[ F. Godefroy, Dict., s.v. Vernigal , writes: "Coupe sans anse, vernie ou laquée d'or," and quotes, besides Marco Polo, the Regle du Temple , p. 214, éd.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Yours for service, P.S.—Just a hint of some plums we can pick for you—some genuine bargains that came in to-day: SILVER GROVE.—Cute four-room California bungalow, a.m.i., garage, dandy shade tree, swell neighborhood, handy car line.
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

They admired the skin of the tiger, which was in a state of good preservation, and Miss Bird regretted that she was too late to taste the flesh, which, my master said, made very good ‘devilled steaks,’ not unlike venison!”—( S. J. vol.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

The viewdata services use graphical display standards with names like Prestel, CEPT, Captain (Character and Pattern Telephone Access Information Network System, in Japan), Telidon (Canada), Minitel, Teletel (France), GIF (the Graphics Interchange Format), Viewdata, and NAPLPS (The North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax).
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

Dorcas, faithful to her “young gentlemen,” denied strenuously that it could have been John’s voice she heard, and resolutely declared, in the teeth of everything, that it was Mr. Inglethorp who had been in the boudoir with her mistress.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

The newly discovered Gaius distinctly states that it was in virtue of a law—Nec unquam dubitatum est, quin id legis vicem obtineat, cum ipse imperator per legem imperium accipiat.
— 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

Your blue National Captain, riddled with balls, one hardly knows on whose side fighting, requests to be laid on the colours to die: the patriotic Woman ( name not given, deed surviving ) screams to Chateau-Vieux that it must not fire the other cannon; and even flings a pail of water on it, since screaming avails not.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

Annunziata, 363 " Church of S. Biagio, 347 , 366 " Church of S. Salvatore, 357 " Dominican church, 349 " " cloister, 351 " " convent, 348 - 53 " Enlightenment in Middle Ages, 364 " Fortifications, 336 , 337 , 361 " Fountains by Onofrio de La Cava, 357 " Franciscan convent, 353 " Government of the Republic, 364 " History, 338 , 341 " La Sigurata, 354 " Lazaretto and Turkish bazaar, 363 " Oldest relief of S. Blaise, 362 " Porta Pile, 336 , 351 " Porta Ploče, 348 , 351 , 362 , 363 " Rector's Palace, 354 - 357 " Revenue and coinage, 366 , 367 " Roland Column, 359 " S. Giacomo degli Olivi, 363 " S. Stefano and early churches, 341 , 342 " Situation, 333 , 336 " Sponza, 358 " Strips of territory given to Turkey, 335 Ragusa Vecchia, 367 Railway customs at Spalato, 310 Regulations under the communes, 77 Relations between the two coasts, 398 - 404 Rhizinitæ, 369 Risano, 370 , 371 , 376 " Intermittent waterfall, 375 Riviera dei Castelli, from the railway above, 263 Roman roads in Dalmatia, 188 Rovignese craftsmen, 132 Rovigno, 127 - 131 " Colleggiata, Chapel of S. Eufemia, 129 " Costume of the peasants, 128 " Funeral ceremonies, 128 " Oratory of the Trinity, 129 " Pirate raids, 131 S Salona, 309 - 314 " Basilica at Marusinac, 313 " Salona, Basilica Urbana, 311 , 312 " Christian cemetery, 312 " Sarcophagus in S. Caius, 314 Salvore, 100 S. Eufemia, Rovignese legends, 129 - 131 S. Giorgio degli Schiavoni, Venice, 404 S. Giovanni Orsini of Traú, 278 S. Lorenzo in Pasenatico, 133 S. Lorenzo in Pasenatico, Church, 134 S. Lorenzo in Pasenatico, Loggia and gateways, 134 S. Maria di Barbana, 52 San Vincenti, Castle, 138 , 139 " " Churches, 140 " " Jousts and witch-burning, 138 " " Wedding customs, 141 Scardona, 259 Scoglio Orlandino, 127 Sebenico, 245 " at night, 260 " Baptistery, 252 " Cathedral, 247 - 255 " Church of S. Barbara, 256 " Church of S. Giovanni Battista, 256 " City arms, 246 " Communal wells, 256 " Costume of the people, 258 " Door of Giorgio's house, 256 " Fort Barone, 245 " " S. Anna, 245 , 262 " " S. Giovanni, 245 , 262 " " S. Nicolò, 245 " Greek Christian procession on Feast of the Assumption, 257 " Greek church, 257 " History, 246 " Loggia, 256 " S. Domenico alia
— from The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

Every roof dripped, and grey drops slid down the iron railings of the terrace in endless succession to splash into the pools on the pavement below.
— from The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann

Greeks deemed sacred the places which were struck by lightning, ii.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 11 of 12) by James George Frazer

"Mrs. George Delacour." Sir Randle.
— from The Big Drum: A Comedy in Four Acts by Arthur Wing Pinero

They were all crowding into the hallway—the officers of Stuart's staff, receiving their hats and cloaks from the servants and buckling on their weapons; the young ladies, their gay dresses showing only the first traces of wartime shabbiness; the matrons who chaperoned them; Stuart himself, the center of attention, with his hostess on his arm.
— from Rebel Raider by H. Beam Piper

We were a good deal stared at, but not disagreeably, for all the soldiers were on their best behaviour.
— from Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore, Mrs.

When it gets dark, start on your way home."
— from Heidi (Gift Edition) by Johanna Spyri

No sooner had we passed this frightful danger than the breeze fell again, and was succeeded by a dead calm; the tide, however, continued to carry us on with a gradually decreasing strength until one o'clock, when we felt very little effects from it."
— from The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 by Ernest Favenc