A decided hardness about them, although an unfavourable symptom, need not condemn the animal; it may have been occasioned by abuse of the bit, or by the use of an improper one.
— from Riding for Ladies: With Hints on the Stable by O'Donoghue, Power, Mrs.

He makes leaven a general term for everything which proceeds from flesh and blood and an unrenewed sinful nature, but classifies it under two heads—the leaven of malice and the leaven of wickedness.
— from Epistle Sermons, Vol. 2: Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by Martin Luther

The conversation sometimes turns upon literature, Mr. Bolton being a literary character, and always upon such news of the day as is exclusively possessed by that talented individual.
— from Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People by Charles Dickens

Endowed with brilliant abilities, he made, owing to a bad upbringing and an undisciplined sensuous nature, a miserable failure.
— from The Quest of the Historical Jesus A Critical Study of its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede by Albert Schweitzer

No, Farmer, it won't seem odd at all for an English youth to have been trained in this country and be assigned aboard a U. S. Navy aircraft carrier for sea duty.
— from Dave Dawson with the Pacific Fleet by Robert Sidney Bowen

Butter intended for shipment oversea must be covered with a true trade description, and that the following information should appear on each box:—The word "Australia," the name of the State in which it was produced, net weight, manufacturer's or exporter's name or registered brand, and the words "pure creamery butter," "pastry butter," "milled butter" (that is, butter which is a mixture or blend of two or more butters ordinarily packed alone and under separate names or brands), or "repacked butter," as the case may require.
— from Australia, The Dairy Country by Australia. Department of External Affairs

"On s'arrête avec respect devant la première Agrippine, assise avec une si noble simplicité et dont le visage exprime si bien la fermeté virile."— Ampère , iv.
— from Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

"I'm sure that if you asked for help from the United States they'd send all available U. S. Navy ships in the area," Dr. David Riddle said.
— from The Flaming Mountain: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin