At Macon City she spoke to them in an abandoned barracks, and slept in a slab house.
— 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

When we behold hordes of ancient legislators, posing as dervishes of moderation, secretly and openly breaking the prohibition laws of their own making.... When we turn away from such familiar sights and, in a more jovial mood, heartily laugh at the jokes of that former mill slave, Plautus (who could not pay his bills) and when we wonder why his wise cracks sound so familiar we remember that we have heard their modern versions only yesterday at the Tivoli on State Street....
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

I delayd 2 hours to fish, Cought Some Small fish on which we dined.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

inimīce lāmnae, Crīspe Sallustī, nisi temperātō splendeat ūsū , H. 2, 2, 2, thou foe to bullion, Crispus Sallustius, so it shine not with tempered use .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Indeed, this pantheistic subordination of conscience to what happens to exist, this optimism annulling every human ideal, betrays its immoral tendency very clearly so soon as it descends from theological seminaries into the lay world.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

Sperrkonto blocked account Sperrung eines Kontos blocking of an account Spesen expense Spesen eingeschlossen charges included Spesenabrechnung account of charges Spesenabrechnung note of expenses Spesenbewilligung expense allowance Spesenkonto expense account Spesenrechnung bill of costs Spesenrechnung bill of expenses Spesenzulage allowance for expenses Spezialarbeiter; Spezialkraft specialized worker Spezialausbildung specialized education Spezialgerät special equipment spezialisiert specialized Spezialisierung specialization Spezialkenntnisse special knowledge Spezialverpackung special packing speziell special spezielle Probleme specific problems Sphäre; Kreis sphere Spiel; Glücksspiel; spielen gamble Spielen gambling Spielen game-playing Spielen gaming Spieler; Spekulant gambler Spielhölle gambling house Spielschuld gambling debt Spielschuld gaming debt Spielschulden gambling debts Spielvertrag wagering contract Spielwarenmesse toy fair Spind; Garderobenschrank locker Spiralheftung spiral binding Spitze der Nachfrage peak of demand Spitzenjahr peak year Spitzenlohn top wage Spitzennachfrage; Spitzenbedarf peak demand Spitzenpapiere blue chips Spitzenverdienst top salary Sponsor sponsor spontan spontaneous spontaner Käufer impulse buyer Spontankauf impulse buying Sportredakteur sports editor Spottpreis knocked-down price Spottpreis; Locopreis spot price Sprachen lernen study languages Sprechanlage intercommunication system Springer spare man Springer stand-by man Spruchband banner Sprung nach vorn jump ahead sprunghafter Anstieg jump sprunghaftes Auf und Ab der Kurse pyrotechnics Spur track Spurweite gauge staatlich unterstützt grant-aided staatlich; Staatsangehöriger national staatliche Fürsorge national assistance staatliche Rentenanleihen consols staatliche Sozialversicherung (Br.)
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

have to cross seven seas to commit).
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Come, soldiers, show what cruelty ye can, That this my death may never be forgot- Great men oft die by vile bezonians: A Roman sworder and banditto slave Murder'd sweet Tully; Brutus' bastard hand Stabb'd Julius Caesar; savage islanders Pompey the Great; and Suffolk dies by pirates.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The Colonel, still standing in front of the fireplace, uttered no word.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

“I am content,” said Sir Gawain; “and may God help me to grant all thy wishes.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

The monkeys and birds died at Guadaloupe but fortunately the skin of the Simia chiropotes, the only one in Europe, was sent a few years ago to the Jardin des Plantes, where the couxio (Simia satanas) and the stentor or alouate of the steppes of Caracas (Simia ursina) had been already received.
— from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Alexander von Humboldt

[66] Colonel Sykes states the proportion collected in the Deccan as much less than is above given [67] Rickards, vol.
— from The Slave Trade, Domestic and Foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished by Henry Charles Carey

Hopalong Cassidy stopped swearing at the weather and looked up and along the trail in front of him, seeing a hard-riding man approach.
— from Bar-20 Days by Clarence Edward Mulford

I have the cards spread— sota y caballo .
— from The Free Lances: A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Mayne Reid

The environs of the town afford quarries, whence the stone is taken in great blocks, in a comparatively soft state--and is thus cut into the several forms required with the greatest facility.
— from A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

Bob, Sandy, get chance see sister.
— from The Pioneer Boys on the Great Lakes; or, On the Trail of the Iroquois by St. George Rathborne

Lalo said to Elka, "Elka, my little only sister, do not cry so, sister; do not be so vexed; we are nine brothers, and one of these days you will surely act as bridesmaid."
— from Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington, contessa