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

Nauru Nauruan (official, a distinct Pacific Island language), English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes Nepal Nepali 47.8%, Maithali 12.1%, Bhojpuri 7.4%, Tharu (Dagaura/Rana) 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.6%, Magar 3.3%, Awadhi 2.4%, other 10%, unspecified 2.5% (2001 census) note: many in government and business also speak English Netherlands Dutch (official), Frisian (official) Netherlands
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

'And I am sure,' said Maccombich, raising himself from the floor, on which, for fear of interrupting their conversation, he had lain so still that, in the obscurity of the apartment, Edward was not aware of his presence—'I am sure Evan never desired or deserved a better end than just to die with his Chieftain.'
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott

[Pg 12] presented to Catherine de Medicis on “The Extreme Dearness of Living,” setting forth that “mills, lands, pastures, woods, and all the revenues are wasted on embroideries, insertions, trimmings, tassels, fringes, hangings, gimps, needleworks, small chain stitchings, quiltings, back stitchings, etc., new diversities of which are invented daily.”
— from Samplers and Tapestry Embroideries Second Edition by Marcus B. (Marcus Bourne) Huish

But, strangely enough, no document or writing to tell anything of the fate of the survivors after they started on their last march.
— from Adventurers of the Far North: A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas by Stephen Leacock

The custom will spread; every new drop of blood will let loose a torrent in retaliation; and when France has thus been drained of her fever, will be the time, either to restore her, or to paralyse for ever her power of disturbing the world.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various

Mere physical beauty, which contains no spiritual element, no drawing of the immortal soul, no suggestion of purer and nobler sentiments struggling for expression in the cunning marble, can never satisfy the requirements of the Christianized taste of modern times.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

He is no more a gentleman now than when he began life, —not a whit more refined, either outwardly or inwardly; while the American would have been, after the same experience, not distinguishable outwardly, and perhaps as refined within, as nine tenths of the gentlemen born, in the House of Commons.
— from Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 2. by Nathaniel Hawthorne

We had all arrived at Zermatt from Fée a few days before, and while we waited in the valley for good weather, Dr Guntner, Roman Imboden, and Ruppen went to the Monte Rosa Hut to get some exercise next day on one of the easier peaks in the neighbourhood.
— from True Tales of Mountain Adventures: For Non-Climbers Young and Old by Le Blond, Aubrey, Mrs.