To let oneself be seen with a great and unsatisfied desire, is to let oneself be seen in a position of inferiority—and that is impossible in France, except for people of no position at all.
— from On Love by Stendhal

" Games are usually distributed in such distribution files.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

Such a course might, however, in time result in great hardship to the commerce of the country, as the great and unavoidable difference in the rates of the various railroad lines of the country would give to the commercial interests of some sections decided advantages over those of others.
— from The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by William Larrabee

And I thought, quoting Hafiz, that after a thousand years my bones would be filled with gladness, and, uprising, dance in the sepulchre.
— from Birds in London by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

By far the most flourishing epoch in the religious development of the Border was the founding of the great Abbeys under David I.—"St.
— from In the Border Country by W. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett

They glide about, under disguise if necessary; lynx-eyed, eager almost as the Jesuit hounds are; not hunting the souls of men, as the spiritual Jesuits do, but their bodies in a merciless carnivorous manner.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 by Thomas Carlyle

I have been told that a grave and unsmiling demeanour is the proper thing to bring to a Chinese interview; and if so I failed lamentably to come up to the correct standard.
— from A Woman In China by Mary Gaunt

Our boatmen were at this time sound asleep, but as the tide was now out, and the ground around us dry, I made for the nearest lights, and found them to belong to a man and boy, both of whom were naked, each having a lighted torch in his left hand, a long sword-knife in the right, with a small basket suspended round the neck by a thick piece of cord.
— from Travels in the Interior of Brazil Principally through the northern provinces, and the gold and diamond districts, during the years 1836-1841 by George Gardner

Occasionally a startled doe would rustle through the leaves, and springing across the path, after a glance at us, dive into the thicket.
— from Raphael; Or, Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty by Alphonse de Lamartine

Gifts are usually divided into two classes: gifts "inter vivos" and gifts "causa mortis."
— from Commercial Law by Richard William Hill

We suggested to each of our societies that it should formally offer the services of its officers and members to the Lord Mayor, Mayor, or Chairman of the Council in its own district, and should volunteer to take part in the local relief committees which were being formed in every local government area under directions issued by the Local Government Board.
— from The Women's Victory—and After: Personal Reminiscences, 1911-1918 by Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, Dame