I beheld rich carpets and silken hangings, ornaments of gold, richly embossed metals, emblazoned furniture, and all the appendages of high rank arranged, so that nothing but what was regal in splendour should reach the eye of one of royal descent.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“You know you don't play the game right EVER, Mr. Pendleton—you know you don't!”
— from Pollyanna by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

The fennel blossom garnish is a startling stroke of genius Rankin, E. M., writer, see COQUUS RAPA, RAPUM, rape, turnip, navew, ℞ 26 , 100-1 RAPHANUS SATIVUS, Horseradish, ℞ 102 Ray, fish, ℞ 403-4 RECOQUO, RECOCTUM, re-heated, warmed-up Redsnapper, ℞ 448 Réduction, ℞ 145 ,
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

92 Illud autem sic est iudicandum, maximas geri res et maximi animi ab iis, [83] qui res publicas regant, quod earum administratio latissime pateat ad plurimosque pertineat; esse autem magni animi et fuisse multos etiam in vita otiosa, qui aut investigarent aut conarentur magna quaedam seseque suarum rerum finibus continerent aut interiecti inter philosophos et eos, qui rem publicam administrarent, delectarentur re sua familiari non eam quidem omni ratione exaggerantes neque excludentes ab eius usu suos potiusque et amicis impertientes et rei publicae, si quando usus esset.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Gran parte de la goma recogida en Méjico, la América Central, Colombia, Perú y Ecuador tiene este origen, aunque el cultivo científico del caucho se generaliza en esos países.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

The 16th, John Grantham, Richard Elie; mayor, Hamond Chickwell, pepperer.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

Industries: small machinery, textiles, food processing, cement, shoes, sawn logs, refrigerators, furniture, electric motors, gold, rare earth metals Industrial production growth rate: -3.4% (1999 est.)
— from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The jailer came to see me with great regularity, every morning and evening, but remained only a few minutes when he came, leaving me entirely alone at all other times.
— from Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave by Charles Ball

Now each must busy himself as if he were needed; and this gives rise every moment to dissensions and ill-will.
— from Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The command of the French forces was given to Marshal Saint-Arnaud, a bold, gay, reckless, enterprising man, who had distinguished himself in Algeria as much for his indifference to human life as for his administrative talents,--ruthless, but not bloodthirsty.
— from Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10: European Leaders by John Lord

In 1731, George Robinson, esquire, member for Marlow, the cashier, and John Thompson, warehouse-keeper of the corporation, disappeared in one day.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

[69] L. Gachard, "Retraite et Mort de Charles V.," i. 348.
— from Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan and Lorraine, 1522-1590 by Julia Cartwright

"—— Grammaire raisonnée et méthodique, contenant en abrégé les principes de cet art et les règles les plus nécessaires de la langue français.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 90, July 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

In the United States there are deserts, and of the gigantic Russian Empire much is desert, and much is frozen waste.
— from South America: Observations and Impressions New edition corrected and revised by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

"Coming or going?" "Going," replied Emma McChesney.
— from Emma McChesney and Co. by Edna Ferber