On this point I found Leslie perfectly prepared.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

each, and so on, the charge being one farthing less per plate for each similarly painted plate.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

" We had our dinner that night on the mela grounds under the stars, eating from leaf plates pinned together with sticks.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

feð(e)ra, feðre ‘ feather ,’ Lcd, Ph ; pl. wings , Bo, Mt, OET ; CP: pen , Lk ; CP.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

nōn nōs ferrō Libycōs populāre penātīs vēnimus , V. 1, 527, we are not come with steel to harry Libya’s hearths .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Sailings on the seas, Tillings of fields, walls, laws, and arms, and roads, Dress and the like, all prizes, all delights Of finer life, poems, pictures, chiselled shapes Of polished sculptures—all these arts were learned By practice and the mind's experience, As men walked forward step by eager step.
— from On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus

Forty large Permanent Photographs, with descriptive letterpress.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

The names of the days of this week are as follows:— Lăggi , Pahing , Pon , Wagi , Kliwon ....
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

This was much better than flying the country, by Dieppe, like D'Haussez; or by Membrolle, like Guernon-Ranville; or being captured, disguised as a footboy, and blacking the boots of Madame de Saint Fargeau, like poor Polignac!"
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

la Defaite des Suisses, et le mieux que vous pourrez, et quand vous serez sur le mot, 'Tout est perdu,' sonnez le par quatre ou cing fois, le plus piteusement que vous pourrez," ce qui fit l'autre, et elle-mesme luy aidoit de la voix, et quand ce vint "tout est perdu," elle le reitera par deux fois; et se tournant de l'autre coste du chevet, elle dit a ses compagnes: "Tout est perdu a ce coup, et a bon escient;" et ainsi deceda.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

Then, as the giant took up his tale again: "Listen to him, fellows; look pleasant, please.
— from The Ne'er-Do-Well by Rex Beach

"The Banjo knows that a great many people feel like playing pirate, so perhaps it will sing of one or two."
— from The King of Gee-Whiz by Emerson Hough

May 1968) head of government: Prime Minister Poul Nyrup RASMUSSEN (since 25 January 1993) cabinet : Cabinet appointed by the queen elections: none; the queen is a constitutional monarch; prime minister appointed by the queen Legislative branch: unicameral Parliament or Folketing (179 seats; members are elected on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 21 September 1994 (next to be held not later than September 1998) election results: percent of vote by party - Social Democrats 34.6%, Liberals 23.3%, Conservatives 15.0%, Socialist People's Party 7.3%, Progress Party 6.4%, Social Liberals 4.6%, Unity List 3.1%, Center Democrats 2.8%, Christian People's Party 1.8%; seats by party - Social Democrats 63, Liberals 44, Conservatives 28, Socialist People's Party 13, Progress Party 11, Social Liberals 8, Unity List 6, Center Democrats 5, independent 1; note - Progress Party split up in spring of 1995: Progress Party retained 7 seats, Danish People's Party 4 seats Judicial branch: Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the monarch for life Political parties and leaders:
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

As soon as the new markets are supplied, the problem will revert to its former state—a conflict between the two factors: limited purchasing power versus unlimited productivity.
— from The Accumulation of Capital by Rosa Luxemburg

[19] “By his ( i.e. Satan’s) queyntise they comen in, The curates to helpen, But that harmed hem hard And help them ful littel.”— Piers Ploughman’s Creed.
— from Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages Third Edition by Edward Lewes Cutts

The three boys—genii they are, and if I were stage-manager they should fly like Peter Pan—lead Tamino into a grove wherein stand three temples dedicated respectively to Wisdom, Nature, and Reason.
— from A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel

Most of them sign on for a few runs for the adventure of it, as a means of getting back and forth between planets without paying the high cost of passage or to pick up even more money than they can get from lucrative planetbound practice.
— from Atom Drive by Charles L. Fontenay