“I have the honor to present myself,” repeated Prince Andrew rather loudly, handing Kutúzov an envelope.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Before his facile perils and ready laugh, life was no longer an affair of serious effort and restraint, but a toy, to be played with and turned topsy-turvy, carelessly to be lived and pleasured in, and carelessly to be flung aside.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

Notre-Dame de Paris is not of pure Romanesque, like the first; nor of pure Arabian race, like the second.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

how dim the light grows!" It was certainly a fact that the large lamp which illuminated the staircase now burned dim and duskily; so that several figures which passed hastily down the stairs and went forth from the porch appeared rather like shadows than persons of fleshly substance.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I performed a great many ablutions on every part of her body, making her assume all sorts of positions, for she was perfectly docile, but, as I was afraid of betraying myself, I felt more suffering than enjoyment, and my indiscreet hands, running over every part of her person, and remaining longer and more willingly on a certain spot, the sensitiveness of which is extreme, the poor girl was excited by an ardent fire which was at last quenched by the natural result of that excitement.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Dyck ( Antoine Van ), célèbre peintre, après Rubens, le plus grand artiste de l'école flamande (1599-1641).
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

the parts of fructification are much like those discribed of the choke cherry except that the petals are reather longer as is the calix reather deeper.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

I was assigned to the Pittsburg rendezvous, whither I proceeded and relieved Lieutenant Scott.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

79 El ingeniero se puso pálido al recorrer las primeras líneas.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

In order to explain this event, I must observe, that all the plains in America produce a rank, luxuriant vegetation, the juices of which are exhausted by the heat of the summer's sun; it is then as inflammable as straw or fodder, and when a casual spark of fire communicates with it, the flame frequently drives before the wind for miles together, and consumes everything it meets.
— from The History of Sandford and Merton by Thomas Day

The humanitarians, philanthropists, and reformers, looking at the facts of life as they present themselves, find enough which is sad and unpromising in the condition of many members of society.
— from What Social Classes Owe to Each Other by William Graham Sumner

Legal system: based on Argentine codes, Roman law, and French codes; judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court of Justice; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction National holiday: Independence Days, 14-15 May (1811) Political parties and leaders: Colorado Party, Blas N. RIQUELME, president; Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA), Domingo LAINO; Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Jose Angel BURRO; Febrerista Revolutionary Party (PRF), Euclides ACEUEDO; Popular Democratic Party (PDP), Hugo RICHER; National Encounter (EN), Guillermo Caballero VARGAS Other political or pressure groups: Confederation of Workers (CUT); Roman Catholic Church Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory up to age 60 Elections: President: last held 1 May 1989 (next to be held 9
— from The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Polybius expressly informs us, that Tarentum, their principal city, was very prosperous and rich, long before Rome made any figure, and that its prosperity and riches were entirely the fruit of the extensive and lucrative trade they carried on, particularly with Greece.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by William Stevenson

Philosophy and Science grew more solemn than ever; and Poetry and Romance lost something of their wilder fancy and their light heart.
— from Studies in Early Victorian Literature by Frederic Harrison

A legal pencil a really legal pencil is incredible, it fastens the whole strong iron wire calender.
— from Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein

The nest is loosely formed of blades of grass, portions of plants and roots, lined with wool or hair, and is constructed on the ground.
— from Cassell's Book of Birds, Volume 2 (of 4) by Alfred Edmund Brehm

In the "Madison Journal," published at Richmond, La. Nov. 26, 1847, appears the following:— " Notice.
— from Slavery and the Constitution by William I. (William Ingersoll) Bowditch