It was two o'clock when Elliott strolled back, and frankly admitting that he had eluded Rowden, sat down beside Colette and prepared to doze with satisfaction.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

" Einar remained several days in the town.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Under no circumstances would a private dinner, no matter how formal, consist of more than: Hors d'oeuvre Soup Fish Entrée Roast Salad Dessert Coffee
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

Back to the thicket slunk The guilty Serpent; and well might; for Eve, Intent now wholly on her taste, nought else Regarded; such delight till then, as seemed, In fruit she never tasted, whether true Or fancied so, through expectation high Of knowledge; not was Godhead from her thought.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

Rundreisefahrkarte circular ticket Rundschreiben circular letter Rundschreiben zum Angebot von Obligationen bond circular Rüstungshochkonjunktur armaments boom Rüstzeit set-up time Rüstzeit setting-up time Rüstzeit; Einrichtungszeit make-ready time S Saatgut emblements sabotieren; Sabotage sabotage Sachanlage real investment sachdienlich; einschlägig relevant sachdienliche Dokumente relevant papers sachdienliche Schriftstücke relevant papers Sachinformation factual information Sachkonten impersonal accounts Sachkonten real accounts Sachkonto impersonal account Sachkonto nominal account sachliche Kritik fair comment Sachschaden damage to property Sachschaden material damage Sachvermögen tangible property Sachverständiger expert Sachverständiger official expert Sachverständnis expertness Sack sack sagenhafter Reichtum fabulous wealth Saisonarbeiter seasonal labourer Saisonartikel seasonal article saisonbedingt seasonal saisonbedingt subject to seasonal influences saisonbedingte Anpassung seasonal adjustment saisonbedingte Nachfrage seasonal demand saisonbedingte Schwankungen seasonal fluctuations saisonbereinigt seasonally adjusted saisonbereinigte Statistik seasonally adjusted statistics Saisonbereinigung adjustment for seasonal variations Saisonbereinigung seasonal adjustment Saisonbeschäftigung seasonal employment Saisondarlehen seasonal loan Saisoneinflüsse seasonal influences Saisonende end of season
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

The entire Rue Saint Denis presented the strange aspect of a street with all the doors and windows closed, and all the inhabitants in the open air.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a function in the society that has adopted it, necessarily contradicts every other religion, and probably contradicts itself.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

When Tennyson was telling me of how The Quarterly abused him (humorously too), and desirous of knowing why one did not care for his later works, etc., I thought that if he had lived an active Life, as Scott and Shakespeare; or even ridden, shot, drunk, and played the Devil, as Byron, he would have done much more, and talked about it much less.
— from Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883) by Edward FitzGerald

So we set the pedometer and then stretched away on an easy, regular stride, down through the cloven forest, drawing in the fragrant breath of the morning in deep refreshing draughts, and wishing we might never have anything to do forever but walk to Oppenau and keep on doing it and then doing it over again.
— from A Tramp Abroad — Volume 04 by Mark Twain

exclaimed Rosher suddenly, "d'you know what the time is?
— from Soldiers of the Queen by Harold Avery

It may be conceived that Mr. Anson was extremely chagrined at the losing the command of so infallible, so honourable, and in every respect, so desirable an enterprize, especially too as he had already, at a very great expence, made the necessary provision for his own accommodation in this voyage, which he had reason to expect would prove a very long one.
— from A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV by Anson, George Anson, Baron