Mon avenir professionnel, qui sera de toute façon en liaison directe avec l'internet, n'est pas plus clair que mon avenir lui-même.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

When they, together with Takasugi and Yamagata and others, revolted against the then [Pg 272] government of Chosiu, which temporarily had gained the power and favoured more conciliatory policy with the Shogunate, and established a new one in defiance of the Shogunate, Takasugi held an opinion that the time would soon come when the question of Chosiu versus the Shogunate would become one of Japan versus Western nations, and that it would be better for him to prepare himself for the future eventuality, leaving domestic affairs in the hands of his friends.
— from A Fantasy of Far Japan; Or, Summer Dream Dialogues by Kencho Suematsu

The first English lottery drawn at London.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell

[1876] (A Friday evening Lecture delivered at the Royal Institution.)
— from Discourses: Biological & Geological Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley

La lengua malaya se habla en dicha península, continente del Asia, en las islas Maldivas, en la de Madagascar (perteneciente al Africa), en las de Sonda, en las Molucas, en las Filipinas, en las del archipiélago de San Lázaro, y en muchísimas del mar del Sur desde dicho archipiélago hasta islas, que por su poca distancia de América se creian pobladas por americanos.
— from Lectures on the Science of Language by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

Nationality: noun: Cambodian(s) adjective: Cambodian Ethnic groups: Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4% Religions: Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5% Languages: Khmer (official) 95%, French, English Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 69.9% male: 80.5% female: 60.3% (2003 est.)
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The shell of a fresh egg looks dull and porous.
— from Many Ways for Cooking Eggs by S. T. Rorer

The face was all that now remain'd of thee, No more a woman, nor yet quite a tree; Thy branches hung with humid pearls appear, From every leaf distils a trickling tear; And straight a voice, while yet a voice remains, Thus through the trembling boughs in sighs complains: '"If to the wretched any faith be given, I swear by all th' unpitying powers of Heaven, 70 No wilful crime this heavy vengeance bred; In mutual innocence our lives we led: If this be false, let these new greens decay, Let sounding axes lop my limbs away, And crackling flames on all my honours prey.
— from The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by Alexander Pope

The house and kitchen were shut up, fires out, and, as I fancied, everything looked dreary and uncomfortable.
— from Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times And a History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 by Frederick Edward Maning