The second and third reef are passed in the same manner; then the fishermen jump into the water and push the boat towards the shore—every wave helps them—and at length they have it drawn up, beyond the reach of the breakers.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
I {329} shall apply this reasoning, at present, not to any particular virtue, but to an excellency, which, for want of judgment, is often the cause of ridiculous and blameable effects; I mean great learning; which, if not accompanied with sound judgment, frequently carries us into error, pride, and pedantry.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley
I saw many convenient well-built sheds along the roads, at proper distances, to accommodate the merchants and travellers, who lay in those buildings along with their wives, who often accompany them; and they always go well armed.
— from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself by Olaudah Equiano
Συμμαρτῡρέω, ῶ, ( σύν & μαρτυρέω ) f. ήσω, to testify or bear witness together with another, add testimony, Ro. 2.15; 8.16; 9.1. Συμμερίζομαι, ( σύν & μερίζω ) f. ίσομαι, to divide with another so as to receive a part to one's self, share with, partake with, 1 Co. 9.13.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield
The attitude of rapture in sacred art, the raised and parted hands, the parted lips and eyes as of one about to swoon, became for him an image of the soul in prayer, humiliated and faint before her Creator.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
volver , ( ue , p. p. vuelto ), to turn, return; —se a , to return; —— a poner , to replace.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler
The lad then fell into a kind of feverish sleep, and the reporter and Pencroft remained near the bed.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
The Judge tried to bargain, but the Major would not listen; once more he stalked about the room and puffed out clouds of smoke, like a squib or a rocket.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz
I informed him of everything, just as it happened, and he began skipping about the room and punching himself on the chest.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“I ain’t apt to fergit it anyways soon,” replied Teeters, dryly, “seein’ as ‘Tinhorn’ riz and put it to a vote as to whether they should tar and feather you or jest naturally freeze you out.”
— from The Fighting Shepherdess by Caroline Lockhart
The isolation in garrisons of troops by regiments is one of the worst possible systems, and the Russian and Prussian system of divisions and permanent corps d'armée seems to be much preferable.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de
Before we decide upon this latter step, and thereby renounce all pretension to a scientific knowledge of the process, we are at all events in duty bound to endeavour to examine it in the light of a mechanical hypothesis.
— from The History of Creation, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes by Ernst Haeckel
The sea and the rivers afford plenty of various kinds of fish.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr
This record also mentions the Three Brother Tree and Julian's Bower, as curiosities visited by strangers in the Countess of Pembroke's time, prior to which a shooting seat had been erected near these ruins, for she tells us, that her grandson, Mr. John Tufton, and others at one time, "alighted on their way over Whinfield park at Julian's Bower, to see all the rooms and places about it."
— from Lays and Legends of the English Lake Country With Copious Notes by John Pagen White
On this occasion the horse became so frightened by the firing and sudden stampeding as to rear and prance in such a manner as to make it impossible for the Prince to gain the saddle.
— from South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 8) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 by Louis Creswicke
[82] Copies of the letters written by Mr. Lionel Phillips were seized after the rising and published by the Boer Government.
— from Impressions of South Africa by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount
He consented, though surprised at the request, and polled a vote considerably in advance of other candidates of the same party.
— from The Backwoods Boy; or, The Boyhood and Manhood of Abraham Lincoln by Alger, Horatio, Jr.
It had been rumoured that all foreign ships had been sunk or set fire to so as to remove all possibility of flight and to secure the death of all foreign men and women.
— from Wang the Ninth: The Story of a Chinese Boy by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale
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