Nelson, however, with skill and exertions never exceeded, and almost unexampled, bore for that island.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

It is well known that whenever we are powerfully influenced by one thing, things of little intensity are either not experienced at all or only to a very small degree, and are therefore neglected.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

] so did he vainly conclude as to its birth and youth, by the vigour he observed in the wits of his time, abounding in novelties and the invention of divers arts: “Verum, ut opinor, habet novitatem summa, recensque Natura est mundi, neque pridem exordia coepit Quare etiam quaedam nunc artes expoliuntur, Nunc etiam augescunt; nunc addita navigiis sunt Multa.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

“An extreme nervous excitement and a strangely agitated sleep; she fancied this morning in her sleep that her soul was hovering above her body, which she at the same time watched.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

23 When news was brought to Rome that Veii was taken, [Pg 352] although both the prodigies had been expiated, and the answers of the prophets and the Pythian responses were well known, and though they had selected as their commander Marcus Furius, the greatest general of the day, which was doing as much to promote success as could be done by human prudence; yet because the war had been carried on there for so many years with various success, and many losses had been sustained, their joy was unbounded, as if for an event not expected; and before the senate could pass any decree, all the temples were crowded with Roman matrons returning thanks to the gods.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

Dum fœdis squalet Nilus cum fœtibus amnis, Et necis est auctor queîs modo numen erat.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

"Unethical" indicates, therefore, that a man is not sufficiently sensible to the higher, finer impulses which the present civilization has brought with it, or is not sensible to them at all; it indicates backwardness, but only from the point of view of the contemporary degree of distinction.—The comparative classification of enjoyments itself is not determined according to absolute ethics; but after each new ethical adjustment, it is then decided whether conduct be ethical or the reverse.
— from Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

bomb burst, atomic explosion, nuclear explosion (arms) 727.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

We have mentioned only a few examples, but almost every New England architect can, by writing to the Murdock Parlor Grate Company, be referred to examples of their work in his neighborhood, and we think he will find their estimates as low as it is safe to accept, and their responsibility is beyond all question.
— from The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Vol. 01, No. 05, May 1895 Two Florentine Pavements by Various

CHAPTER VI ON AFRICAN SHORES There was no doubt that Jim had good cause to be thankful, for his had been an extremely narrow escape; and as he turned away from his companion, he was quite overcome at the thought, for this was the very first time he had known what it was to be face to face with death.
— from In the grip of the Mullah: A tale of adventure in Somaliland by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

Being all the Gospels and Epistles now extant, attributed to Jesus Christ, his Apostles and companions, not included in the new Testament.
— from Essays in Rationalism by Charles Robert Newman

We do not call Lanfranc an Englishman, nor even Adrian the Fourth an Italian.
— from Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 by T. Clifford (Thomas Clifford) Allbutt

Here was an effect not exactly artistic, which he could not understand.
— from Barriers Burned Away by Edward Payson Roe

The wind being strong at E. N. E. and the night dark and tempestuous, we kept as much under the land as possible; but found ourselves in the morning, Dec. l0, to be driven far to the south-westward.
— from A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802 and 1803, in His Majesty's ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland schooner by Matthew Flinders

1568 Orange, Count Louis, Hoogstraaten, and others, cited before the Blood-Council—Charges against them—Letter of Orange in reply— Position and sentiments of the Prince—Seizure of Count de Buren— Details of that transaction—Petitions to the Council from Louvain and other places—Sentence of death against the whole population of the Netherlands pronounced by the Spanish Inquisition and proclaimed by Philip—Cruel inventions against heretics—The Wild Beggars— Preliminary proceedings of the Council against Egmont and Horn— Interrogatories addressed to them in prison—Articles of accusation against them—Foreclosure of the cases—Pleas to the jurisdiction— Efforts by the Countesses Egmont and Horn, by many Knights of the Fleece, and by the Emperor, in favor of the prisoners—Answers of Alva and of Philip—Obsequious behavior of Viglius—Difficulties arising from the Golden Fleece statutes set aside—Particulars of the charges against Count Horn and of his defence—Articles of accusation against Egmont—Sketch of his reply—Reflections upon the two trials—Attitude of Orange—His published 'Justification'—His secret combinations—His commission to Count Louis—Large sums of money subscribed by the Nassau family, by Netherland refugees, and others—Great personal sacrifices made by the Prince—Quadruple scheme for invading the Netherlands—Defeat of the patriots under Cocqueville—Defeat of Millers—Invasion of Friesland by Count Louis—Measures of Alva to oppose him—Command of the royalists entreated to Aremberg and Meghem—The Duke's plan for the campaign— Skirmish at Dam—Detention of Meghem—Count Louis at Heiliger—Lee— Nature of the ground—Advance of Aremberg—Disposition of the patriot forces—Impatience of the Spanish troops to engage—Battle of Heiliger-Lee—Defeat and death of Aremberg—Death of Adolphus Nassau—Effects of the battle—Anger and severe measures of Alva— Eighteen nobles executed at Brussels—Sentence of death pronounced upon Egmont and Horn—The Bishop of Ypres sent to Egmont—Fruitless intercession by the prelate and the Countess—Egmont's last night in prison—The "grande place" at Brussels—Details concerning the execution of Egmont and Horn—Observation upon the characters of the two nobles—Destitute condition of Egmont's family.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1566-74) by John Lothrop Motley

I am sure I shall never be able to drive in anything else now except a brougham.’
— from Tancred; Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield