So Little Claus climbed to the roof of the shed, and while he turned himself to get comfortable, he discovered that the wooden shutters, which were closed, did not reach to the tops of the windows of the farmhouse, so that he could see into a room, in which a large table was laid out with wine, roast meat, and a splendid fish.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

E se' or sotto l'emisperio giunto ch'e` contraposto a quel che la gran secca coverchia, e sotto 'l cui colmo consunto fu l'uom che nacque e visse sanza pecca: tu hai i piedi in su picciola spera che l'altra faccia fa de la Giudecca.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Society, if a small literary class could be called society, wanted to be amused in its old way.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) CONTENTS CHAPTER I. Y-o-u-u Tom-Aunt Polly Decides Upon her Duty —Tom Practices Music—The Challenge—A Private Entrance CHAPTER II.
— from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Tú piensas que, como soy lugareña, creo cuanto me dicen.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

"I should be sorry to think that she was immaculate," said Lady Caroline, calmly, "it has such an uncomfortable sound.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

vitam, valetudinem, cibum, somnum, libertatem, &c. Card.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

God forbid that I should lack christian charity; but charity begins at huom, and sure nothing can be a more charitable work than to rid the family of such vermine.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Desiring Heart, being of an inquisitive disposition, propounded a series of puzzling questions, mythological in their nature, which seemed like classical conundrums, having reference, mainly, to the proceedings of Venus, Neptune, Juno, and other divinities.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

So I say, let creatures compare with creatures; let them take superlative styles, in regard of others.
— from The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

The St. Luna chorister could never bear this; but how to cheat him and feast a thousand ears?
— from Hesperus; or, Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days: A Biography. Vol. I. by Jean Paul

Monlezun, V. F. O. Essai sur la condition civile de la femme mariée à Rome et en France.
— from A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3 by George Elliott Howard

‘I notice,’ she said, favouring him with as much reflection as a splendid lover could crave for, ‘that you never look down, you never look on the ground, but always either up or straight before you.’
— from The Tragic Comedians: A Study in a Well-known Story — Complete by George Meredith

He appeared at the scout headquarters, the pavilion of a small local cricket club, on Wednesday morning.
— from Facing the German Foe by James Fiske

Faithful to his definite, if somewhat crude theory, that Stephen and Cecilia and all their sort were amateurs, he never inquired for them, though not unfrequently he would, while waiting, stroll into Cecilia's drawing-room, and let his sarcastic glance sweep over the pretty things she had collected, or, lounging in some luxurious chair, cross his long legs, and fix his eyes on the ceiling.
— from Fraternity by John Galsworthy

The first layer, called shita-nuri, is composed of mud, in which chopped straw is mixed; a second layer, called chu-nuri, of rough lime, mixed with mud; the third layer, called uwa-nuri, has the colored clay or sand mixed with lime,—and
— from Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings by Edward Sylvester Morse

4th, Its intimate relations to the atoms of matter, as exhibited in its capability of acquiring a latent state under certain circumstances, and of entering into something like chemical combinations.
— from Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy by John F. W. (John Frederick William) Herschel

134-135, 138-139; v. 72, 81, 88, 94 Chabrol-Volvic, Gilbert Joseph Gaspar, Comte de, v. 94, 100, 112 Chafner, Major, i. 66, 181 Chalais (see Talleyrand-Chalais) Chalais-Périgord, née de Beauvilliers Saint-Aignan, Princesse de, vi. 243-246 Chalas, Prosper, v. 96 Chalmel, Abbé Jean François, i. 48 Chalotais (see La Chalotais) Chambolle, François Adolphe, v. 95 Chambord, Comte de, pseud.
— from The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England, Volume 2 (of 6) Mémoires d'outre-tombe, volume 2 by Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de