Politeness is as necessary to a happy intercourse with the inhabitants of the kitchen, as with those of the parlor; it lessens the pains of service, promotes kind feelings on both sides, and checks unbecoming familiarity; always thank them for what they do for you, and always ask rather than command their services.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

Moscow was set on fire by the soldiers’ pipes, kitchens, and campfires, and by the carelessness of enemy soldiers occupying houses they did not own.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

3 Now that the White Bishop has been driven back, Black wants to get rid of White's strongly posted Knight at Q 5, which blocks the attack of the Bishop at B 2.
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca

social gathering, social reunion; assembly &c. (assemblage) 72; barbecue [U. S.], bee; corn-husking [U. S.], corn-shucking [U. S.]; house raising, barn raising; husking, husking-bee [U. S.]; infare[obs3]. party, entertainment, reception, levee, at, home, conversazione[It], soiree, matine; evening party, morning party, afternoon party, bridge party, garden party, surprise party; kettle, kettle drum; partie carre[Fr], dish of tea, ridotto[obs3], rout|!; housewarming; ball, festival &c; smoker, smoker-party;sociable
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Mutábang giyud si Pidru kang
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Yatáki ang takup sa pultahan, Kick in the door.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Secondly, pure knowing, the comprehension of the Ideas, conditioned by the freeing of knowledge from the service of will: the life of genius (Satwa-Guna).
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

Mari-lah angkau ka-dalam rumah tangga angkau ini: Dian sabatang ini rumah tangga angkau Selangkan hati prut, jantong, limpa, mempedal raya, Angkau sakalian lagi ’kan pulang kapada aku, Ini ’kan pula badan nyawa angkau sakalian Lagi sudah pulang kapada aku.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

Dì ku maghurnǎl sa piyir kay bug-at kaáyu ang pangalsáhun, I can’t be a laborer at the pier because they make you carry terribly heavy things.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

“I will,” said Paddy Kake.
— from Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters by Howard Roger Garis

“Let’s go next Saturday,” proposed Katharine enthusiastically.
— from The Mystery of Arnold Hall by Helen M. Persons

But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
— from The Bible, King James version, Book 44: Acts by Anonymous

?" said Peer Khan; "that would never do.
— from Confessions of a Thug by Meadows Taylor

Sidney Prale knows that I am associated with his enemies, since I was talking to him to-day.
— from The Brand of Silence A Detective Story by Harrington Strong

"Salemina, dear," I said penitently, kissing her gray hair, "I apologize: you are not absolutely ignorant about Love, after all, when you call him the master architect; and that is very lovely and very true about the oak-tree and the sunshine."
— from Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin