"It is obvious," says he, "that there are divers good reasons for requiring certificates with persons coming to settle in any place; namely, that persons residing under them can gain no settlement, neither by apprenticeship, nor by service, nor by giving notice, nor by paying parish rates; that they can settle neither apprentices nor servants; that if they become chargeable, it is certainly known whither to remove them, and the parish shall be paid for the removal, and for their maintenance in the mean time; and that, if they fall sick, and cannot be removed, the parish which gave the certificate must maintain them; none of all which can be without a certificate.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

That sort of man could never be produced publicly to any good purpose.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

For this concept has no other meaning, and these laws are only possible in relation to freedom of the will; but freedom being supposed, they are necessary; or conversely freedom is necessary because those laws are necessary, being practical postulates.
— from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant

Am not I Christopher Sly, old Sly’s son of Burton-heath; by birth a pedlar, by education a cardmaker, by transmutation a bear-herd, and now by present profession a tinker?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

But this retort did not benefit Pyotr Petrovitch.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Blustren , v. to rush about aimlessly, NED; blustreden , pt. pl. , P. Bluȝ , sb. blue, S2; see Blewe .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

if, by how much Pob, a. each, every Pôb, n. a bake: a. baked Poban, n. an oven; a roaster Pobedig, baked, roasted, toasted Pobi, v. to bake to roast Pobiant, n. a baking, a batch Pobl, n. people Poblach, n. low people, mob Pobli, v. to people, to colonise Pobliad, n. a peopling Poblog, a. peopled, populous Poblogaeth, n. populousness Poblugi, v. to make populous Pobty, n. a bakehouse Poburies, n. a baking woman Pobydd, n. a baker Pobyddiaeth, n. art of baking Podi, v. to take in, to comprehend Poen, n. pain, torment, agony Poenedigaeth, n. a tormenting Poeni, v. to pain, to suffer pain Poeniad, n. a paining, a tormenting Poenol, a. tormenting, paining Poenus, a. painful; toiling Poer, n. spittle, saliva Poerai, n. bastard pellitory Poeri, v. to spit, to espectorate Poeriad, n. a spitting Poeriant, n. a salivation Poerol, a. spitting, salivarous Poeryn, n. a spitter; a sycophant Poes, n. state of being Poesi, v. to be existing Poeth, a. hot, scorching, fiery Poethder, n. hotness, heat Poethi, v. to heat; to be heated Poethiad, Poethiant, n. a heating Poethni, n. hotness, heat Poethol, a. heating, burning Poethwg, n. torridity, aridity: n. the razorbill Poethwyn, n. burning passion Polio, v. to fix a pole Polion, n. stakes, poles Polioni, v. to set poles Ponar, n. a puff: a pod Ponc, n. a hillock, a tump Poncen, n. a small hillock Ponciad, n. a swelling up Poncio, v. to swell, to puff Poncyn, n. a small hillock Pond, adv.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

And in order to give the most perfect security to the parish where such certificated man should come to reside, it was further enacted by the same statute, that he should gain no settlement there by any means whatever, except either by renting a tenement of ten pounds a-year, or by serving upon his own account in an annual parish office for one whole year; and consequently neither by notice nor by service, nor by apprenticeship, nor by paying parish rates.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Poetry, indeed, may perhaps be thought an exception; but then it demands numbers, or something like numbers: whereas, to the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

All legislation had been in the hands of ignorant negroes who for years, were intent upon nothing but public pilfering.
— from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume 02 (of 14), 1899 by Mississippi Historical Society

Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaffrine, Kaolack, Kedougou, Kolda, Louga, Matam, Saint-Louis, Sedhiou, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor Serbia 167 municipalities (opcstine, singular - opcstina) Serbia Proper: Belgrade City (Beograd): Barajevo, Cukarica, Grocka, Lazarevac, Mladenovac, Novi Beograd, Obrenovac, Palilula, Rakovica, Savski Venac, Sopot, Stari Grad, Surcin, Vozdovac, Vracar, Zemun, Zvezdara; Bor: Bor, Kladovo, Majdanpek, Negotin; Branicevo: Golubac, Kucevo, Malo Crnice, Petrovac, Pozarevac, Veliko Gradiste, Zabari, Zagubica; Grad Nis: Crveni Krst, Mediana, Niska Banja, Palilula, Pantelej Jablanica: Bojnik, Crna Trava, Lebane, Leskovac, Medveda, Vlasotince; Kolubara: Lajkovac, Ljig, Mionica, Osecina, Ub, Valjevo; Macva: Bogatic, Koceljeva, Krupanj, Ljubovija, Loznica, Mali Zvornik, Sabac, Vladimirci; Moravica: Cacak, Gornkji Milanovac, Ivanjica, Lucani; Nisava: Aleksinac, Doljevac, Gadzin Han, Merosina, Nis, Razanj, Svrljig; Pcinja: Bosilegrad, Bujanovac, Presevo, Surdulica, Trgoviste, Vladicin Han, Vranje; Pirot: Babusnica, Bela Palanka, Dimitrovgrad, Pirot; Podunavlje: Smederevo, Smederevskia Palanka, Velika Plana; Pomoravlje: Cuprija, Despotovac, Jagodina, Paracin, Rekovac, Svilajnac; Rasina: Aleksandrovac, Brus, Cicevac, Krusevac, Trstenik, Varvarin; Raska: Kraljevo, Novi Pazar, Raska, Tutin, Vrnjacka Banja; Sumadija: Arandelovac, Batocina, Knic, Kragujevac, Lapovo, Raca, Topola; Toplica: Blace, Kursumlija, Prokuplje, Zitorada; Zajecar: Boljevac, Knjazevac, Sokobanja, Zajecar; Zlatibor: Arilje, Bajina Basta, Cajetina, Kosjeric, Nova Varos, Pozega, Priboj, Prijepolje, Sjenica, Uzice Vojvodina Autonomous Province: South Backa: Bac, Backa Palanka, Backi Petrovac, Becej, Beocin, Novi Sad, Sremski Karlovci, Srobobran, Temerin, Titel, Vrbas, Zabalj; South Banat: Alibunar, Bela Crkva, Kovacica, Kovin, Opovo, Pancevo, Plandiste, Vrsac; North Backa: Backa Topola, Mali Idjos, Subotica; North Banat: Ada, Coka, Kanjiza, Kikinda, Novi Knezevac, Senta; Central Banat: Nova Crnja, Novi Becej, Secanj, Zitiste, Zrenjanin; Srem: Indija, Irig, Pecinci, Ruma, Sid, Sremska Mitrovica, Stara Pazova; West Backa: Apatin, Kula, Odzaci, Sombor Seychelles 23 administrative districts; Anse aux Pins, Anse Boileau, Anse Etoile, Anse Louis, Anse Royale, Baie Lazare, Baie Sainte Anne, Beau Vallon, Bel Air, Bel Ombre, Cascade, Glacis, Grand' Anse (on Mahe), Grand' Anse (on Praslin), La Digue, La Riviere Anglaise, Mont Buxton, Mont Fleuri, Plaisance, Pointe La Rue, Port Glaud, Saint Louis, Takamaka Sierra Leone 3 provinces and 1 area*; Eastern, Northern, Southern, Western* Singapore none Slovakia 8 regions (kraje, singular - kraj); Banskobystricky, Bratislavsky, Kosicky, Nitriansky, Presovsky, Trenciansky, Trnavsky, Zilinsky Slovenia 182 municipalities (obcine, singular - obcina) and 11 urban municipalities* (mestne obcine , singular - mestna obcina )
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

"He has not been plucked, papa, has he?" said Sophia.
— from The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope

5, 24) Aegyptum imperio populi Romani adieci , and assigns to the governor, since he as eques could not be pro praetore , by special law the same jurisdiction in processes as the Roman praetors had (Tacitus, Ann.
— from The Provinces of the Roman Empire, from Caesar to Diocletian. v. 2 by Theodor Mommsen

He commands us to use it aright by calling upon it in all our needs, by praying, praising, and giving of thanks.
— from Lessons in the Small Catechism of Dr. Martin Luther For the Senior Department of Lutheran Sunday-Schools and for General Use by George Mezger

She was dressed in black, and looked somewhat sad and careworn, as if life had not been particularly pleasant of late.
— from At the Point of the Sword by Herbert Hayens

[Pg 71] agreed with me that Johnson's side of the case had not been properly presented and that the jury had grave doubts about the horses having been worth enough to constitute a felony even if Johnson had unlawfully taken them.
— from Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) by Bill Nye

Where everyone had so much right every day madly to curse fate, mankind, the whole world; where sorrow should have ruled in every thought;—I found nothing but peace, patience, and hope.
— from Debts of Honor by Mór Jókai