I answered that she had guessed rightly, that the locket of her friend was a present from me and contained my likeness, but that she was to keep the secret, and to be certain that my friendship for M—— M—— interfered in no way with the feeling which bound me to her for ever.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

1030 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

"Consider, my lord," said Rowland Hill to the Prime Minister of England, "that a letter to Ireland and the answer back would cost thousands upon thousands of my affectionate countrymen more than a fifth of their week's wages.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Connected with this Saṃhitā, and in the manuscripts sometimes forming its second or its fifth book, is the Maitrāyaṇa (also called Maitrāyaṇīya and Maitri ) Upanishad .
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

a. advantageous Mantell, n. a mantle a cloak Mantelliad, n. a mantling Mantellu, v. to mantle Mantoli, v. to turn scales Mantoliad, n. a balancing Manu, v. to make a space, to spot; to impress Manus, n. husk of corn, chaff Manw, a. of subtile quality Manwedd, n. a subtile texture Manweddu, v. to render fine Manwg, n. spottedness, pimples Manwl, a. accurate; nice; careful Manwlaw, n. a small rain Manwy, a. fine; rare; subtile Manwydd, n. brushwood, shrubs Manwyedd, n. exility, fineness Manwyn, n. the king’s evil, scrofula Manwynau, n. strumæ Manwynog, a. strumous Manwyo, v. to refine, to subtilise Manwythi, n. capillary veins Manyd, n. small grain of corn Manyglawg, n. the bitter-sweet Manyglion, n. small particles, of spots; empty grains of corn Manyledd, n. exactness, nicety Manyliant, n. refinement Manylrwydd, n. exactness, minuteness Manylu, v. render accurate; to become accurate Manylwch, n. accuracy, nicety Mäon, n. a people, a multitude; inhabitancy; subjects Mapwl, n. a knob on the middle of a thing; a mop Mar, n. what is laid flat Maran, n. a holme; a strand; a spawning salmon Marc, n. impression, a mark Marciad, n. a marking Marcio, v. to mark, to observe March, n. a horse, a stallion Marchalan, n. elecampane Marchasyn, n. a male ass Marchâu, v. to ride a horse Marchbren, n. a main beam Marchdaran, n. a loud thunder clap Marchdy, n. a stable Marchfaen, n. a horse block Marchfiaren, n. a white brier Marchforgrugyn, n. a large winged ant Marchforion, n. winged ants Marchgen, n. a horse’s skin Marchgod, n. a saddle bag Marchiad, n. a horsing Marchlan, n. a stable Marchlu, n. cavalry, horse soldiers Marchnad, n. a market, a mart Marchnadfa, n. a market-place Marchnadiad, n. a marketing Marchnadol, a. of a market Marchnadu, v. to market, to buy at market Marchnadydd, n. a market-man Marchnatâd, n. a marketing Marchnatty, n. a market-house Marchnatwr, n. a market-man Marchocâd, n. riding a horse Marchocâu, v. to ride a horse Marchog, n. a knight: a jug.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

But since I grew to manhood, I have for some unknown reason become calmer, though I realised my awful characteristic more fully every year.
— from Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The winning of honor is but the revealing of a man’s virtue and worth without disadvantage; for some in their actions do woo and affect honor and reputation; which sort of men are commonly much talked of, but inwardly little admired; and some, contrariwise, darken their virtue in the show of it, so as they be undervalued in opinion.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

She was the first to go, after kissing me and calling me her best friend.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Ministers and ambassadors, the most distinguished men at court, men bedizened with decorations, stars, and ribbons, men who bore the most illustrious names in France, had gathered about the Vicomtesse.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

Beef-tea—which is the very essence of the meat, and contains more nourishment in small bulk than any other liquid used in the sick-room—should be made of lean, but tender beef, and every particle of suet be removed from the cooled surface before it is re-heated for the patient’s use.
— from Breakfast, Luncheon and Tea by Marion Harland

And similarly North America was considered by Mexican and Chinese mythologists to exhibit some resemblance to a mulberry,—the Helpful Mulberry (or Fu-Sang ).
— from Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado by Alexander McAllan

He does not want to meet a chattering mob in the least.
— from A Knight on Wheels by Ian Hay

I am, even now, sorry that an accident drew the attention of the Tokugawa spies upon me, and compelled me to leave suddenly.
— from A Boy of Old Japan by R. (Robert) Van Bergen