“Good Luck is rather particular who she rides with, and mostly prefers those who have got common sense and a good heart; at least that is my experience.”
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

5 Beautiful world of new superber birth that rises to my eyes, Like a limitless golden cloud filling the westernr sky, Emblem of general maternity lifted above all, Sacred shape of the bearer of daughters and sons, Out of thy teeming womb thy giant babes in ceaseless procession issuing, Acceding from such gestation, taking and giving continual strength and life, World of the real—world of the twain in one, World of the soul, born by the world of the real alone, led to identity, body, by it alone, Yet in beginning only, incalculable masses of composite precious materials, By history's cycles forwarded, by every nation, language, hither sent, Ready, collected here, a freer, vast, electric world, to be constructed here, (The true New World, the world of orbic science, morals, literatures to come,)
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

In general : The Guadeloupe coffee bean is glossy, hard, long, and has an even green color, somewhat grayish.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

treat well; give comfort, smooth the bed of death; do good, do a good turn; benefit &c. (goodness) 648; render a service, be of use; aid &c. 707.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Following are a few selected lines to show the spirit of the poem: The hail flew in showers about me; and there I heard only The roar of the sea, ice-cold waves, and the song of the swan; For pastime the gannets' cry served me; the kittiwakes' chatter For laughter of men; and for mead drink the call of the sea mews.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

The Reparation Commission is empowered up to May 1, 1921, to demand payment up to $5,000,000,000 in such manner as they may fix , "whether in gold, commodities, ships, securities or otherwise."
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

Thus a person of a given character should speak or act in a given way, by the rule either of necessity or of probability; just as this event should follow that by necessary or probable sequence.
— from The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle

True and then as to her manner—upon my word I think it is particularly graceful considering she never had the least Education
— from The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

It provided, first of all, that in cases where the Society could not avoid compliance with the demand for a confessor at court, great care should be taken in the choice of the individual member to fill the office, so that he might conduce to the welfare of the prince, the edification of the people, and the avoidance of all injury to the Order.
— from Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by J. M. (Jean Mary) Stone

At first I was astonied that a gentlewoman could so forget herself; but I do remember that Thomas Standish, your father, married [Pg 398] beneath his station, and so imported a strain into the blood of his noble house that will crop out now and again in his children.
— from Standish of Standish: A Story of the Pilgrims by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin

Greece, city States of ancient, 7 .
— from The League of Nations and Its Problems: Three Lectures by L. (Lassa) Oppenheim

Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce; Gibraltar Representatives Organization; Women's Association Greece Civil Servants Confederation or
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

"Well," replied Allan Harding, cautiously, "mebbe you're right, but I guess those fellows in the green canoe stand a good chance.
— from The Rival Campers Ashore; or, The Mystery of the Mill by Ruel Perley Smith

SEE Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle COLETTE, Sidonie Gabrielle.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1950 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

It is exceedingly desirable that all parts of this great Confederacy shall be at peace, and in harmony, one with another.
— from The Life of Abraham Lincoln, from His Birth to His Inauguration as President by Ward Hill Lamon