A ce propos, je vous avais dit combien j'étais comme aimanté par ce continent et en particulier par le Sénégal où je me suis découvert de nombreuses attaches au point que, si Dieu le veut - mais il est grand et miséricordieux :-), je me suis proposé en personne pour concourir à un projet social, éducatif et
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Pepe creyera que se trataba de un puente, dársena o cuando menos saneamiento de marismas, sacóle de tal error D. Juan, manifestándole su pensamiento en estos términos: 20 —Estamos en Marzo
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

The Rev. Joshua McSnagley, “stated” preacher, had placed her in the hotel as servant, by way of preliminary refinement, and had introduced her to his scholars at Sunday-school.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

“Imagine, too, that I had just made some progress with the Comte de Restaud; for I should tell you, madame,” he went on, turning to the Duchess with a mixture of humility and malice in his manner, “that as yet I am only a poor devil of a student, very much alone in the world, and very poor——” “You should not tell us that, M. de Rastignac.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

“Just so!” said Justice Murphy, sar [Pg 345] castically.
— from The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, July, 1913 Vol. LXXXVI. New Series: Vol. LXIV. May to October, 1913 by Various

Make a jelly mayonnaise (see page 290 ), using a little tarragon vinegar; color it green; cover the fillets with the green mayonnaise while it is soft enough to become perfectly smooth, and set them away in a cool, dry place.
— from The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald

Originated in Westchester Co., N. Y. Fruit medium, globular-obovate-obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow, with numerous brown dots, nettings and patches of russet; flesh whitish, coarse, wanting in juice, melting, sweet, pleasant; good; Sept. John Monteith.
— from The Pears of New York by U. P. Hedrick

I know they say every man has his loco point," Mr. Bunner added reflectively, "but that doesn't mean genuine, sure-enough craziness; it just means some personal eccentricity in a man ... like hating cats ... or my own weakness of not being able to touch any kind of fish-food."
— from The Woman in Black by E. C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley

But those heroes of 1848-49 made it, triumphing over every barrier and winning for themselves what Joaquin Miller so poetically has accorded them, where he declares that "the snow-clad Sierras are their everlasting monuments.
— from The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter by George Wharton James