The dinner was beautifully got up, every separate dish prettily arranged and decorated, but the most tasteful of all was a wild duck with all its plumage perfect, and the roasted meat cut up small and laid on the back between the wings, elevated in such a way as to convey the idea that the bird was swimming and flying at the same time.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

We had begun to read Fontenelle’s “Plurality of Worlds,” and I had thought we should finish it that night; but Clementine said that as she had to get up early, she would want to get to sleep early also.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

We have demanded of them simply, solely—nothing else—to give us equality, security and tranquillity .
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

You need not fear me; I have almost given up every serious idea of her; but I must be a blockhead indeed, if, whatever befell me, I could think of your kindness and sympathy without the sincerest gratitude.”
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Thereupon I consulted with Alan, and the parley was agreed to and parole given upon either side; but this was not the whole of Mr. Riach’s business, and he now begged me for a dram with such instancy and such reminders of his former kindness, that at last I handed him a pannikin with about a gill of brandy.
— from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

May we go up every staircase, and into every suite of rooms?”
— from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

To give up every secret, all my privacy.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

He knows well that it would risk the brig, if the sea got up ever so little!
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

Valerius Maximus gives us exactly similar information, without mentioning his authority, and observes that the ancient Roman ballads were probably of more benefit to the young than all the lectures of the Athenian schools, and that to the influence of the national poetry were to be ascribed the virtues of such men as Camillus and Fabricus.
— from Lays of Ancient Rome by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

"Wait a few days, if you'd rather," suggested the boy, but the man shook his head: "No, I feel fine—I'd about give up ever seein' men again.
— from Connie Morgan in the Fur Country by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

The jaws were very strong, with ivory teeth, and gills upon either side, which arose and fell whenever breath passed through them.
— from The Indian in his Wigwam; Or, Characteristics of the Red Race of America From Original Notes and Manuscripts by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

He tell dem what time to get up en sound de horn for dat time.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by United States. Work Projects Administration

It does not appear that their arms were given up, even so far as stipulated in the submission.
— from Indian Biography; Vol. 1 (of 2) Or, An Historical Account of Those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished among the North American Natives as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and Other Remarkable Characters by B. B. (Benjamin Bussey) Thatcher

No girl under eighteen should be employed more than eight hours per day; all overwork should be prohibited; while married women should be kept out of factories at least six weeks before and six weeks after confinement."
— from The Trade Union Woman by Alice Henry

Faire un coup de —— , or grinchir une —— en salade , to steal property from a vehicle .
— from Argot and Slang A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New Paris by Albert Barrère

But too often the woman whose whole attitude was one of flattering devotion before her end was gained, gives up every shred of that which she had in such profusion, when she has attained her object, and lets the home go bare of that which was so beautiful and seductive in the ball-room and the flirting corner.
— from The Girl of the Period, and Other Social Essays, Vol. 1 (of 2) by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton

"Yes," replied Franchimeau, "it does me no good, unless each slice is soaked in some wine of fine quality."
— from Pencil Sketches; or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie

The patriotic Cubans fought long, well and nobly; so did the Spaniards, but no real advantage was ever gained upon either side, because the Cubans had neither seaport nor fleet, and were never able to get the Spaniards out of their ancient and powerful fortifications, whilst the Spaniards were never able to beat the Cubans off the field, get them out of their strongholds among the mountains, and their inaccessible retreats amidst their grand, primeval forests.
— from Historical Romance of the American Negro by Charles Henry Fowler

We who know that all social order is only the expression of specific economic relations can face what comes with indifference; so long as these arrangements of economic life are not given up, especially so long as the character of the persons involved, is not completely changed, no power on earth, no party—be it ever so revolutionary—can succeed in establishing a new [172] social order for humanity.
— from Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century by Werner Sombart