He looked around, as if to see that no one were near, and then said, “Emma, I must once more speak to you as I have been used to do: a privilege rather endured than allowed, perhaps, but I must still use it.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

] Note 168 ( return ) [ {elakhon te auton pollo pleious}.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

] Note 136 ( return ) [ {erpase}, "took as plunder.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

The formal acceptance to an invitation, whether it is to a dance, wedding breakfast or a ball, is identical: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lovejoy accept with pleasure Mr. and Mrs. Smith's kind invitation for dinner on Monday the tenth of December at eight o'clock The formula for regret: Mr. Clubwin Doe regrets extremely that a previous engagement prevents his accepting Mr. and Mrs. Smith's kind invitation for dinner on Monday the tenth of December or Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Kerry regret that they are unable to accept Mr. and Mrs. Smith's kind invitation for dinner on Monday the tenth of December In accepting an invitation the day and hour must be repeated, so that in case of mistake it may be rectified and prevent one from arriving on a day when one is not expected.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

However, if it suits you, we will retire early tonight, and perhaps things may seem more cheerful in the morning.”
— from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

But I say the magistrates did moderate and ease families upon many occasions in this case, and particularly in that of taking away, or suffering to be removed, the sick persons out of such houses when they were willing to be removed either to a pest-house or other Places; and sometimes giving the well persons in the family so shut up, leave to remove upon information given that they were well, and that they would confine themselves in such houses where they went so long as should be required of them.
— from A Journal of the Plague Year Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in London by Daniel Defoe

'Tis a common thing amongst lovers, as [5266] Arnulphus, that merry-conceited bishop, hath well expressed in a facetious epigram of his, Alterno facies sibi dat responsa rubore, Et tener affectum prodit utrique pudor, &c. Their faces answer, and by blushing say, How both affected are, they do betray.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The original Sumatrans rudely estimate their annual periods from the revolution of the seasons, and count their years from the number of their crops of grain (taun padi); a practice which, though not pretending to accuracy, is much more useful for the general purposes of life than the lunar period, which is merely adapted to religious observances.
— from The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by William Marsden

(since 6 September 2002) note: the country has a caretaker government until a general election is held; Iajuddin AHMED remains as President and Minister of Defense, and all other Cabinet portfolios are held by Caretaker Advisers (CAs); the Chief CA, Fakhruddin AHMED, is roughly equivalent to a prime minister elections: president elected by National Parliament for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election scheduled for 16 September 2002 was not held since Iajuddin AHMED was the only presidential candidate; he was sworn in on 6 September 2002 (next election NA); following legislative elections, the leader of the party that wins the most seats is usually appointed prime minister by the president election results:
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

And the long struggle between Bourbons and Habsburgs, culminating in the Thirty Years' War, reduced the Holy Roman Empire to a position, in theory as well as in fact, certainly no higher than that of the national monarchies of France, England, and Spain, or that of the Dutch Republic.
— from A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Carlton J. H. (Carlton Joseph Huntley) Hayes

Russia exposed this as patent stupidity, saying that if the Capitalists wanted to die, warring upon them would only help them.
— from And All the Earth a Grave by C. C. MacApp

they cried with fierce gestures, to which Rosalie Evanturel turned a pained, indignant face.
— from The Right of Way — Complete by Gilbert Parker

It is so constructed as to conduct the moisture away from the body, thus retaining even temperature, and preventing chilling of the surface by sudden changes.
— from Jaros Hygienic Wear: The therapeutic and prophylactic application. by I. Jaros

With renewed efforts they again pulled up.
— from Ronald Morton; or, the Fire Ships: A Story of the Last Naval War by William Henry Giles Kingston