The Duke of Lossada congratulated me on the way in which the Venetian ambassador spoke of me everywhere, and encouraged me in my idea of getting some place under Government, promising to give me his support in the matter.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Nobody who was in the islands at the time doubts but what such conditions may have obtained in some places under General Smith in Samar, or believes for a moment that any such conditions would have been tolerated under General Bell.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

how some poor unfortunate got up on to a steeple, who had better never have gone up as far as the belfry; and then, having needlessly got him up there, the happy novelist rings the bell for all the world to come together and hear, O dear!
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

Ang trabáhu run tupus sa pista upisiyal gahápun, Today’s work is to make up for yesterday’s holiday.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Alpheus, as old fame reports, has found From Greece a secret passage under ground,
— from The Aeneid by Virgil

Yet Thomas remained inside of Nashville, seemingly passive, until General Hood had closed upon him and had entrenched his position.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

; yo no sé quién le ha dicho que usted hace alarde de 25 ateísmo en todas partes; que se burla de las cosas y personas sagradas, y aun que proyecta derribar la catedral para edificar con sus piedras una gran fábrica de alquitrán.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Others in the scramble picked up guineas and broad-pieces.
— from The History of John Bull by John Arbuthnot

"There's something," Chia Yun replied, "in which I would like to crave your assistance, uncle; I'm in need of some baroos camphor and musk, so please, uncle, give me on credit four ounces of each kind, and on the festival of the eighth moon, I'll bring you the amount in full."
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
— from The Bible, King James version, Book 44: Acts by Anonymous

The original passage runs as follows:— "L'arrivée du comte Souvorow produisit un grand effet parmi les troupes....
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Love burned in his heart, and his joy in the Lord brimmed full and bubbled over, and at midnight, in the damp, dark, loathsome dungeon, he and Silas, his comrade in service and suffering, “prayed and sang praises unto God.”
— from When the Holy Ghost is Come by Samuel Logan Brengle

Officers and men who volunteered for the storming party under General
— from History of the Nineteenth Army Corps by Richard B. (Richard Biddle) Irwin

They could go to Bruce's mother at any time, and the Mitchells particularly wanted them to meet some people tomorrow night—a small party, unexpectedly got up.
— from Love at Second Sight by Ada Leverson

Nevertheless, we find him and Silas, his companion in suffering, at midnight praying and singing praises unto God (Acts xvi.
— from When the Holy Ghost is Come by Samuel Logan Brengle

Surely if Lady Macclesfield had not been supported by indignation against an imposture, merely for her own ease and comfort, she would have pensioned Savage, or have procured him some place under Government—not difficult in those days for a person with her connections (however sunk as respected female society) to have obtained for an only son.
— from The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Thomas De Quincey

Having been on many scouting parties under General Torbet, he was well acquainted with the Shenandoah Valley, that "Garden of Virginia," as it was called.
— from The Lost Despatch by Natalie Sumner Lincoln

It was known now, that after great preparations at Toulon, [60] of which we had long been advertised, Marshal Richelieu was sailed with considerable force to attack Minorca, where we had but four regiments, in Fort St. Philip, under General Blakeney, the Deputy-Governor, a stout soldier, but too old.
— from Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 2 (of 3) by Horace Walpole

Exports: $730 million (f.o.b., 1993) commodities: coffee, sugarcane, shrimp partners: US, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Germany Imports: $1.9 billion (c.i.f., 1993) commodities: raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods partners: US, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela, Germany External debt: $2.6 billion (December 1992)
— from The 1994 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency