He, after Prjevalsky's death, started, with V. L. Roborovsky (botanist) and P. K. Kozlov (zoologist), who were later joined by K. I. Bogdanovich (geologist), on his expedition to Tibet (1889-1890).
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa
“He’s just ben keepin’ company with me.”
— from Martin Eden by Jack London
The 19th, Thomas Romain, William de Lier; custos, Sir John Briton, knight, Raph Sandwitch. 1292.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow
The Cape-Cod boy could dance the true fisherman's jig, barefooted, knocking with his heels, and slapping the decks with his bare feet, in time with the music.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
I tell you, once for all, John Bull knows where his shoe pinches.
— from The History of John Bull by John Arbuthnot
[ 332 ] across the Vitastā (Jhelum) by King Pravarasena of Kashmir.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell
Jika bermimpi Kaf, angkau akan beruleh ’negrah deripada Raja atau Mentri padah-nya.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat
On the morning of the 3d he had reached, shortly after me, the Saint Antoine barricade, where Baudin had just been killed.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo
336, 337 Footnote 15: (return) Rein, p. 339; The Early Study of Dutch in Japan, by K. Mitsukuri, T.A.S.J., Vol.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis
The first who fell, beneath my javelin bled; King Augias' son, and spouse of Agamede: (She that all simples' healing virtues knew, And every herb that drinks the morning dew:) I seized his car, the van of battle led; The Epeians saw, they trembled, and they fled.
— from The Iliad by Homer
"I fancy Glen Leigh and Jim Benny know a good deal about Joe Calder's death."
— from The Sweep Winner by Nat Gould
O puss, puss, pussy; O kitty, kitty, kitty; Kitty sings miu, miu; pussy sings mieaou; pussy is old, pussy is cold; put pussy into mamma's basket; mamma is singing to papa; papa is kissing mamma; pussy, go to kitty, go, go, go; kitty is in mamma's basket; go into mamma's garden, and pick roses, anemones, tulips, and pinks; mamma's velvet dress fits well; bells ring and cars go; cars go very quickly; hens sit; hens eggs; eggs in lark's nest; eggs in linnet's nest; larks sing tralala, tralala; fill mamma's basket full of roses, anemones, pinks, tulips, crocuses; Lizzy is dizzy, very dizzy; Helen is rosy red; Alexis sent his mamma a jar full of jelly; Barbara kisses Cora; Dora is spinning yarn; Flora is spinning yarn; Gilbert sent Henry a jar of guava jelly; Isabella is kissing Julia; Karlito sent a linnet's egg to Lilian; Margaret picks roses; Nina picks tulips in Olivia's garden; Penelope plants pinks in Ellen's garden; Rosalind sings to Quasi-modo; Susan puts eggs into mamma's basket; Tina brings roses to Vivian; Willy brings crocuses to mamma.
— from Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class; and Moral Culture of Infancy. by Mary Tyler Peabody Mann
“We’ve just been kidding him along so far,”
— from Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team; or, Bitter Struggles on the Diamond by Lester Chadwick
Jean Baptist Kleber , commander in chief of the French army in Egypt, assassinated while walking in his garden, by a Turk named Souliman.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell
“Now, sir,” he said sternly, “I called for silence twice, and you, Mercer, and you, Burr junior, both kept on speaking.
— from Burr Junior by George Manville Fenn
About this time died the king-sultan, named Warchhoch, and his son named Joseph became king; but one of his father’s dependants went to war with him for the kingdom.
— from The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger, a Native of Bavaria, in Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1396-1427 by Johannes Schiltberger
Was his father one Joseph Boleslaw Kopernicus Stokowski, a Polish emigre who became a London stockbroker?
— from The World's Great Men of Music: Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Harriette Brower
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