E se non fosse che da quel precinto piu` che da l'altro era la costa corta, non so di lui, ma io sarei ben vinto.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

“That’s pretty positive,” continued d’Artagnan; “but after all, it is but a menace.”
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

But first, an't please the gods, I'll hide my master from the flies, as deep As these poor pickaxes can dig; and when With wild wood-leaves and weeds I ha' strew'd his grave,
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

protector, guardian; warden, warder; preserver, custodian, duenna[Sp], chaperon, third person. watchdog, bandog[obs3]; Cerberus; watchman, patrolman, policeman; cop, dick, fuzz, smokey, peeler|, zarp|[all slang]; sentinel, sentry, scout &c. (warning) 668; garrison; guardship[obs3].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Je pense que des services en ligne vont petit à petit se créer pour pallier cette difficulté.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Da questa tema accio` che tu ti solve, dirotti perch'io venni e quel ch'io 'ntesi nel primo punto che di te mi dolve.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

V. descend; go down, drop down, come down; fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle; plunge, plummet, crash; decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg; slump.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Phr. nemo bis punitur pro codem delicto[Lat][obs3].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

SYN: Plow, prepare, cultivate, dress, tend.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

[18] Precisamente te llamaba para pedirte ciertos datos con el objeto de transmitirlos adonde tú sabes
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): total: 0.93 cu km/yr (24%/12%/65%) per capita: 51 cu m/yr (2000) Natural hazards: coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible Environment - current issues: deforestation (most of the country's forests - once the largest in West Africa - have been heavily logged); water pollution from sewage and industrial and agricultural effluents Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Geography - note: most of the inhabitants live along the sandy coastal region; apart from the capital area, the forested interior is sparsely populated People ::Cote d'Ivoire Population: 20,617,068 country comparison to the world: 56 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2009 est.)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

QUOQ UE EXER CITATIONIS GENERE PUGNAT CUM SE NECTUTE LOTUS ACCUBAT ET PAULIS PER CIBUM DIFFERT INTERIM AUDIT LE GENTEM REMISSIUS ALIQUID ET DULCIUS 25 PER HOC
— from A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York by Edward Kennard Rand

"Phil! Phil!" cried Dave, suddenly.
— from Dave Porter at Star Ranch; Or, The Cowboy's Secret by Edward Stratemeyer

An act of 1663 required the colonies to export certain articles to Great Britain or to her dominions alone; while sugar, tobacco, and ginger consigned to the continent of Europe had to pass through a British port paying custom duties and through a British merchant's hands paying the usual commission.
— from History of the United States by Mary Ritter Beard

Topeka, Kan. MICH.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Mary B. Warren, Lansing, Mich. WIS.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead, Wis. NEB.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. L.F. Berry, 724 N. Broad St., Fremont, Neb. COLORADO.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. S.M. Packard, Pueblo, Colo. DAKOTA.—Woman's Home Miss. Union, President, Mrs. T.M. Hills, Sioux Falls; Secretary, Mrs. W.R. Dawes, Redfield; Treasurer, Mrs. S.E. Fifield, Lake Preston.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 07, July, 1889 by Various

[Ruth GENNER]; Christian Democratic People's Party (Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz or CVP, Parti Democrate-Chretien Suisse or PDC, Partito Democratico-Cristiano Popolare Svizzero or PDC, Partida Cristiandemocratica dalla Svizra or PCD)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

It is the most flattering thing a portrait painter can do to you."
— from Cinderella Jane by Marjorie Benton Cooke

'It's a penny paper,' cried Drake.
— from The Philanderers by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

The Roman voice was potent, plentiful; Cornelia de Sicariis hurried to help Pompeia de Parricidiis; Julia de Something-or-other jostled Lex this-and-that; King Solomon confirmed Apostle Paul: That nice decision of Dolabella, eh?
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning