what fruitless questions about the Trinity, resurrection, election, predestination, reprobation, hell-fire, &c., how many shall be saved, damned?
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

From a search after this valuable real estate Peter returned so gaunt and threadbare that on reaching New England the scarecrows in the corn-fields beckoned to him as he passed by.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

SYN: Rummage, rifle, explore, pillage, ravage, overhaul.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

landed property, landed real estate property; realty; land, lands; tenements; hereditaments; corporeal hereditaments, incorporeal hereditaments; acres; ground &c. (earth) 342; acquest[obs3], messuage, toft[obs3].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

[246] From Robert E. Park, "Racial Assimilation in Secondary Groups," in the Publications of the American Sociological Society , VIII (1914), 66-72.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

[296] Round sausage, ℞ 65 Roux, ℞ 172 , see AMYLARE RUBELLIO, fish, ℞ 447 RUBRA TESTA, red earthen pot RUMEX, sorrel, sour dock, monk’s rhubarb, ℞ 24 Rumohr, B., writer, pp.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

I shall have been ruled , etc. rêx erô rêx erimus rêct us, -a, -um erô rêct î, -ae, -a erimus rêx eris rêx eritis eris eritis rêx erit rêx erint erit erunt SUBJUNCTIVE PRESENT reg am reg âmus reg ar reg âmur reg âs reg âtis reg âris, -re reg âminî reg at reg ant reg âtur reg antur IMPERFECT reg erem reg erêmus reg erer reg erêmur reg erês reg erêtis reg erêris, -re reg erêminî reg eret reg erent reg erêtur reg erentur PERFECT rêx erim rêx erimus rêct us, -a, -um sim rêct î, -ae, -a sîmus rêx eris rêx eritis sîs sîtis rêx erit rêx erint sit sint PLUPERFECT rêx issem rêx issêmus rêct us, -a, -um essem rêct î, -ae, -a essêmus rêx issês rêx issêtis essês essêtis rêx isset rêx issent esset essent IMPERATIVE PRESENT reg e , rule thou reg ere , be thou ruled reg ite , rule ye reg iminî , be ye ruled FUTURE reg itô , thou shalt rule reg itor , thou shalt be ruled reg itô he shall rule reg itor , he shall be ruled reg itôte , ye shall rule —— reg untô , they shall rule reg untor , they shall be ruled INFINITIVE Pres.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

SUBJUNCTIVE PRESENT reg am reg āmus reg ar reg āmur reg ās reg ātis reg āris, -re reg āminī reg at reg ant reg ātur reg antur IMPERFECT reg erem reg erēmus reg erer reg erēmur reg erēs reg erētis reg erēris, -re reg erēminī reg eret reg erent reg erētur reg erentur PERFECT rēx erim rēx erimus rēct us, -a, -um sim rēct ī, -ae, -a sīmus rēx eris rēx eritis sīs sītis rēx erit rēx erint sit sint PLUPERFECT rēx issem rēx issēmus rēct us, -a, -um essem rēct ī, -ae, -a essēmus rēx issēs rēx issētis essēs essētis rēx isset rēx issent esset essent IMPERATIVE PRESENT reg e , rule thou reg ere , be thou ruled reg ite , rule ye reg iminī , be ye ruled FUTURE reg itō , thou shalt rule reg itor , thou shalt be ruled reg itō he shall rule reg itor , he shall be ruled reg itōte , ye shall rule —— reg untō , they shall rule reg untor , they shall be ruled INFINITIVE Pres.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Flag description: five equal horizontal bands of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bears a large, white, five-pointed star in the center; design initially influenced by the US flag, but similar to the Cuban flag, with the colors of the bands and triangle reversed Economy Puerto Rico Economy - overview: Puerto Rico has one of the most dynamic economies in the Caribbean region.
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Walker, Rev. R. E., Providence, R. I. Forgery; arrested. 1899.
— from Crimes of Preachers in the United States and Canada by M. E. Billings

Cabinet appointed by the prime minister from among the members of Parliament with consent of the paramount ruler elections: paramount ruler elected by and from the hereditary rulers of nine of the states for five-year terms; election last held 3 November 2006 (next to be held in 2011); prime minister designated from among the members of the House of Representatives; following legislative elections, the leader of the party that wins a plurality of seats in the House of Representatives becomes prime minister election results: Sultan MIZAN Zainal Abidin elected paramount ruler Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament or Parlimen consists of the Senate or Dewan Negara (70 seats; 44 appointed by the paramount ruler, 26 appointed by the state legislatures) and the House of Representatives or Dewan Rakyat (219 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: House of Representatives - last held 21 March 2004 (next must be held by 2009) election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - BN 91%, DAP 5%, PAS 3%, other 1%; seats by party - BN 199, DAP 12, PAS 6, PKR 1, independent 1 Judicial branch:
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

To shape them, roll each part round at first, and with a few bread-crumbs; then with a knife you smooth both ends, while you roll them round with the left hand; the two must be done at the same time.
— from Hand-Book of Practical Cookery, for Ladies and Professional Cooks Containing the Whole Science and Art of Preparing Human Food by Pierre Blot

46 Minimum pressure with which wheels turn 47 Position of center of pressure of wings† 48 49 50 Curvature of wings, 1 in 20-1/2 51 Root angle of wings, 10° 52 Tip angle of wings, 10° 53 Position of wings: C. P. F. W., 157.82; C. P. R. W., 1386.9 54 How guyed 55 Position of tail 56 Angle of tail, 5° 57 Co-efficient elasticity of tail, 200 at center depresses to horizontal 58 Position of rudder (center), 1292.9 59 60 Line of thrust, 1500, through center of propellers 61 Center of gravity 1 of whole, 1503.7 62 Center of gravity 2 , 2497.5 63 Center of pressure 1 of whole estimate, 1503.7 64 Center of pressure 2 , 2513.2 65 Center of clutch post, 1515.4 66 Center of coil, 1555.3 67 Center front float, 16.45 68 Center rear float, 1372.6 69 Center wind vane rudder, 1435.6 70 Center Pénaud rudder, 1292.9 71 Rear end Pénaud rudder, 1215.9 72 Front end of Bowsprit, 1707.2 Footnotes.
— from Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 27 Number 3, Publication 1948, 1911 by Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly

Mulsum ex poculo aureo bibebatur in circulo, Hostium enim invasionem navalem repulimus, Et post refluxum undarum viridium perspumosarum Portabant phaleras in littore sicco equi gestientes.”
— from Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evan Evans

When a fight developed in the House concerning the "Stamp Act", Peyton Randolph, Edmund Pendleton, Richard Bland and George Wythe opposed Patrick Henry's resolutions bitterly.
— from A History of the Town of Fairfax by Jeanne Johnson Rust