Pheons, it may be noticed in passing, are arrow-heads with an inner engrailed edge (Fig. 502), while when depicted without this peculiarity they are termed "broad arrows" (Fig. 503).
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Translation, also, is excellent exercise in word-mastery and consorts well with the study of derivations.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

As we were rival houses, the St. Louis partners removed our account from the American Exchange Bank to the Metropolitan Bank; and, as Wadsworth & Sheldon had failed, I was instructed to deal in time bills, and in European exchange, with Schnchardt & Gebhard, bankers in Nassau Street.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

A whole new series of units were attached in echelon, each fitted to the appropriate level for its work.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

Yo enterré a Iwa en este barranco..., ahí..., donde 05 está V. sentado..., y me volví a Gérgal, porque conocí que estaba malo.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

ii. 109,) it was subservient to the revenge of Medea, and in either etymology, (Procop. de Bell.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Purposive is an ugly word, but it has come into use lately; and its employment enables us to preserve the connexion between Zweck and zweckmässig .
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

The principles which had taught us to be jealous of the power of an hereditary monarch were by an injudicious excess extended to the representatives of the people in their popular assemblies.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

"The idea is excellent, and its execution equally commendable.
— from Cat and Dog; Or, Memoirs of Puss and the Captain by Julia Charlotte Maitland

This persecution was the more mortifying and discreditable as it even extended to his servants, whom they strove to injure by every means they could employ.
— from Memoirs and Historical Chronicles of the Courts of Europe Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of France, Wife of Henri IV; of Madame de Pompadour of the Court of Louis XV; and of Catherine de Medici, Queen of France, Wife of Henri II by Mme. Du Hausset

The first and most common classification is that into arts of hearing, sight , and imagination ; as if eyes, ears, and imagination were on the same level, and could be deduced from the same logical variable, as foundation of the division.
— from Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Benedetto Croce

‘Certainly, though Valetta is really much improved, Gillian has not been as pleasant as I expected, especially during the latter part of the time.’
— from Beechcroft at Rockstone by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

The king's agents in England evidently expected nothing better; and were, generally speaking, much for his accepting the propositions.
— from Constitutional History of England, Henry VII to George II. Volume 2 of 3 by Henry Hallam

—This tree produces the Saul wood of India, which has a very high reputation, and is extensively employed for all engineering purposes where great strength and toughness are requisite.
— from Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by William Saunders

"I don't believe it intends to rain at all, and I expect everybody will come, and the audience be 'large and appreciative', as the newspapers say.
— from The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story by Angela Brazil

Rosa could only look apologetically sensible of being very much in her own way and in everybody else’s.
— from The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens