Every minute it was getting earlier now, and pretty soon some of them watchers would begin to stir, and I might get catched—catched with six thousand dollars in my hands that nobody hadn’t hired me to take care of.
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

II Fortunatus et ille , (deos qui novit agrestes, Panaque, Silvanumque senem, Nymphasque sorores!) III Illum non populi fasces , non purpura regum Flexit et infidos agitans discordia fratres, Aut coniurato descendens Dacus ab Histro, IV Non res Romanae, perituraque regna ; neque ille Aut doluit miserans inopem aut invidit habenti .
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Isirbi na ang panihápun, Serve supper now. -dur(→), -yinti n waiter.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

A-reysen , v. to raise, to arouse, NED; areysed , pt. s. , S3; areisid , pp. ,
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

A-soylen , v. to absolve, to answer (a question), PP, S2; assoile , S3, C3, P, G; asoyly , NED; asoilede , pt. s. , S2; asoylede , S2; assoylid , pp.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

On this principle nurserymen always prefer saving seed from a large body of plants, as the chance of intercrossing is thus lessened.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

= KEY: Term \n.\. SYN: Limit, boundary, condition, time, season, period, expression, designation, word, name, article, proviso, stipulation, [See BOUND and BORDER].
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Fortunatus et ille, Deos qui novit agrestes, Panaque, Sylvanumque senem, Nymphasque sorores!”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

“I'm not a pretty sight, Shirley.
— from The Valley of the Giants by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne

“It is not always possible,” said she, “to judge of ladies by their letters.
— from Tales and Novels — Volume 01 Moral Tales by Maria Edgeworth

du caoutchouc qu’il percevait; Que cependant il est juste de lui faire application des circonstances atténuantes dans la mesure la plus large possible, en tenant compte du milieu où il se trouvait et des exemples qu’il recevait de ces Chefs; qu’il faut reconnaître que bien difficilement un noir aurait pu se soustraire à l’influence des exemples; Que le Tribunal d’Appel, par conséquent, exprime le vœu que la libération conditionnelle vienne, aussitôt qu’il sera possible, tempérer pour ce prévenu la rigueur de la peine que, par application de la loi, il est forcé de confirmer; Par ces motifs et ceux non contraires du premier juge; Le Tribunal d’Appel: Vu les Articles 78 du Décret du 27 Avril, 1889; 3, 4, 11, 98, 101 bis , et 101 (4) du Code Pénal, 2 et 9 du Décret du 10 Mars, 1892, et l’Arrêté du 30 Avril, 1901, déclare l’appel du prévenu Caudron non recevable; Et statuant sur l’appel du Ministère Public; Émendant le Jugement dont appel relativement au prévenu Caudron, en ce qui concerne la peine prononcée, le condamne, du chef de meurtres avec préméditation; de coups et blessures, de détentions arbitraires, et de contraventions aux dispositions sur les armes à feu, avec circonstances atténuantes, à cinq ans de servitude pénale; Confirme pour le surplus le Jugement dont appel même en ce qui concerne l’autre prévenu, Jones, Silvanus; Dit que les frais d’appel resteront à charge de l’État.
— from Correspondence and Report from His Majesty's Consul at Boma Respecting the Administration of the Independent State of the Congo [and Further Correspondence] by Roger Casement

I'm weary of nymphs, and piping shepherd songs, And the ever-wrangling gods of blue Olympus.
— from Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas by Olive Tilford Dargan

Presque Isle Pennsylvania 1812-25 Sackets Harbor New York 1812-1870s Washington District of Columbia 1800-83 Brooklyn New York 1800-1966 Portsmouth New Hampshire 1800-present Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1801-1995 Charlestown Massachusetts 1800-1974 Norfolk Virginia 1801-present Of the six original navy yards, only Norfolk and Portsmouth still service naval vessels.
— from Charlestown Navy Yard: Boston National Historical Park, Massachusetts by United States. National Park Service

In some cases, in boys and youths who have no true sadistic impulse and are not usually cruel, this infliction of torture on a lower animal produces an erection, though not necessarily any pleasant sexual sensations.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Havelock Ellis

Then he found himself told that he was playing too loud: “Keep it down, my dear sir, keep it down—this is not a pianoforte solo,” said the amateur petulently, to the horror of everyone present, with the exception, apparently, of the musician; for Dr. Brailey only smiled and remarked that he hoped he would with practice be able to give the gentleman satisfaction.
— from The Lighter Side of English Life by Frank Frankfort Moore

"But he's not a prophet," said Susannah resentfully.
— from The Mormon Prophet by L. (Lily) Dougall

For these reasons, as I suppose, chess has never been adopted, so far as I can learn, by the professional gambler; and, therefore, its historic name and present social standing are better.
— from Popular Amusements by J. T. (Jonathan Townley) Crane