He could not help rejoicing that he had never made the offer and been rejected; mere friendly politeness required that he should call to see Dorothea about the cottages, and now happily Mrs. Cadwallader had prepared him to offer his congratulations, if necessary, without showing too much awkwardness.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

The more fool Peireskius, replied Dr. Slop.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

OUR HISTORY, SIR, has been a constant and expanding miracle, FROM PLYMOUTH ROCK AND JAMESTOWN, all the way—aye, even from the hour when from the voiceless and traceless ocean a new world rose to the sight of the inspired sailor.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

lusung n 1 large mortar for pounding rice.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

nīðsceaða m. foe, persecutor , Rd 16 24 .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

'Let me save you from this error,' said Emily, not less agitated—'it is my determination, and, if you reflect a moment on your late conduct, you will perceive, that my future peace requires it.'
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Searching about in his mind for possible reasons for their conduct, he came upon the conclusion that Maggie's motives were correct, but that the two others wished to snare him.
— from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane

forst (frost) m. ‘ frost ,’ Ph, Rd .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Princes who marry for political reasons often find a second household necessary to their happiness, although every motive of honour, policy, religion, and patriotism makes with overwhelming force against such irregularities; and the celibate priesthood, presumably taking its vows freely and under the influence of religious zeal, often revert in practice to a sort of natural marriage.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

Sexual totems, 165 f. Social life, basis for religious representations, 221 , 316 , 347 ; rhythm of, and religion, 219 , 349 ; model for philosophical representations, 18 , 19 n. 2 , 144 ff.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

But he voted for the Walker-Otis bill, and, generally speaking, for all measures which made for political reforms.
— from Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 by Franklin Hichborn

I am afraid my record must have been somewhat imposing, inasmuch as I commanded considerable and unappreciated attention from the military, while my fellow prisoners regarded me with a keen curiosity.
— from Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons: Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: $NA Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: $NA Exchange rates: kina (PGK) per US dollar - 2.6956 (2008 est.), 3.03 (2007), 3.0643 (2006), 3.08 (2005), 3.2225 (2004) Communications ::Papua New Guinea Telephones - main lines in use: 60,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 158 Telephones - mobile cellular: 600,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 152 Telephone system: general assessment: services are minimal; facilities provide radiotelephone and telegraph, coastal radio, aeronautical radio, and international radio communication services domestic: access to telephone services is not widely available; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is 11 per 100 persons international: country code - 675; submarine cables to Australia and Guam; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean); international radio communication service (2008) Radio broadcast stations: AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 28 (1998) Television broadcast stations: 3 (all in the Port Moresby area; stations at Mt. Hagen, Goroka, Lae, and Rabaul are planned) (2004) Internet country code: .pg
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Mention the different methods for promoting reaction of the skin.
— from A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter

A few moments later there came to him a faint odour of Harris tweed, followed immediately by the short, somewhat stout figure of his master—a man whose mild, fresh, pink, round face seemed to find salvation, as it were, at the last moment, in a neatly-pointed auburn beard.
— from A Christmas Garland by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

This book contains about three hundred pages in open type, and not only collects and condenses the main facts that are known in regard to the history of George Eliot, but supplies other material from personal research.
— from Maria Edgeworth by Helen Zimmern

"Fontenoy's a mighty fine place," remarked Gaudylock.
— from Lewis Rand by Mary Johnston

But it was Sokrates who first called attention to the fact as a matter for philosophical recognition and criticism, — that such subjective and emotional unanimity does not exclude the widest objective and intellectual dissension.
— from Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 1 by George Grote

“I'm sorry,” she said, “but my face probably reflects my feelings.
— from The Zeppelin's Passenger by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim