The expert can generally distinguish it from the precious stone which it is counterfeiting; but if he is in doubt he lays it on a flatiron and hits it with a sledgehammer.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain
FRONTISPIECE BY C. E. CHAMBERS GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS NEW YORK Made in the United States of America COPYRIGHT 1921 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY Manufacturing Plant Camden, N. J. Made in U.S.A. The Gay Cockade
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey
1866–1866 El Comandante General de Marina de Antonio Ossorio (acting).
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows
Sí; ni en la Opera, de París; ni en el Real, de Madrid; ni en el Covent Garden, de Londres; ni en ninguna parte, nunca, pero nunca, [9] tan bello, tan inmenso florecimiento había animado ante mis ojos las clásicas corbeilles [10] de un teatro.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson
His tail with every changing glow Displayed the hues of Indra's bow.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki
1880–1880 El Comandante General de Marina de Rafael Rodriguez Arias (acting).
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows
At ille, ut ingressus est, confestim gladium destrinxit iuravitque se illum statim interfecturum, nisi ius iurandum sibi dedisset se patrem missum esse facturum.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero
1883–1885 El Capitan General del Ejercito de Joaquin Jovellar y Soler.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows
at ille, ut ingressus est, cōnfestim gladium dēstrīnxit , Off.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
Ten years later a greater preacher, the eloquent Fléchier, was called upon to sing the praises of Turenne, all the world following in the train of the king to hear him: Quelle matière fut jamais plus disposée à recevoir tous les ornements d'une grave et solide éloquence, que la vie et la mort de très-haut et très-puissant Prince Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, maréchal général des camps et armées du roi et colonel général de la cavalerie légère?
— from The Churches of Paris, from Clovis to Charles X by Sophia Beale
These two exciting topics being exhausted, conversation generally drifted into calmer channels, only to be interrupted at frequent intervals by new introductions and new inquiries as to how Laura liked the capital and whether it was her first visit or not.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner
Ein Complot gegen die Internationale Arbeiter Association , 1874
— from Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Samuel Peter Orth
While King Umb and Queen Ra watched, the Throne Room of the Royal Palace in the Emerald City grew distinct in the milky depths of the captive ball.
— from The Magical Mimics in Oz by Jack Snow
Dr. Haygood, President of Emory College, Georgia, delivered the annual sermon before the Missionary Society of the University.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 36, No. 7, July, 1882 by Various
In this hypnoidal state a strongly heightened suggestibility exists and trivial external causes give daydreams their direction.
— from Pathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic Psychology by Mary Tenney Healy
A screech, a bell, and two red eyes come gliding down the Admiralty Pier with a smoothness of motion rendered more smooth by the heaving of the boat.
— from The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens
HARRIS ELDER CONKLIN GREAT DAYS MONTES THE MATADOR UNPATH'D WATERS BY E. CROSBY HEATH HENRIETTA TAKING NOTES BY A. C. FOX-DAVIES
— from Victor Victorious by Cecil Starr Johns
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