Naturally each workman feels himself more strong in some special part his art, and those are to be regarded as most fortunate, who lay hands on the noblest, for all the parts essential to the construction of any whole are not equally precious.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

I sent him away the happiest of men by telling him as long as he placed his arse at my disposal, he should have my wife always at the same time.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

And so many people have acquired a coffee-and-chicory taste, that it is doubtful if they would appreciate a real cup of coffee
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Canals, aqueducts, bridges, stately buildings, and various edifices for public utility, were entered upon; he was continually surrounded by projectors and projects, which were to render England one scene of fertility and magnificence; the state of poverty was to be abolished; men were to be transported from place to place almost with the same facility as the Princes Houssain, Ali, and Ahmed, in the Arabian Nights.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The place had an almost instantaneous influence on her as well, and of one part of this influence she was aware: it had made her, beginning on the very first evening, want to think, and acted on her curiously like a conscience.
— from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

I at length urged that there was no wind blowing and that the river was consequently in good order to pass our horses and if he would furnish us with Canoes for that purpose we would remain all night at our present encampment, to this proposition he assented and Soon produced a Canoe.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

He shrugged his shoulders, put his arms akimbo, talked and laughed louder than any of the rest, and looked as though he were going to lift up something very heavy with one hand and astonish the whole world by doing so.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

But it will fall heavy upon poor Harriot; and as for Lady B., but that her fortitude does seem truly great, I should fear the effect of such a blow, and so unlooked for.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

He had no false pride himself, and as to his wife, she was only anxious to conform to their altered fortunes.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

"I'll not forget it, Pollie," he added, as the little girl prepared to start again, fearing to be late for school.
— from Little Pollie Or a Bunch of Violets by Gertrude P. Dyer

This pacified her, and as we rose to take our departure, she said she would see the man about the cart, and I was to mind and be ready at nine o'clock, when they would call for me with it.
— from Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents, and Strange Events by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

France would fight for thirty years rather than pardon her atrocious act of perfidy: the Queen of Naples had ceased to reign: let her go to London and form a committee of sympathetic ink with Drake, Spencer-Smith, Taylor, and Wickham.
— from The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

A remarkable example is the general exposition regarding cattle in the treatise on Husbandry (ii. 1) with the nine times nine subdivisions of the doctrine of cattle-rearing, with the "incredible but true" fact that the mares at Olisipo (Lisbon) become pregnant by the wind, and generally with its singular mixture of philosophical, historical, and agricultural notices.
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen

Neither spoke; but Piney, accepting the position of the stronger, drew near and placed her arm around the Duchess's waist.
— from Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Bret Harte

the southwestern Pacific Ocean Pakistan controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent Palau westernmost archipelago in the Caroline chain, consists of six island groups totaling more than 300 islands; includes World War II battleground of Beliliou (Peleliu) and world-famous rock islands Palmyra Atoll about 50 islets covered with dense vegetation, coconut trees, and balsa-like trees up to 30 meters tall Panama strategic location on eastern end of isthmus forming land bridge connecting North and South America; controls Panama Canal that links North Atlantic Ocean via Caribbean Sea with North Pacific Ocean Papua New Guinea shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast Paracel Islands composed of 130 small coral islands and reefs divided into the northeast Amphitrite Group and the western Crescent Group Paraguay landlocked; lies between Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil; population concentrated in southern part of country Peru shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake, with Bolivia; a remote slope of Nevado Mismi, a 5,316 m peak, is the ultimate source of the Amazon River Philippines the Philippine archipelago is made up of 7,107 islands; favorably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia's main water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait Pitcairn Islands Britain's most isolated dependency; only the larger island of Pitcairn is inhabited but it has no port or natural harbor; supplies must be transported by rowed longboat from larger ships stationed offshore Poland historically, an area of conflict because of flat terrain and the lack of natural barriers on the North European Plain Portugal Azores and Madeira Islands occupy strategic locations along western sea approaches to Strait of Gibraltar Puerto Rico important location along the Mona Passage - a key shipping lane to the Panama Canal; San Juan is one of the biggest and best natural harbors in the Caribbean; many small rivers and high central mountains ensure land is well watered; south coast relatively dry; fertile coastal plain belt in north Qatar strategic location in central Persian Gulf near major petroleum deposits
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

"It is a terrible disgrace to the diocese," said the bishop, shaking his head, and patting his apron as he sat by his study fire.
— from The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope

Indeed, the length of the genealogy (as I have before remarked) was an evidence of the humility of the historical man, which led him to place himself at a respectful distance from the gods or heroes; for Hekatæus of Milêtus, who ranked himself as the fifteenth descendant of a god, might per [p. 446] haps have accounted it an overweening impiety in any living man to claim a god for his immediate father.
— from History of Greece, Volume 01 (of 12) by George Grote

And therewith he took her hands in his and drew her to him, and put his arms about her and kissed her many times, and she nothing lothe by seeming; and he found her as sweet as May blossom.
— from The Well at the World's End: A Tale by William Morris

A great amount of sickness prevailed—at times five hundred were inmates of the prison hospital and as many more sick in quarters.
— from Ten years in the ranks, U.S. Army by Augustus Meyers