“Then is it your opinion,” I inquired, with some little indignation, “that a man should never—” “—Invest portable property in a friend?” said Wemmick.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Tian is properly “belly,” and the mistake would arise naturally in Pigafetta pointing to himself when desiring the word for “body,” which would be construed by the natives to that particular part toward which he happened to point.
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

SYN: Destructive, noxious, injurious, poisonous, pernicious.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

112 As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber-tree sound and perfect; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time!
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

Nay, I prithee, put on this gown and this beard; make him believe thou art Sir Topas the curate; do it quickly.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

These bonds often suffice for substantial and lasting unanimity, even when no ideal passion preceded; so that what is called a marriage of reason, if it is truly reasonable, may give a fair promise of happiness, since a normal married life can produce the sympathies it requires.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

So thither I went and with him to an alehouse, and there came Mr. Evans, the taylor, whose daughter we have had a mind to get for a wife for Tom, and then my father, and there we sat a good while and talked about the business; in fine he told us that he hath not to except against us or our motion, but that the estate that God hath blessed him with is too great to give where there is nothing in present possession but a trade and house; and so we friendly ended.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

C H A P. XI Yorick was this parson’s name, and, what is very remarkable in it, (as appears from a most ancient account of the family, wrote upon strong vellum, and now in perfect preservation)
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

"His name is Prince Paradox," said Dorian.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

For you are a Pyncheon?" "My name is Phoebe Pyncheon," said the girl, with a manner of some reserve; for she was aware that her new acquaintance could be no other than the daguerreotypist, of whose lawless propensities the old maid had given her a disagreeable idea.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

This, however, may easily be understood: that the recognition of the three worlds as resting in the Soul leads us to realize ourselves and all life as of the Soul; that, as we dwell, not in past, present or future, but in the Eternal, we become more at one with the Eternal; that, as we view all organization, preservation, mutation as the work of the Divine One, we shall come more into harmony with the One, and thus remove the barrier' in our path toward the Light.
— from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man by Patañjali

Liputin was there a good deal too, and Yulia Mihailovna destined him to be the editor of a new independent provincial paper.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

As for nobility in particular persons; it is a reverend thing, to see an ancient castle or building, not in decay; or to see a fair timber tree, sound and perfect.
— from The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral by Francis Bacon

‘My name is Peter Peebles, then,’ said the litigant, rather sulkily, as one who thought his liquor too sparingly meted out to him; ‘and what have you to say to that?’
— from Redgauntlet: A Tale Of The Eighteenth Century by Walter Scott

The osseous state commences with the end of the first month in the clavicle, the ribs, &c.; it is a little more 200 slow in the other bones; we know not its precise period.
— from General Anatomy, Applied to Physiology and Medicine, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Xavier Bichat

The Gospel narrative is perfectly plain on this subject—it states that the legions of devils had passed from the men into the swine and the latter had plunged in terror into the water and were drowned.
— from Mystic Christianity; Or, The Inner Teachings of the Master by William Walker Atkinson

Have we not ingenious Physicians Page 227 [227] and Surgeons, who act in public, not only to their own honour, but that of their country, and are, by their transcendant skill, become inimitable in all the world?
— from Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London during the Eighteenth Century; Vol. 1 (of 2) Including the Charities, Depravities, Dresses, and Amusements etc. by James Peller Malcolm

My name is Prudy Parlin, and that boy that isn't in this room is Horace."
— from Little Prudy's Cousin Grace by Sophie May

Beyond this, the parish, as a corporate body generally, if not invariably, possessed property in land and houses, which was administered by the people’s wardens for the public good.
— from The Eve of the Reformation Studies in the Religious Life and Thought of the English people in the Period Preceding the Rejection of the Roman jurisdiction by Henry VIII by Francis Aidan Gasquet

volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains Natural resources: fish Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 25% forest and woodland: 0% other: 75% Irrigated land: NA km2 Environment: subject to typhoons (especially May to July) *Norfolk Island, People Population: 2,665 (July 1993 est.)
— from The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency