Not a tear escaped from his eyes, not a sigh was heard; but his pride or piety derived some secret consolation from the words of Solomon, 33 which he repeatedly pronounced, Vanity!
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon
(2) Virtue defined. A. Virtus, Albine, est pretium persolvere verum Quis in versamur, quis vivimus rebus potesse: Virtus est homini scire id quo quaeque habeat res.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
No tendré la oportunidad de encontrar a los usuarios, ellos me contactarán más bien por correo electrónico, por teléfono o por fax, yo haré la investigación y les enviaré los resultados por vía electrónica.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
Le grand homme se rend avec joie à cette demande, et remercie l'auteur de la lettre de la bonne opinion qu'il a de lui; puis, saisi tout à coup de méfiance, il ajoute: j'espère cependant que votre demande n'est pas une ruse pour vous procurer mon autographe.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann
Everybody is very much concerned at our going away, and everybody is acquainted with Chawton, and speaks of it as a remarkably pretty village, and everybody knows the house we describe, but nobody fixes on the right.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen
She had a fine, rich, powerful voice, and to hear her sing was like eating a ripe, sweet-scented melon.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Like sailors in a storm, expecting every instant to go to the bottom, the believers suddenly became religious, prayed violently, and flattered themselves that they repented them of their evil courses.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay
There was not a soul to be seen, so that it seemed strange to him when suddenly, almost at his elbow, he heard a deferentially familiar, but rather pleasant, voice, with a suave intonation, such as is affected by our over-refined tradespeople or befrizzled young shop assistants.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
[5384] Quod ratio poscit, vincit ac regnat furor, Potensque tota mente dominatur deus.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
See Rakkasan Pareto, Vilfredo, 13 Parsons, Talcott, 3 Passierschein, 6 Pavlovian psychology, 26 , 296 Pearl Harbor, 42 Peasant revolts, 20 Peck, Graham, 189 Percentage analyses, 145 Pershing's headquarters, 67 - 68 Persians, 8 Personnel limitations, 48 Persuasion, 25 Phase planning, 202 Philippines, 137 , 185 Communist war in, 255 Philosophy in propaganda development, 289 Photo exhibit, 176 Pictures, prisoners, 238 PK units, 223 Plain-clothes troops,
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
May 1991 (next to be held NA May 1996); results - percent of vote NA; seats - (51 total) NF 30, NDP 10, DA '91 9, Independent 2 Judicial branch: Supreme Court Political parties and leaders: The New Front (NF), a coalition of four parties (NPS, VHP, KTPI, SPA), leader Ronald R. VENETIAAN; Progressive Reform Party (VHP), Jaggernath LACHMON; National Party of Suriname (NPS), Ronald VENETIAAN; Party of National Unity and Solidarity (KTPI), Willy SOEMITA; Suriname Labor Party (SPA) Fred DERBY; Democratic Alternative '91 (DA '91), Winston JESSURUN, a coalition of four parties (AF, HPP, Pendawa Lima, BEP) formed in January 1991; Alternative Forum (AF), Gerard BRUNINGS, Winston JESSURUN; Reformed Progressive Party (HPP), Panalal PARMESSAR; Party for Brotherhood and Unity in Politics (BEP), Caprino ALLENDY; Pendawa Lima, Marsha JAMIN; National Democratic Party (NDP), Desire BOUTERSE; Progressive Workers' and Farm Laborers' Union (PALU), Ir Iwan KROLIS, chairman; Other political or pressure groups: Surinamese Liberation Army (SLA), Ronnie BRUNSWIJK, Johan "Castro" WALLY; Union for Liberation and Democracy, Kofi AFONGPONG; Mandela Bushnegro Liberation Movement, Leendert ADAMS; Tucayana Amazonica, Alex JUBITANA, Thomas SABAJO Member of: ACP, CARICOM (observer), ECLAC, FAO, GATT, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IFAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, IOC, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), ITU, LAES, LORCS, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Willem A. UDENHOUT chancery: Suite 108, 4301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: (202) 244-7488 or 7490 through 7492 FAX: (202) 244-5878 consulate(s) general: Miami US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Roger R. GAMBLE embassy: Dr. Sophie Redmonstraat 129, Paramaribo mailing address: P. O. Box 1821, Paramaribo telephone:
— from The 1994 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
From such distant lands as these they brought superb bronze vessels, exquisite glass vases, velvets and silks, beautiful objects of leather, embroidered gold and silver textile material for dress, and many other costly objects which the rich prized very highly, as well as wine.
— from Ivar the Viking A romantic history based upon authentic facts of the third and fourth centuries by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu
The scenery of this region is extremely varied, uniting that of most countries of the globe; lakes, rivers, plains, valleys, and bays abound in all forms and sizes.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft
But, on the other hand it is to be remembered that Mr. Doolittle has a remarkably powerful voice, which is certainly one element in the manufacture of sound opinions.
— from The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays by James Russell Lowell
There overhung the line many tremendous boulders, on one of which, large as a house, some wag had written in red paint, “ Va com esta ” (Take this along with you).
— from Working North from Patagonia Being the Narrative of a Journey, Earned on the Way, Through Southern and Eastern South America by Harry Alverson Franck
The historian of reason should not be a romantic poet, vibrating impotently to every impulse he finds afoot, without a criterion of excellence or a vision of perfection.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana
It seemed to me that the object might best be attained by passing in review the various modifications which the idea of God has undergone in the past, and pointing out the shape in which it is likely to survive the rapid growth of modern knowledge, and especially the establishment of that great doctrine of evolution which is fast obliging us to revise [Pg vi] our opinions upon all subjects whatsoever.
— from The Idea of God as Affected by Modern Knowledge by John Fiske
14 ; ancestors of (Guttones), dealers in amber, 266 ; in Picenum and Samnium summoned to royal presence, v. 26 , 27 ; free Gothic warriors enslaved, v. 29 , 30 ; [Pg 546] degrading services not to be claimed from, v. 39 ; disputes with Romans, how to be decided, vii.
— from The Letters of Cassiodorus Being a Condensed Translation of the Variae Epistolae of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Senator Cassiodorus
Many wells were immediately deepened from two to eight or ten feet, but the remedy proved very inadequate.
— from American Journal of Science, Vol. 1. by Various
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