In 1879 Serpa Pinto completed a journey across the continent from Benguella to Natal, and in 1881-2 Wissman and Pogge crossed it again from St. Paul de Loanda to Zanzibar.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

Pauthier's text has simply "à ses prestres de la Loi."
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Nous savons qu'il est difficile de se parler dans l'anonymat ou le collectivisme, alors nous gardons certains points de repère: il y a le facteur temps, il y a le facteur humain, et chez les cotres, il y a le cotre facteur, qui répond souvent au nom de Jean-Paul.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Il fut un jour abordé, au milieu du palais de Versailles, par un seigneur qui se proposait de l'humilier.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

But as action was now a necessity to desires so much on edge as ours, Charles, after a very short prelusive dalliance, lifting up my linen and his own, laid the broad treasures of his manly chest close to my bosom, both beating with the tenderest alarms: when now, the sense of his glowing body, in naked touch with mine, took all power over my thoughts out of my own disposal, and delivered up every faculty of the soul to the sensiblest of joys, that affecting me infinitely more with my distinction of the person, than of the sex, now brought my heart deliriously into play: my heart, which, eternally constant to Charles, had never taken any part in my original sacrifices to the calls of constitution, complaisance, or interest.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

San Antonio (120 tons) Capacity Name Nationality Captain and supervisor of the fleet Juan de Cartagena Accountant Antonio de Coca Notary Hierónimo Guerra His Majesty’s pilot Andres de San Martin Pilot of his Highness Juan Rodriguez de Mafra Master Juan de Elorriaga 24 Guipúzcoa Boatswain Diego Hernandez Sevilla Barber Pedro Olabarrieta 25 Bilbao Steward Juan Ortiz de Gopegar 26 Bilbao Calker Pedro de Bilbao Bilbao Carpenter Pedro de Sabtua Bermeo Calker Martin de Goytisolo Baquio Cooper Joan de Oviedo Sevilla Sailor Sebastian de Olarte Bilbao Sailor Lope de Uguarte Sailor Joanes de Segura Segura in Guipúzcoa Sailor Joan de Francia Ruan [ i.e. , Rouen] Sailor Jácome de Mecina Mesina Sailor Christóbal García From Palos Sailor Pero Hernandez Rivadesella Sailor Antonio Rodríguez, Calderero [ i.e. , blacksmith] Sevilla Sailor Hernando de Morales 27 From Moguer Sailor Francisco, Marinero [ i.e. , a sailor] Citizen of Huelva Sailor Francisco Ros, or Rodriguez From Huelva Sailor Pedro de Laredo Portogalete Sailor Simon de Asio Axio [ 283 ] Gunner Master Jacques, chief gunner From Tierra Lorena [ i.e. , land of Lorraine] Gunner Rojer Dupict Monaym Gunner Joan Jorge Silvedrin Common seaman Luis, 28 Grumete [ i.e. , a common seaman] Galicia Common seaman Martin de Aguirre Arrigorriaga Common seaman Columbazo Bolonia [ i.e. , Bologna] Common seaman Lucas de Mecina Mesina Common seaman Lorencio Rodriguez From Moguer Common seaman Miguel Pravia, in Astúrias Common seaman Joanes de Irun Iranzo Irun Iranza in Guipúzcoa Common seaman Joan Ginoves Saona Common seaman Joan de Orue Munguia Common seaman Alonso del Puerto 29 Puerto de Santa María Boy Diego, son of Cristóbal Garcia From Palos Boy Diego, son of Juan Rodriguez de Mafra Servants and sobresalientes Chaplain Bernardo Calmeta Laytora in France
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

To return to the sounds produced during laughter.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

He wore that of Sir Pierre de la Roche to protect himself from the vengeance of the King of England and of the English squire whom he had wronged.
— from Red Eve by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

Cleft : split: partly divided, longitudinally: in Coleopteran applied to claws so divided that the parts lie one above the other.
— from Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John Bernhard Smith

The soldiers marched up the quay, and ventured on the silent Place de la Concorde; suddenly the terrace of the Tuileries lighted up; the Versaillese, received with a point-blank volley, fled as far as the Palais de l'Industrie, leaving many dead.
— from History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagaray

The town of St. Pol de Léon stands on the coast.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

p. 57, ‘notre but, qui est de prouver que les lois d'où dépend la structure du cristal sont les plus simples possibles dans leur ensemble.’
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle

"It isn't at our house," said Mary Jane positively, "because this day isn't wash day to-day—it's just getting ready for my sister Alice's party this afternoon and mother said we wouldn't bother if we played in the nursery, so please do let her come."
— from Mary Jane: Her Book by Clara Ingram Judson