Twice as we ascended Holmes whipped his lens out of his pocket and carefully examined marks which appeared to me to be mere shapeless smudges of dust upon the cocoa-nut matting which served as a stair-carpet.
— from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

Yet the spirit can for the time pervade and control every member and function of the body, and transmute what in form is the grossest sensuality into purity and devotion.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

8 Id imperātor cum animadvertisset, Pūblium adulēscentem cum equitātū mīsit quī labōrantibus 9 auxilium daret.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Quickly he put the envelope back into his pocket and continued: "Excuse me.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

[A; c6] prepare a Christmas Eve meal.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

But, if it may be permitted to speak freely of those who with a feigned modesty condemn as useless what they themselves write, methinks it savours much more of vanity or insolence to publish a book for any other end; and he fails very much of that respect he owes the public, who prints, and consequently expects men should read, that wherein he intends not they should meet with anything of use to themselves or others: and should nothing else be found allowable in this Treatise, yet my design will not cease to be so; and the goodness of my intention ought to be some excuse for the worthlessness of my present.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

[200] maioris partis animos c, Edd.; maiores partis animi B; maiores partes animi H a b. [201] iniusti habebuntur B H b; bracketed by Facciolati, Edd.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

8 Id imperâtor cum animadvertisset, Pûblium adulêscentem cum equitâtû mîsit quî labôrantibus 9 auxilium daret.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Note 57 ( return ) [ He sometimes expressed a sentence of death with a tone of pleasantry: "Abi, Comes, et muta ei caput, qui sibi mutari provinciam cupit."
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Private and confidential EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, October 28, 1863.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 7: 1863-1865 by Abraham Lincoln

When I larruped my old pals, and called 'em mugs, messers, and muddlers, in corse I included myself, tacit-like.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 7, 1891 by Various

13 All the day long have I been punished: and chastened every morning.
— from The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland

"I am indebted solely for this chapter to your politeness, and can express my pleasure only by dedicating it to you.
— from The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various

He seems to think that my position and character enable me to do for you that which, coming from him, might awaken the tongue of scandal.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 2/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

Therefore, they all sit down to dinner in peace and contentment, every man's mind intent upon nothing but the bill of fare.
— from The inner house by Walter Besant

But pardon me, I am not versed in politics, and cannot express myself upon the subject," exclaimed Marguerite, taking up the Sun to have a second glance at the locals which graced its columns.
— from Marguerite Verne; Or, Scenes from Canadian Life by Rebecca Agatha Armour

Transnational Issues Bolivia Disputes - international: Chile rebuffs Bolivia's reactivated claim to restore the Atacama corridor, ceded to Chile in 1884, offering instead unrestricted but not sovereign maritime access through Chile for Bolivian natural gas and other commodities Trafficking in persons: current situation: Bolivia is a source and transit country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of labor and sexual exploitation to Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, as well as to Spain; children are trafficked internally for sexual exploitation, forced mining, and agricultural labor; illegal migrants from Asia transiting Bolivia are vulnerable as trafficking victims tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Bolivia has failed to show evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in the areas of prosecutions and victim protection Illicit drugs: world's third-largest cultivator of coca (after Colombia and Peru) with an estimated 26,500 hectares under cultivation in August 2005, an 8% increase from 2004; intermediate coca products and cocaine exported mostly to or through Brazil, Argentina, and Chile to European drug markets; cultivation steadily increasing despite eradication and alternative crop programs; money-laundering activity related to narcotics trade, especially along the borders with Brazil and
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Then we have got something to our purpose; a circumstance easily marked, which always belongs to the animal, under every variation of situation or treatment.
— from Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened by John Aikin