To oversee all the details yourself in person; to be at once pilot and captain, and owner and underwriter; to buy and sell and keep the accounts; to read every letter received, and write or read every letter sent; to superintend the discharge of imports night and day; to be upon many parts of the coast almost at the same time—often the richest freight will be discharged upon a Jersey shore;—to be your own telegraph, unweariedly sweeping the horizon, speaking all passing vessels bound coastwise; to keep up a steady despatch of commodities, for the supply of such a distant and exorbitant market; to keep yourself informed of the state of the markets, prospects of war and peace everywhere, and anticipate the tendencies of trade and civilization—taking advantage of the results of all exploring expeditions, using new passages and all improvements in navigation;—charts to be studied, the position of reefs and new lights and buoys to be ascertained, and ever, and ever, the logarithmic tables to be corrected, for by the error of some calculator the vessel often splits upon a rock that should have reached a friendly pier—there is the untold fate of La Prouse;—universal science to be kept pace with, studying the lives of all great discoverers and navigators, great adventurers and merchants, from Hanno and the Phoenicians down to our day; in fine, account of stock to be taken from time to time, to know how you stand.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

Possibly this may be the reason which accounts for the fact that by a rare exception Lord Shaftesbury bears the arms of Ashley in the first and fourth quarters, and Cooper in the second and third.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Ruego a V.M. que me releve de responsabilidad en los sucesos a que estos zapatos puedan dar lugar, directa o indirectamente, pues declaro que desde hoy renuncio por completo a todos mis derechos sobre ellos.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

YourDictionary.com a pour objectif d'être le premier portail et la principale ressource en langues sur le web.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

In central places, as at Blackrod, in Lancashire, the roads extend like spokes from the centre of a wheel, although nearly eighteen hundred years have elapsed since their construction.
— from English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield

“You are right; every language should preserve its purity.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

'Thy father will come along that road ere long,' she said, and joy sang in her voice.
— from Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters by Amy Steedman

A few details as to the circle will readily explain Lucien’s strong feeling of interest and curiosity.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

plain muslin dress, walking length, [Pg 172] made high in front and forms a shirt collar, richly embroidered; long sleeves, also embroidered round the wrists and at the bottom of the dress; a pelisse opera coat without any seam in back, composed of orange blossom tinged with brown, made of Angola cloth or sarsnet, trimmed with rich Chincheally fur, tipped with gold.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, February 1904, No. 159. by Various

The day lies heavy upon her till the play-season returns, when for half a dozen hours together, all her faculties are employed in shuffling, cutting, dealing and sorting out a pack of cards; and no ideas to be discovered in a soul which calls itself rational, excepting little square figures of painted and spotted paper.
— from The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant Being a collection of select pieces from our best modern writers, calculated to eradicate vulgar prejudices and rusticity of manners, improve the understanding, rectify the will, purify the passions, direct the minds of youth to the pursuit of proper objects, and to facilitate their reading, writing, and speaking the English language with elegance and propriety by John Hamilton Moore