In order, doubtless, that he might not be disturbed while fulfilling his sacred mission, the priest rose as soon as d’Avrigny departed, and not only bolted the door through which the doctor had just left, but also that leading to Madame de Villefort’s room.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

2 the second part of the pastúra (shepherd’s play) wherein each lady participant renders a song and dance number.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

But when such delusive proof are presented to us, it is our duty to meet them with the non liquet of a matured judgement; and, although we are unable to expose the particular sophism upon which the proof is based, we have a right to demand a deduction of the principles employed in it; and, if these principles have their origin in pure reason alone, such a deduction is absolutely impossible.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

In Sverdrup’s opinion the two indispensable adjuncts to the carrying out of polar research are ski and dogs, and for the Eskimo dog he has a great admiration.
— from The Siege and Conquest of the North Pole by George Bryce

On September 8 he went to Port Royal and stayed “at Dr. Roy’s.”
— from The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia An Archeological and Historical Investigation of the Port Town for Stafford County and the Plantation of John Mercer, Including Data Supplied by Frank M. Setzler and Oscar H. Darter by C. Malcolm Watkins

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— from Project Gutenberg Newsletters 1999 Thirteen Letters: December 1998 to December 1999 by Michael Hart

At the time of the revival, Dr. and Mrs. Perkins resided at Seir, and Dr. and Mrs. Wright were temporarily with them in that village.
— from Woman and Her Saviour in Persia By a Returned Missionary by Thomas Laurie

Because they are permanently relaxing and stimulating, and depurate the whole system."
— from The American Reformed Cattle Doctor Containing the necessary information for preserving the health and curing the diseases of oxen, cows, sheep, and swine, with a great variety of original recipes, and valuable information in reference to farm and dairy management by George H. Dadd

There were other points of difference between the real Santa and the pictures; for instance, instead of being clothed entirely in furs, this one's apparel seemed to be, for the most part, rags, and soaked and dripping rags at that.
— from Thankful's Inheritance by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

The very name of Bombay, which for most people recalls a spacious and dignified landfall, lateen sails, green islands
— from The Passionate Friends by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

No other living man, perhaps, can play reels and strathspeys as Donald Macphee can play them; and we do not think we ever heard anything more admirably played than was Malcolm Macpherson’s port mòr or piobaireachd proper, Fhuair mi pòg’s laimh mo righ , composed at Holyrood in 1745 by Ewen Macdhomhnuil Bhuidhe , a Macmillan from Glendessary and piper to Lochiel, on seeing his chief kiss Charles Edward’s hand at a levee held in the palace of his ancestors by that Prince a day or two after the victory at Gladsmuir.
— from Nether Lochaber The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-lore of the West Highlands by Stewart, Alexander, Rev.

Phillips retreated a step, as did the other man; they stared at each other.
— from The Winds of Chance by Rex Beach