They have not even retained a distinct idea of the true God; and their worship, although mixed up with some of the rites of the Mosaic law, is a real idolatry.
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 by Henri Mouhot

lumpiyà n egg roll, a dish consisting of a thin pancake filled with sauteed meat and vegetables.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Little as Catherine was in the habit of judging for herself, and unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be, she could not entirely repress a doubt, while she bore with the effusions of his endless conceit, of his being altogether completely agreeable.
— from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Mr. Tilton proposed that they should form a National Equal Rights Association, demanding suffrage for negroes and for women, that Mr. Phillips should be its president, the Anti-Slavery Standard its official organ; and Mr. Beecher agreed to lecture in behalf of this new movement.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

About a month later (November 1), when the crops were harvested in northern England, Randolph and Douglas returned with fire and sword.
— from King Robert the Bruce by Alexander Falconer Murison

About the Author Richard Harwood, a journalist and news executive, retired as deputy managing editor of The Washington Post in 1988.
— from A Close Encounter: The Marine Landing on Tinian by Richard Harwood

The new era rises above darkness, selfishness, and imbecility.
— from Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count

Shell of nut either rough and deeply corrugated, with sharp-pointed ridges, or quite smooth, with an undulating, wavy surface, very thick in some species and thin in others; kernel two- or indistinctly four-lobed, united at the apex, fleshy, rich and oily.
— from The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Andrew S. (Andrew Samuel) Fuller

30 c. (8c) Essays complete in one vol., half Morocco, 75 c. (25c) New England Reformers, and Divinity College Address, Ideal Edition, cloth, 35 c. (12c)
— from The Alden Catalogue of Choice Books, May 30, 1889 by John B. (John Berry) Alden

The Norse element remained absolutely distinct, not only in Dublin but also in the other cities in which they had settled, right down to the time of the English invasion in the 12th century.
— from The Vikings by A. (Allen) Mawer