since.
— from The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs