All these have been expelled by Buddhism except Dsaiagachi, who is called Tengri , and introduced among the Buddhist divinities."
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

All at once, quite unexpectedly, Yegorushka saw half an inch from his eyes velvety black eyebrows, big brown eyes, delicate feminine cheeks with dimples, from which smiles seemed radiating all over the face like sunbeams.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Ecuador general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded domestic: fixed-line services provided by three state-owned enterprises; plans to transfer the state-owned operators to private ownership have repeatedly failed; fixed-line density stands at about 13 per 100 persons; mobile cellular use has surged and has a subscribership of nearly 75 per 100 persons international: country code - 593; landing point for the PAN-AM submarine telecommunications cable that provides links to the west coast of South America, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and extending onward to Aruba and the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

With the "Blackamoors," Antam Gonsalvez got as ransom what was even more precious, a little gold dust, the first ever brought by Europeans direct from the Guinea Coast, which more thoroughly won the Prince's cause at home and brought over more enemies and scoffers and indifferentists to his side than all the discoveries in the world.
— from Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. by C. Raymond (Charles Raymond) Beazley

East Timor NA Ecuador general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded domestic: facilities generally inadequate and unreliable international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Even this money was soon drawn off to Europe, because British exporters demanded cash until the Revolutionary debts had been settled.
— from The United States of America, Part 1: 1783-1830 by Edwin Erle Sparks

Telephone system: general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded domestic: facilities generally inadequate and unreliable international: country code - 593; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

East Timor NA Ecuador general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded domestic: facilities generally inadequate and unreliable international: country code - 593; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

too far forward I think,—with the buttons?' "'Such buttons!' interrupted the mother, 'solid gold [232] every one of 'em, blue blood, every drop in his veins—any one could swear to that without telling.
— from Mabel's Mistake by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

she fetched er big breath en' died.
— from The Cottage of Delight: A Novel by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben

October 7, Henry H. Baker to Lavina Crosberry, by H. W. Gray, J. P. October 9, Noah Wilson to Mary House, by A. J. McKean, J. P. October 9, John Cress to Lydia Neighbour, by Thomas Lewis, J. P. October 14, Christopher Amose to Sarah Tee, by Hartzell Hittle, J. P. October 18, David M. Richardson to Eliza J. Goudy, by Andrew J. McKean, J. P. October 19, John Bomgardner to Lucy Mariah Davis, by W. Chamberlin, J. P. October 19, Oliver Clark, Jr. to Barbary Ellen Brice, by E. D. Waln, J. P. November 1, Joseph Bigger to Frances Runner, by A. D. Battorff, J. P. November 16, Harmon Boyd to Issabella Grafton, by Rev. Bennett Roberts.
— from History of Linn County Iowa From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time [1911] by Luther Albertus Brewer