Letters and ledgers took the place of “I'll do't,” and “you shall hae't”; and, as in all such cases of advance, the rugged picturesqueness of the old method disappeared with its inconveniences.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

It is not enough to keep off actual war: there is a limit to the price we can afford to pay even for peace.
— from Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay by Immanuel Kant

Prithiraj was one of the most gallant chieftains of the age, and like the Troubadour princes of the west, could grace a cause with the soul-inspiring effusions of the muse, as well as aid it with his sword: nay, in an assembly of the bards of Rajasthan, the palm of merit was unanimously awarded to the Rathor cavalier.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Tuklía ang mga dáhun ug hínay arun dílì mu hinglaktawan ang litrátu, Turn the pages slowly so you will not miss the picture.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Valentine found her grandmother in bed; silent caresses, heartwrung sobs, broken sighs, burning tears, were all that passed in this sad interview, while Madame de Villefort, leaning on her husband’s arm, maintained all outward forms of respect, at least towards the poor widow.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

But the English nation had then newly accomplished the great Revolution that secured its liberties, was thinking for itself, and calling forth the energies of writers who spoke for the people and looked to the people for approval and support.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

And pretty it is to consider how the King would appear to be a stiff Protestant and son of the Church; and yet would appear willing to give a liberty to these people, because of his promise at Breda.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

It was not at all likely that the Pulajans would enter Catbalogan, but there was always the possibility , not to be wholly ignored, that some such episode as that of March 23d, of the preceding year, at Surigao, already described, might be repeated.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

For a long time the [Pg 119] chasm remained in statu quo , and neither closed up in the slightest degree nor was to be filled, albeit the Romans brought and cast into it masses of earth and stones and all sorts of other material.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

As soon as he returned therefore from Heidelberg, he wrote a letter to that pope, in the most submissive terms; and sent him, at the same time, an explication of his propositions about indulgences.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

The political passions of the last age of the Republic inclined men of thought and leisure to that philosophy which seemed best fitted to meet and satisfy— 'The longing for confirmed tranquillity Inward and outward.'
— from The Roman Poets of the Republic, 2nd edition by W. Y. (William Young) Sellar

Has any listened to the prattle of the schoolroom without hearing at odd moments the tone of some note that is not girlish—the voice of the [8] woman speaking gravely through the chatter of the child?
— from Dross by Henry Seton Merriman

Another visitor, of a very different sort, was the famous Mrs. Beecher-Stowe, [27] author of Uncle Tom's Cabin , whose sojourn in England in 1853 brought the question of slavery in America into social prominence and led to the presentation of the "Stafford House Address," initiated by the Duchess of Sutherland, to the women of America.
— from Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 1 (of 4).—1841-1857 by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves

At length, when their patience was wellnigh exhausted, there was a sound of footsteps, and Diggory was descried coming through the archway leading to the playing fields.
— from The Triple Alliance, Its Trials and Triumphs by Harold Avery

We kept the carcasses and left them the pelts.
— from Following the Flag, from August 1861 to November 1862, with the Army of the Potomac by Charles Carleton Coffin

It would undoubtedly cost him dear to be constantly repeating the oath binding him to protect the rights and liberties of his subjects, and listening to the perpetual strain re-echoed in his ears by the procuradores of Castile, and the brazos of Aragon, Valencia, and Catalonia.
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes

Probably no garden operation requires more time and labour than the proper removal of large trees and shrubs from one part of a garden to another.
— from Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by E. T. (Ernest Thomas) Cook

Corbin had already prepared a letter to the President denying that he had any interest in the movement, direct or indirect, and now told Gould that he must send the letter by the first mail; but that, if it were sent, its statements must be true.
— from The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, July, 1913 Vol. LXXXVI. New Series: Vol. LXIV. May to October, 1913 by Various

[102] The apology here alluded to was made in a letter to the author of the Beggars' Opera , dated December 16, 1731, and ushered into the world as written by a Mr. Cleland, who had a few years before sent a letter to the publisher of the Dunciad , explaining the author's motives for writing the poem, and subjoining a list of the books in which he had been abused, etc.
— from Hogarth's Works, with life and anecdotal descriptions of his pictures. Volume 3 (of 3) by John Ireland

The papal power, at the period of Frederic II., seemed to tremble on the verge of inevitable destruction; but by a profound and unscrupulous policy, and a system of crafty intrigues, aided by a political machinery whose various parts ramified every portion of the empire, and acted in concert through all ages and dynasties, it had steadily carried its advancements through the blood of millions and the ruins of thrones, until, at the time of Charles, it had regained its supremacy in the empire; and dictated treaties to the emperors, measures to the diets, and laws to the people.
— from Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by John Alberger