It is shortened in the usual places (cf.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Canada Remote provides several news and information services, including the United Press International and Reuters news wires, North American stock exchange results, the twice-weekly edition of Newsbytes, and other publications.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

When Stilicho seemed to abandon his sovereign in the unguarded palace of Milan, he had probably calculated the term of his absence, the distance of the enemy, and the obstacles that might retard their march.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Dillon, having made all inquiries, stayed in the unlucky place till October.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

It is necessary to make sure that the harmonic notes are not lacking in the upper parts: To be avoided: [ Listen ] The use of sixths in the upper parts, and the practice of doubling the upper note in octaves are sometimes effective methods: [ Listen ] [ Listen ] -68- When correct progression increases the distance between the top and bottom notes of the upper parts, this does not matter: Good: [ Listen ]
— from Principles of Orchestration, with Musical Examples Drawn from His Own Works by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

It is said, indeed, that upon paying his first visit at Coppet, following the servant who had announced his name, he was surprised to meet a lady carried out fainting; but before he had been seated many minutes, the same lady, who had been so affected at the sound of his name, returned and conversed with him a considerable time—such is female curiosity and affectation!
— from The Vampyre; a Tale by John William Polidori

The proper position for one who cannot swim, is the upright position of the walker on land, with the head thrown fully back, and immersed; the mouth and nostrils alone remaining above the surface.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

After expelling some suspected persons from Stratus, Coronta, and other places, and restoring Cynes, son of Theolytus, to Coronta, they returned to their ships, deciding that it was impossible in the winter season to march against Oeniadae, a place which, unlike the rest of Acarnania, had been always hostile to them; for the river Achelous flowing from Mount Pindus through Dolopia and the country of the Agraeans and Amphilochians and the plain of Acarnania, past the town of Stratus in the upper part of its course, forms lakes where it falls into the sea round Oeniadae, and thus makes it impracticable for an army in winter by reason of the water.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

[519] But those who would understand the angels by the waters above the skies have a difficulty about the specific gravity of the elements, and fear that the waters, owing to their fluidity and weight, could not be set in the upper parts of the world.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

It is shortened in the usual places (cf. § 12 ), and takes the place of the final vowel of the stem in the first and third conjugations, but not in the second and fourth.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

But I am a just man, and a liberal man, and if you think you ought to have a higher salary, if this ungrateful proceeding is only, as I take it, a str
— from What Will He Do with It? — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

The upland rice which I procured fresh from Africa and sent them, has been preserved and spread in the upper parts of Georgia, and I believe in Kentucky.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 6 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

This gateway cannot possibly be described correctly, as the ornaments are scattered in the utmost profusion, from the base to the attic, which supports a copy of Michael Angelo's celebrated lion.
— from The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events by Leigh Hunt

The mouth is situated in the under part, and is armed with five strong and sharpened teeth.
— from Mrs. Loudon's Entertaining Naturalist Being popular descriptions, tales, and anecdotes of more than Five Hundred Animals. by Mrs. (Jane) Loudon

It may be impossible owing to the swelling and hyperemia in the neighborhood of her urethra for the woman to pass water, and yet if she is allowed to sit in the usual position upon a commode, she will in most cases pass her water in a few minutes without difficulty and the risks attending catheterization will be obviated.
— from Psychotherapy Including the History of the Use of Mental Influence, Directly and Indirectly, in Healing and the Principles for the Application of Energies Derived from the Mind to the Treatment of Disease by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

Now in this see-saw game of life, I got nearest to the ground, and this chancery business rivetted me there, so that I was sitting in that uneasy position where the seat slants so abominably.
— from Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by John Keats

These ambulances stretched in tragic, unbroken procession for three miles and never ceased to move on and on in an endless circle for three days and nights.
— from The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln by Dixon, Thomas, Jr.

In Pilocereus Houlletii the hypocotyl, much swollen in the upper part, is merely notched on the summit; and each side of the notch evidently represents a cotyledon.
— from The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Francis, Sir

The following Sunday, July 14th, Mr. Keble preached the assize Sermon in the University Pulpit.
— from Apologia pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman