The northern ports are transhipping points for large quantities of coffee going to the Scandinavian countries, as well as importing ports for their own countries; and these countries have been among the leading coffee drinkers, per head of population, for many decades.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

no coincide con la absoluta pureza del corazón y con la honradez perfecta, suele extraviarse y convertirse en frenesí lamentable, que puede contribuir como otra cualquiera 25 pasión desbordada, a grandes faltas y catástrofes.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Diserti igitur hominis et facile laborantis, quodque in patriis est moribus, multorum causas et non gravate et gratuito defendentis beneficia et patrocinia late patent.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

We came after a while to a sort of marshy lake, very big, so that the circling forest looked quite low and dim across it.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

J'attends tout de même de voir tourner le truc en réel, avec un bon gros bouquin bien lourd, plein de sens… Adobe, l'acrobate, ex-Glassbook, qui, soit dit en passant, va changer de nom d'ici peu, lui, ça fait longtemps qu'il officie dans les réseaux (le PDF, grand classique du genre).
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Woman endeavours to breed her daughter a fine lady, qualifying her for a station in which she will never appear, and at the same time incapacitating her for that retirement to which she is destined.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

As an inducement to contracting for large quantities to be delivered in weekly or bi-weekly periods, the house-to-house dealer generally gives some household article, or the like, as a premium to establish good-will and to retain the trade of his customers.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Tum dextrā manū capita novem abscīdere incēpit, sed frūstrā labōrābat, quod quotiēns hoc fēcerat totiēns alia nova capita vidēbat.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

They went together through the gorgeous unnatural beauty of cactus and azalea and found Leonard Quinton, poet and romancer, with his head hanging downward off his ottoman and his red curls sweeping the ground.
— from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Dickon and Mary were sitting on the grass, the tea-basket was re-packed ready to be taken back to the house, and Colin was lying against his cushions with his heavy locks pushed back from his forehead and his face looking quite a natural color.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

He was confident that all in the room knew whether or not Lars was guilty, yet, when he turned to them, their faces looked quite blank.
— from The Emperor of Portugallia by Selma Lagerlöf

But the new-comer, though his short figure looked quite dwarfish beside the giant forester, seemed not a whit dismayed at this rude greeting, or at the grim aspect of his challenger.
— from Under the Flag of France: A Tale of Bertrand du Guesclin by David Ker

Thus the main elements of the saga may have been known to the continental Celts before it was localised in Ireland, 495 and, it may be added, if it was brought there by Gallo-British tribes, this might account for the greater popularity of the native, possibly pre-Celtic, Fionn saga among the folk, as well as for the finer literary quality of the Cúchulainn saga.
— from The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. (John Arnott) MacCulloch

Ff. loose Qq. lose Q (1695).
— from The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 8 of 9] by William Shakespeare

It was evidently a most skilful hand that produced them; first low, quite low, as if she feared to awake night from her slumber, then very gradually louder and louder.
— from Problematic Characters: A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen

"Incredible est, Deum illis verbis ad populum fuisse locutum quibus deciperetur," is a verdict in which, for once, Jesuit casuistry concurs with the healthy moral sense of all mankind.
— from Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 by Thomas Henry Huxley

Fia del Dieu contenta Para fe lo que el vol Disciar e m lu dol, &c. "'Y a milla nit Pariguero vos regina A un Dieu infinit, Dintra una establina.
— from The Spaniards in Florida Comprising the Notable Settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 by George R. (George Rainsford) Fairbanks

In former times it was known by the name of La Hogue-Bye, and the following legend, quoted from Le Livre noir de Coutances , gives the origin of its celebrity:—In remote times, a moor or fen in this part of Jersey, was the retreat of a monstrous serpent or dragon, which spread terror and devastation throughout the island.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 396, October 31, 1829 by Various