He remembered, in fact, that eight days before, a poor devil who begged for his livelihood had thrown himself into the water because he had no more money.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Not in order to get rid of terror and pity, not to purify from a dangerous passion by its vehement discharge (it was thus that Aristotle misunderstood it); but, beyond terror and pity, to realise in fact the eternal delight of becoming, that delight which even involves in itself the joy of annihilating!
— from The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Lord, their turnover must be—well, suppose price of rooms is four to eight dollars a day, and I suppose maybe some ten and—four times twenty-two hundred-say six times twenty-two hundred—well, anyway, with restaurants and everything, say summers between eight and fifteen thousand a day.
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

A copy of the rules is furnished to each dairyman and is supposed to be posted in the stable.
— from Outlines of dairy bacteriology, 10th edition A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by E. G. (Edwin George) Hastings

Not in order to get rid of terror and pity, not to purify from a dangerous passion by its vehement discharge (it was thus that Aristotle understood it), but beyond terror and pity, to realize in fact the eternal delight of becoming—that delight which even involves in itself the joy of annihilation ."
— from Iconoclasts: A Book of Dramatists Ibsen, Strindberg, Becque, Hauptmann, Sudermann, Hervieu, Gorky, Duse and D'Annunzio, Maeterlinck and Bernard Shaw by James Huneker

And still the rain came down, and the lightning kept on flashing through the dark shelter; while, if there was any change at all in the thunder, it was louder, clearer, and more rapid in following the electric discharge.
— from Rob Harlow's Adventures: A Story of the Grand Chaco by George Manville Fenn

It had been said, that this motion was of little consequence; that it was only a request which might be refused, and that the privileges of that House were narrow indeed, if it could not request information from the Executive department.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 1 (of 16) by United States. Congress

The Meta, the Guaviare, the Caqueta, and the Putumayo, are the only great rivers that rise immediately from the eastern declivity of the Andes of Santa Fe, Popayan, and Pasto.
— from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt

He remembered, in fact, that eight days ago a poor devil who begged for his livelihood had thrown himself into the water because he had no more money.
— from A Selection from the Writings of Guy De Maupassant, Vol. I by Guy de Maupassant

Patients recover in four to eight days.
— from The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 4 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies by W. Grant (William Grant) Hague