“P'r'aps not,” said Perks, cautiously; “still you can't be sure with foreigners.
— from The Railway Children by E. (Edith) Nesbit

Such processes could succeed only very exceptionally and, so to speak, miraculously.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

CISSY CAFFREY: (Alarmed, seizes Private Carr’s sleeve.)
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

Crokke , sb. crock, pot, S2, PP; crocke , S, Voc.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

to dispose oneself, endeavour, S, C, PP, S3; shape , PP; schop , pt. s. , S, S2; shop , S; shoop , C2; scop , S; sop , S; schope , S2; shope , S2, H; schapen , pp. , C; shapen , S, S2, C2; shape , C2; y-schape , S2; yshapen , C2; yshape , C3.—AS. sceapan , pt. scóp ( scéop ), pp. sceapen .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

The garden was bounded by a three-foot brick wall with a fringe of wood rails upon the top, and against this wall was leaning a stalwart police constable, surrounded by a small knot of loafers, who craned their necks and strained their eyes in the vain hope of catching some glimpse of the proceedings within.
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

Si pudiera conseguir subvenciones más importantes, me gustaría ir hasta un millón y ampliar también nuestros usuarios potenciales de 1,x% a 10% de la población mundial, lo que representaría la distribución de 1000 veces un billón de textos electrónicos en lugar de solamente un billón.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Both the questions and the answers are recorded in the Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, America and West Indies , 1696-1697 (pages 172, 188-89).
— from Mother Earth: Land Grants in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Walter Stitt Robinson

—Each gens had its special "wewaspe," such as the sacred pipes, chiefs, sacred tents, area in the tribal circle, etc.
— from Omaha sociology (1884 N 03 / 1881-1882 (pages 205-370)) by James Owen Dorsey

When evening cometh on, No sounding phrase can set the heart at rest.
— from Kentucky in American Letters, 1784-1912. Vol. 2 of 2 by John Wilson Townsend

members elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms) elections: last held 9 April 2000 (next to be held NA April 2003) election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 18 Nepal: bicameral Parliament consists of the National Council (60 seats; 35 appointed by the House of Representatives, 10 by the king, and 15 elected by an electoral college; one-third of the members elected every two years to serve six-year terms) and the House of Representatives (205 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: House of Representatives - last held 3 and 17 May 1999 (next to be held NA May 2004) election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NC 37.3%, CPN/UML 31.6%, NDP 10.4%, NSP 3.2%, Rastriya Jana Morcha 1.4%, Samyukta Janmorcha Nepal 0.8%, NWPP 0.5%, others 14.8%; seats by party - NC 113, CPN/UML 69, NDP 11, NSP 5, Rastriya Jana Morcha 5, Samyukta Janmorcha Nepal 1, NWPP 1 Netherlands: bicameral States General or Staten Generaal consists of the First Chamber or Eerste Kamer (75 seats; members indirectly elected by the country's 12 provincial councils for four-year terms) and the Second Chamber or Tweede Kamer (150 seats; members directly elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: First Chamber - last held 25 May 1999 (next to be held NA May 2003); Second Chamber - last held 6 May 1998 (next to be held May 2002) election results: First Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - CDA 20, VVD 19, PvdA 15, D'66 4, other 17; Second Chamber - percent of vote by party - PvdA 30.0%, VVD 25.3%, CDA 19.3%, D'66 9.3%, other 16.1%; seats by party - PvdA 45, VVD 38, CDA 29, D'66 14, other 24 Netherlands Antilles: unicameral States or Staten (22 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 30 January 1998 (next to be held by NA 2002) election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PAR 4, PNP 3, SPA 1, PDB 2, UPB 1, MAN 2, PLKP 3, WIPM 1, SEA 1, DP-St. M 2, FOL 2; no party won enough seats to form a government note: the government of Prime Minister Miguel POURIER is a coalition of several parties; current seats by party - PAR 4, PNP 3, FOL 2, MAN 2, UPB 2, DP-St. M 2, PDB 1, SEA 1, WIPM 1, other 4 New Caledonia: unicameral Territorial Congress or Congres Territorial (54 seats; members are members of the three Provincial Assemblies or Assemblees Provinciales elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 9
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

America in her first 18 months of war was able to send to France across 3,000 miles of dangerous water more men than the United Kingdom in a similar period could send to the front over the netted and laned 40 miles of English Channel.
— from America's Munitions 1917-1918 by Benedict Crowell

Per ritornar là donde venne fora, L' immortal forma al tuo carcer terreno Venne com' angel di pietà si pieno Che sana ogn' intelletto, e'l mondo onora.
— from Michael Angelo Buonarroti With Translations Of The Life Of The Master By His Scholar, Ascanio Condivi, And Three Dialogues From The Portugese By Francisco d'Ollanda by Holroyd, Charles, Sir