y no fué al parecer cumplido, y asimismo le exigieron el reconocimiento de una hipoteca sobre las tierras de Alamillos , 10 hecha en extraño documento por su tío.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

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— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Yes, he said; but what is right in this particular case, like everything else, requires to be explained; for community may be of many kinds.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

Before dawn the black vapour was pouring through the streets of Richmond, and the disintegrating organism of government was, with a last expiring effort, rousing the population of London to the necessity of flight.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Hace tres horas que un esplendoroso crepúsculo luce en el remotísimo confín de los cielos.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

La inmigración, que primero afluyó al norte, hoy se dirige a las orillas del Plata, [2] para difundirse luego en el resto del continente.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

“Liber Sacramentorum,” or Gregorian Sacramentary, attributed to Gregory, 81 n. “Liber Eliensis,” editorial reference to, 266 n. Lichfield, Diocese of, xxviii , 219 n.; Cathedral, 224 n. Lichfield, Bishop of, see Aldwin , Ceadda , Hedda , Sexwulf , Wynfrid .
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

There seemed little squeamishness, and there was little enough effective resistance on the part of black girls.
— from The Soul of John Brown by Stephen Graham

The first and last essays, entitled respectively ‘Insects and war’ and ‘Hate,’ are the most original and the best written.”
— from The Book Review Digest, Volume 13, 1917 Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books by Various

Next after the service of religion, I would have the service of learning externally embellished, recommended to the affections of men, and hallowed by the votive sculptures, as I may say, of that affection, gathering [Pg 17] in amount from age to age.
— from The Collected Writing of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II by Thomas De Quincey

Just before each new outbreak of the Vulcanian type, the altitude of the mountain has, therefore, reached a maximum, and since the larger explosive eruptions remove portions of this cone at the same time that [128] they increase the dimensions of the crater, the Vulcanian stage in contrast to the other has been called the crater-producing period .
— from Earth Features and Their Meaning An Introduction to Geology for the Student and the General Reader by William Herbert Hobbs

Council of Ministers as provided for in the December 1994 constitution; ministers are selected by the prime minister and approved by the House of People's Representatives elections: president elected by the House of People's Representatives for a six-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 9 October 2007 (next to be held in October 2013); prime minister designated by the party in power following legislative elections election results: GIRMA Woldegiorgis elected president; percent of vote by the House of People's Representatives - 79% Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of the House of Federation (or upper chamber responsible for interpreting the constitution and federal-regional issues) (108 seats; members are chosen by state assemblies to serve five-year terms) and the House of People's Representatives (or lower chamber responsible for passing legislation) (547 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote from single-member districts to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 15
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The Royal Family, the King's Household and staff, and favored nobles flew to Dragon's Lair; everyone else rode.
— from The Alembic Plot: A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson

Among the seven fragments may be noted: “Lorenzo Eschenheimers empfindsame Reise nach Laputa,” a clever satirical sketch in the manner of Swift, bitterly castigating that of which the English people claim to be the discoverers (sentimental journeying) and the Germans think themselves the improvers.
— from Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century by Harvey W. (Harvey Waterman) Hewett-Thayer