S. Sighele 200 4. Esprit de Corps , Morale, and Collective Representations of Social Groups.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

But I had more cause to be dismayed the following day, when I saw the squire in company with Melinda and her mother, who honoured me with several disdainful glances; and when I afterwards threw myself in his way, instead of the cordial shake of the hand, he returned my salute with a cold repetition of “Servant, servant!” which he pronounced with such indifference or rather contempt, that if he had not been Narcissa's brother, I should have affronted him in public.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

These reports consist of 80 pages, and contain reports of speeches by—Earl Grey, Mr. Ralph Neville, K.C.; Mr. George Cadbury, Mr. Aneurin Williams, the Mayor of Camberwell, Sir M. M. Bhownaggree, M.P.; Mr. R. B. Martin, M.P.;
— from Garden Cities of To-Morrow Being the Second Edition of "To-Morrow: a Peaceful Path to Real Reform" by Howard, Ebenezer, Sir

The seasons have made their wonted round, and decked this eternal city in a changeful robe of surpassing beauty.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Is it because they tend to disorder in Government, as countenancing Rebellion, or Sedition?
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

4. Esprit de Corps , Morale, and Collective Representations of Social Groups
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Instead of a unity to the mind, as of sun and solar system, there is nothing but planets, asteroids and a constant rain of shooting-stars.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

I never seriously settled myself to the reading any book of solid learning but Plutarch and Seneca; and there, like the Danaides, I eternally fill, and it as constantly runs out; something of which drops upon this paper, but little or nothing stays with me.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

[Pg 70] Gentlemen of the free-and-easy sort, who plume themselves on being acquainted with a move or two, and being usually equal to the time of day, express the wide range of their capacity for adventure by observing that they are good for anything from pitch-and-toss to manslaughter; between which opposite extremes, no doubt, there lies a tolerably wide and comprehensive range of subjects.
— from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

For the famous legend of the dancers of Kölbigk, see Gaston Paris, Les Danseurs Maudits, Légende Allemande du XIe Siècle (Paris 1900, reprinted from the Journal des Savants , Dec., 1899), which is a conte rendu of Schröder's study in Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte (1899).
— from Medieval People by Eileen Power

As for detecting any breach of decorum in the mannered and falsetto gallantries of insincere Reubens addressing imaginary Annas, the idea was only possible to a satirist who started with the determination to fling all the mud he could find; and, it must be added, when he flung it at irreproachable characters such as Mrs. Piozzi, he did but excite a certain revulsion of sympathy for the victims.
— from Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, March 1885 by Various

The façade of the house, instead of being a commonplace rectangle of stone broken by windows, has this long connected break of the door and balcony and window.
— from The House in Good Taste by Elsie De Wolfe

If plants are chilled by frost, shower them with cold water, and leave in a cool room; or set the pot in cold water and keep in a moderately cool place.
— from How to Amuse Youself and Others: The American Girl's Handy Book by Lina Beard

A curious ring of satisfaction in the newcomer's voice carried a warning note with it.
— from The Wheel O' Fortune by Louis Tracy

When the shouts of the people proved that this great step had been taken, and Winchester had signified his conviction that the penitence must be accepted, Cauchon replaced one sentence by another and pronounced the prisoner's fate.
— from Jeanne D'Arc: Her Life And Death by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

In Syke’s hydrometer , used by officers of the Revenue, the scale of the instrument is enormously extended by the use of movable weights, with each of which it becomes, in fact, a separate instrument, adapted to a certain range of specific gravities.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson

Gentlemen of the free-and-easy sort, who plume themselves on being acquainted with a move or two, and being usually equal to the time-of-day, express the wide range of their capacity for adventure by observing that they are good for anything from pitch-and-toss to manslaughter; between which opposite extremes, no doubt, there lies a tolerably wide and comprehensive range of subjects.
— from Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Charles Herbert Sylvester