con la testa e col petto e coi piedi, troncandosi co' denti a brano a brano.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

No geographical environment can produce a given type of mind.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

Modo in silvâ fînitimâ lûdebant ubi Pûblius sagittîs 10 celeribus avis dêiciêbat et L[y]dia corônîs variôrum flôrum comâs suâs ôrnâbat; modo aquam et cibum portâbant ad Dâvum servôsque dêfessôs quî agrôs colêbant: modo in casâ parvâ aut hôrâs lactâs in lûdô cônsûmêbant aut auxilium dabant Lesbiae, quae cibum virô et servîs parâbat vel aliâs rês domesticâs agêbat.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Not the being conscious at all, but the being conscious of many things together is held to be the difficult thing, in our psychic life, which only the wonder-working Ego can perform.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

especially, chiefly praesidium, praesi´di , n. guard, garrison, protection prae-stô, -âre, -stitî, -stitus [ prae , before , + sto , stand ], ( stand before ), excel, surpass , with dat.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

La zamacueca se baila en Chile, Perú y Colombia.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Nihil tam firmum est, cui periculum non sit 20 etiam ab invalido —Nothing is so steadfast as to be free of danger from even the weakest.
— 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.

Des correspondants (Afrique, Asie, Antilles, Amérique du Sud, région Pacifique) me disent apprécier la formule d'abonnement par courrier électronique car elle leur permet en récupérant un seul message de lire, de s'informer, de faire une présélection des sites qu'ils ou elles consulteront par la suite.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

to second Leben Jesu , ed. cited, p. xv.
— from A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern, Volume 2 of 2 Third edition, Revised and Expanded, in two volumes by J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson

62 For who did ever the Earths Centre pierce, And felt or sand or gravell with his spade At such a depth?
— from Democritus Platonissans by Henry More

Beethoven could have entertained the idea soberly enough; Chopin probably; even Brahms.
— from The Music Master of Babylon by Edgar Pangborn

Twelve London parishes were thus entirely unprotected: St James' and Marylebone employed Chelsea pensioners, the City supported 765 watchmen, Edgeware had no policeman and no patrol, Camberwell armed its night watchmen with blunderbusses, whilst St Pancras had no less than eighteen distinct Watch Trusts, a source of weakness rather than of strength, because they never co-operated with each other.
— from A History of Police in England by W. L. Melville (William Lauriston Melville) Lee

Pascagoula (pas'ka-goo'la), a river in Mississippi flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. patriarch (pa'tri-ark), Father and ruler of a family; a venerable old man. patrician (pa-trish'an), one of high birth; a nobleman. patricide (pat'ri-sid), murder of one's father; the crime of murdering one's father. patrimonial (pat'ri-mo'ni-al), inherited from an ancestor. pavilion (pa-vil'yun), a tent, a large temporary building. peasant (pez'ant), tiller of the soil in European countries. peasantry (pez'ant-ri), peasants, collectively. pedagogue (ped'a-gog), teacher of children; a schoolmaster. pedantry (ped'ant-ri), vain display of learning.
— from Elson Grammar School Literature v4 by William H. (William Harris) Elson

In choice of books regard must be had to the edition, character, paper and binding.
— from How to Form a Library, 2nd ed by Henry B. (Henry Benjamin) Wheatley

On the 10th of February, 1816, “The Speaker informed the House that a constitutional question being involved in a decision by him yesterday, on a motion to expunge certain proceedings from the journal, he was desirous of having the opinion of the House on that decision,” viz: “that a majority can expunge from the journal proceedings in which the yeas and nays have not been called.”
— from Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. v. 1 (of 2) by George Ticknor Curtis

CONNECTICUT never legislated against educating Colored persons, but the prejudice was so strong that it amounted to the same thing.
— from History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams

They have been used for every conceivable purpose.
— from A Maid and a Million Men the candid confessions of Leona Canwick, censored indiscreetly by James G. Dunton by James G. (James Gerald) Dunton

Industries: bauxite, gold, diamonds; alumina refining; light manufacturing and agricultural processing industries Industrial production growth rate: 3.2% (1994) Electricity-capacity: 176,000 kW (1995) Electricity-production: 500 million kWh (1995) Electricity-consumption per capita: 76 kWh (1995) Agriculture-products: rice, coffee, pineapples, palm kernels, cassava (tapioca), bananas, sweet potatoes; cattle, sheep, goats; timber Exports: total value: $748 million (1995 est.) commodities: bauxite, alumina, diamonds, gold, coffee, fish, agricultural products partners: US 21%, Belgium-Luxembourg 21%, Ireland 15%, Spain 15% (1995) Imports: total value: $809 million (1995 est.) commodities: petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, textiles, grain and other foodstuffs partners: France 35%, Cote d'Ivoire 31%, US 14%, Belgium-Luxembourg 10%, Hong Kong 10% (1995) Debt-external: $3 billion (1997 est.)
— from The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency