A strange little laugh flew from her lips; she leaned back against the buttoned leather cushions and shut her eyes, her lips trembling [Pg 2] with laughter.
— from Bliss, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield
“Hold on to me, Leila; you'll get lost,” said Laura.
— from The Garden Party, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield
It was founded in 1694, and grew out of a loan of £1,200,000 for the public service, for which the lenders — so low was the public credit — were to have 8 per cent.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir
Not to protract this portion of our narrative, and to make short work of a long story, let it be briefly written that before the interview came to a close, the single gentleman deemed he had sufficient evidence of having been told the truth, and that he endeavoured to force upon the bride and bridegroom an acknowledgment of their kindness to the unfriended child, which, however, they steadily declined accepting.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
Il n'acheta donc que des langues, qu'il fit accommoder à toutes les sauces: l'entrée, le second service, l'entremets, tout ne fut que langues.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER That which he taught, has had its day, That which he lived, shall live for aye: Look at the man!
— from Ecce Homo Complete Works, Volume Seventeen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
To this I answer, that I undertook only to shew that his first device would faile, which yet I should scarce have done if I had thought a dispute of this nature could have lasted so long.
— from Perpetual Motion by Percy Verance
Two men met unexpectedly in one of the hotel corridors of the great city; two hands went out, and "How are you, Harry?" "How are you, Dyke, old boy?" "When did you leave St. Louis?" This from the detective.
— from Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective; Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express by A. Frank Pinkerton
Then she took her can of polish, and her cloth, and then she found That the moonbeams made her ladder seem like gold from sky to ground.
— from The King of Gee-Whiz by Emerson Hough
He was simply gazing straight ahead, and looking so like his father at his most unfathomable.
— from The Second Generation by David Graham Phillips
I felt hurt for the sake of my poor friend, Lily, so lately laid to her rest; and I shrank from him with feelings akin to anger and aversion.
— from Marie Tarnowska by Annie Vivanti
Spain euro (EUR) note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the euro as a common currency to be used by the financial institutions of member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole currency for everyday transactions with the member countries Sri Lanka Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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