The pimp of the—” “Shut up!” “At last,” resumed Makaraig, “they were going to pigeonhole the petition and let it sleep for months and months, when Padre Irene remembered the Superior Commission of Primary Instruction and proposed, since the matter concerned the teaching of the Castilian tongue, that [137] the petition be referred to that body for a report upon it.”
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

The same conflict of purpose is apparent in the attitude of the Council of the Allies at Paris towards the present Government of Germany.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

Human nímug híwà sa bát, bukitláa ug iniwniw sa dágat, After you have cut the sea cucumber open, pull it apart at the sides and rinse it in the water.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

While in easy tranquil circumstances, I was less miserable on this account, but, during a troubled agitated life, it has robbed me of the sweet consolation of persecuted innocence, and made me wofully experience, what, I think, I have remarked in some of my works, that remorse sleeps in the calm sunshine of prosperity, but wakes amid the storms of adversity.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Other experiments I have made show that we can recognize a single color or picture in a slightly shorter time than a word or letter, but take longer to name it.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Peel and cut a pineapple in slices, put the slices into a stewpan with half a pound of fine white sugar, half an ounce of isinglass, or of patent gelatine (which is better), and half a teacupful of water; stew it until it is quite tender, then rub it through a sieve, place it upon ice, and stir it well; when it is upon the point of setting, add a pint of cream well whipped, mix it well and pour it into a mold lined with sponge cake, or prepared in any other way you prefer.
— from The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Hugo Ziemann

Often, when I had given the usual massage or osteopathic treatment and the patient still complained of pain in a certain locality of the body, I would lay my hands on the affected area and concentrate my will upon dissolving the congestion in that particular part or organ and upon harmonizing its discordant vibrations.
— from Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease & Cure by Henry Lindlahr

By the spontaneous combustion of phosphorus in an excess of dry chlorine; or by passing a stream of dry chlorine into the liquid terchloride.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II by Richard Vine Tuson

The work of Dr. T.S. Palmer has already been spoken of, and thanks to his efforts and direction, the Survey has become the recognized special champion of preservation in America.
— from Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William T. (William Temple) Hornaday

She called old Polly in and asked her what she thought about it.
— from The Diamond Pin by Carolyn Wells

In the southwest corner of Prussia is a rectangular piece of territory, the western and eastern sides of which are formed respectively by the Belgian and Luxemburg frontiers and the River Rhine.
— from The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 by Various

(See chapter on ‘Posy, Inscription, and Motto Rings.’)
— from Finger-Ring Lore: Historical, Legendary, Anecdotal by Jones, William, F.S.A.

Spasmodic cough, or palpitation, if allowed to continue, may ultimately bring on abortion.
— from A System of Midwifery by Edward Rigby