The Egyptians buried wolves, bears, crocodiles, dogs, and cats in sacred places, embalmed their bodies, and put on mourning at their death.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

In the case of children, the choice is so peculiarly exposed to arbitrary factors, to mere school traditions, to waves of pedagogical fad and fancy, to fluctuating social cross currents, that sometimes, in sheer disgust at the inadequacy of results, a reaction occurs [Pg 43] to the total neglect of overt activity as an educational factor, and a recourse to purely theoretical subjects and methods.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

Pierre Joseph Buc'hoz, physician to the king of Poland, in 1787, made a business of supplying roasted coffee in small packets, each sufficient for one cup.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

General Belli, B. Il caffè, il suo paese e la sua importanza.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Conjugation I Conjugation II SINGULAR PERSONAL ENDINGS 1. amā´ bam , I was loving monē´ bam , I was advising -m 2. amā´ bās , you were loving monē´ bās , you were advising -s 3.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Conjugation I Conjugation II SINGULAR PERSONAL ENDINGS 1. amâ´ bam , I was loving monê´ bam , I was advising -m 2. amâ´ bâs , you were loving monê´ bâs , you were advising -s 3. amâ´ bat , he was loving monê´ bat , he was advising -t PLURAL 1.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Itaque sub clârô Italiae sôle Pûblius et L[y]dia, amîcî fidêlissimî, per campôs collîsque cotîdiê vagâbantur.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Itaque sub clārō Italiae sōle Pūblius et Lȳdia, amīcī fidēlissimī, per campōs collīsque cotīdiē vagābantur.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

The exceedingly pernicious habit of bandaging infants in swaddling clothes is still prevalent, even in the best regulated Cuban families.
— from Cuba Past and Present by Richard Davey

In the second place there are many persons who wish to unite their labor and skill with capital in some productive enterprise, and having no capital of their own, desire to borrow.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, December 1883 by Chautauqua Institution

The defenders had lost heavily enough, but Tommy’s defense behind the line of the ramparts was soundly concentrated in strong points, equipped with steam guns and mostly armed with thermit-throwers as well.
— from The Fifth-Dimension Tube by Murray Leinster

But it is admitted on all hands that a law may be unjust—that is to say, it may without consent from the parties concerned, infringe some previously existing right—and as the right so violated cannot have been created by law, inasmuch as what law had been competent to create, law would be equally competent to cancel—it is clear that there must be rights other than those created by law, rights whose origin was independent of, and anterior to, law.
— from Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by William Thomas Thornton