He married the Dear Little Princess, and they lived happily ever after.(1) (1) Le Prince Desir et la Princesse Mignonne.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Were you even less pleasing—supposing her not to love you already (of which, however, I can have little doubt)—you would be safe.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

If the cottage ever looked pretty, it must have been on such a bright and sunshiny day as the next day was.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Mais à voir les forums qui y sont consacrés (notamment celui de 00h00), ce secteur n'a pas l'air de décoller franchement… = Quelle est la problématique?
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Each little party thought him all its own.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

Take of Mustard seed, Euphorbium, long Pepper, of each one dram and an half, Stavesacre, Pellitory of Spain of each two drams, Ammoniacum, Galbanum, Phellium, Sagapen, of each three drams, whole Cantharides five drams, Ship Pitch, Rozin, yellow Wax, of each six drams, Turpentine as much as is sufficient to make it into a plaster.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

Souffrir est la première chose qu'il doit apprendre, et celle qu'il aura le plus grand besoin de savoir —To be able to endure is the first lesson which a child ought to learn, and the one which it will have the most need to know.
— 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.

sq km Area - comparative: 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 120 km Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin Climate: tropical oceanic; moderated by trade winds; a dry season from April to November and a more humid season from December to March Terrain: low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point:
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

It was as if they had suddenly entered some large town, and at their advent every living person had been turned into an image.
— from Lost on the Moon; Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds by Roy Rockwood

"Nous ne prétendons pas même que les emplois les plus subalternes ou le commerce en détail entraînent pour les anciens gentilhommes d'autre dérogeance qu'une suspension passagère de leurs titres honorables," which their descendants may at any time resume.
— from The Marquis D'Argenson: A Study in Criticism Being the Stanhope Essay: Oxford, 1893 by Arthur Ogle

Even such frauds as the favourite American elixir, Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which are ostensibly remedies for specifically feminine ills, anatomically impossible in the male, are chiefly swallowed, so an intelligent druggist tells me, by men.
— from In Defense of Women by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

Les plus courues sont celles où l’on peut s’appuyer, s’asseoir, les encoignures, les pas de portes, les bornes....
— from Argot and Slang A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New Paris by Albert Barrère

Lors que trois hommes se promenent ensemble, le plus qualifié a tousiours le milieu:
— from George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway by George Washington