Petioles very short, curved near the leaf, 2 stipules near the base.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

So that if such species were to undergo a considerable amount of modification during any one geological period, a section would not probably include all the fine intermediate gradations which must on my theory have existed between them, but abrupt, though perhaps very slight, changes of form.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

According to their different social positions they wore tail-coats, overcoats, shooting jackets, cutaway-coats; fine tail-coats, redolent of family respectability, that only came out of the wardrobe on state occasions; overcoats with long tails flapping in the wind and round capes and pockets like sacks; shooting jackets of coarse cloth, generally worn with a cap with a brass-bound peak; very short cutaway-coats with two small buttons in the back, close together like a pair of eyes, and the tails of which seemed cut out of one piece by a carpenter’s hatchet.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Et erant ita per magicam artem dispositæ, ut quando aliqua regio Romano Imperio rebellis erat, statim imago illius provinciæ vertebat se contra illam; unde tintinnabulum resonabat quod pendebat ad collum; tuncque vates Capitolii qui erant custodes senatui, &c. He mentions an example of the Saxons and Suevi, who, after they had been subdued by Agrippa, again rebelled: tintinnabulum sonuit; sacerdos qui erat in speculo in hebdomada senatoribus nuntiavit: Agrippa marched back and reduced the—Persians, (Anonym.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

[—Juvenum rorantia colla Ante patrum vultus stricta cecidere securi.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

All these wonders afforded Peggotty as much pleasure as she was able to enjoy, under existing circumstances: except, I think, St. Paul’s, which, from her long attachment to her work-box, became a rival of the picture on the lid, and was, in some particulars, vanquished, she considered, by that work of art.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Veræ amicitiæ rarissime inveniuntur in iis qui in honoribus reque publica versantur , says Cicero.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

= KEY: Patronize \v.\. SYN: Countenance, befriend, favor, support, help.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Verkaufsaussichten sales prospects Verkaufsbemühen marketing effort Verkaufsbemühen sales effort Verkaufsbüro sales office Verkaufserfahrung selling experience Verkaufsfläche sales area Verkaufsfläche sales floor Verkaufsförderer; Werber sales promoter Verkaufsförderung sales promotion Verkaufsförderung; Werbung sales promotion Verkaufsförderungsmittel sales promotion aids Verkaufsgebiet sales territory Verkaufsgespräch sales talk Verkaufskampagne sales drive Verkaufskampagne selling campaign Verkaufskatalog sales catalogue Verkaufskonto trading account Verkaufskonzession franchise Verkaufskunst salesmanship Verkaufskurs selling rate Verkaufskurve sales curve Verkaufsleitung sales management Verkaufsmakler; Verkaufsvertreter selling broker Verkaufsmethode sales method Verkaufsnetz sales network Verkaufsnote bill of sale Verkaufsorganisation; Vertriebsapparat sales organization verkaufsorientiert sales oriented Verkaufspersonal sales force Verkaufspersonal sales personnel Verkaufspersonal sales staff Verkaufspersonal salespeople Verkaufsplanung; Absatzplanung sales planning Verkaufspolitik; Vertriebspolitik sales policy Verkaufspreis price of sale Verkaufsprovision sales commission Verkaufsprovision selling commission Verkaufsraum sales room Verkaufsraum selling floor Verkaufsschlager bestseller Verkaufsschulung sales training Verkaufsspanne margin on sales Verkaufsspesen selling expenses Verkaufsstatistik sales statistics Verkaufsstelle outlet Verkaufsstelle sales outlet Verkaufsstelle; Abnehmer; Absatz outlet Verkaufssteuer purchase tax Verkaufstätigkeit sales activity Verkaufstechnik sales approach Verkaufstendenz sales trend Verkaufstrainer sales trainer Verkaufsvertreter sales agent Verkaufsvertreter; Handelsvertreter sales agent Verkaufsvorgang sales process Verkaufsvorgang; Verkaufsablauf selling process Verkaufswerbung sales campaign Verkaufszahlen sales figures Verkehrsdisziplin traffic discipline Verkehrserleichterung facilitation of traffic Verkehrsgewerbe transport industry Verkehrsknotenpunkt traffic junction Verkehrsstrom flow of traffic Verknappung shortage Verkündigung pronouncement Verladebescheinigung mate's receipt Verladedokument shipping document Verladehafen lading port Verladehafen; Verladeort; Übernahmeort place of taking in charge Verladekosten loading charges Verlader shipping agent Verladerampe loading bay Verladevereinbarung shipping agreement Verladung loading of goods Verladung an Bord loading on board Verladung an Bord shipment on board Verladung an Deck shipment on deck verlagern relocate Verlagerung der Nachfrage movement of demand verlangen demand verlangen daß der Verkäufer require the seller to verlängerte Obligationen continued bonds Verlängerung prolongation Verlängerung der Frist extension of time Verlängerung der Genehmigung extension of permit Verlängerung der Gültigkeit extension of validity Verlängerung des Arbeitstages extension of the working day Verlängerung des Kredits extension of credit Verlängerung einer
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

It was probably the first case in Philippine history of a person voluntarily seeking compulsory expulsion from the Islands.
— from The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule by Foreman, John, F.R.G.S.

The first floor is laid, but over this there will be a quilting, a felt layer, a second boarding, and finally linoleum; as the plenteous volcanic sand can be piled well up on every side it is impossible to imagine that draughts can penetrate into the hut from beneath, and it is equally impossible to imagine great loss of heat by contact or radiation in that direction.
— from Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Being the journals of Captain R. F. Scott by Robert Falcon Scott

In a month he was coming up for re-election, and night and day was conducting a campaign that he hoped would result in a personal victory so complete as to banish the shadow of his brother-in-law.
— from The Frame Up by Richard Harding Davis

Page ii, "Hänsell" changed to "Hänsel" (in Women—Minna Hänsel) Page viii, "South" changed to "Savage" to match chapter text (Savage Africa) Page 7, "betwen" changed to "between" (to a duel between) Page 36, "ruinœ" changed to "ruinæ" (Impavidam serient ruinæ) Page 36, "Elisèe" changed to "Elisée" (when Elisée assisted) Page 42, "left the" changed to "the left" (below the left eye) Page 43, "Langerin" changed to "Langevin" (Renée Langerin—Madlle) Page 43, "Felicité" changed to "Félicité" (Félicité and Théophile de) Page 46, repeated word "to" deleted.
— from Female Warriors, Vol. 2 (of 2) Memorials of Female Valour and Heroism, from the Mythological Ages to the Present Era. by Ellen C. (Ellen Creathorne) Clayton

Communications #_Railroads: 20,680 km total; 19,950 km 1.435-meter standard gauge; 730 km 0.914-meter narrow gauge _#_Highways: 210,000 km total; 65,000 km paved, 30,000 km semipaved or cobblestone, 60,000 km rural roads (improved earth) or roads under construction, 55,000 km unimproved earth roads _#_Inland waterways: 2,900 km navigable rivers and coastal canals _#_Pipelines: crude oil, 28,200 km; refined products, 10,150 km; natural gas, 13,254 km; petrochemical, 1,400 km _#_Ports: Acapulco, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso, Puerto Vallarta, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Veracruz _#_Merchant marine: 64 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 999,423 GRT/1,509,939 DWT; includes 4 short-sea passenger, 9 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 31 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 3 chemical tanker, 7 liquefied gas, 3 bulk, 3 combination bulk _#_Civil air: 174 major transport aircraft _#_Airports: 1,815 total, 1,537 usable; 195 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m; 33 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 276 with runways 1,220-2,439 m _#_Telecommunications: highly developed system with extensive radio relay links; connection into Central American Microwave System; 6.41 million telephones; stations—679 AM, no FM, 238 TV, 22 shortwave; 120 domestic satellite terminals; earth stations—4 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT _* Defense Forces #_Branches: National Defense (includes Army and Air Force), Navy (includes Marines) _#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 22,340,628; 16,360,596 fit for military service; 1,107,163 reach military age (18) annually _# Defense expenditures: $1 billion, 0.6% of GDP (1988) % @ Micronesia, Federated States of * Geography #_Total area: 702 km2; land area: 702 km2; includes Pohnpei, Truk, Yap, and Kosrae _#_Comparative area: slightly less than four times the size of Washington, DC _#_Land boundaries: none _#_Coastline: 6,112 km _#_Maritime claims: Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm; Territorial sea: 12 nm _#_Climate: tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasional severe damage _#_Terrain: islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Truk _#_Natural resources: forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals _#_Land use: arable land NA%; permanent crops NA%; meadows and pastures NA%; forest and woodland NA%; other NA% _#_Environment: subject to typhoons from June to December; four major island groups totaling 607 islands _#_Note: located 5,150 km west-southwest of Honolulu in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way between Hawaii and Indonesia _*
— from The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

And each in hand did bear the emblems bright Wherein do art and poesy delight, And mysteries of science, hid in time, Her wands of power and globes of knowledge-light CXXXIX For, more than men, lives Man, through death alive; Slow moves the progress vast, still cry and strive New hopes, new thoughts for utterance and for act, And Use, and Strength, and Beauty yet survive.
— from Renascence: A Book of Verse by Walter Crane

Chi va piano, va sano, chi va sano va lontano —He who goes softly goes safely, and he who goes safely goes far.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

[17] After graduation Gregory Manning had gone on to world fame, had roamed over the face of every planet except Jupiter and Saturn, had visited every inhabited moon, had climbed Lunar mountains, penetrated Venusian swamps, crossed Martian deserts, driven by a need to see and experience that would not let him rest.
— from Empire by Clifford D. Simak

the chorus of powerful voices seconded confidently and menacingly.
— from Mother by Maksim Gorky