Dorset was sunk in one of the abysmal silences which so commonly followed on what his wife called his "attacks" that it was easy, before the servants, to refer it to this cause; but Bertha herself seemed, perversely enough, little disposed to make use of this obvious means of protection.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Le maître d'hôtel, prévoyant la terrible fureur du ministre si on lui disait le fait, ou si on lui proposait d'attendre plus tard qu'à l'heure ordinaire, prend immédiatement son parti, et lui dit avec sang-froid: «Monseigneur, vous avez soupé.--J'ai soupé?--Sans doute, Monseigneur; il est vrai que j'ai été surpris du peu de nourriture que vous avez pris; vous paraissiez fort occupé d'affaires; quoi qu'il en soit,[1] si cela vous plaît, on vous servira un second poulet; cela d'ailleurs ne tardera pas.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

I must, however, remark, that Hardouin interprets it in a somewhat different manner; “Si per extremitates linearum ductarum a centro ad summos quosque vertices montium circulus exigatur.”
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

Sin embargo, una noche, al alzarse la luna sobre el horizonte, los habitantes del “pago” vieron una mujer pálida, enflaquecida y arrastrando negros cendales, que atravesó gimiendo las avenidas de sauces y se perdió entre las desmoronadas murallas del fuerte.
— from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López

The following, for instance, was very common in the middle ages, all these powers being attributed to bells: "Funera plango, Fulgura trango, Sabbata pango, Excito lentos, Dissipo ventos, Paco cruentos."
— from The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by J. A. (Jacob Asbury) Regester

There will we find laws which shall interpret, Through the simpler past, existing life; Delving up from mines and fairy caverns Charmed blades to cut the age's strife.
— from The Thirteenth, Greatest of Centuries by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA Nationality: noun: Samoan(s) adjective: Samoan Ethnic groups: Samoan 92.6%, Euronesians (persons of European and Polynesian blood) 7%, Europeans 0.4% (2001 census) Religions: Congregationalist 34.8%, Roman Catholic 19.6%, Methodist 15%, Latter-Day Saints 12.7%, Assembly of God 6.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%, Worship Centre 1.3%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census) Languages: Samoan (Polynesian), English Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.6% female: 99.7% (2003 est.)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

In the present instance, the violin having all the evidence of great care having been expended on its construction and finish, the repair, to be as successful as possible, must be carried out on the same principle, every little deviation of curve being well imitated.
— from The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick

Christian 99.7% (about one-half of population associated with the London Missionary Society; includes Congregational, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Latter-Day Saints, Seventh-Day Adventist) Languages: Samoan (Polynesian), English Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population : 97% male: 97% female: 97% (1971 est.)
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency