Las demás comidas nacionales son el puchero, que más bien es un pote u olla podrida, [2] y el chupe, compuesto de papas cocidas en agua o en leche, a las que se añaden espigas de maíz tierno (choclos), queso, manteca y sal, amén de alguna tajada suculenta, con lo que resulta un plato tan excelente como barato, pues no viene a costar más arriba de [3] dos reales.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Hop, grasshopper! "Erik," cried Christine, "do you swear to me, monster, do you swear to me that the scorpion is the one to turn?
— from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

On the south side, to the left hand, is a military procession—bodies of soldiers headed by chiefs, some mounted on elephants, others on horseback, and each corps carrying different arms, lances, halberds, javelins, sabres, and bows.
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 by Henri Mouhot

Enter Cassius, Casca, Decius, Cinna, Metellus Cimber and Trebonius .
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Observation would lead me to suppose that most men are so constituted as to feel far more keenly pleasures (and pains) arising from some other source than the conscience; either from the gratifications of sense, or from the possession of power and fame, or from strong human affections, or from the pursuit of science, art, etc.; so that in many cases perhaps not even early training could have succeeded in giving to the moral feelings the requisite predominance: and certainly where this training has been wanting, it seems highly improbable that a mere change of ethical conviction could develop their moral susceptibilities so far as to make it clearly their earthly interest to resolve on facing all sacrifices for the fulfilment of duty.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

Probatum fuit Testamentum suprascriptum, &c. 11° 1640 Juramento Willmi Burton Fris' et Executoris cui &c. de bene et fideliter administrand.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

TYPES OF SOCIAL HERITAGES ( a ) means of communication, as language, gesture, etc.; ( b ) social attitudes, habits, wishes, etc.; ( c ) character; ( d ) social patterns, as folkways, mores, conventions, ideals, etc.; ( e ) technique; ( f ) culture (as distinguished from technique, formal organization, and machinery); ( g ) social organization (primary group life, institutions, sects, secondary groups, etc.).
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

It was set up in 1971 by Catherine Domain, a member of the French National Union of Antiquarian and Modern Bookstores (Syndicat national de la librairie ancienne et moderne (SLAM)), the Explorers' Club (Club des Explorateurs) and the International Club of Long-Distance Travelers (Club international des grands voyageurs).
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Then I slept till past midnight and rising, went into the courtyard where I found the eight Chanca captains disguised as litter-bearers and with them the litter.
— from The Virgin of the Sun by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

In plain English, Catholic children do not need to learn their catechism, which is the compendium of Christian doctrine.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 21, April, 1875, to September, 1875 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

[ 112 ] alt i ſenon Quando vanno a Combatere portanno certi pezi de pelle de bu phalo dinanzi et de drieto et neli fianchi adornati cõ corniolli et denti de porci et con code de pelle caprine atacate denanzi et de drietto portano ly capili in alto cõ certi petini de cana longui q̃ li paſſano da parte aparte et li tieneno alti anno le ſue barbe riuolte in foglie et poſti in canuttj de canna coſa ridicula aL vedere et ſonno li piu bruti ſianno in queſta india li ſui archi et le ſue freze Sonno de canna et anno Certi ſachi facti de foglie de arbore ne liq a lli portanno lo ſuo mangiare et bere Le ſue femine Quando ne viſtenno ne venirono in contra cõ archi ma dandoli alguni ꝓ ſenti Subito diuentaſſemo ſui amici Qiui tardaſſemo quindici giornj per Conciare La naue ne li Coſtadi Jn queſta yſola ſe troua galine
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 34 of 55, 1519-1522; 1280-1605 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

By those in easy circumstances Christmas Day is now celebrated much as it is in England.
— from Guernsey Folk Lore a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island by MacCulloch, Edgar, Sir

The King had published an edict forbidding all armed assemblies, and this furnished the Leaguers with a pretext for sending forth their manifesto: Déclaration des causes qui ont meu Monseigneur le Cardinal de Bourbon et les Pairs, Princes, Seigneurs, villes et communautez catholiques de ce royaume de France:
— from A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2) by Thomas M. (Thomas Martin) Lindsay

However, the early Christian Church did not treat marriage as a sacrament, although its celebration was usually the occasion of prayers and exhortations.
— from Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose

And this the English clearly cannot do.
— from The Moghul by Thomas Hoover

e a tolerably accurate description of Madame Carzo, as follows: She is a tall, comely-looking woman, with unusually large black eyes, clear complexion, dark hair worn à la Jenny Lind , a small hand, clean, and with the nails trimmed, and she has a low sweet voice.
— from The Witches of New York by Q. K. Philander Doesticks