No one could survive, even for a short time, the amorous yet brutal attacks of these women.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

provided a new shrine, to which the remains of the now canonised Edward were removed, and in which (except for a short time) they have since remained.
— from Little Folks (September 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

I entered the parlour with my English friend, and saw that it was lighted by four candles.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The god of soldiers, With the consent of supreme Jove, inform Thy thoughts with nobleness, that thou mayst prove To shame unvulnerable, and stick i' th' wars Like a great sea-mark, standing every flaw, And saving those that eye thee!
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

They waited until the gate was open, and then two Seneca dancers went forward, carrying the eagle feathers and shouting the signal yell.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Of course, he was extremely fatigued, and said there was an opinion among the wild Indians that if a man "sleeps out his sleep," after such extreme exhaustion, he will never awake; and, accordingly, he instructed his landlord to wake him up after eight hours of sleep.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

I was only there a few moments and hardly said a word...” “Annette, for heaven’s sake don’t refuse me,” the countess began, with a blush that looked very strange on her thin, dignified, elderly face, and she took the money from under the handkerchief.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

This, tho’ slight skirmishing, and at a distance from the main body, yet drew on the rest; for here, the map usually falling with the back of it, close to the side of the sentry-box, my uncle Toby, in the simplicity of his soul, would lay his hand flat upon it, in order to go on with his explanation; and Mrs. Wadman, by a manœuvre as quick as thought, would as certainly place her’s close beside it; this at once opened a communication, large enough for any sentiment to pass or re-pass, which a person skill’d in the ele- 101 mentary and practical part of love-making, has occasion for—— By bringing up her forefinger parallel (as before) to my uncle Toby ’s——it unavoidably brought the thumb into action——and the forefinger and thumb being once engaged, as naturally brought in the whole hand.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

But as, by the regulation, twelve such pence are ordered to exchange for a shilling, they are in the market considered as worth a shilling, and a shilling can at any time be had for them.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

It stared at me with its wide-set eyes for a second, then pointed to the empty space in the street, then to the collapser, and nodded.
— from The Secret Martians by Jack Sharkey

To begin with parsley--wash a large bunch very clean, pick the leaves from the stems carefully, boil them ten minutes in salt and water, drain them perfectly dry, mince them exceedingly fine, and stir them in the butter when it begins to melt.
— from The Virginia Housewife Or Methodical Cook by Mary Randolph

It is a pity no doubt to leave our friends, even for a short time, in ignorance of our fate, but we can’t help that at present.
— from The Giant of the North: Pokings Round the Pole by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Above, we have Reptiles, Birds, Mammals, air-breathers, never possessing gills, except for a short time, as rudiments in the embryo, not brought into use.
— from Stories of the Universe: Animal Life by B. Lindsay

But that was not the business, gentlewoman: you were not asking news of a battle passed; you were engaging for a skirmish that was to come.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by John Dryden

But this was the field cut by the coil as it turned, and therefore (except for a small term 251 depending on the turning of the coil in the field of the needle) the value of H did not appear in the result, and did not require to be known.
— from Lord Kelvin: An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray

According to an English savant, Havelock Ellis, who has made a careful study of the psychology of colours, there are some people so constituted that they become violently excited, fall into convulsions, or faint, if obliged even for a short time to look at anything vividly red.
— from Psychology and parenthood by H. Addington (Henry Addington) Bruce

He met Epimetheus first, and said to him: "Epimetheus, here is a beautiful woman, whom Jupiter has sent to you to be your wife." "Epimetheus, here is a beautiful woman.'" Prometheus had often warned his brother to beware of any gift that Jupiter might send, for he knew that the mighty tyrant could not be trusted; but when Epimetheus saw Pandora, how lovely and wise she was, he forgot all warnings, and took her home to live with him and be his wife.
— from Old Greek Stories by James Baldwin

(since 12 March 2005) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister note: there is also a Council of State that acts as a consultative body to the president elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 22 January 2006 (next to be held in January 2011); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of a majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the president election results:
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

I knew it then by the way she kissed me, and I don’t think in all my life I ever felt anything softer than the soft, soft cheek which was pressed against mine.
— from Dumps - A Plain Girl by L. T. Meade