Unlike most BBS networks, ILINK carefully evaluates each board before permitting membership.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

Here was also a road digged from the palace, and leading to the very top of the mountain, which yet could not be seen by such as were without [the walls]; nor indeed could enemies easily make use of the plain roads; for the road on the east side, as we have already taken notice, could not be walked upon, by reason of its nature; and for the western road, he built a large tower at its narrowest place, at no less a distance from the top of the hill than a thousand cubits; which tower could not possibly be passed by, nor could it be easily taken; nor indeed could those that walked along it without any fear [such was its contrivance] easily get to the end of it; and after such a manner was this citadel fortified, both by nature and by the hands of men, in order to frustrate the attacks of enemies.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

As no steps had been taken by you in this direction as late as May 8 of the same year, the Admiralty has concluded to demand an answer from you, if any plans have been made on the basis of Chirikoff's proposition, and if, contrary to our expectations, nothing has been done, we desire to know why ,—since, according to the orders issued to you Feb. 21, 1737, you were instructed to show zeal and solicitude for the activity of the expedition, and that any neglect on your part would make you liable to the same punishment as that suffered by Lieutenants Muravjeff and Pauloff for negligence in conducting expeditions entrusted to them.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

NA; note - international connections exist Estonia general assessment: foreign investment in the form of joint business ventures greatly improved telephone service; substantial fiber-optic cable systems carry telephone, TV, and radio traffic in the digital mode; internet services are available throughout most of the country - only about 11,000 subscriber requests were unfilled by September 2000 domestic: a wide range of high quality voice, data, and internet services is available throughout the country international: fiber-optic cables to Finland, Sweden, Latvia, and Russia provide worldwide packet-switched service; two international switches are located in Tallinn (2001) Ethiopia general assessment: open-wire and microwave radio relay system; adequate for government use domestic: open-wire; microwave radio relay; radio communication in the HF, VHF, and UHF frequencies; two domestic satellites provide the national trunk service international: open-wire to Sudan and Djibouti; microwave radio relay to Kenya and Djibouti; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Pacific Ocean)
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Why, I would let them crawl up my arm in those happy days of old, and now I cannot even endure to have them dropping gently into my hair.
— from Not that it Matters by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne

Translated the words read: "Of Jesus the Nativity is celebrated everywhere, Everywhere reigns contentment, everywhere reigns pleasure," the audience joining in the refrain: "Long live merrymaking, for this is a day of rejoicing, And may the perfume of pleasure sweeten our existence."
— from Yule-Tide in Many Lands by Mary Poague Pringle

But slight as they were, either singly or together, they told fearfully against the prisoner, when connected with the fatal few which no ingenuity could ever explain away; and though ingenuity did all it could do, when wielded by eloquence of the highest order—and as the prisoner's counsel sat down, there went a rustle and a buzz through the court, and a communication of looks and whispers, that seemed to denote that there were hopes of his acquittal—yet, if such hopes there were, they were deadened by the recollection of the calm, clear, logical address to the jury by the counsel for the crown, and destroyed by the judge's charge, which amounted almost to a demonstration of guilt, and concluded with a confession due to his oath and conscience, that he saw not how the jury could do their duty to their Creator and their fellow-creatures, but by returning one verdict.
— from Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 1 by John Wilson

To prefer one thing does not involve condemning everything else.
— from Charles Gounod Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Charles Gounod

cit. passim sic supra s. v. vide Do not italicize: cf. etc. e. g. i. e. v. or vs. (versus) viz.
— from The Uses of Italic A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton

Now I could enter El Obeid boldly and, the wounded man being a native there, no questions would be asked me.
— from With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara and Omdurman by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

"Hannah, if your insinuations point to the lady who called here last night, I can easily explain the suspicious fact of the handkerchief, which certainly belongs to her; for the room was close, and my visitor, having raised that window and leaned out for fresh air, doubtless dropped her handkerchief without observing the loss."
— from Infelice by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans