com. 8 , confirms the same; and to this aphorism of Hippocrates, all the Arabians, new and old Latins subscribe; Montaltus c. 25 , Hercules de Saxonia, Mercurialis, Vittorius Faventinus, &c. Skenkius, l. 1, observat.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

AS. þearm (Voc.); for cognates see Kluge (s.v. darm ).
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

che i vivi piedi cosi` sicuro per lo 'nferno freghi. Questi, l'orme di cui pestar mi vedi, tutto che nudo e dipelato vada, fu di grado maggior che tu non credi: nepote fu de la buona Gualdrada; Guido Guerra ebbe nome, e in sua vita fece col senno assai e con la spada. L'altro, ch'appresso me la rena trita, e` Tegghiaio Aldobrandi, la cui voce nel mondo su` dovria esser gradita.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

And there and then and bathed by the rising sun, my son in his grave, in his rude-dug grave I deposited, Ending my vigil strange with that, vigil of night and battle-field dim, Vigil for boy of responding kisses, (never again on earth responding,) Vigil for comrade swiftly slain, vigil I never forget, how as day brighten'd, I rose from the chill ground and folded my soldier well in his blanket, And buried him where he fell.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

V. Fine clothes, sir, become not me; nor have I any ambition to wear them.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

The telegraph pole, of which I spoke as the real official organ of Chinatown, stands not far from the Joss House in Mott Street, in full view from Chatham Square.
— from How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

X. Dic mihi, virgo ferox, cum sit tibi cassis et hasta Quare non habeas aegida.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Tourists do not put on evening clothes except in very fashionable centers, such as London, Paris, Monte Carlo or Deauville, and then only if staying at an ultra fashionable hotel.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

Note 4 ( return ) [ There are very few conjectures so happy as that of Le Clere, (Bibliotehque Universelle, tom. i. p. 148,) who supposes that the harpies were only locusts.
— 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

And indeed it was a very fine canal, straight, wide, and deep enough for Paddy to swim in and float his logs out to the pond.
— from The Adventures of Paddy Beaver by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

But loyal Alan Breck is shent, stabbed through the Stuart plaid; In sooth it is a grimly sight, so fast the heroes fall, Three volumes fell could scarcely tell the fortunes of them all.
— from Ban and Arriere Ban: A Rally of Fugitive Rhymes by Andrew Lang

It is strange when we consider how very few, comparatively speaking, are the number of authors, how many people are supported by them.
— from Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat

A toboggan is not a good vehicle for crossing summits.
— from Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska by Hudson Stuck

It may be noted first that, with the above-mentioned exception, the various fibrous celluloses show but slight differences in regard to all the essential features of the reactions involved.
— from Researches on Cellulose, 1895-1900 by C. F. (Charles Frederick) Cross

The uninitiated saw the well-rounded forms of the huge fowls or hogs he sought, in his weekly agricultural journal, from time to time; and, through the same channel, he met with "portraits," represented to have had originals at some time or other, and which were said to be in the possession of this or that breeder, who "had been induced, after earnest solicitation, to part with a very few choice samples," out of such imaginary stock.
— from The History of the Hen Fever. A Humorous Record by Geo. P. (George Pickering) Burnham

Peninsular Malaysia - rubber, palm oil, cocoa, rice; Sabah - subsistence crops, rubber, timber, coconuts, rice; Sarawak - rubber, pepper, timber Maldives coconuts, corn, sweet potatoes; fish Mali cotton, millet, rice, corn, vegetables, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats Malta potatoes, cauliflower, grapes, wheat, barley, tomatoes, citrus, cut flowers, green peppers; pork, milk, poultry, eggs Marshall Islands coconuts, tomatoes, melons, taro, breadfruit, fruits; pigs, chickens Mauritania dates, millet, sorghum, rice, corn; cattle, sheep Mauritius sugarcane, tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses; cattle, goats; fish Mayotte vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), coffee, copra Mexico corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit, tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products; wood products Micronesia, Federated States of black pepper, tropical fruits and vegetables, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), betel nuts, sweet potatoes; pigs, chickens; fish Moldova vegetables, fruits, wine, grain, sugar beets, sunflower seed, tobacco; beef, milk Monaco none Mongolia wheat, barley, vegetables, forage crops; sheep, goats, cattle, camels, horses Montenegro grains, tobacco, potatoes, citrus fruits, olives, grapes; sheepherding; commercial fishing negligible Montserrat cabbages, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, peppers; livestock products Morocco barley, wheat, citrus, wine, vegetables, olives; livestock Mozambique cotton, cashew nuts, sugarcane, tea, cassava (tapioca), corn, coconuts, sisal, citrus and tropical fruits, potatoes, sunflowers; beef, poultry Namibia millet, sorghum, peanuts, grapes; livestock; fish Nauru coconuts Nepal rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, root crops; milk, water buffalo meat Netherlands grains, potatoes, sugar beets, fruits, vegetables; livestock Netherlands Antilles aloes, sorghum, peanuts, vegetables, tropical fruit New Caledonia vegetables; beef, deer, other livestock products; fish New Zealand wheat, barley, potatoes, pulses, fruits, vegetables; wool, beef, lamb and mutton, dairy products; fish Nicaragua coffee, bananas, sugarcane, cotton, rice, corn, tobacco, sesame, soya, beans; beef, veal, pork, poultry, dairy products; shrimp, lobsters Niger cowpeas, cotton, peanuts, millet, sorghum, cassava (tapioca), rice; cattle, sheep, goats, camels, donkeys, horses, poultry Nigeria cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish Niue coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle Norfolk Island Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals, vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry Northern Mariana Islands coconuts, fruits, vegetables; cattle Norway barley, wheat, potatoes; pork, beef, veal, milk; fish Oman dates, limes, bananas, alfalfa, vegetables; camels, cattle; fish Pakistan cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; milk, beef, mutton, eggs Palau coconuts, copra, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; fish Panama bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane, vegetables; livestock; shrimp Papua New Guinea coffee, cocoa, copra, palm kernels, tea, sugar, rubber, sweet potatoes, fruit, vegetables, vanilla; shell fish, poultry, pork Paraguay cotton, sugarcane, soybeans, corn, wheat, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), fruits, vegetables; beef, pork, eggs, milk; timber Peru asparagus, coffee, cotton, sugarcane, rice, potatoes, corn, plantains, grapes, oranges, coca; poultry, beef, dairy products; fish, guinea pigs Philippines sugarcane, coconuts, rice, corn, bananas, cassavas, pineapples, mangoes; pork, eggs, beef; fish Pitcairn Islands honey; wide variety of fruits and vegetables; goats, chickens Poland potatoes, fruits, vegetables, wheat; poultry, eggs, pork, dairy Portugal grain, potatoes, tomatoes, olives, grapes; sheep, cattle, goats, swine, poultry, dairy products; fish Puerto Rico sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens Qatar fruits, vegetables; poultry, dairy products, beef; fish Romania wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, sunflower seed, potatoes, grapes; eggs, sheep Russia grain, sugar beets, sunflower seed, vegetables, fruits; beef, milk
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency