Cellar kitchens—the most abominable nuisances that ever crept into a country dwelling—might have been adopted, no doubt, to the especial delight of some who know nothing of the experimental duties of housekeeping; but the recommendation of these is an offence which we have no stomach to answer for hereafter.
— from Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings by Lewis Falley Allen

Each morning and night the entire crew joined in prayers and in singing the hymns of the Church.
— from The Great Lakes The Vessels That Plough Them: Their Owners, Their Sailors, and Their Cargoes, Together with a Brief History of Our Inland Seas by James Oliver Curwood

There are poor folk, but their trouble is due to misfortune and not to economic causes.
— from The Amazing Argentine: A New Land of Enterprise by John Foster Fraser

Philip, by decisions of 1645 and 1658, admitted that there could be no competencias in the case of salaried officials and the Suprema enforced these decisions by a carta acordada of August 7, 1662, pointing out that they must not be entertained where such officials were concerned; at the same time tribunals were warned to exercise moderation and not to employ censures without consulting it, unless delay was inadmissible.
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 by Henry Charles Lea

The long period during which Tirlogh Luineach was obliged to pay his Scots [Pg 133] impoverished him greatly, and his plundering expeditions among the neighbours were not very successful, but it was Sir Brian MacPhelim and not the English captains who really kept him in check.
— from Ireland under the Tudors, with a Succinct Account of the Earlier History. Vol. 2 (of 3) by Richard Bagwell

Following the events of yesterday afternoon, this morning and now, the English can easily figure out our course.”
— from The Adventures of the U-202: An Actual Narrative by Spiegel, E. (Edgar), Freiherr von