Soft boiled egg is hideously difficult to eat without ever getting a drop of it down the front, and it is much easier to supply him with a clean bib for the next meal than to change his dress for the next moment.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

When he is satisfied, and agrees to leave, a stone is placed on the woman’s head, and she is let go, and dashes off into darkness.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

A letter of 1730, [176] giving a description of Indian dress, love making, feasts, burials, fills in the picture of this period and keeps us in touch with the Indian population of Montreal and its district.
— from Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 1. Under the French Régime, 1535-1760 by William H. (William Henry) Atherton

Tutelary government [Party-dictatorship] and constitutional government are different only in degree but not in fundamentals.
— from The China of Chiang K'ai-Shek: A Political Study by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

But since British influence has been brought to bear upon the Prince of this territory, and a wholesome respect for our government, and dread of its displeasure, established, "nous avons changé toute cela."
— from The Diary of a Hunter from the Punjab to the Karakorum Mountains by Augustus Henry Irby

They exchanged greetings and gifts and drove off in different directions.
— from Herakles, the Hero of Thebes, and Other Heroes of the Myth Adapted from the Second Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece by Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) Burt

but it was too strong for me and pulled loose from my gig and darted out into deep water.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration

For More Information At a club meeting ask a parent to give a demonstration of ironing different articles.
— from Electricity for the 4-H Scientist Idaho Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin 396, June, 1962 by Eric B. Wilson

If any given authority be inferred from the term general welfare in the abstract, any other authority is equally deducible from it, because the term is applicable to every possible object of Government, and differs only in degree, as to the several Governmental objects.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 1 (of 16) by United States. Congress