And now it was that Silo discovered that he had taken bribes; for he set a good number of his soldiers to complain aloud of the want of provisions they were in, and to require money to buy them food; and that it was fit to let them go into places proper for winter quarters, since the places near the city were a desert, by reason that Antigonus's soldiers had carried all away; so he set the army upon removing, and endeavored to march away; but Herod pressed Silo not to depart, and exhorted Silo's captains and soldiers not to desert him, when Cæsar, and Antony, and the senate had sent him thither, for that he would provide them plenty of all the things they wanted, and easily procure them a great abundance of what they required; after which entreaty, he immediately went out into the country, and left not the least pretense to Silo for his departure; for he brought an unexpected quantity of provisions, and sent to those friends of his who inhabited about Samaria to bring down corn, and wine, and oil, and cattle, and all other provisions, to Jericho, that those might be no want of a supply for the soldiers for the time to come.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

During the previous winter I had often heard his grand instrumental pieces played under his own direction, and had been most favourably impressed by them.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

herbaceous ground cover with creeping stems also grown in pots: Pellionia daveauana .
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

The noble Vulcan here present had framed a dog of Monesian brass, and with long puffing and blowing put the spirit of life into him; he gave it to you, you gave it your Miss Europa, Miss Europa gave it Minos, Minos gave it Procris, Procris gave it Cephalus.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

At one end this gem is partly pierced.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Till the fiery star, which is its eye, Gazed through the clear dew on the tender sky; And the jessamine faint, and the sweet tuberose, The sweetest flower for scent that blows; And all rare blossoms from every clime Grew in that garden in perfect prime.
— from Language of Flowers by Kate Greenaway

= piligru , a . pilígu n a sheet of galvanized iron, plywood, paper.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

But so corrupt is human nature, and so addicted to self-love, that it catches greedily at everything that may gratify its passions, placing its happiness in those delights, which, like Jonah's gourd, perish in the enjoyment.
— from True Christianity A Treatise on Sincere Repentence, True Faith, the Holy Walk of the True Christian, Etc. by Johann Arndt

When Vines for the early crops are grown in pots, put the eyes in 60-sized pots, and plunge them in a dung-frame or pit, with a bottom heat between 70° and 80°.
— from In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by Keane, William, gardener

In an effort to reduce its dependence on foreign aid, the government is pursuing public sector reforms, including privatization of some government functions and personnel cuts of up to 7%.
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The disciples of the Lord Jesus should labour with all their might in the work of God, as if everything depended upon their own exertions; and yet, having done so, they should not in the least trust in their labour and efforts, and in the means which they use for the spread of the truth, but in God; and they should with all earnestness seek the blessing of God, in persevering, patient, and believing prayer.
— from A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. Part 4 by George Müller

To be scandalously indecorous, to be a patron of gambling in public places, would offer no legal objection to a magistrate; but he would be dismissed as a person unsuitable by his habits to the gravity of the commission.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 by Various

Intellect achieved an instrument for lifting blocks of granite into proper place.
— from The Investment of Influence: A Study of Social Sympathy and Service by Newell Dwight Hillis

"But I tell you, I don't want to get it," protested [Pg 83] Prissier, rubbing the sand out of his clothes.
— from The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High by Leslie W. Quirk

A strong, aromatic tobacco is grown in great abundance in the province of Cagayan in the island of Luzon, and the district of Gapan in Pampanga produces a leaf of a very mild and agreeable flavour, while from Bisayas a tobacco much inferior to either is raised.
— from St Nicotine of the Peace Pipe by Edward Vincent Heward

In the English expression, the past power of the perfect predominates, in the Greek its present power.
— from The English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham