Now for the second thing, but first a question: does the pain prevent you talking about utterly unimportant things, but talking sensibly?”
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[Pg 16] John of Antioch.—Author of a work called "Chronological History from Adam" quoted in the Excerpts Concerning Virtues and Vices (vid. supra).
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

Now, Mr. Copperfield, I hope that you will not render it necessary for me to open, even for a quarter of an hour, that closed page in the book of life, and unsettle, even for a quarter of an hour, grave affairs long since composed.’
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Twice from all quarters they returned with might, 50 An art not mastered yet by these you [362] led.’
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

I've been waiting for a quiet time to talk things over, and now I've got it
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

SYN: Fit, adapt, qualify, ad, just, provide, arrange, order, lay, plan, equip, furnish, make ready.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

While one thick garment is, for most purposes, as good as three thin ones, and cheap clothing can be obtained at prices really to suit customers; while a thick coat can be bought for five dollars, which will last as many years, thick pantaloons for two dollars, cowhide boots for a dollar and a half a pair, a summer hat for a quarter of a dollar, and a winter cap for sixty-two and a half cents, or a better be made at home at a nominal cost, where is he so poor that, clad in such a suit, of his own earning , there will not be found wise men to do him reverence?
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

It only means leaving his schooling for a quarter of a year; and he will not be strong enough for lessons at present.
— from The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 985, November 12, 1898 by Various

Three for a quarter.
— from Friendship Village Love Stories by Zona Gale

He faced about quickly as the door opened and at sight of me his face lightened.
— from The Four-Pools Mystery by Jean Webster

i. An omission from a quotation is indicated by dots.
— from The Century Handbook of Writing by Easley S. (Easley Stephen) Jones

Congratulations rained in on Burton from all quarters; but the letters that gave him most pleasure were those from Mr. Ernest A. Floyer and Mr. A. C. Swinburne, whose glowing sonnet: "To Richard F. Burton On his Translation of the Arabian Nights" is well known.
— from The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright

"All this is very well, ladies; mighty humane and feminine and quite in character," answered my uncle; "
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

Proudhon saw very clearly the end before his eyes, strove to attain it unfalteringly and steadily, and amid all the variety of the developments in which he preached his ideas to the world for a quarter of a century, never betrayed one iota of its contents.
— from Anarchism: A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory by E. V. (Ernst Viktor) Zenker

Swindling adepts crowded from all quarters, and under all sorts of characters, to Potsdam.
— from Royalty in All Ages The Amusements, Eccentricities, Accomplishments, Superstitions and Frolics of the Kings and Queens of Europe by T. F. (Thomas Firminger) Thiselton-Dyer

There was another German in the regiment later on, also a musician, named Friederich Zeigher (or Zugner) who fell at Quatre Bras.
— from The Pipes of War A Record of Achievements of Pipers of Scottish and Overseas Regiments during the War, 1914-18 by John (Pipe-Major) Grant