The latter are the same, as I dare say 480 you will remember, who listened to sweet sounds and gazed upon fair colours, but would not tolerate the existence of absolute beauty.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

Parched corn was used for coffee, and a kind of black molasses was used instead of sugar.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

For my part, he keeps me rustically at home, or, to speak more properly, stays me here at home unkept; for call you that keeping for a gentleman of my birth that differs not from the stalling of an ox?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

of a reflexive eager , ācer, ācris, ācre; alacer, alacris, alacre eager (be) , studeō, 2 eagerness , studium, studī, n. eagle , aquila, -ae, f. easily , facile easy , facilis, -e either ... or , aut ... aut empire , imperium, impe´rī, n. employ , negōtium dō encourage , hortor, 1 enemy , hostis, -is, m. and f. ; inimīcus, -ī, m. enough , satis entire , tōtus, -a, -um ( § 108 ) expectation , opīniō, -ōnis, f. eye , oculus, -ī, m. F faithless , perfidus, -a, -um famous , clārus, -a, -um far , longē farmer , agricola, -ae,
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Casi al mismo instante, luego que el marqués hubo atravesado el umbral, fue cerrada la puerta, y el pobre tío Paciencia
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

If he thought that by these means he could break the spirit or shake the resolution of his prisoner, he was soon undeceived, for Cervantes contrived before long to despatch a letter to the Governor of Oran, entreating him to send him some one that could be trusted, to enable him and three other gentlemen, fellow-captives of his, to make their escape; intending evidently to renew his first attempt with a more trustworthy guide.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

With that he's loudly call'd upon For Coffee , and then whip he's gone.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Let us first consider this point in the sense
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

Thaddeus Stevens 251 A letter written by Mrs. Stanton to Martha Wright is a sample of hundreds which were sent to friends in all parts of the country: I enclose you the proof of the memorial which Susan and I have just been getting up for Congress.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

This was a remedy which the penitentes had used for centuries, and its efficacy was proved by the fact that Ramon’s cuts had begun to heal at once, and that he had had very little fever.
— from The Blood of the Conquerors by Harvey Fergusson

[Pg ix] Process block by Dellagana, after wood-engraving, unsigned, from "Parisians by themselves" 51 J. M. L. E. Meissonier Engravings from the "Contes Remois" 52 , 57 Jean Gigoux Process block, unsigned, from wood-engraving from "Gil Blas" 53 Jules Jacquemart Pen drawings, reproduced by C. Gillot, from "The History of Furniture" 55 , 56 , 64 A. de Neuville Wood-engraving by Farlet from "Coups de Fusil" 59 Gustave Doré Wood-engraving by Brunier, from "Spain" 58 " " Process block by Dellagana, from a lithograph 60 D. Vierge Pen drawing, process by Gillot, from "Pablo de Ségovie" 60 Louis Morin Pen drawing, process, unsigned, from "L'Art et l'Idée" 62 , 63 Carlos Schwæbe Pen drawing, process, unsigned, from Zola's "Le Rêve" 62 E. Grasset Pen drawing, process by Hare, from "Quatre Fils Aymon" 63 J. F. Raffaëlli Pen drawing, process, unsigned, from "Paris Illustré" 64 H. Ibels Pen drawing, process, unsigned, from "L'Art du Rire" 65 , 66 Steinlen Chalk drawings, two process blocks, by Carl Hentschel, from "Gil Blas" 66 A. Willette Pen drawing, process, unsigned, from "Les Pierrots" 66 , 68 Caran D'Ache Pen drawing, process, unsigned, "Album Caran D'Ache" 67 A. Robida Pen drawing, process, unsigned, from "Journal d'un vieux garçon" 67 J. L. Forain Pen drawing, process, unsigned, from "La Comédie Parisienne" 68 P. Renouard Wood-engraving, unsigned, from chalk drawing in "The Graphic" 68 M. Lalanne From pencil drawing, process block by Clarke 70
— from Modern Illustration by Joseph Pennell

(In United feature comics, July 5, 1946) © 5Jul46; B5-388.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1973 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

It is an utterly featureless, characterless Being, perfectly empty and abstract.
— from A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by W. T. (Walter Terence) Stace

(Tarzan, no. 3427) (In United feature comics, Aug. 4, 1950)
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

(Tarzan, no.2535) (In United feature comics, vol.9, no.15) © 26Sep47; B5-5426.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1974 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Nor was this all, for, when the unsupported fleet could do no more, another heroic undertaking was planned upon which fortune beguilingly smiled—the landing on the historic beaches of Gallipoli.
— from Winning a Cause: World War Stories by John G. (John Gilbert) Thompson

[The word, though customarily used for cemetery, means, primarily, a treasure-house.]
— from Through Russia by Maksim Gorky

till of recent years, like the college text-books, which are yet sometimes left unprinted from choice; and after the introduction of typography the teaching and learning public accorded a preference to those scholars who constructed their system on more modern lines, and whose method was at once more intelligible and more efficient.
— from Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters A Contribution to the History of Educational Development in Great Britain by William Carew Hazlitt