But it is highly probable that his real name was Rustichello , as is suggested by the form Rustichelus in the early Latin version published by the Société de Géographie .
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

In the progress of the city of God through the ages, therefore, David first reigned in the earthly Jerusalem as a shadow of that which was to come.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Reubin Feilds returned in the evening and brought with him a large grey squrrel and two others of a kind I had never before seen.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

The faintest rustle in the entry or shout in the yard is enough to make him raise his head and begin listening: whether they are coming for him, whether they are looking for him.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Your mind wavers, and its agitation will find relief in the exercise of simple memories.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Nor windy suspiration of forced breath, / No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, / Nor the dejected 'haviour of the visage, / Together with all forms, modes, shows of grief, / That can denote truly; these, indeed, seem, / For they are actions that a man can play: /
— 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.

The Kiriwinian party, after having paid their preliminary ceremonial visit in the village, given their gifts, both of the Kula and of the pari type, and had a long chat with their partners and friends, return in the evening to the beach, where they camp near their canoes.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

’Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forc’d breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shows of grief, That can denote me truly.
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare

This is Lamb's first reference in the essays to Mary Lamb under this name.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

The absolute totality of the series of these conditions is an idea, which can never be fully realized in the empirical exercise of reason, while it is serviceable as a rule for the procedure of reason in relation to that totality.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Debtors have not altered much since that date, and the text has a familiar ring in the ears of a County Court judge.
— from The Law and the Poor by Parry, Edward Abbott, Sir

So energetic has he been, so powerful has he become, that all who are bent on the old life fear him more than a little, while the majority, the Dyaks of the interior, the peaceful Malays, and the hard-working and ever-contented Chinese—all, in fact, who long for a life spent in agriculture, in mining, or in trade—have settled down wonderfully, placing full reliance in the Englishman and in his word that, so far as he can prevent it, they shall be undisturbed.
— from With the Dyaks of Borneo: A Tale of the Head Hunters by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

SIR,—If you will consent to join the Abraham Lincoln in this expedition, the Government of the United States will with pleasure see France represented in the enterprise.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

A tiny fluffy cloud flamed red in the eastern sky.
— from The Trail of the Elk by Mikkjel Fønhus

tile-draining, pipe-draining, and likely to be very formidable rivals in the English markets to the old-fashioned, use-and-want English farmers, and even to most of our improving large farmers in Scotland."— Laing , 52.
— from The Slave Trade, Domestic and Foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished by Henry Charles Carey

He would aye be harping on the waste of land, and indeed if there was nothing else to be doing, he would be having good red earth carted from useless places and scattered on his own fields, which I think the old monks would be doing round their monasteries long ago, a practice maybe learned from Rome in the early days, but I have no sure knowledge of it.
— from The McBrides A Romance of Arran by John Sillars

Two chalybeate springs, Sunninghill Wells, were a fashionable resort in the eighteenth century.
— from Berkshire by Horace Woollaston Monckton

A French regular if the emergency should demand it, he was likewise a Corsican patriot and commander in the volunteer guard of the island, fully equipped for another move.
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 1 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane

Benoni and Rosa with the "prince" in the cradle are firmly rooted in their environs and have the power of growth.
— from Knut Hamsun by Hanna Astrup Larsen