Je dois filter l'information pour les usagers de la bibliothèque, ce qui signifie que je dois bien connaître les sites et les liens qu'ils proposent.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

The excursionists danced, on three separate evenings, long, long ago, (it seems an age.) quadrilles, of a single set, made up of three ladies and five gentlemen, (the latter with handkerchiefs around their arms to signify their sex.) who timed their feet to the solemn wheezing of a melodeon; but even this melancholy orgie was voted to be sinful, and dancing was discontinued.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

lieutenant , lêgâtus, -î, m. light , lûx, lûcis, f. like ( adj. ), similis, -e like, love , amô, 1 line of battle , aciês, aciêî, f. little , parvus, -a, -um live , habitô, 1; incolô, 3; vîvô, 3 long , longus, -a, -um long
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Evermore The simpler essence lower lies: More complex is more perfect, owning more Discourse, more widely wise."
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

A su enemigo lo llama «sotreta»; al caballo de su enemigo «matungo»; a las armas de un enemigo «armas solas»
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

She knew that such emotions leave lines on the face as well as in the character, and she had meant to take warning by the little creases which her midnight survey had revealed.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

A street Enter LAUNCE, leading a dog LAUNCE.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Sorprendido quedó nuestro viajero al ver la especie de caballería andante que aún subsistía en los lugares que 25 visitaba, pero no tuvo ocasión de hacer nuevas preguntas, porque el mismo que era objeto de ellas se les incorporó, diciendo de mal talante: —La Guardia civil ha despachado a tres.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

That same evening, Lady Level's servants were at supper in the large kitchen: where, as no establishment was kept up in the house, they condescended to take their meals.
— from The Story of Charles Strange: A Novel. Vol. 1 (of 3) by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

Never CONCEAL things, since every life lived ought to be set in the light.
— from Through Russia by Maksim Gorky

No man ever laboured harder to judge between the thoughts of conflicting schools; few men so earnest for success ever laboured less to think for themselves.
— from The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster by Harold Begbie

The blockade continued for thirty days, during which the snow scarce ever lay less deep than four feet; and it had covered to such a degree the sheds and mantelets of the Romans, that it alone served as a defence when fire was frequently thrown on them by the enemy.
— from The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 by Livy

Many of the Kanakas are well educated, and read and write not only their own, but several European languages likewise.
— from A Voyage round the World A book for boys by William Henry Giles Kingston

Library and Information Science Resources / Library of Congress Library and Related Resources / University of Exeter Library Journal Digital (LJDigital) Library of Congress Catalog Library of Congress Catalog / Experimental Search System (ESS) Librius LibWeb: Library Servers via WWW Logos Manuzio Project Marx/Engels Internet Archive (The) MediaFinder Michigan Electronic Library (MEL) MIT Press (MIT: Massachussets Institute of Technology) National Academy Press (NAP) New York Public Library Digital Collections NewsWorks Nuvomedia OCLC Online Computer Library Center On-Line Books Page (The) OPAC Network in Europe (ONE)
— from From the Print Media to the Internet by Marie Lebert

Bestemmiavano Dio e lor parenti, l'umana spezie e 'l loco e 'l tempo e 'l seme di lor semenza e di lor nascimenti.
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri

She trembled in every limb, for the fast of two days had made her very weak, and her sunken eyes looked larger and blacker than ever.
— from Zula by H. Esselstyn Lindley

These strange beings have the elytra and the flattened appendages of the legs so exactly like leaves that the most experienced eye can scarcely distinguish them from the leaves among which they are placed.
— from Nature's Teachings: Human Invention Anticipated by Nature by J. G. (John George) Wood

She became interested in the stormy elements, learning lessons that served her to breast the struggling conflicts of life.
— from Lady Rosamond's Secret: A Romance of Fredericton by Rebecca Agatha Armour