una figura : we have here a use of uno not noted in the grammars, yet common to all the Romance languages.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

"No, I know you won't let your poor mother speak–that's been the way all my life–your father never minded what I said–it 'ud have been o' no use for me to beg and pray–and it 'ud be no use now, not if I was to go down o' my hands and knees––" "Don't say so, Bessy," said Mr. Tulliver, whose pride, in these first moments of humiliation, was in abeyance to the sense of some justice in his wife's reproach.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

“Be it so,” said Front-de-Boeuf; “I will believe it in future, Isaac, for thy very sake—but it aids us not now, I cannot help what has happened, or what is to follow; my word is passed to my comrade in arms, nor would I break it for ten Jews and Jewesses to boot.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

Nagdumdum ku sa maisan ug naunsa na, I went to the cornfield to see what became of it.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Nasáyud aku nga usa ninyu namutbut, I know that one of you is telling a lie.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Thus determined, I betook myself to the house of a general officer, whose character was fair in the world; and having obtained admission in consequence of my Oriental appearance, 'To a man of honour,' said I, 'the unfortunate need no introduction.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

"Und dey agreet dat dey might sell you de farm, when dem dree lifes wast up?" "No, not in downright language they didn't, as I must allow.
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

Diplomatic representation in the US: none; note - Iraq has an Interest Section in the Algerian Embassy headed by Akram AL DOURI; address: Iraqi Interests Section, Algerian Embassy, 1801 P Street NW, Washington, DC 20036; telephone: [1] (202) 483-7500; FAX: [1] (202) 462-5066 Diplomatic representation from the US: none; note - the US has an Interests Section in the Polish Embassy in Baghdad; address: P. O. Box 2051 Hay Babel, Baghdad; telephone:
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

All is fruitful around us now; nothing is barren and desolated here except my heart.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Diplomatic representation in the US: none; note - Iran has an Interests Section in the Pakistani Embassy; address: Iranian Interests Section, Pakistani Embassy, 2209 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007; telephone:
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Choirs of innumerous birds of liveliest song And brightest plumage, flitting through the shades, 140 With nimble glance are seen; they, unalarmed, Now near in airy circles sing, then speed Their random flight back to their sheltering bowers, Whose silence, broken only by their song, From the foundation of this busy world, Perhaps had never echoed to the voice, Or heard the steps, of Man.
— from The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan by William Lisle Bowles

If shingles, clapboards, and planks are out of reach, the roof may be shingled with bark; if birch bark is used, it can be held in place by poles laid upon the outside of the roof, as I have often seen the hand-rived clapboards held in place where they use no nails in the construction of their homes.
— from New Ideas for American Boys; The Jack of All Trades by Daniel Carter Beard

Neglect is transitive, negligence is intransitive; we speak of neglect of his books, friends, or duties, in which cases we could not use negligence ; negligence in dress implies want of care as to its arrangement, tidiness, etc.; neglect of one's garments would imply leaving them exposed to defacement or injury, as by dust, moths, etc.
— from English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald