He advanced a few paces, and caught sight of the two screech owls, that is to say, Dom Claude and Master Jacques Charmolue, absorbed in contemplation before a carving on the façade.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

The first is the triumph of romantic poetry in Wordsworth and Coleridge; the second is the success of our first English novelists, and the popularization of literature by taking it from the control of a few patrons and critics and putting it into the hands of the people as one of the forces which mold our modern life.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

the party during his absence had killed a few pheasants and caught a few small fish on which together with haws and Serviceburies they had subsisted.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

As a noun, Germānus, -ī , m., a German multus, -a, -um , much ; plur., many Adverb saepe , often 286 LESSON XIII, § 95 Nouns ager, agrī , m., field (acre) cōpia, -ae , f., plenty, abundance (copious); plur., troops, forces Cornēlius, Cornē´lī , m., Cornelius lōrī´ca, -ae , f., coat of mail, corselet praemium, praemī , n., reward, prize (premium) puer, puerī , m., boy (puerile) Rōma, -ae , f., Rome scūtum, -ī , n., shield (escutcheon) vir, virī , m., man, hero (virile)
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

The Lannings survived only in the person of two very old but lively Miss Lannings, who lived cheerfully and reminiscently among family portraits and Chippendale; the Dagonets were a considerable clan, allied to the best names in Baltimore and Philadelphia; but the van der Luydens, who stood above all of them, had faded into a kind of super-terrestrial twilight, from which only two figures impressively emerged; those of Mr. and Mrs. Henry van der Luyden.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

We do not know the uses of more than a few plants, as corn and the apple, the potato and the vine.
— from Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson

He received 8000 men instead of 5000: half of them were Roman citizens, half allies: moreover he himself got some volunteers while on the march in the country districts and so almost doubled his army: he thus reached the territory of the Lucani, where Hannibal after a fruitless pursuit after Claudius, had taken up his position.’
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Laws derive their authority from possession and custom.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

He was a spiritually-minded man and a fervent preacher, and cherished boundless love for his nation.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

All is made and led by the same master, root, branches, and fruits; principles and consequences.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

"Is it so selfish to ask for patience and courage, then, Citizen?"
— from A Marriage Under the Terror by Patricia Wentworth

Striking, rules and customs of, 206-208 , 277 , 278 , 398 , 463 , 464 , 466 , 469-472 , 481 ; not well understood, 277 , 456 , 466 , 469 , 470 , 478 , 479 Striking at foreign ports and coasts, 278 , 279 , 280 , 281 , 282 , 327 , 381 , 473 , 477 , 557 ; before forts, 256 , 279 , 280 , 472 ; in British seas, 502 , 503 ; in Mediterranean, 327 , 413 , 456 , 468 , 473 , 488 ; in narrow seas, 206 , 207 n., 208 , 277 , 402 Striking by merchant vessels, 206 , 207 , 282 , 513 ; British, 260 , 275 , 283 , 284 , 285 , 519 ; foreign, 207 , 275 , 513 Striking by Danes, 266 , 282 ; claim to, by Danes, 473 , 520 ; by Dunkirkers, 275 , 282 , 327 Striking by Dutch, 12 , 13 , 117 , 204 , 205 , 208 , 267 , 269 , 270 , 276 , 277 , 279 , 280 , 281 , 300 , 327 , 328 , 330 , 334 , 383 , 390 , 392 , 397 , 398 , 400-403 , 437 , 438 , 449 , 452 , 455-457 , 466-469 , 472 , 473 , 477-481 , 485 , 486 , 490 , 491 n., 495 , 501 , 510-513 , 520 ; States-General consider question, 390 , 392 , 397 ; De Witt’s proposals regarding, 467 , 468 , 469 , 470 ; on striking to a frigate or ketch, 468-470 ; question of whole fleet to single ship, 477 , 478 , 479 , 482 ; terms offered Dutch, 490 , 491 n.; offer to strike in all seas, 432 , 505 , 506 , 510 ; by Dutch to French, 276 and n.; by English to Dutch, 512 Striking by French, 117 , 204 , 212 , 267 , 270 and n., 271 , 272 , 275 , 276 , 279 , 280 , 283 , 291 , 313 , 327 , 332 , 333 , 471 , 477 , 488 , 512 , 513 , 518 , 520 , 521 ; French demand salute from English vessels, 212 ; force English merchant vessels to strike, 268 , 277 , 283 , 327 ; by Hamburgers, 117 ; by Spaniards, 205 , 327 , 330 , 477 ; by English to Spaniards, 512 ; by Swedes, 382 , 455 , 456 n., 520 Striking, Bynkershoek on, 556 ; Jenkins on, 480 , 481 ; jurists on, 557 ; Molloy on, 515 ; Wicquefort on, 495 ; Duke of York on, 469 Striking, treaties regarding, 382 , 455 , 508 , 517 , 522-572
— from The Sovereignty of the Sea An Historical Account of the Claims of England to the Dominion of the British Seas, and of the Evolution of the Territorial Waters by Thomas Wemyss Fulton

Every member of a family preparing a Christmas tree, should use his or her wits to contrive little inexpensive ornaments; even the little ones, with some instruction, [19] can make many pretty things, and it will add tenfold to their pleasure to feel they have assisted in ornamenting their precious tree; only let them think they can do it, and most assuredly it will be done.
— from Home Arts for Old and Young by Caroline L. Smith

And making a great number of bows in acknowledgment of several little messages to his sister, walks backward a few paces, and comes with great violence against a lamp-post, knocking his hat off in the contact, which in his mental confusion and bodily pain he is going to walk away without, until a great roar from a carter attracts his attention, when he picks it up, and tries to smile cheerfully to the young ladies, who are looking back, and who, he has the satisfaction of seeing, are all laughing heartily.
— from Sketches of Young Gentlemen by Charles Dickens

Now low and plaintive, like the sighing night-wind, it rose fuller and fuller, pausing and continuing at intervals; and then breaking into short and fitful efforts, it grew wilder and stronger, till at last with one outbreak, like the overflowing of a heart of misery, it ceased abruptly.
— from Jack Hinton: The Guardsman by Charles James Lever

In this manner the power imparted to the coil, as the pendulum vibrates to and fro, produces a continuous repetition of the attraction on each side alternately, and maintains a constant action.
— from Great Facts A Popular History and Description of the Most Remarkable Inventions During the Present Century by Frederick C. (Frederick Collier) Bakewell

Then add four peeled and chopped tomatoes, and two quarts of bouillon, chicken broth, or consommé.
— from The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book by Victor Hirtzler