Project Orion was an attempt to solve the problems of propulsion for long-term manned journeys to other planets by creating an engine that would use successive nuclear explosions to propel very large space vehicles.
— from Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution by Lynne C. Murphy

Deum rogat, non pro salute mariti, filii, cognati vota suscipit, sed pro reditu moechi si abest, pro valetudine lenonis si aegrotet.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

In extirpating warts Paul (VI. lxxxvii) says we put them on the stretch with a vulsella and extirpate them radically with a scalpel shaped like a crow’s beak or a phlebotome
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

In dealing with fistulae Paul (VI. lxxvii) says: ‘We must first examine them with a sound if they be straight, or with a very flexible ‘double olive’ (διπυρήνῳ εὐκαμπεῖ), such as those made of tin or the smallest of those made of bronze, if they be crooked.’
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

Paul (VI. lxxxviii) says: ‘Stones and other missiles from slings may be removed by levers or the scoop of an ear probe adapted for wounds’ (κυαθίσκου τραυματικῆς μηλωτίδος).
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

Though Napoleon at that time, in 1812, was more convinced than ever that it depended on him, verser (ou ne pas verser) le sang de ses peuples *—as Alexander expressed it in the last letter he wrote him—he had never been so much in the grip of inevitable laws, which compelled him, while thinking that he was acting on his own volition, to perform for the hive life—that is to say, for history—whatever had to be performed.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

Thus Adams, in a note to Paul, VI. lxxvii, says, ‘if the κοπάριον, however, was the same as the μήλη or specillum it was evidently used for cutting with, as well as for cutting upon’, and on one occasion (Paul, VI. lxxx) he translates κοπάριον by ‘knife’.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

De même, à notre époque qui bouge si vite, de nombreuses données ne restent pas valables longtemps, si bien que le contenu des livres devient vite obsolète.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

In gardens back of houses in Winesburg dry shriveled potato vines lay sprawling on the ground.
— from Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson

Let the reader pronounce the word banana, placing very little stress on the first and last syllables, and commencing the second with a sudden expiration—then dying gradually away through all the notes of the gamut, from the highest to the lowest, and he will obtain a very correct idea of a Spanish hail or halloo.
— from Golden Dreams and Leaden Realities by George Payson

As Professor von Liszt said, “That which guides us and brings us together is the conviction that penal science must rest on the firm basis of facts, must attach itself to the realities of social and individual life, and not be content with the purely intellectual development of purely legal notions.”
— from The Criminal by Havelock Ellis

Boswell found this a little ridiculous, so came up to his acquaintances and said, ‘Allons, allons, je vous en prie voyons la seconde table; je vous assure il vaut mieux
— from Boswelliana: The Commonplace Book of James Boswell, with a Memoir and Annotations by James Boswell

[Pg 206] The Green Ash F. Pennsylvanica , Variety lanceolata , Sarg.
— from Trees Worth Knowing by Julia Ellen Rogers

The soil on which the plants grow is often shown, and the horizon is placed very low, so that they stand up against the sky.
— from Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany 1470-1670 by Agnes Robertson Arber

485 North Carolina, edible, Curtis ; Iowa, Bessey ; Ohio, Morgan ; Mt. Gretna, Pa., very large specimens, 20 in.
— from Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc. by Charles McIlvaine

But apart altogether from that, it would have been a large crowd, and it is certain that, under ordinary conditions, the number of our people visiting London steadily increases year by year, and that they [Pg 42] feel at home there, as among their own kith and kin, to a degree unknown in any other of the European capitals.
— from A Year in Europe by Walter W. (Walter William) Moore

Roseau Administrative divisions: 10 parishes; Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Luke, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick, Saint Paul, Saint Peter Independence: 3 November 1978 (from UK) National holiday: Independence Day, 3 November (1978) Constitution: 3 November 1978 Legal system: based on English common law Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Vernon Lordon SHAW (since 6 October 1998) head of government: Prime Minister Pierre CHARLES (since 1 October 2000); note - assumed post after death of Roosevelt DOUGLAS cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister elections: president elected by the House of Assembly for a five-year term; election last held 6 October 1998 (next to be held NA October 2003); prime minister appointed by the president election results: Vernon Lordon SHAW elected president; percent of legislative vote - NA% Legislative branch: unicameral House of Assembly (30 seats, 9 appointed senators, 21 elected by popular vote; members serve five-year terms) elections: last held 31 January 2000 (next to be held by NA 2005) election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -DLP 11, UWP 8, DFP 2 Judicial branch: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of the Court of Appeal and the High Court (located in Saint Lucia; one of the six judges must reside in Dominica and preside over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction) Political parties and leaders:
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Orchards and vineyards, and fertile fields and peaceful villages lay spread out, a scene of perfect enchantment, in the extended valley.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851 by Various