Puissent toti anni Lui essere boni Et favorabiles Et n'habere jamais Entre ses mains, pestas, epidemias Quae sunt malas bestias; Mais semper pluresias, pulmonias In renibus et vessia pierras, Rhumatismos d'un anno, et omnis generis fievras, Fluxus de sanguine, gouttas diabolicas, Mala de sancto Joanne, Poitevinorum colicas Scorbutum de Hollandia, verolas parvas et grossas Bonos chancros atque longas callidopissas.
— from The Imaginary Invalid by Molière

The Dragon-boat Festival (fifth day of fifth moon) is said to have originated as a commemoration of the death of the poet Ch’ü Yüan, who drowned himself in disgust at the official intrigue and corruption of which he was the victim, but the object is the procuring of sufficient rain to ensure a good harvest.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

When she had descended he set the teapot on the hob, and drew out Sue's clothes anew; but they were far from dry.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

But decomposition is modified by innumerable circumstances—is hastened or retarded by innumerable agencies; for example, by the heat or cold of the season, by the mineral impregnation or purity of the water, by its depth or shallowness, by its currency or stagnation, by the temperament of the body, by its infection or freedom from disease before death.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

M. D’Eslon, so far from doing this, declared that he had discovered new secrets, and solicited further examination.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

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— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

She could not laugh or sing; at dinner she ate nothing; did not sleep for nights together, expecting something awful, and was so worn out that on one occasion she lay in a dead faint from dinner-time till evening.
— from The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

But as was to be anticipated, the Council begged for further delay.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

, dans l'esprit, dans un miroir, etc. imagination , f. , faculté d'imaginer. imaginer , avoir l'idée. S' --, croire; comprendre; inventer.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

Consulting secret with the blue-eyed maid, Still in the dome divine Ulysses stay'd: Revenge mature for act inflamed his breast; And thus the son the fervent sire address'd: "Instant convey those steely stores of war To distant rooms, disposed with secret care: The cause demanded by the suitor-train, To soothe their fears, a specious reason feign: Say, since Ulysses left his natal coast, Obscene with smoke, their beamy lustre lost, His arms deform the roof they wont adorn: From the glad walls inglorious lumber torn. Suggest, that Jove the peaceful thought inspired, Lest they, by sight of swords to fury fired, Dishonest wounds, or violence of soul, Defame the bridal feast and friendly bowl."
— from The Odyssey by Homer

Merchants who buy outright and store up grain are not speculators in the sense in which the word is used with us; but those gamblers who purchase, “ for future delivery, ” grain which they never see, and which they sell in the same way, are here known as speculators.
— from Principles of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill

And then he fell farther down into a wilder rush, still the whirl (so called) of pleasure and dissipation: and then recovering with an effort got back into the rush of the cultured and æsthetic and whirled through the world of pictures and furniture and poetry, finding no rest for the sole of his foot.
— from A Widow's Tale, and Other Stories by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

[74] At this spot, also, situated in the southeastern extremity of St. Clair county, exists an old American settlement, commenced a century since, and called the " Block-house ," from the circumstance of a stoccade fort for defence against the 222 Indians.
— from Flagg's The Far West, 1836-1837, part 2; and De Smet's Letters and Sketches, 1841-1842 by Pierre-Jean de Smet

For further discussion of man's origin, see section on Man a Creation of God, in our treatment of Anthropology.
— from Systematic Theology (Volume 2 of 3) by Augustus Hopkins Strong

[42] For fuller discussion of climatic controls see S. S. Visher:
— from Climatic Changes: Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington

He stumbled and fell face down in the black, stinking mud.
— from Summer Snow Storm by Stephen Marlowe

The individual drinking cup—each cup clean and free from disease germs.
— from Principles of Public Health A Simple Text Book on Hygiene, Presenting the Principles Fundamental to the Conservation of Individual and Community Health by Thomas Dyer Tuttle

One of its characteristics, which it shares with the old streets of most Italian towns, is that it is only used by foot-passengers, being of course too narrow for wheels; and it is paved across with flagstones from door to door, so that the feet and the voices echo pleasantly in it, and make a music of their own.
— from Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Complete by Filson Young