the beaver appear to be extremely fond of this tree and even seem to scelect it from among the other species of Cottonwood, probably from it's affording a deeper and softer bark than the other species.—saw some sign of the Otter as well as beaver near our camp, also a great number of tracks of the brown bear; these fellows leave a formidable impression in the mud or sand I measured one this evening which was eleven inches long exclusive of the tallons and seven and 1/4 in width.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

She had often asked, but no one could inform her; but there was a general feeling that there was something , and for her own part she would not take all the money in Drinkwater's Bank and stay in the house an hour by herself.
— from Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker

The various shapes adopted in emblazonments in past ages, and used at the present time in imitation of past usage—for luckily the present period has evolved no special shield of its own—are purely the result of artistic design, and have been determined at the periods they have been used in heraldic art by no other consideration than the particular theory of design that has happened to dominate the decoration, and the means and ends of such decoration of that period.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

They were ashamed indeed to attack the Achaeans openly, The Aetolians intrigue with Cleomenes, King of Sparta, B.C. 229-227. because they could not ignore their recent obligations to them in the war with Demetrius: but they were plotting with the Lacedaemonians; and showed their jealousy of the Achaeans by not only conniving at the treacherous attack of Cleomenes upon Tegea, Mantinea, and Orchomenus (cities not only in alliance with them, but actually members of their league), but by confirming his occupation of those places.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

He may keep me on duty every day, or may place me under arrest, but no one can make me apologize, because if he, as commander of this regiment, thinks it beneath his dignity to give me satisfaction, then...” “You just wait a moment, my dear fellow, and listen,” interrupted the staff captain in his deep bass, calmly stroking his long mustache.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Equally simple and effectual is the expedient adopted by natives of Central Australia who desire to cultivate their beards.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

It would be a desecration of nature to remove it by art, but no one could regret if nature in one of her floods were to sweep it away.
— from Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by George Borrow

During the last two years in the jungle all my former feeling for Zichy has utterly passed away, but no one could have dismissed the appeal she made in that letter.
— from Ranson's Folly by Richard Harding Davis

On the other hand, she had always been, not only conscious, but also very jealous, of her power.
— from Confessions of the Czarina by Radziwill, Catherine, Princess

Simon's name had become a bogie name; one could not mention it without [Pg 135] driving people wild with rage and fear.
— from Truth [Vérité] by Émile Zola

It is from Adam Smith's great work, The Wealth of Nations , and I quote it partly because no better statement of the principle has ever been made by any writer, and partly also because no one can accuse Adam Smith of being a "wicked Socialist trying to set class against class."
— from The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg by John Spargo

It was a fine afternoon, but no one cared for walking or driving.
— from The Lovels of Arden by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

[Pg 14] which injuring oneself injures others also, and benefits no one, cannot be otherwise than wrong; that purely objectless asceticism which has not even self-discipline in view, is not virtue, but folly; that misdirected charity which, engendering improvidence, creates more distress than it relieves, is not virtue, but criminal weakness.
— from Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by William Thomas Thornton

Balls of fire, atmospheric Barlow's revolving globe, magnetic effects explained Barry, decomposed bodies by atmospheric electricity Bases and acids, their relation in the pile Battery, Leyden, that generally used Battery, voltaic , its nature —— origin of its power —— —— not in contact , —— —— chemical —— —— oxidation of the zinc —— its circulating force —— its local force —— quantity of electricity circulating —— intensity of electricity circulating —— intensity of its current —— —— increased —— its diminution in power —— —— from adhesion of fluid —— —— —— peculiar state of metal —— —— —— exhaustion of charge —— —— —— irregularity of plates —— use of metallic contact in —— electrolytes essential to it —— —— why —— state of metal and electrolyte before contact —— conspiring action of associated affinities —— purity of its zinc —— use of amalgamated zinc in —— plates, their number —— —— size —— —— vicinity —— —— immersion —— —— relative age —— —— foulness —— excited by acid —— —— alkali —— —— sulphuretted solutions —— the acid, its use —— acid for —— nitric acid best for —— construction of —— with numerous alternations —— Hare's —— general remarks on, . —— simultaneous decompositions with —— practical results with —— improved —— —— its construction —— —— power —— —— advantages —— —— disadvantages Batteries, voltaic, compared Becquerel, his important secondary results Berzelius, his view of combustion Biot's theory of electro-chemical decomposition Bismuth, its relation to magneto-electric induction Bodies classed in relation to the electric current —— classed in relation to magnetism Bodies electrolyzable Bonijol decomposed substances by atmospheric electricity Boracic acid a bad conductor Brush, electric —— produced —— not affected by nature of conductors —— is affected by the dielectrics —— not dependent on current of air —— proves molecular action of dielectric —— its analysis —— nature —— form —— ramifications —— —— their coalescence —— sound —— requisite intensity for —— has sensible duration —— is intermitting —— light of —— —— in different gases —— dark? —— passes into spark —— spark and glow relation of —— in gases —— oxygen —— nitrogen —— hydrogen —— coal-gas —— carbonic acid gas —— muriatic acid gas —— rare air —— oil of turpentine —— positive —— negative —— —— of rapid recurrence —— positive and negative in different gases , .
— from Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday

He beat me till I was black and blue; no one can remain with him, he is so rough with his men, and he exacts of them too much work.
— from Grettir the Outlaw: A Story of Iceland by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould