1. Victus nomine non tam cibus et potus, sed aer, exercitatio, somnus, vigilia, et reliquae res sex non-naturales
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

ANT: Ease, pleasure, enjoyment, ecstasy, rapture, relief, solace, comfort, assuagement.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

“Passes away from the Listening Ear.” “Repeat! Repeat!” said Miss Meadows.
— from The Garden Party, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

I can give no other explanation of their incredibly powerful effect than that our faculties of perception have received from time, to which they are essentially bound, some quality on account of which we inwardly follow, and, as it were, consent to each regularly recurring sound.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

Da indi in qua mi fuor le serpi amiche, perch'una li s'avvolse allora al collo, come dicesse 'Non vo' che piu` diche'; e un'altra a le braccia, e rilegollo, ribadendo se' stessa si` dinanzi, che non potea con esse dare un crollo.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

muri cum Romuli tum etiam reliquorum regum sapientia definitus ex omni parte arduis praeruptisque montibus .
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

“The use of early rising,” replied Sarah, “is that we need never hurry.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXX, No. 1, January 1847 by Various

The exchanges remained remarkably steady.
— from Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by John Ashton

(As Mrs. Blunt exits right, Rev. Singletary enters left with Dave and Deacon Lindsay and Sister Lewis.
— from De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts by Zora Neale Hurston

Perhaps the legendary journeys of Ch'in Shih Huang-ti, the "First Emperor," which, as we have seen, are supposed to have taken place a few years earlier, really represent some great military achievement whereby the far-eastern barbarians were for the first time brought under the Chinese yoke.
— from Lion and Dragon in Northern China by Johnston, Reginald Fleming, Sir

The Padre there, On Saint’s day, from an evening rite returning, Set for each unknown soul a candle burning, With muttered prayer.
— from Poems by Nora May French

On the cream silk walls I was astonished to see engravings of the eighteenth century, more than licentious, almost obscene, not very far from the very old enamels representing religious scenes.
— from A Chambermaid's Diary by Octave Mirbeau

A book entitled "Red River Settlement," published by Sheriff Ross, some years after this time, is really a lively and correct account in most respects of the Selkirk colony.
— from John Black, the Apostle of the Red River Or, How the Blue Banner Was Unfurled on Manitoba Prairies by George Bryce

But the English race remained stronger and purer in its dour isolation than the assimilated and assimilating Frenchmen of what was then Upper Canada.
— from A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Vol. V Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood, Sir

Second Vice President Ratu Inoke TAKIVEIKATA (since 12 January 1994) head of government: Prime Minister Sitiveni RABUKA (since 2 June 1992) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the prime minister from among the members of Parliament and is responsible to Parliament note : there is also a Presidential Council that advises the president on matters of national importance and a Great Council of Chiefs which consists of the highest ranking members of the traditional chiefly system elections: president elected by the Great Council of Chiefs for a five-year term; prime minister appointed by the president election results : Ratu Sir Kamisese MARA elected president; percent of Great Council of Chiefs vote - NA Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (34 seats; 24 reserved for ethnic Fijians, 9 for Indians and others, and 1 for the island of Rotuma; members appointed by the president to serve five-year terms) and the House of Representatives (70 seats; 37 reserved for ethnic Fijians, 27 for ethnic Indians, and 6 for independents and others; members elected by popular vote on a communal basis to serve five-year terms) elections: House of Representatives - last held 18-25 February 1994 (next to be held NA 1999) election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SVT 31, NFP 20, FLP 7, FAP 5, GVP 4, independents 2, ANC 1 Judicial branch: Supreme Court Political parties and leaders: Fijian Political Party (SVT - primarily Fijian),
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency