Here reigned fifteen kings of one dynasty, successors of and belonging to the family of U-T’ong Rámá-thi-bodi, who, after his death, was honourably designated as Phra Chetha Bida— i. e. ‘Royal Elder Brother Father.’
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 by Henri Mouhot

Hence the education reform effected by the new theory was confined mainly to doing away with some of the bookishness of prior methods; it did not accomplish a consistent reorganization.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

—This expansion and progress of the European race early brought it into contact with the Filipino people, and the historical life of the Philippines dates from this meeting of the two races.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

= KEY: Transport \n.\. SYN: Ecstasy, rapture, enravishment, bliss.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

A esto respondió el Barón con voz lagrimosa:—¡El eterno respirar! ¿
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

It is at every reception, every banquet; it occupies a seat at every table.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Inasmuch as in the School which resulted—or "Minor College" as it was long popularly called—we have a transcript, more or less close, of the institution which Sir John Colborne had been so recently engaged in reviving, we add two or three particulars in regard to the latter, which may have, with some, a certain degree of interest, by virtue of the accidental but evident relation existing between the two institutions.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

In every plant having two seed leaves, the mature leaves are netted-veined, which is a condition easily recognized even by the layman; also the parts of the flowers are in circles containing two or five parts, but never in threes or sixes.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

For it is said that the Arunta is ignorant of the exact relation existing between generation and the sexual act; [593] he thinks that every [Pg 181] conception is due to a sort of mystic fecundation.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

The excessive respect entertained by the woman for him should be removed by making himself very familiar.
— from The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks by Vatsyayana

I know how to stop an engine right enough, but a horse has a brain of its own and can be jolly erratic when it wants to.
— from Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S.: A Story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

"'Thar's no need for all this yere eloquence,' replies Enright, blandly.
— from Faro Nell and Her Friends: Wolfville Stories by Alfred Henry Lewis

"The castle garden's enchanted right enough; but what I should like to know is how and why.
— from The Enchanted Castle by E. (Edith) Nesbit

For, if it holds, not only that such an eternal reality exists, but also, as is commonly the case, that nothing else is real—that nothing either has been, is now, or will be real in time—then truly it will follow that nothing we can do will ever bring any good to pass.
— from Principia Ethica by G. E. (George Edward) Moore

Each floor formed one entire room, except being divided by five rows of posts running the whole length of the building, by which the prisoners slung their hammocks.
— from The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 by Various

There was one old man in the front row, who with ear-trumpet to ear remained eagerly bent forward throughout the whole lecture, so unwilling was he to lose a single word.
— from Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume 1 (of 2) With an Account of his Parliamentary Struggle, Politics and Teachings. Seventh Edition by Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner

Similarly, the mere fact that no exact relation exists between the diameter and the circumference of a circle is no bar whatever to the solution of the great problem.
— from Light Science for Leisure Hours A series of familiar essays on scientific subjects, natural phenomena, &c. by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor

The exorbitant rates exacted by an arbitrary valuation of the goods , the practice of exacting duties twice on the same goods, (first from the seller, and afterwards from the buyer,) and the vexations, disputes, and delays drawn on the merchants by these oppressions, were loudly complained of; and some instances of this kind were said to exist at the very time I was at Benares.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) by Edmund Burke