A faint doubt crossed Pollyanna's countenance.
— from Pollyanna by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

Lyte had made something over nine thousand dollars, Babbitt had made a four-hundred-and-fifty dollar commission, Purdy had, by the sensitive mechanism of modern finance, been provided with a business-building, and soon the happy inhabitants of Linton would have meat lavished upon them at prices only a little higher than those down-town.
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

A wide staircase with green newels and carpeted steps leads from the tiled entrance up to the main floor between rows of flower-pots set upon pedestals of motley-colored and fantastically decorated Chinese porcelain.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

Turcheſca vno bonnet roſo fino alquante filce de criſtalino poſto ogni coſa in vno piato dargento et dui biqui eri dorati in mano Quando focemo nela cita trouaſſemo Lo re in ſuo palatio cõ molti homini q̃ ſe deua in tera ſoura vna ſtora di palma
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

Then the Pope sent special power to the old Grand Inquisitor to sentence Froilan to whatever punishment he liked without more ado, and the Council of the Inquisition and Folch de Cardona protested to the King against the attempt of the Pope to override the { 320} law of Spain; and at last Philip V. put his foot down once for all—dismissed the Inquisitor-General, reappointed the old Council, and authorised them to release Froilan in the King's name.
— from The Year after the Armada, and Other Historical Studies by Martin A. S. (Martin Andrew Sharp) Hume

There were chairs symmetrically arranged like sentinels along the walls, tinted lace curtains, a gilded mirror, and a few doubtful coloured pictures, all of women.
— from The Hippodrome by Rachel Hayward

The Battalion proceeded from Madras to the Naggery Pass, to repress the plundering tribes of Pindarees — —— Marched for Trichinopoly 22 1817 Appointment of Lieut.-General Lord Hill, G.C.B., to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Sir John Abercromby, deceased — —— The flank companies employed with a field force under Brigadier-General Pritzler 23 1819 Assault of the fort of Copaul Droog — 1820 Marched from Trichinopoly for Bellary — [xxix] 1820 Proceeded to Bangalore 23 —— The flank companies rejoined the regiment after much arduous service 24 1822 Quitted the Mysore, and proceeded to Fort St. George — —— Relieved by the Forty-first regiment, and ordered to prepare for embarkation for England — 1823 Embarked from Madras, and arrived at Chatham 25 —— Return of Casualties in the First Battalion, from 1805 to 1822 — —— Removed to Weedon — 1826 Proceeded to Portsmouth, and inspected by General Lord Hill, G.C.B. — —— Marched into Lancashire, and embarked for Ireland — 1829 Formed into six Service, and four Depôt companies, preparatory for embarkation for foreign service 26 —— Service companies embarked at Cork for Gibraltar — 1830 New Colours presented to the Regiment by General Sir George Don, Lieut.-Governor of Gibraltar — —— Appointment of Major-General Lord FitzRoy J. H. Somerset, K.C.B., to the colonelcy, in succession to General Lord Hill, G.C.B., removed to the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards — 1834 Service companies proceeded to Malta 27 1835 Depôt companies returned to Ireland — 1836 Service companies embarked for the Ionian Islands — [xxx] 1840 Service companies embarked from Corfu and landed at Plymouth 27 1841 Regiment proceeded to Scotland — 1843 Embarked for Ireland — 1844 Embarked for the East Indies — —— Arrived at Calcutta — 1845 Proceeded to Cawnpore; thence to Agra; and to Delhi — 1846 Active operations commenced on the Sutlej — —— The Regiment proceeded from Delhi, and joined the division of the army on the march to Loodianah 28 —— Engaged at the Battle of Aliwal 29 —— Engaged at the Battle of Sobraon 30 —— Received the thanks and approbation of the Governor-General of India 32 —— Medals presented by the Government of India 33 —— Received the Royal Authority to bear the words " Aliwal " and " Sobraon " on the colours and appointments — —— Proceeded to Lahore, thence to Umballa, and to Ferozepore 34 1848 Returned to Lahore — [xxxi] CONTENTS OF THE HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT, CONTENTS RELATING TO THE SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION.
— from Historical Record of the Fifty-Third, or the Shropshire Regiment of Foot Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1755 and of its subsequent services to 1848 by Richard Cannon

He always paid the closest attention to what they told him, and in a few days could pick up signals and tune the set fairly well.
— from The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass; Or, The Midnight Call for Assistance by Allen Chapman

I designed harbours for Oporto; the Mattozenhas; Viana, Aveiro, Figuera, and St. Ubes, for the Portuguese Government; also for Douglas, Castleton, Peel, Ramsey, and Laxey, in the Isle of Man, for the local authorities; and Redoubt Kalé, in the Black Sea, for the Russian Government.
— from Autobiography of Sir John Rennie, F.R.S., Past President of the Institute of Civil Engineers Comprising the history of his professional life, together with reminiscences dating from the commencement of the century to the present time. by Rennie, John, Sir

But indeed it is not necessary to refer to the problem of evil in order to show that the argument from design cannot prove the existence of an omnipotent and benevolent Designer.
— from The Idea of God as Affected by Modern Knowledge by John Fiske

The friends of a Determiner who was not successful in drawing a more distinguished audience, would run out into the streets and forcibly drag chance passers-by into the School.
— from On The Art of Reading by Arthur Quiller-Couch

As we advance into the interior a far different climate prevails, [Pg 227] and the farther west we go, the lighter becomes the rainfall, till it would almost appear as if it scarcely ever rained in some places in the interior, which are not much raised above the level of the sea.
— from Early Days in North Queensland by Edward Palmer

The proportionate number of deaths at all ages from diarrhœa corresponds pretty closely with those of infants.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various