The room we were shown into was very small, but clean and comfortable; a fire was lighted, and we found linen, clothes, and everything we needed.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

And yet a faint light cast its rays over her intellect, so that it was not wholly dark.
— from Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana by Solomon Northup

Forest, L. L'art de faire le café du cuit a l'ancienne.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

A man who has only learnt to speak in society of fine ladies could not make himself heard at the head of his troops, and would make little impression on the rabble in a riot.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

On the other hand, if borrowing covers only part of the observed parallels, an explanation from like causes becomes at least the ideal goal in an investigation of the remainder.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

field Lays claim to for the lady at his side, And tilts with my good nephew thereupon, Who being apt at arms and big of bone Has ever won it for the lady with him, And toppling over all antagonism Has earned himself the name of sparrow-hawk.'
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

Up betimes, and drinking my morning draught of strong water with Betty Michell, I had not opportunity para baiser la, I by water to White Hall, and there met Creed, and thence with him to Westminster Hall, where we talked long together of news, and there met with Cooling, my Lord Chamberlain’s Secretary, and from him learn the truth of all I heard last night; and understand further, that this stiffness of the Lords is in no manner of kindness to my Lord Chancellor, for he neither hath, nor do, nor for the future likely can oblige any of them, but rather the contrary; but that they do fear what the consequence may be to themselves, should they yield in his case, as many of them have reason.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

In 1865 a committee of five leading Chinese scholars, Dr. Edkins, Dr. Martin, Dr. Blodgett, Bishop Burdon and himself, undertook the translation of the New Testament into Mandarin.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

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— from Little Folks (September 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

" (2) Reading {phulakon}, or if with Courier {thulakon}, "haversacks," i.e. "la farine, le contenant pour le contenu.
— from The Cavalry General by Xenophon

Of course it has short sleeves ruffled with Valenciennes, and is fine linen cambric nicely embroidered.
— from The Vicissitudes of Evangeline by Elinor Glyn

She hastened out with the intention of following Lord Chetwynde.
— from The Cryptogram: A Novel by James De Mille

One mix or dough from which can be derived a large benefit and satisfaction is the ordinary wine cake or layer cake mix, from which you can make layers for layer cakes, ten and five cent wine cakes, loaf cakes; adding chopped nuts and nut flavor to part of the mix, you can make nut cakes.
— from Book of American Baking A Practical Guide Covering Various Branches of the Baking Industry, Including Cakes, Buns, and Pastry, Bread Making, Pie Baking, Etc. by Various

The first living countenance beside the death-bed on which Godolphin's eye fell was that of Fanny Millinger; she (who had been much with Saville during his latter days, for her talk amused him, and her good-nature made her willing to amuse any one) had been, at his request, summoned also with Godolphin at the sudden turn of his disease.
— from Godolphin, Volume 6. by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Prof. Cohn believes that they secrete slimy matter; but I was not able to perceive any trace of such action, excepting that, after immersion in alcohol, extremely fine lines could sometimes be seen radiating from their [page 422] surfaces.
— from Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin

But, believe me, dear Mistress, that I felt literally confounded by what I heard.
— from His Majesty's Well-Beloved An Episode in the Life of Mr. Thomas Betteron as told by His Friend John Honeywood by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

Hopped on a funny little calico pony he had, the minute he said that, and trotted off down Main Street.
— from Angela's Business by Henry Sydnor Harrison