For many years they had been unaccustomed to the word or the fact of defeat, and they could not now endure reverse with patience or dignity.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

that any salads, carrots, turnips, or other edible roots were produced in England.
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

That this vocation, predestination, election, reprobation, non ex corrupta massa, praeviso, fide , as our Arminians, or ex praevisis operibus , as our papists, non ex praeteritione , but God's absolute decree ante mundum creatum , (as many of our church hold) was from the beginning, before the foundation of the world was laid, or homo conditus , (or from Adam's fall, as others will, homo lapsus objectum est reprobationis ) with perseverantia sanctorum , we must be certain of our salvation, we may fall but not finally, which our Arminians will not admit.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

52 Peeling young vegetables, ℞ 69 PELAMIS, young tunny, ℞ 426 , 444 Pennell, Elizabeth R., writer, pp.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

She was no hypocrite at least, poor soul, But went to heaven in as sincere a way As any body on the elected roll, Which portions out upon the judgment day Heaven's freeholds, in a sort of doomsday scroll, Such as the conqueror William did repay His knights with, lotting others' properties Into some sixty thousand new knights' fees.
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

The bishops, who, in each revolution, were prepared to flatter the victorious, and to insult the prostrate labored, with diligence and success, to kindle the flames of persecution, and to exalt the mitre above the crown.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

She looked upon venery as the natural occupation for men and women, and was ever ready with precept and example from her own wide experience.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

Each pilgrim was ambitious to return with his sacred spoils, the relics of Greece and Palestine; 67 and each relic was preceded and followed by a train of miracles and visions.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Altogether the effect, if not entirely realistic, was picturesque and amusing, and coral reefs and rocky cliffs covered with seaweed gave aquatic impressions, even if not entirely logical.
— from Patty in Paris by Carolyn Wells

On the door of each room was posted a list of articles needed to complete the furnishing of that room.
— from Ethel Morton at Rose House by Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) Smith

Father Eternal, thine is to decree, Mine both in Heav'n and Earth to do thy will Supream, that thou in mee thy Son belov'd 70 Mayst ever rest well pleas'd.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

Two of the latter, with whom I had talked while en route, were [Pg 25] now close to me in the counting, and I learned that one had been forced to give up $140,000 in cash to rebel soldiers, who had traded boots with him and had given him a pair so much too short as to necessitate the cutting out of the toes in order to give room to the toes of his feet.
— from The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion by S. A. (Samuel A.) Swiggett

Defense Forces #_Branches: French—Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie _#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 5,801,986; 4,912,789 fit for military service; 192,996 reach military age (20) annually _# Defense expenditures: 15 billion lei (unofficial), NA% of GDP (1991); note—conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the official administratively set exchange rate would produce misleading results % @ Rwanda * Geography #_Total area: 26,340 km2; land area: 24,950 km2 _#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Maryland _#_Land boundaries: 893 km total; Burundi 290 km, Tanzania 217 km, Uganda 169 km, Zaire 217 km _#_Coastline: none—landlocked _#_Maritime claims: none—landlocked _#_Climate: temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible _#_Terrain: mostly grassy uplands and hills; mountains in west _#_Natural resources: gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), natural gas, hydropower _#_Land use: arable land 29%; permanent crops 11%; meadows and pastures 18%; forest and woodland 10%; other 32%; includes irrigated NEGL% _#_Environment: deforestation; overgrazing; soil exhaustion; soil erosion; periodic droughts _#_Note: landlocked _*
— from The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

" Lord Earle remembered with pleasure that it was true.
— from Dora Thorne by Charlotte M. Brame

He made enmity reign where peace and concord should have been found.
— from The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together with Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by James (Archaeologist) Grant

The great hill of Hlangwane, on the left flank of the enemy, though it was not known at the onset, was strongly fortified, and vis-à-vis to the Hlangwane guns on the extreme right were posted more guns.
— from South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 8) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 by Louis Creswicke