This bond expires, I do expect return Of thrice three times the value of this bond.
— from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Juan Gregorio de Las Heras (Navarro y Lamarca, Historia general de América) Lleno de estas ideas, de esos recuerdos y de este espectáculo grandioso, llegué a su antigua casa de familia, cuya arquitectura pertenece a la época colonial.
— from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López
I answer that, As stated above (Q. 57, A. 1) since justice by its name implies equality, it denotes essentially relation to another, for a thing is equal, not to itself, but to another.
— from Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
[442] As Ferdinand still persisted, the Margrave, who had been silent until then, could contain himself no longer; and without caring for interpreters, stretched out his neck towards Charles, exclaiming in deep emotion: "Rather than allow the Word of the Lord to be taken from me, rather than deny my God, I would kneel before your Majesty and have my head cut off!"
— from History of the Great Reformation, Volume 4 by J. H. (Jean Henri) Merle d'Aubigné
20. de penu et instrumentis domesticis et rusticis.
— from An encyclopedist of the dark ages: Isidore of Seville by Ernest Brehaut
Numerous machines of the largest size, placed under the cover of an extensive and lofty roof, are employed in doing everything requisite for the fitting out of the largest steam-ships in the British navy.
— from Great Facts A Popular History and Description of the Most Remarkable Inventions During the Present Century by Frederick C. (Frederick Collier) Bakewell
Would not a brand-new liturgy, modernized expressly to meet the needs of nineteenth century culture, with all the old English idioms displaced, every rough corner smoothed and every crooked place made straight—would not that be something far worthier our respect, better entitled to our allegiance, than this book full of far-away echoes, and faint bell-notes from a half-forgotten past?
— from A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer by William Reed Huntington
Namque is et vi et sermone (quo ipsum reprehendunt quibus gravitas et cothurnus et sonus Sophoclis videtur esse sublimior) magis accedit oratorio generi: et sententiis densus, et rebus ipsis; et in iis quæ a sapientibus tradita sunt, pæne ipsis par; et in dicendo et respondendo cuilibet eorum, qui fuerunt in foro diserti, comparandus.
— from History of Greece, Volume 08 (of 12) by George Grote
Put em in dere en run press right down whe' can' crush en dey oouldn' move till dey take em out in de mornin en whip em en put em to work.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by United States. Work Projects Administration
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