They have a rate per hour or minute.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

23 Note 19 ( return ) [ Their oracle, the archbishop of Milan, assigns to his pupil Gratian, a high and respectable place in heaven, (tom. ii. de Obit.
— 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

The largest of these is said to be that of the Compañia General de Tabacos, at Barcelona, which has also recently possessed itself of the splendid library of Retana.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

[Pg 706] COFFEE-MAKING MACHINES POPULAR IN ENGLISH HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS [Pg 707] 4.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

I mentioned to him a respectable person in Scotland whom he knew; and I asserted, that I really believed he was always content.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

“Ah, thereby hangs a rather painful tale.
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by Arthur Conan Doyle

I believe that if all the kings of Europe were to coalesce against me I should have a ridiculous paunch."
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

King Olaf sent a message west to Agder, and north all the way to Hordaland and Rogaland, prohibiting the exporting or selling of corn, malt, or meal; adding, that he, as usual, would come there with his people in guest-quarters.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Now, afore God, 'tis shame such wrongs are borne In him, a royal prince, and many moe Of noble blood in this declining land.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

At this period the secret societies, especially the Carbonari , had become formidable in Italy, and all the crowned heads and reigning princes were using every exertion to suppress them.
— from Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat

But, of course, having a real peppery college in its midst, Jonesville couldn't help but grow.
— from At Good Old Siwash by George Fitch

My people at home are rather particular about our being tidy and that sort of thing, and when I came here and some of you rather made fun of me about it, I think that I stuck to it all the more because it annoyed you.
— from The Dash for Khartoum: A Tale of the Nile Expedition by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

But, on the other hand it is to be remembered that Mr. Doolittle has a remarkably powerful voice, which is certainly one element in the manufacture of sound opinions.
— from The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays by James Russell Lowell

Occasionally, also, in a dry district, where many animals assemble together from a great distance to drink at some solitary piece of water, the huntsman builds for himself a rude place of shelter, in which for hours he remains concealed and motionless, until the thirsty animals approach in sufficient numbers.
— from Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants by W. (William) Pridden

He and Ruth pushed their way as close as possible to the auctioneer, and watched him attentively.
— from Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida by Kirk Munroe

In the town of Valles Campo, archbishopric of Tarragona, on Friday, the twentyfirst day of January, one thousand six hundred and thirtythree, in the afternoon, before Dr Pablo Pasqual Marquez, Presbyter Commissary of the Holy Office, in the said town of Valles, appeared Pedro Oriola, apothecary, an inhabitant of the said town, of age, as he stated, forty years or thereabout, and swore to declare the truth, in presence of the honest and religious persons, the Reverend Jaume Busquers and Pablo Fonolleda, Presbyter Benificiaries in the parochial church of the said town; which persons swore to observe secrecy.
— from Records of the Spanish Inquisition, Translated from the Original Manuscripts by Andrew Dickson White

And yet these parties, knowing that they were conspirators (according to these gentlemen), Mr. Brady occupying a high and responsible position, were so careless of their reputations, that they did not even endeavor to make the papers passable upon their face.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll