Great heat is experienced in the lower plains and desert regions of North Africa, removed by the great width of the continent from the influence of the ocean, and here, too, the contrast between day and night, and between summer and winter, is greatest.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Facing this court-yard, the chateau presents, between two fronts of the main building which retreat on either side of this projection, a double row of nineteen tall windows, with carved arches and diamond panes, divided from each other by a series of fluted pilasters surmounted by an entablature which hides an Italian roof, from which rise several stone chimneys masked by carved trophies of arms.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by HonorĂ© de Balzac
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