Las dos paredes que forman el ángulo se prolongan igualmente por ambos lados, dejando ver en la de la derecha una reja, y en
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

I have never poked my nose into literature or politics; I have never sought popularity in polemics with the ignorant; I have never made speeches either at public dinners or at the funerals of my friends....
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

“I have some pretty imitation pendants, which I could lend you,” said I; “they are really very brilliant.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Yānādis will not eat with Mādigas or Paraiyans, and observe some principle in partaking of the refuse of the table.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

Paradoxical though it sounds, it is true that only fleets which are able to perform regular movements can afford at times to cast them aside; only captains whom the habit of the drill-ground has familiarized with the shifting phases it presents, can be expected to seize readily the opportunities for independent action presented by the field of battle.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

cit., p. 150; Campbell letter, 1782, and other documents in Virginia State Papers, III , pp. 271, 571, 599, 1883, and IV , pp. 118, 286, 1884; Blount letter, January 14, 1793, American State Papers; Indian Affairs, I , p. 431, 1832.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Now, when society prophesies, it puts questions in the mouths of some, and answers in the mouths of others.
— from System of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of Misery by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon

[395] Pin wheels , as they are called, are formed by rolling some paper into pipes of about fourteen inches in length.
— from A System of Pyrotechny Comprehending the theory and practice, with the application of chemistry; designed for exhibition and for war. by James Cutbush

Then the girls sang a Brownie song and ended the meeting by repeating the Brownie Scout Promise: “I promise to do my best to love God and my country, to help other people every day, especially those at home.”
— from The Brownie Scouts in the Cherry Festival by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt

We find much industry, much skill, polished implements, pottery with conventional designs, co-operation upon all sorts of things, but no evidence of personal creativeness.
— from The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Beloved by all men, thy days shall pass in peace and tranquillity; and when the inevitable period comes, death shall steal on thee in a good and venerable old age, and thy grandchildren's children, with their tender and pious hands, shall close thine eyes.
— from The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Thus both sides parted in peace, each content with its own performance; and a few years afterwards the boundary was settled by mutual concessions.
— from A Memoir of Sir Edmund Andros, Knt., Governor of New England, New York and Virginia, &c., &c. by William Henry Whitmore

It is my home, you know," she put in pugnaciously.
— from A Republic Without a President, and Other Stories by Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson) Ward