He halted a moment, and then said: “Come, come, little chap, you mustn’t be going to sleep before sundown” With a tired expression the small face came up out of the hands,—a face down which tears were flowing.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner
When he had come to this point, he began to hesitate, as if there was something which he had not courage to utter, till at length he acknowledged with some confusion certain little confidences she had encouraged, and liberties she had allowed.
— from The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In the second. Cinnamon, Cassia, Lignea, Captain Winter’s Cinnamon, Frankincense, Capers.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper
sīgnum conlocandum cōnsulēs locāvērunt , Cat.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
25 Y, así diciendo, el religioso cubrió su cabeza con la capucha y se alejó a lo largo del templo.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
Carlisle, sixth Earl of, see Howard, George, Viscount Morpeth Carlisle, Isabella, Countess Dowager of Carlisle, Lady Caroline Gower, (wife of the fifth Earl) Carmarthen, Lord Carpenter, Lady Almeria Carteret, Harry Carysfort, Lord Castle Howard Castle Inn, Richmond Catherine, Empress of Russia Cavendish, Lord Frederick Cavendish, Lord George Cavendish, Lord John Cawdor, first Lord, see Campbell Chamberlain, Lord "Charles," see Fox Charlotte, Queen, wife of George III.
— from George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by George Augustus Selwyn
SEE Chambrun, Clara Longworth, Comtesse de. CHAMBRUN, CLARA LONGWORTH, COMTESSE DE.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1957 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
The two girls in their sensible bloomer suits could climb like cats.
— from The Box-Car Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Marquis de la Mejorada y de la Breña [D. Pedro Cayetano Fernandez de Angulo] to the Archbishop of Saragossa; Madrid, 9 Nov. 1709: “que en quanto á lo espiritual, y el uso de la jurisdiccion eclesiastica pueden las Iglesias de España continuar su correspondencia con la Corte Romana” f. 249 33.
— from Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4 by Pascual de Gayangos
The middle lobe was in part permeable to air; and there were several small cysts containing liquid carbon, connected with minute bronchial ramifications.
— from An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners by Archibald Makellar
He was so constantly called Le Capitaine that his real name was seldom heard.
— from La Mere Bauche From Tales of All Countries by Anthony Trollope
SEE Chambrun, Clara Longworth, Comtesse de. CHAMPION, PIERRE.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1964 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
We who have collected these stories can claim little credit for any more than the mere arrangement of them, as, so far as possible, even the wording of the original manuscripts has been retained.
— from Philippine Folk-Tales by Laura Estelle Watson Benedict
Another name was scrawled in the corner, and the direction was written in Lady Seely's crooked, cramped little characters.
— from A Charming Fellow, Volume III by Frances Eleanor Trollope
It was a small matter, but the porter, the footman, and the butler upstairs all remembered it afterwards, and the footman himself, while coming down, took the trouble to look into the little wallet, and saw that the card-case was there, but nothing else; for the Marchesa sometimes carried certain little cigarettes in it, which the man had found particularly good.
— from The White Sister by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
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