There are also current Sultanabads, in very large sizes, well woven, on old models, to meet present uses.
— from The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. by William De Lancey Ellwanger
intrust , committô, 3; mandô, 1 invite , vocô, 1 is , used as auxiliary, not translated; as a copula , sum ( § 494 ) island , însula, -ae, f. it , is; hie; iste; ille; or not expressed Italy , Italia, -ae, f. its , eius; huius; istîus; illîus; reflexive , suus, -a, -um ( § 116 ) itself , suî.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge
—It is stated, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, that the Tondamāns are “also called Sunnāmbukkāran ( q.v. ), a Tamil caste of lime (chunam)
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston
He then came with three legions, and pitched his camp thirty furlongs off Tiberias, at a certain station easily seen by the innovators; it is named Sennabris.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus
Socketers , as the applicants are called, should be punished with the utmost possible severity.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten
All these considerations clearly show that a mental decision and a bodily appetite, or determined state, are simultaneous, or rather are one and the same thing, which we call decision, when it is regarded under and explained through the attribute of thought, and a conditioned state, when it is regarded under the attribute of extension, and deduced from the laws of motion and rest.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza
On arriving at the extremity of the castle D’Artagnan found himself overlooking a beautiful valley, in which, at the foot of a charming little lake, stood several scattered houses, which, humble in their aspect, and covered, some with tiles, others with thatch, seemed to acknowledge as their sovereign lord a pretty chateau, built about the beginning of the reign of Henry IV., and surmounted by four stately, gilded weather-cocks.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas
The servants were asleep, and there was no one on hand to answer a call, so the wife went to the kitchen, made a fire and cooked them herself.
— from Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Faries by Yuk Yi
Our adventurer considered all these circumstances with his wonted sagacity, and, seeing upon what precarious footing he must stand, should he rank himself with such society, he wisely came to the resolution of descending one step in the degrees of life, and of taking upon him the title of physician, under which he did not despair of insinuating himself into the pockets of his patients, and into the secrets of private families, so as to acquire a comfortable share of practice, or captivate the heart of some heiress or rich widow, whose fortune would at once render him independent and happy.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett
The principalities had no military strength which could long withstand the advance of a great Power, and the Russians are now predominant in that part of the world, and are masters on the Aral and Caspian Seas.
— from Recollections of a Military Life by Adye, John, Sir
What will your "in this and in that" do for me now? Why don't you let them alone and come straight to the point?
— from The Post Office by Rabindranath Tagore
As they had always hitherto walked together, and almost constantly side by side; Waverley pursued his course silently in the same direction, determined to let the Chief take his own time in recovering the good humour which he had so unreasonably discarded, and firm in his resolution not to bate him an inch of dignity.
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott
A few turns of a roller, or a handkerchief, are placed round the arm and chest, so as to secure and fix the limb; so the retentive apparatus is completed.
— from Elements of Surgery by Robert Liston
"I want no such thing as a crown," said Judas.
— from Deborah: A tale of the times of Judas Maccabaeus by James M. (James Meeker) Ludlow
But, though he would not give himself the pains requisite to acquire a competent sufficiency in the learned languages, yet did he readily listen with attention to others, especially when they translated the classical authors to him; nor was he in the least backward, at all such times, to express his approbation.
— from The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great by Henry Fielding
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