[5] bañada por la luz del sol poniente, [6] parece una gran masa de oro bruñido; y otras veces las sombras nacidas de la distribución de las numerosas rocas repartidas en toda su superficie, desde su elevada cima hasta su anchurosa base, le dan un aspecto semi-violado, con tintes purpurinos notables y espléndidos.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

When [ 410 ] they approach a village, they generally halt under a tree, and, early in the morning, dress up as acrobats, and appear with daggers, sticks, etc., crying Good luck!
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

haec cum Crassus dīxisset, silentium est cōnsecūtum , DO.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Acostumbrado al uso constante de la fuerza y de los artificios para defender su existencia contra todo linaje
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

I dare say E. C. is not much in your line, but I can tell you that this is about the richest house in London.
— from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Hinc sicae, hinc venena, hinc falsa testamenta nascuntur, hinc furta, peculatus, expilationes direptionesque sociorum et civium, hinc opum nimiarum, potentiae non ferendae, postremo etiam in liberis civitatibus regnandi exsistunt cupiditates, quibus nihil nec taetrius nec foedius excogitari potest.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Major Commandant at Rethel showed me a letter from a friend demanding "some easy chairs and a piano for his trench house," and the Major said, "I hear they have music up on the Yser, but the French are too close to us here!"
— from New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various

She could almost have reviled the woman who had given this beneficent magician, this pathetic exile, of the aristocratic sunburned visage and deeply scrutinizing eyes, cause for grief.
— from The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative by George Meredith

Taxon Number of Specimens Range Mean Standard Deviation Standard Error Coefficient of Variation l. concolor 45 89-114 102.5 5.57 0.83 5.43 l. dunni 36 91-111 102.1 4.59 0.77 4.50 l. lineatus 26 91-107 100.2 3.59 0.72 3.58 nevermanni 6 84- 97 93.2 4.71 1.92 5.05 pulcher 26 94-119 104.6 4.90 0.96 4.68 vittatus 170 84-118 102.3 6.60 0.16 6.45 Ventrals.
— from A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by John Wellman

It was owing to the skill, knowledge, and foresight of their leader Barentz, as much as to their own spirit of obedience, that the Dutch sailors ever came forth from Nova Zembla, which threatened to be their tomb, and again saw the shores of their own country.
— from Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 1. The Exploration of the World by Jules Verne

That my companion, the trusted friend of a dozen similar expeditions, could have knowingly had a hand in it, was a suggestion not to be entertained for a moment.
— from The Willows by Algernon Blackwood

S'i' fossi stato dal foco coperto, gittato mi sarei tra lor di sotto, e credo che 'l dottor l'avria sofferto; ma perch'io mi sarei brusciato e cotto, vinse paura la mia buona voglia che di loro abbracciar mi facea ghiotto.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Natural hazards: frequent sand and dust storms Environment - current issues: lack of natural freshwater resources compensated by desalination plants; desertification; beach pollution from oil spills Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea Geography - note: strategic location along southern approaches to Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil People United Arab Emirates Population: 2,445,989 note: includes 1,576,472 non-nationals (July 2002 est.)
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency