I took a turn in the Hall, and bought the King and Chancellor’s speeches at the dissolving the Parliament last Saturday.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

They associate freely with the Kunnavans, and can eat food dressed by them, as also the latter can eat food dressed by a Kārakat Vellālan.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

The key and clew to the whole secret is found in the simple fact, admitted by Christian writers and evidenced by the bible itself, that no history of Christ's practical life was written
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

Make no delay: Seeing ourselves, the King, are come this day To see our charge fulfilled; nor shall again Look homeward ere we have led thy children twain And thee beyond our realm's last boundary.
— from Medea of Euripides by Euripides

The Kinśuk, also called Paláśa, is Butea Frondosa, a tree that bears beautiful red crescent shaped blossoms and is deservedly a favorite with poets.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

But perhaps the son of Thetis is not free from this criticism either, that he spent in song and music the hours that called for deeds, though at such a time he might have retained his arms and not laid them aside, but later, at his leisure, he could have sung the praises of the king and chanted his victories.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

Out ran the king, and cried, in soothing tone, 'Return, dear friend; what serves it to bemoan? Hate, vengeance, mourning, let us both omit.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

Take back the key and come to the casino to-morrow night, since Heaven has saved you from the storm.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Lenses of this kind are called rectilinear , or straight-line producing.
— from How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams

The Mannāns, who give the māttu to Izhuvans, do not give it to Kammālans (artisan classes), who are superior to them in social status.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

The things you used to know are calling you again, as they are calling me, for somewhere off there are the ghosts of Lost City, ghosts—and realities!" "Ghosts—and hopes," said Fingers.
— from The Valley of Silent Men: A Story of the Three River Country by James Oliver Curwood

Then they walked off together, King and Cherry on either side of the old man, the two horses following behind them with the bridle-reins hanging across their necks, Sal leisurely bringing up the rear.
— from The Heart of Cherry McBain: A Novel by Douglas Durkin

It is a fact that actors who study the method of voice production do not suffer from that form of sore throat known as clergymen's sore throat, simply because they have learned to produce their voice in this way.
— from Papers on Health by John Kirk

“Everything you’ve always wanted to know about computers but were afraid to ask for fear of not getting a straight answer in plain English.
— from The Silicon Jungle by David H. Rothman

The doctrine corresponds to the crede ut intelligas of the divine; or to the philosophic theory that we must start from the knowledge already constructed within us by instincts which have not yet learnt to reason.
— from Hours in a Library, Volume 2 New Edition, with Additions by Leslie Stephen

Already the camp was full of movement; the beautiful horses of the Kalmucks and Cossacks could be seen moving among the tents, and here and there the moonlight fell on the steel of cuirass or the bosses of leather trappings, as the Swedish officers rode from one point to another fulfilling General Rehnsköld’s orders.
— from Kings-at-Arms by Marjorie Bowen

The troopers separated, some making their way to the kitchen and chambers on the ground floor, while others mounted the stairs to the upper rooms and attics.
— from The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 985, November 12, 1898 by Various

The beauty, address, merit, credit and honours of their kindred are carefully displayed by the proud, as some of their most considerable sources of their vanity.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

"I allus manage to keep a cayuse, no matter how bad things busts; a cayuse, my saddle, an' a gun.
— from The Man from Bar 20: A Story of the Cow Country by Clarence Edward Mulford