Artifices ex officinis, arator e stiva, foeminae e colo, &c. quasi numine quodam rapti, nesciis parentibus et dominis recta adeunt, &c. Combustus demum ab Herbipolensi Episcopo; haeresis evanuit.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

He has diligently read, and critically compared, the Greek and Turkish materials, the historians of Hungary, Poland, and the West.
— 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

[3442] Or if there be any such party, at whose presence the patient is not well pleased, he must be removed: gentle speeches, and fair means, must first be tried; no harsh language used, or uncomfortable words; and not expel, as some do, one madness with another; he that so doth, is madder than the patient himself: all things must be quietly composed; eversa non evertenda, sed erigenda , things down must not be dejected, but reared, as Crato counselleth;
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

A society of people will cursorily represent a certain culture, though there is not a gentleman or a lady in the group.
— 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.

The fine manufacture, on the other hand, was not, in those times, carried on in England, but in the rich and commercial country of Flanders; and it was probably conducted then, in the same manner as now, by people who derived the whole, or the principal part of their subsistence from it.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Very soon after, “The robbers are coming!” cried the coachman.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

We both bowed, and then we laughed, for the prim introduction and the blunt addition were rather a comical contrast.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Or, when in the beginning I described two symptoms (not imaginary also, let us hope) whose analysis revealed a close connection with the life of the patient, you first came to grasp the meaning of the symptoms and you hoped that I would proceed in the same way.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

On the Flowers of Solanum rostratum and Cassia chamæcrista , Amer.
— from The Kansas University Science Bulletin (Vol. I, No. 1) by Various

In the ice-free belt, between the northern ice-sheet and the vastly extended glaciers of the Alps, the two floras must have found a common refuge and congenial conditions of existence; and this view is confirmed by direct palaeontological evidence.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

In future Mr George Jacob Holyoake is to "rank as chief contributor," while Mr John Watts is definitely charged with the duties of sub-editor.
— from Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume 1 (of 2) With an Account of his Parliamentary Struggle, Politics and Teachings. Seventh Edition by Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner

According to the narrator, there was a dish of ‘pasta’ heaped up like a mountain; and ‘souplis di riso con rigaglie’ and ‘capone con contorni,’ and several kinds of wine.
— from Roman Legends: A collection of the fables and folk-lore of Rome by Rachel Harriette Busk

As they are exactly alike, any two soldiers may join their pieces and thus raise a shelter, or three or four, by uniting and pitching the tent at a right angle, can close the tent ends, using two of the pieces cornerwise.
— from Company G A Record of the Services of One Company of the 157th N. Y. Vols. in the War of the Rebellion from Sept. 19, 1862, to July 10, 1865 by A. R. (Albert Rowe) Barlow

Hence, unless they are kept in their own channels by human agency, such rivers are continually changing their course.
— from The Beauties of Nature, and the Wonders of the World We Live In by Lubbock, John, Sir

The obstacle [90] was but a small one, yet it would require a considerable circuit to overcome.
— from St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by William Godwin

country comparison to the world: 106 Exchange rates: Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) per US dollar - 447.81 (2008 est.), 483.6 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004) note: since 1 January 1999, the Central African CFA franc (XAF) has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 CFA francs per euro; Central African CFA franc (XAF) coins and banknotes are not accepted in countries using West African CFA francs (XOF), and vice versa, even though the two currencies trade at par Communications ::Congo, Republic of the Telephones - main lines in use: 22,200 (2008) country comparison to the world: 191 Telephones - mobile cellular: 1.807 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 125 Telephone system: general assessment: services barely adequate for government use; key exchanges are in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo; intercity lines frequently out of order; fixed-line infrastructure inadequate providing less than 1 connection per 100 persons; in the absence of an adequate fixed line infrastructure, mobile-cellular subscribership has surged and is approaching 50 per 100 persons domestic: primary network consists of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency