Clark, June 1, 1805] June 1st Satterday 1805 a Cloudy morning we Set out at an early hour and proseeded on as usial with the toe rope The Countrey appears to be lower and the Clifts not So high or Common, a mountain or a part of the north Mountain about 8 or 10 miles N. of this place, I walked on Shore to day found the Plains much lower than we have Seen them and on the top we behold an extencive plain on both Sides, in this plain I observed maney noles of fine Sand which appeared to have blown from the river bluffs and collected at these points Those plains are fertile near the river a great no. of Small Stone, I observed at Some distance to the S. W. a high mountain which appears to bear westerly The Cole appear as usial, more Cotton trees Scattered on the Shores & Islands than yesterday—no timber on the high land, the river from 2 to 400 yards wide & current more jentle than yesterday but fiew bad rapid points to day—the wild animals not So plenty as below we only killed a ram & mule Deer to day, we Saw Buffalow at a distance in the plains, particularly near a Lake on the Lard.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

And mendicant prophets knock at rich men's doors, promising to atone for the sins of themselves or their fathers in an easy fashion with sacrifices and festive games, or with charms and invocations to get rid of an enemy good or bad by divine help and at a small charge;—they appeal to books professing to be written by Musaeus and Orpheus, and carry away the minds of whole cities, and promise to "get souls out of purgatory;" and if we refuse to listen to them, no one knows what will happen to us. 'When a lively-minded ingenuous youth hears all this, what will be his conclusion?
— from The Republic by Plato

Take it out of the sheath, said the king, and require me to make you a knight.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

“Let me ask you, Konstantin Dmitrievitch,” said Darya Alexandrovna, smiling her kindly and rather mocking smile, “why is it you are angry with Kitty?” “I?
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

This news filled me with fresh fears; I outstripped Kenneth, and ran most of the way back.
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Akuy uináhan dinhi sa upisína kay aku ra may tutiguwang dinhi
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Sapían nga nagkantalíta sa mga kabus, A rich man who scorns the poor.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

We move westward from St. Paul's, because, though the metropolis abounds with interest in every part of it, yet the course this way is the most generally known; and readers may choose to hear of the most popular thoroughfares first.
— from The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events by Leigh Hunt

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): total: 9.02 cu km/yr (20%/25%/55%) per capita: 401 cu m/yr (2000) Natural hazards: late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall Environment - current issues: water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water; waterborne disease; deforestation; soil erosion and degradation Environment - international agreements: party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea Geography - note: strategic location bordering China, South Korea, and Russia; mountainous interior is isolated and sparsely populated People ::Korea, North Population: 22,665,345 (July 2009 est.)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

I fell upon my knees and rendered my deep and joyous thanks.
— from The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina, in the state of Piacenza by Rafael Sabatini

In Kanou, a rich man has three or four thousand slaves; these are permitted to work on their own account, and they pay him as their lord and master a certain number of cowries every month: some bring one hundred, some three hundred or six hundred, or as low as fifty cowries a-month.
— from Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by James Richardson

But my kingly and royal Master biddeth me to try His moyen to the uttermost, and I shall find a friend at hand.
— from Letters of Samuel Rutherford (Third Edition) by Samuel Rutherford

Only when Mäggerli came and called after him longingly, then he heard at once and came leaping to it immediately, for his affectionate little kid always remained Moni's dearest possession.
— from Moni the Goat-Boy by Johanna Spyri

Let me see, let them know a real man who lives according to nature.
— from Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

Krebs and Renard, military aëronauts, succeeded better with electricity, for they could make a small circuit with their air-ship, provided only that no air was stirring.
— from Boys' Second Book of Inventions by Ray Stannard Baker

Had I dared to move I should have knelt and reached my hand to it instead.
— from Saxe Holm's Stories First Series by Helen Hunt Jackson