This is a selection from a larger series of Svoboda’s photographs, published separately.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

"Since neither oaths, nor treaty, nor submission, can secure peace, pursue," said he to Mahomet, "your impious warfare.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

proud, PP, WA; prowd , PP; prout , PP, S2; prud , S; prut , S; prute , pl. , S; prude , S; preste ( pretste ), superl.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

He put some eggs in a frying pan, and stood pensively prying slabs of meat from between his teeth with a fork.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

Stok , sb. stock, stem, trap, the stocks, PP, W2; stoc , S; stokke , PP; stocke , S3; stoke , S2; stokkes , pl. , PP; stockis , S2; stokess , S.—AS. stocc .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Lo ageno siempre pia por su dueño —What is another's always chirps for its master.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

función , f. , performance; —— de abono , subscription performance; —— ordinaria , popular performance; —— de moda , society performance; —— por secciones or por tandas , continuous performance.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

The woodwork had been painted white and the walls were a grayish blue color with several pretty pictures scattered about them to break the bareness.
— from Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall; Or, Leading a Needed Rebellion by Janet D. Wheeler

On the other hand, if the object moves slowly, a photographing speed of sixteen pictures per second may be too rapid.
— from Practical Cinematography and Its Applications by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

Setting Plants Plants should be pruned before they are set.
— from Kellogg's Great Crops of Strawberries, and How to Grow Them the Kellogg Way by R. M. Kellogg Co.

(b) Salaries, pensions, allowances, and incidental expenses of— (i) Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; (ii) Exchequer judges in Ireland. (c) Building, works, salaries, pensions, printing, stationery, allowances, and incidental expenses of— (i) Parliament; (ii) National Debt Commissioners; (iii) Foreign Office and diplomatic and consular service, including secret service, special services, and telegraph subsidies; (iv) Colonial Office, including special services and telegraph subsidies; (v) Privy Council; (vi) Board of Trade, including the Mercantile Marine Fund, Patent Office, Railway Commission, and Wreck Commission, but excluding Bankruptcy; (vii) Mint; (viii) Meteorological Society; (ix) Slave trade service.
— from A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 by Albert Venn Dicey

You see me a prisoner; Eugenie has told you; a dinner at a merchant’s; dressed in a draught; everything spoiled, and I———’ and sighing, Papa Prevost sipped his eau sucrée .
— from Tancred; Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield