—Perdone usted—replicó vivamente el caballero—ya 30 quería yo meter mi hoz en los estados de usted.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

[426] hasta en los extremos de la firmeza y de la severidad, apareciendo casi indiferente a sus encantos, y dispuesto siempre a abandonarlo:
— from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López

He has either lacked early discipline altogether, or gets tainted, late in life, with the notion that he has never shown sufficiently how intellectual he really is.
— from Patrins To Which Is Added an Inquirendo Into the Wit & Other Good Parts of His Late Majesty King Charles the Second by Louise Imogen Guiney

Until the end of 1993, Turkmenistan had experienced less economic disruption than other former Soviet states because its economy received a boost from higher prices for oil and gas and a sharp increase in hard currency earnings.
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

He was very bald, however, and the big round spectacles which he always wore gave an owlish aspect to his face, the glasses being set in a heavy black frame which made his eyes look even deeper than they naturally were.
— from The Hilltop Boys: A Story of School Life by Cyril Burleigh

To be accurate, it must be said that the capitalist has paid as many times one day's wage as he has employed laborers each day,—which is not at all the same thing.
— from What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon

he exclaimed, looking excessively displeased. '
— from Uncle Max by Rosa Nouchette Carey