Il est certain que son rôle et ses utilisations seront modifiés, que certains contenus demeureront plus portables et conviviaux sur papier, il y aura des ajustements.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

To increase the rustic effect Spenser uses strange forms of speech and obsolete words, to such an extent that Jonson complained his works are not English or any other language.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Je vous le dis: ce n'est point raillerie, ESCOBAR sait un chemin de velours. ENVOI.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

The point that renders them worthy of notice is that they are invariably represented each standing upon its own little pile of clouds.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

] Note 25 ( return ) [ {ekeino}: some understand this to refer to Cambyses, "that there was no one now who would come to the assistance of Cambyses, if he were in trouble," an office which would properly have belonged to Smerdis, cp.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

On the transfer of the archives to Halifax, this package, proving to be of no public concern, was left behind, and had remained ever since unopened.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

This reproof effectually silenced us both for the rest of the evening.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

en cada uno de estos redondeles estercolados siembra un grano de simiente de tomate o una pepita de calabaza, que riega luego a mano con un jarro muy diminuto, como quien da 25 de beber a un niño.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

A real evil springs up only if the known is made perforce to suffice as an explanation of effects, and thus a false importance is ascribed to it.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

A short time elapsed, and the dog, which had been very quiet, in spite of a restless, bright eye, began to shew symptoms of uneasiness, and as he ran about the room, exhibited some unusual movements, which rather alarmed the fair purchasers.
— from Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 429 Volume 17, New Series, March 20, 1852 by Various

[Pg 70] experience in tank-heating, has in great measure corroborated these views; and as his corroboration of the plan I have recommended, embodies some useful hints, I will quote the substance of his remarks:—“I had a pit erected, thirty-eight feet long, seven and a half wide, divided into four compartments, for growing melons and cucumbers, with a tank extending the whole length of the pit, six feet wide and six inches deep.
— from Theory and Practice, Applied to the Cultivation of the Cucumber in the Winter Season To Which Is Added a Chapter on Melons by Thomas Moore

—Treated with the usual acid mixture (H 2 SO 4 3 p., HNO 3 1 p.) under conditions for maximum action, the resulting esters showed uniformly a fixation of [Pg 95] 11.0 NO 2 groups per unit mol. of C 24 .
— from Researches on Cellulose, 1895-1900 by C. F. (Charles Frederick) Cross

To tell the truth Donald already had a good idea where it lay; judging from the trend of the ground, and what he saw beyond, where the rocky elevation started upward.
— from The Broncho Rider Boys Along the Border Or, The Hidden Treasure of the Zuni Medicine Man by Frank Fowler

Miriam’s face was pale with fear; she stood with lips apart and breathless, brows raised, eyes straining upward.
— from Tarry thou till I come; or, Salathiel, the wandering Jew. by George Croly

Nevertheless, from having seen many men and cities in my time, I was not long of finding this rustical employment stale upon me.
— from A Gentleman-at-Arms: Being Passages in the Life of Sir Christopher Rudd, Knight by Herbert Strang

To be more specific, I take it that you, reader, are an educated man of middle-class origin, and that you have been a socialist for at least six months, and have, of course, read Engels' "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific."
— from Socialism: Positive and Negative by Robert Rives La Monte