I am indebted to Colonel F.A. Whinyates, late R.H.A., for some interesting information regarding artillery officers, and to George Tancred, Esq., late captain Scots Greys, for the Waterloo muster-roll and some memoranda relating to the Scots Greys.
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

Et là, ce sera forcément plus lent parce qu'il faut définir des modes de coopération internationale, s'entendre sur des règles et mettre en place des procédures judiciaires adéquates.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

both men & women Cut their hair in the forehead which comes down as low as the Eyebrows, they have long ear locks Cut Square at the end.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

y la evaporación se lleva a cabo [7] en recipientes cerrados llamados tachos al vacío, en los cuales se concentra el guarapo, después de pasar por los clarificadores y de haberlo filtrado en filtros-prensas de múltiples capas filtrantes de carbón animal.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

En las pampas está la inmensidad, la soledad, el silencio, la abrumante igualdad de lugar y de tiempo: en las montañas, el hombre halla horizontes limitados, que hace suyos y toca como si fueran su propiedad; se siente acompañado por las colinas graciosas de pendientes circulares y suaves, por los picos rocallosos y salvajes, por los boscajes aislados y las mesetas de verdura; encuentra la animación bulliciosa de la naturaleza en todas partes, en las voces del torrente que se desata furioso entre las rocas de la quebrada, en los ruidos de las auras que juguetean en las selvas, en los zumbidos del viento que se choca en las cumbres sinuosas.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

My mother, although probably inwardly a little disappointed, had the interest of Miss Evelyn too much at heart not to take up the matter warmly, and urged, with all the volubility elderly ladies can so well exercise, whenever the marriage of a younger friend is in question, all the benefit that would accrue to her from so advantageous a proposal.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

'I can only trust she will disappoint your expectations, Lady Charlotte,' said Robert, with a slightly sarcastic emphasis.
— from Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

"I expect Lady Clive soon.
— from Countess Vera; or, The Oath of Vengeance by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.

Elegant little cabinets surrounded these rooms, being separated by thin partitions, through which the eye could easily page 76 p. 76 penetrate, and frequently embellished with gay and skilfully-executed paintings.
— from The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands by Anonymous

“Why, they suspœnaed me into Jim Hooper’s place an’ made me tell everything Lieutenant ’Cormack said that night he met them strike leaders in Donatello’s shop.”
— from The Guardsman by Homer Greene

my Lord Esmond, Lord Castlewood's son, likewise appeared to adorn the world.
— from The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray

But Kelley was making an easy living "catching suckers," and there was no real reason why he should go through the hardships of training and actually fighting so long as he could fool the youngsters who regarded him as a one-time great and shining light of the prize ring.
— from Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman by Burt L. Standish