In order to understand the history of the Philippines, we must not forget that these islands formed a part of this great colonial empire and were under the same administration; that for over two centuries the Philippines were reached through Mexico and to a certain extent governed by Mexico; that the same governors, judges, and soldiers held office in both hemispheres, passing from America to the Philippines and being promoted from the Islands to the higher official positions of Mexico and Peru.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

The government clerk echoed it in falsetto.
— from Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

So neither he nor the Greeks could enjoy the result of their efforts.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

The scene was not without a mixture of awe, such as must always invest the spectacle of guilt and shame in a fellow-creature, before society shall have grown corrupt enough to smile, instead of shuddering, at it.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Never, during a general conversation, endeavor to concentrate the attention wholly upon yourself.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

Dúnay kúl ang duktur bísag gabíi, A doctor gets calls even at night.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Geldüberweisung money transfer Geldüberweisungsdienst money transmission service Geldumlauf circulation of money Geldumlauf cycle of money Geldumlauf monetary circulation Geldverlegenheit pecuniary embarrassment Geldverleiher money lender Geldvermittler money broker Geldverschwendung waste of money Geldversorgung money supply Geldvolumen money supply Geldvolumen volume of money Geldwechsler money change Geldwechsler money changer Geldzuflüsse money inflows gelegen situated Gelegenheit occasion Gelegenheit opportunity Gelegenheit; günstiges Angebot bargain Gelegenheitsarbeit casual employment Gelegenheitsarbeit casual labour Gelegenheitsarbeit casual work Gelegenheitsarbeit odd job Gelegenheitsarbeiten odd jobs Gelegenheitsarbeiten verrichten jobbing Gelegenheitsarbeiter casual worker Gelegenheitsbeschäftigter casual employee Gelegenheitsbeschäftigung casual employment Gelegenheitskauf; günstige Gelegenheit bargain sale Gelegenheitskunde stray customer gelegentlich casual gelegentlich occasional gelegentlich auftretendes
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Apprehensive of the fatal consequences of delay, Constantine gave orders for an immediate assault; but the scaling-ladders were found too short for the height of the walls, and Marseilles might have sustained as long a siege as it formerly did against the arms of Cæsar, if the garrison, conscious either of their fault or of their danger, had not purchased their pardon by delivering up the city and the person of Maximian.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

" Sigvat the skald tells thus of these words of Erling:— "Erling, our best defence of old,— Erling the brave, the brisk, the bold,— Stood to his arms, gaily crying, 'Eagles should show their claws, though dying:' The very words which once before To Olaf he had said on shore, At Utstein when they both prepared To meet the foe, and danger shared.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

They will appreciate the marked influence which geographical conditions exert in shaping national standards of action.
— from Craftsmanship in Teaching by William C. (William Chandler) Bagley

Paganism was nearer than Hebraism to the Life of Reason because its myths were more transparent and its temper less fanatical; and so a paganised Christianity approached more closely that ideality which constitutes religious truth than a bare and intense Hebraism, in its hostility to human genius, could ever have done if isolated and unqualified.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

Their shells are vitreous, hyaline, and generally colourless, even although the substance of the animal is deeply coloured; in some species both the animal and its shell are of a rich crimson.
— from On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 2 (of 2) by Mary Somerville

Il n’a pas gagné cela en disant son chapelet =
— from French Idioms and Proverbs A Companion to Deshumbert's "Dictionary of Difficulties" by de (Vinchelés Payen-Payne) V. Payen-Payne

GROVER CLEVELAND. EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 18, 1887 .
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by Grover Cleveland

For aged folks on crutches, and women great with child, And mothers sobbing over babes that clung to them and smiled, And sick men borne in litters high on the necks of slaves, And troops of sun-burn'd husbandmen with reaping-hooks and staves, And droves of mules and asses laden with skins of wine, And endless flocks of goats and sheep, and endless herds of kine, And endless trains of wagons that creak'd beneath the weight Of corn-sacks and of household goods, choked every roaring gate.
— from The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Department of Education

Let skunk or fox, or other roamer through the grass, creep ever so stealthily, he will be seen and avoided by flight.
— from Buffalo Land Authentic Account of the Discoveries, Adventures, and Mishaps of a Scientific and Sporting Party in the Wild West by W. E. (William Edward) Webb

To live over again those few brief days which seemed now like an eternity was a sweet, sad pleasure which Gilda could endure, but what became intolerable in the darkness and in the silence of the night was the remembrance of the immediate past.
— from The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

"My goodness, captain," exclaimed Michel Ardan, "that hypothesis is worthy of my brain!
— from From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: and a Trip Round It by Jules Verne