If your positions are interior and central, the enemy cannot concentrate except by passing by the mass of your divisions or by moving in a circle around them: he is then exactly in a condition not to be able to apply the fundamental principle, while it is your most obvious measure.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

See cook COR, heart CORDYLA, CORDILLA, ℞ 419 , 423 CORIANDRUM, the herb coriander; CORIANDRATUM, flavored with c.; LIQUAMEN EX CORIANDRO, coriander essence or extract Corn, green, ℞ 99 CORNUM, cornel berry; “CORNA QUAE VERGILIUS LAPIDOSA VOCAT”—Platina CORNUTUS, horn-fish, ℞ 442 CORRUDA, the herb wild sparrage, or wild asparagus
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

-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

Venationes autem ludosque et cum collega et separatim edidit, quo factum est, 5 ut communium quoque impensarum solus gratiam caperet, nec dissimularet collega eius Marcus Bibulus evenisse sibi quod Polluci: ut enim geminis fratribus aedes in foro constituta tantum Castoris vocaretur, ita suam
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

ANT: Eduction, extraction, exportation, elimination, ejection, encircleation, estrangement, conclusion, completion, end, egress.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Entre estos últimos está el lobo de mar de las costas australes, conocido en el comercio con el nombre de «lobo de dos pelos» y que en los mercados europeos obtiene precios que oscilan entre cuatro y seis libras esterlinas cada uno.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

—Corinthians, i. I.] He who is only a good man that men may know it, and that he may be the better esteemed when ‘tis known; who will not do well but upon condition that his virtue may be known to men: is one from whom much service is not to be expected: “Credo ch ‘el reste di quel verno, cose Facesse degne di tener ne conto; Ma fur fin’ a quel tempo si nascose, Che non a colpa mia s’ hor ‘non le conto Perche Orlando a far l’opre virtuose Piu ch’a narrar le poi sempre era pronto; Ne mai fu alcun’ de’suoi fatti espresso, Se non quando ebbe
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

smēalic searching, exhaustive, careful , CP: exquisite .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Ibi eôs cûrâbat Cornêlia et ibi magnô cum studiô eôs docêbat.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

For such exalted confidence could e'er [325] 1827.
— from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 5 (of 8) by William Wordsworth

(2001) Exports - commodities: chemicals, electronics, apparel, canned tuna, rum, beverage concentrates, medical equipment Exports - partners: US 88.2%, UK 1.5%, Dominican Republic 1.4% (2001)
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Among the smaller seaports on the south coast, Rye was one of the most active and enthusiastic; the broad shallow bay was alive with fishing-boats, and the steep cobbled streets of the town were filled all day with a chattering exultant crowd, cheering every group of seamen that passed, and that spent long hours at the quay watching the busy life of the ships, and predicting the great things that should fall when the Spaniards encountered the townsfolk, should the Armada survive Drake's onslaught further west.
— from By What Authority? by Robert Hugh Benson

Economic aid - recipient: $137.3 million (1995) Currency: Estonian kroon (EEK) Currency code: EEK Exchange rates: krooni per US dollar - 16.663 (January 2001), 16.969 (2000), 14.678 (1999), 14.075 (1998), 13.882 (1997), 12.034 (1996); note - krooni are tied to the German deutsche mark at a fixed rate of 8 to 1 Fiscal year: calendar year Estonia Communications Telephones - main lines in use: 476,078 (yearend 1998) Telephones - mobile cellular: 475,000 (yearend 2000) Telephone system: general assessment: foreign investment in the form of joint business ventures greatly improved telephone service; Internet services available throughout most of the country; about 150,000 unfilled subscriber requests domestic: local - the Ministry of Transport and Communications is expanding cellular telephone services to form rural networks; intercity - highly developed fiber-optic backbone (double loop) system presently serving at least 16 major cities (1998) international: fiber-optic cables to Finland, Sweden, Latvia, and Russia provide worldwide packet-switched service; two international switches are located in Tallinn Radio broadcast stations: AM 3 (all AM stations inactive since July 1998), FM 82, shortwave 1 (1998) Radios: 1.01 million (1997) Television broadcast stations: 31 (plus five repeaters) (September 1995) Televisions: 605,000 (1997) Internet country code: .ee
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): total: 2.01 cu km/yr (6%/13%/80%) per capita: 160 cu m/yr (2000) Natural hazards: numerous volcanoes in mountains, with occasional violent earthquakes; Caribbean coast extremely susceptible to hurricanes and other tropical storms Environment - current issues: deforestation in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; water pollution Environment - international agreements: party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Geography - note: no natural harbors on west coast People Guatemala Population: 13,002,206 (July 2008 est.)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The different passions, according to their nature, the degree or intensity of application, and the sensibility of the party, exhibit certain characteristic expressions of countenance, and produce obvious changes , actions, or motions, in the animal economy.
— from Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by John Haslam

[Enter CREON] CREON Elders, the gods have righted one again Our storm-tossed ship of state, now safe in port.
— from Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone by Sophocles