To set the hands, the little push-piece P is pressed inwards by the thumb (Fig. 210) so as to depress the right-hand end of R and bring B into gear with D , which in turn moves E , mounted on the end of the minute-hand shaft.
— from How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams

pâr pâr par ês par ia Gen. par is par is par ium par ium Dat.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

I forced the last stone into its position; I plastered it up.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

altiôr e altiôr e altiôr ibus altiôr ibus plûs , more Nom. —— plûs plûr ês plûr a Gen. —— plûr is plûr ium plûr ium Dat.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Stem rēct- ACTIVE PASSIVE INDICATIVE PRESENT I rule , etc.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Very soon after a child is born, one of the smaller species, preferably the Lespedeza repens , is beaten up and a portion is put into a bowl of water taken from a fall or cataract, where the stream makes a constant noise.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Its credulity is imposed upon, its patience inflamed, its cupidity tempted, its impulses misdirected—and even its superstition made to play its part in a campaign in which every interest of society is jeopardized and every approach to the ballot-box debauched.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

The following programme is printed in Russian and French on a fly-leaf of the score: “The Sultan Schahriar, persuaded of the falseness and the faithlessness of women, has sworn to put to death each one of his wives after the first night.
— from Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes by Philip Hale

While it secures to the United States forever almost the entire monopoly of production, it puts it in her power, by a judicious combination among her great producers, to command a fair compensating price for cotton.
— from Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Benjamin Moore Norman

This curious paper is preserved in Harl.
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 3 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle

Should the earth become too dry, it may be moistened each time a new paper is put in place.
— from The Boy Craftsman Practical and Profitable Ideas for a Boy's Leisure Hours by A. Neely (Albert Neely) Hall

The ANZEIGER is an eight-page paper; its page is one inch wider and one inch longer than a foolscap page; that is to say, the dimensions of its page are somewhere between those of a schoolboy's slate and a lady's pocket handkerchief.
— from A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 by Mark Twain

With colored earths their pottery is painted in bright colors.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

Briefly, only one subspecies, T. b. patulus , is present in the area, and Goldman in 1938 seems to have thought that the two localities were actually the same, and that "2 miles below Wickenburg" was the more precise designation.
— from Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall

Some of these lathes have five or six tools running and each performing its part in turn on the fuse or shell part.
— from Doing Their Bit: War Work at Home by Boyd Cable