But to live,—to wear on, day after day, of mean, bitter, low, harassing servitude, every nerve dampened and depressed, every power of feeling gradually
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Terror in sapiente esse non debet.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Luogo e` la` giu` da Belzebu` remoto tanto quanto la tomba si distende, che non per vista, ma per suono e` noto d'un ruscelletto che quivi discende per la buca d'un sasso, ch'elli ha roso, col corso ch'elli avvolge, e poco pende.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

sobre el nivel del mar y seis o siete mil por debajo de las eternas nieves del Mulhacen.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

[A Marriage Settlement.] EVANGELISTA (Natalie), daughter of Mme.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

Hence, they reject all political, and especially all revolutionary, action; they wish to attain their ends by peaceful means, and endeavour, by small experiments, necessarily doomed to failure, and by the force of example, to pave the way for the new social Gospel.
— from The Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels

[173] To some extent, no doubt, we should say this: no quality of conduct is ever called a virtue unless it is thought to be to some extent immediately attainable at will by all ordinary persons, when circumstances give opportunity for its manifestation.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

he said, evidently not doubting that this remark would be agreeable to his hearer since it went to prove his, Napoleon’s, superiority to Alexander.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Did all St. Edith nunns descend againe To honor Polesworth with their cloystred traine, 30 Compar'd with you each would confesse some stayne.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

Exchange rates: Belarusian rubles (BYB/BYR) per US dollar - 2,130 (2008 est.), 2,145 (2007), 2,144.6 (2006), 2,150 (2005), 2,160.26 (2004) Communications ::Belarus Telephones - main lines in use: 3.718 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 41 Telephones - mobile cellular: 8.693 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 66 Telephone system: general assessment: Belarus lags behind its neighbors in upgrading telecommunications infrastructure; state-owned Beltelcom is the sole provider of fixed-line local and long distance service; fixed-line teledensity of roughly 35 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone density of about 90 per 100 persons; modernization of the network progressing with roughly two-thirds of switching equipment now digital domestic: fixed-line penetration is improving although rural areas continue to be underserved; 3 GSM wireless networks are experiencing rapid growth; strict government controls on telecommunications technologies international: country code - 375; Belarus is a member of the Trans-European Line (TEL), Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line, and has access to the Trans-Siberia Line (TSL); 3 fiber-optic segments provide connectivity to Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine; worldwide service is available to Belarus through this infrastructure; additional analog lines to Russia; Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik earth stations (2008) Radio broadcast stations: AM 28, FM 37, shortwave 11 (1998)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

(1970:715), we find no differences in length of ear between microtis and mexicana (contrary to Miller's claim, in the original description, that microtis had noticeably smaller ears), nor do we note any consistent differences in color between the two races on the basis of the specimens at hand.
— from Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country by J. Knox Jones

To some extent, no doubt, his own failure to obtain academic { 11} recognition embittered him.
— from Schopenhauer by Margrieta Beer

Just as plant distribution is the reflection of many, usually widely operating forces, so ecology narrows down to individual plants or groups of them the impact of the immediately surrounding conditions upon vegetation.
— from Botany: The Science of Plant Life by Norman Taylor

Another guardian described the resolution as a "blow which Guinness didn't deserve"; but Guinness survived the blow, and went up ten points on the Stock Exchange next day.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, October 5th 1895 by Various

Time, 10 to 11 hours there and back; but this fine excursion is rendered more enjoyable by sleeping at the Hospice ( vide above), and starting early next day for the summits.
— from 'Twixt France and Spain Or, A Spring in the Pyrenees by E. Ernest Bilbrough

“Pane nostro cotediano da nobis sodie, e dimitti nobis debita nostra, sicutte ette nos dimittimus debitori nostri, sette ananossie in due casse, intenzione sedie nosse e mulo.—Amenne!”
— from Legends of Florence: Collected from the People, First Series by Charles Godfrey Leland