"Dish of Coffee Boy" Design in Delft Tiles 1692 Modifications of the lantern began to appear with great rapidity in England.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Notwithstanding the statutes so carefully compiled and revised by Etienne Boileau and his successors, and in spite of the numerous arbitrary rules which the sovereigns, the magistrates, and the corporations themselves strenuously endeavoured to frame, order and unity were far from governing the commerce and industry of Paris during the Middle Ages, and what took place in Paris generally repeated itself elsewhere.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

The entire system of things gets represented in every particle.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

He laughed heavily, harshly, with clenched teeth, as ill-natured people laugh; and from his voice, from his face, from his glittering, rather insolent eyes it could be seen that he had a profound contempt for the princess, for the home, and for the old women.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Let us therefore be more considerate builders, more wise in spiritual architecture, when great reformation is expected.
— from Areopagitica A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England by John Milton

when Edmond was about to begin his labor, he stopped, laid down his pickaxe, seized his gun, mounted to the summit of the highest rock, and from thence gazed round in every direction.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

2 With a feeling of great reverence I except the name of Heraclitus.
— from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist Complete Works, Volume Sixteen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Conflict that began in August 1998 has dramatically reduced national output and government revenue, increased external debt, and resulted in the deaths of more than 5 million people from violence, famine, and disease.
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

He has laid the strong foundation of a national and popular music for the greatest republic in Europe.
— from Musicians of To-Day by Romain Rolland

An Experiment in Fertilizing Grapes The New York Agricultural Experiment Station is experimenting with fertilizers for grapes at Fredonia, Chautauqua County, the chief grape region in eastern America.
— from Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

They form the sexus sequior —the second sex, inferior in every respect to the first; their infirmities should be treated with consideration; but to show them great reverence is extremely ridiculous, and lowers us in their eyes.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism by Arthur Schopenhauer

There lies through this large parish the greatest road in England, and the most frequented, especially by cattle for Smithfield market; this great road has so many branches, and lies for so long a way through the parish, and withal has the inconvenience of a clayey ground, and no gravel at hand, that, modestly speaking, the parish is not able to keep it in repair; by which means several cross-roads in the parish lie wholly unpassable, and carts and horses (and men too) have been almost buried in holes and sloughs; and the main road itself has for many years lain in a very ordinary condition, which occasioned several motions in Parliament to raise a toll at Highgate for the performance of what it was impossible the parish should do, and yet was of so absolute necessity to be done.
— from An Essay Upon Projects by Daniel Defoe

June saw the presence in London, ostensibly for "the season," of Herr Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, accompanied not only by his plutocratic wife, but by his chief technical expert, Doctor Ehrensberger of Essen, an old-time friend of American steel men like Mr. Schwab and ex-Ambassador Leishman, and by Herr von Bülow, a kinsman of the ex-Imperial Chancellor, who was the Krupp general representative in England.
— from The Assault: Germany Before the Outbreak and England in War-Time by Frederic William Wile

Wolfe's memory is greatly revered in England and he is looked upon as the man who saved not only Canada, but the United States as well, to the Anglo-Saxon race.
— from British Highways and Byways from a Motor Car Being a Record of a Five Thousand Mile Tour in England, Wales and Scotland by Thos. D. (Thomas Dowler) Murphy

"Is it true," Miss Trevor asked, "that a story must contain the element of love in order to find favor with the public?" "That generally recommends it, especially to your sex, Miss Trevor," he replied jocosely.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill