The efforts of steamship companies and emigration agents have been a powerful factor in promoting Scandinavian emigration.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

desembocar to empty, pour. desencajar to force from its place, socket, etc. desencanto disenchantment, disillusion.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

Even when foreign intervention procures some edict in their favor, these same officials, in distant Oroomiah, are at no loss to evade its demands.
— from Woman and Her Saviour in Persia By a Returned Missionary by Thomas Laurie

And in this wise they acted; for instead of rushing up to the mouth of the hole, and making a great riot, they stole forward in perfect silence, each holding his gun cocked, and ready to give Bruin a salute, the moment he should show his snout beyond the portals of his den.
— from Bruin: The Grand Bear Hunt by Mayne Reid

Of the first, many fabulous tales are told to account for its being found in particular spots each summer after the winter floods, and miraculous agency was asserted, while the early beachcombers of the Hokitika district found an equally ridiculous derivation for their gold, which was always more plentiful after heavy weather.
— from Getting Gold: A Practical Treatise for Prospectors, Miners and Students by J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Francis) Johnson

Within every room is painfully neat—the formality with which the furniture is placed shows evidence that the owner had no wife and no children.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, March 1884, No. 6 by Chautauqua Institution