On entering he bowed to M. Madeleine with a look in which there was neither rancor, anger, nor distrust; he halted a few paces in the rear of the mayor’s armchair, and there he stood, perfectly erect, in an attitude almost of discipline, with the cold, ingenuous roughness of a man who has never been gentle and who has always been patient; he waited without uttering a word, without making a movement, in genuine humility and tranquil resignation, calm, serious, hat in hand, with eyes cast down, and an expression which was half-way between that of a soldier in the presence of his officer and a criminal in the presence of his judge, until it should please the mayor to turn round.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

En casa de doña Perfecta es cosa corriente que la tropa y yo formamos una coalición diabólica y antireligiosa para quitarle a Orbajosa 30 sus tesoros,
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

- Le Catalogue critique des ressources textuelles sur internet (CCRTI), mis en ligne en octobre 1999; - Terminalf - Ressources terminologiques de la langue française, en cours de réalisation.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Deploró con toda su alma haber entrado en casa de las Troyas, y resuelto a emplear mejor el tiempo, mientras su hipocondría le durase, recorrió las calles de la población.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

192. --Merchant Vessel in a Storm.--Fac-simile of a Woodcut in the "Grand Kalendrier et Compost des Bergers," in folio: printed at Troyes, about 1490, by Nicolas de Rouge.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

Thus Helvetius, perhaps the most extreme and consistent sensationalist, proclaimed that education could do anything—that it was omnipotent.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

Ignoro en cuál de estos témpanos de hielo eterno tiene
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

Pr. L'apparente facilité d'apprendre est cause de la perte des enfants —The apparent facility of learning is a reason why children are lost.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

The eye certainly did see both small and great, but only in a confused manner; they were not distinguished.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

We each commanded detachments of artillery on that occasion.]
— from Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI by Abner Doubleday

It is clothed in the dress of the order which St Francis founded, the hands crossed over the breast, the cowl falling behind, the head bent, and the eyes cast down in an attitude of submission and devotion.
— from Thoughts on Art and Autobiographical Memoirs of Giovanni Duprè by Giovanni Duprè

What had appeared to be the greatest obstacle to success had been overcome, for a landing had been effected in spite of all that the enemy could do to hinder it.
— from Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 by Callwell, C. E. (Charles Edward), Sir

Cuando esto decían, oyéronse más de cerca los tiros, lo que turbó un poco el esforzado corazón de los viajantes, pero no el del zagalillo que, retozando de alegría, pidió al 10 Sr. Licurgo licencia para adelantarse y ver la batalla que tan cerca se
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

What work do we wish to make sure that each child does?
— from The Montessori Method Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in 'The Children's Houses' with Additions and Revisions by the Author by Maria Montessori

xi. "Lorsq' Alfonso V. permit en 1461 à Dom Henry de peupler les îles Açores, on trouva en celle de Cuervo une statue représentant un cavalier qui, de la main gauche, tenoit la bride de son cheval, et de la droite montroit l'occident, précisément du côte d'Amerique—on voyoit sur le roc une inscription en caractères inconnus, dont il seroit à souhaiter qu'on eût pris soin d'aporter l'empreinte en Europe; mais ces premiers navigateurs cherchoient des trésors et non des nouvelles lumières.
— from The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 2 by George Warburton

He began as a wild young man in evening clothes drinking intoxicants and playing cards, he ended as a wild old man in rags still drinking intoxicants and playing cards.
— from Just William by Richmal Crompton

Many wagons were burned, and the whole train would have shared the same fate had not the united infantry and cavalry of the enemy come down upon us in overwhelming force.
— from Three Years in the Federal Cavalry by Willard W. Glazier

Since man intended a glorying in himself, the evangelical covenant directs its whole battery against it, that men may “glory in nothing but Divine goodness” (1 Cor.
— from The Existence and Attributes of God, Volumes 1 and 2 by Stephen Charnock