And therefore I believe that it does India no good to compete with Western civilization in its own field.
— from Nationalism by Rabindranath Tagore

The various industries and financial interests, and all of the great provinces which make up the empire, have a voice in framing the laws that apply to the people at large; but for convenience the territory is divided into nine great provinces, as follows: Madras, with a governor whose salary is $40,000 a year.
— from Modern India by William Eleroy Curtis

He hardly drinks a pint of wine, And that I doubt is no good sign.
— from The Age of Pope (1700-1744) by John Dennis

We are even sometimes highly entertained with digressions, which have not so near a relation to the subject of the Ode as the last mentioned circumstance; because though the immediate design is not going forward, we can still however keep it in view with the same ease, as a traveller can do the public road, from which he willingly makes an excursion to survey the neighbouring country.
— from An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients by John Ogilvie

Guam Military Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the US Guam Transnational Issues Disputes - international: none ====================================================================== @Guatemala Guatemala Introduction Background: Guatemala was freed of Spanish colonial rule in 1821.
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Guernsey Military Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the UK Guernsey Transnational Issues Disputes - international: none ====================================================================== @Guinea Guinea Introduction Background: Independent from France since 1958, Guinea did not hold democratic elections until 1993 when Gen. Lansana CONTE (head of the military government) was elected president of the civilian government.
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

He hardly drinks a pint of wine; And that, I doubt, is no good sign.
— from The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 by Jonathan Swift

It tells where a hidden treasure is, does it not?" Glancing at her beautiful, animated countenance, I answered truthfully, "Yes"; but added, "It at least points me to a treasure that is unattainable.
— from The Paternoster Ruby by Charles Edmonds Walk

There infinite distance into nearness grows, And infinite majesty stoops to dust again; All things in little, infinite love in man . . .
— from Watchers of the Sky by Alfred Noyes