Whilst there was yet almost all western Canada to choose from, by some chance these Oak Ridges, especially difficult to bring under cultivation and somewhat sterile when subdued, were preferred, partly perhaps through the influence of sentiment; they may have discovered some resemblance to regions familiar to themselves in their native land.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

Catherine was with her friend again the next day, endeavouring to support her spirits and while away the many tedious hours before the delivery of the letters; a needful exertion, for as the time of reasonable expectation drew near, Isabella became more and more desponding, and before the letter arrived, had worked herself into a state of real distress.
— from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Ammianus ascribes a similar custom to Egypt; and the Chinese have imputed it to the Ta-tsin, or Roman empire, (De Guignes, Hist.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

374. --Orphans, Callots , and the Family of the Grand Coesre.--From painted Hangings and Tapestry from the Town of Rheims, executed during the Fifteenth Century.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

--The Blind and the Poor Sick of St. John.--From painted Hangings and Tapestry in the Town of Rheims, executed during the Fifteenth Century.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

Believing in the old remedy for exhaustion and exposure to cold, the army served out a tot of rum every day to the men.
— from My Year of the Great War by Frederick Palmer

We take it for granted that our readers, either directly or indirectly, have got some notion of what we may call the machinery of the poem.
— from British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIV July and October, 1871 by Various

George, the waiter, brought two of the London dailies to our room each day.
— from Kent Knowles: Quahaug by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Dr. Stephen Hales is almost the only remarkable exception, during the early part of the eighteenth century.
— from The History of Chemistry, Volume 1 (of 2) by Thomas Thomson

Darlehen aufnehmen talk over besprechen tariff business Versicherungsgeschäft nach Einheitstarifen tariff classification Einstufung tariff in force gültiger Tarif tariff insurance Versicherungsgeschäft nach Einheitstarifen tariff making Tariffestsetzung tariff rate Tarifprämie technical check technische Überprüfung technical know-how Fachkenntnisse technical loss technischer Verlust temporary vorübergehend temporary annuity Zeitrente, Rente auf Zeit temporary disability vorübergehende Arbeitsunfähigkeit temporary disability vorübergehende Invalidität term Zeitdauer term of application Antragsfrist term of guarantee Laufzeit der Garantie, Garantiezeit term of insurance Deckungszeitraum, Versicherungsdauer term of insurance Versicherungsdauer term of payment Zahlungsfrist terminable kündbar, rückzahlbar terminate beenden terminate beendigen termination beendigen termination of contract Beendigung des Vertrags termination of risk Ende des Risikos terms Bedingungen terms and conditions Geschäftsbedingungen terms of the policy Bedingungen der Versicherungspolice theft Diebstahl then damals then and there
— from Mr. Honey's Insurance Dictionary (English-German) by Winfried Honig

The railway engineer could not, like the ordinary road engineer, divert his road and make choice of the best point for crossing a river or a valley.
— from Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles

This woman is exceedingly good-natured, and indulges our men with a glass or two of rum every day.
— from Travels of Richard and John Lander into the interior of Africa, for the discovery of the course and termination of the Niger From unpublished documents in the possession of the late Capt. John William Barber Fullerton ... with a prefatory analysis of the previous travels of Park, Denham, Clapperton, Adams, Lyon, Ritchie, &c. into the hitherto unexplored countries of Africa by Robert Huish