¡Porque las conozco como V. conocerá a sus hijas, si las tiene!—¿No ve V. que las he criado?—Mire V.: ésta se llama rebolonda ; [72-6] ésta, cachigordeta ;
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
ALLECATUM PEPPER, LOVAGE, CARRAWAY, CELERY SEED, THYME, SHALLOTS, DATES, FISH BRINE
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius
She will beshrew me much that Romeo Hath had no notice of these accidents; But I will write again to Mantua, And keep her at my cell till Romeo come- Poor living corse, clos'd in a dead man's tomb!
— from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
p. , S2; laȝinge , S2; louh , pt. s. , PP; lough , C2, C3; lowh , PP; lowȝ , PP; loh , S2; lewch , S3; loȝen , pl. , S2; lough , S3; louȝe , subj. , S.—AS. hlehhan (pt. hlóh ): Goth. hlahjan .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
[1046] Likewise, the religious life and the profane life cannot coexist in the same unit of time.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim
Let us rise early and fast, or break fast, gently and without perturbation; let company come and let company go, let the bells ring and the children cry—determined to make a day of it.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
En plus, la com(.com) éclate, processeurs hyperboostés, modems à bande de plus en plus large, start-up, téléphones portables… Tiens, le voilà enfin, le premier terminal dédié qui a éclaté, dépassant même le succès des jeux vidéo!
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
Es honrado, trabajador y buen católico, por lo cual creo que hará carrera en un bufete como el de usted....
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
Poor living corse, clos’d in a dead man’s tomb.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
[2] PUT IT IN A STEW POT [3] AND WHEN HALF DONE ADD A SMALL BUNCH OF LEEKS, CORIANDER, DILL; WHILE THIS IS BEING DONE, PUT IN THE MORTAR PEPPER, LOVAGE, CUMIN, CORIANDER SEED, LASER ROOT, DRY ONION, MINT, RUE, CELERY SEED; CRUSH, MOISTEN WITH BROTH, ADD HONEY, THE HARE’S OWN GRAVY, REDUCED MUST AND VINEGAR TO TASTE; LET IT BOIL, TIE WITH ROUX, DRESS, GARNISH THE ROAST ON A PLATTER, UNDERLAY THE SAUCE, SPRINKLE AND SERVE.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius
P. / Leopoldo Capello Coenobii D: Georgii / Ord: S: Benedict: / Abbati / meritissimo.
— from John Baptist Jackson: 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Jacob Kainen
The building, which is neat and plain, without a steeple, was finished early in the fall, and has been occupied this season for preaching, lectures, &c. Certainly, on the assumption of theories, there is nothing predicted against the descendants of Shem ministering in good things to those of Japhet; but it is an instance, the like of which I doubt whether there has happened since the Discovery.
— from Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
The speaker, Captain Legge, a thin-faced rat of a man hailing from Bangalore, formed one of a group assembled in the ante-room of the Officers' Mess, 1st Lancers, discussing the past luncheon, coffee, cigars, and the race-card.
— from Hector Graeme by Evelyn Brentwood
The chiming of the old convent-bells, which I had mistaken for those of our own pretty little church, came really from the very opposite direction to what I fancied—the sound I heard being merely their echo, reflected to my ear from the wooded hill-side.
— from Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 441 Volume 17, New Series, June 12, 1852 by Various
With the Immortals "The strange central idea of the story could have occurred only to a writer whose mind was very sensitive to the current of modern thought and progress, while its execution, the setting it forth in proper literary clothing, could be successfully attempted only by one whose active literary ability should be fully equalled by his power of assimilative knowledge both literary and scientific, and no less by his courage and capacity for hard work.
— from The Romance of a Plain Man by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
All products of plant life contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
— from Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 1 of 5 by Eugene Christian
PEREIRA.—A TREATISE ON FOOD AND DIET: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen suited for Disordered States of the Digestive Organs; and an Account of the Dietaries of some of the principal Metropolitan and other Establishments for Paupers, Lunatics, Criminals, Children, the Sick, etc.
— from An Alphabetical Catalogue of New Works in General and Miscellaneous Literature, Published by Messrs. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Paternoster Row, London by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
Shortly after this pacification, Lord Clive came out again to India, to act as Governor of Bengal.
— from A History of England Eleventh Edition by Charles Oman
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