And then he inquired about the Pope and the Church, and about all that is done at Rome, and all the customs of the Latins.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

A farmer's wife, and afraid of cows!” Here followed another laugh at my expense; and, indignant at the refusal of my first and last request, when they had all borrowed so much from me, I shut the inhospitable door, and returned home.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

There is doubtless a reference to the charms called Ἐφέσια γράμματα in this passage: see Wetstein ad loc., and the references in Becker and Marquardt Röm.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

With a hundred words to do it with, the literary artisan could catch that airy thought and tie it down and reduce it to a concrete condition, visible, substantial, understandable and all right, like a cabbage; but the artist does it with twenty, and the result is a flower.
— from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain

Bussy , French General, second to Dupleix in India, 305 ; intrigues with nabob of Bengal, 306 ; invades Orissa, 307 ; again sent to India during American Revolution, 459 ; delayed en route , 460 ; reaches India, 461 ; besieged in Cuddalore by the English, 462 ; relieved by Suffren, 463 .
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

He saw that in decorating a room, which is to be, not a room for show, but a room to live in, we should never aim at any archæological reconstruction of the past, nor burden ourselves with any fanciful necessity for historical accuracy.
— from Intentions by Oscar Wilde

The concern I expressed for Mr. Williams's being taken in, deceived, and ruined.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

Tybalt is dead, and Romeo banished.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

I said to myself, if he never thinks of that one thing that I dread, all right—but if he does, all right anyhow—I am fixed for him.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

This is doubtless a reference to a fact which is too often noticeable in the case of so many of the world’s giants in art, science, or religion.
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

That institution, which includes all the American Republics in its membership and brings all their representatives together, is doing a really valuable work in informing the people of the United States about the other Republics and in making the United States known to them.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

Thereupon it deliberated and resolved to render allegiance to the King, in consideration of his legal right and provided he would grant an amnesty for all offences, would leave no garrison in the city and would abolish all aids, save the gabelle .
— from The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 by Anatole France

In the culture of this, as of most plants of the order Ericaceæ , there is decidedly a right way and a wrong one, and if the species now under consideration has one or two special requirements it deserves them.
— from Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by J. G. (John George) Wood

The morass was certainly a good night quarter for the wild geese, but the boy thought it dismal and rough, and wished for a better sleeping place.
— from The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf

There is no terror in death, and relieved by such a faith and hope, our thoughts are all of peace, and flow naturally into the mould of those familiar lines: "So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore."
— from The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by George Lewis Prentiss

He was finally compelled to yield to increasing disease, and relinquish his public duties.
— from A Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, and of Washington and Patrick Henry With an appendix, containing the Constitution of the United States, and other documents by L. Carroll (Levi Carroll) Judson

thousand escapes of wit Make thee the father of their idle dreams , And rack thee in their fancies!
— from Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by William Shakespeare

The distress of any particular ship, that is disabled and rendered incapable to continue the action, will be presently discovered, and her place accordingly supplied by one of the ships in reserve.
— from An Universal Dictionary of the Marine Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c. by William Falconer