The cardinal objected to this: nor could all the arguments of Nelson, Sir W. Hamilton, and Lady Hamilton, who took an active part in the conference, convince him that a treaty of such a nature, solemnly concluded, could honourably be set aside.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

Thus being rather enraged than troubled at the injuries he had suffered, he resolved to found a new society, consisting chiefly of monks.
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Héloïse

As no special communication can alter or amend the proceedings of a regular one, it is not deemed necessary to present the records of the latter to the inspection of the former.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

Auaunce , v. to advance, NED, S3, C, C3, P; awance , S3; avaunset , pp. , S2; auanced , S2.—OF. avancer .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

The virtue that is assigned to the affairs of the world is a virtue of many wavings, corners, and elbows, to join and adapt itself to human frailty, mixed and artificial, not straight, clear, constant, nor purely innocent.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

There are no special ceremonies connected with the cultivation of the second crop, except the one called Chēttotakam in the month of Thulam (November), which is observed in the Palghāt tāluk.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

A nice sympathetic child could neither have thought nor said such things, but it just happened that the shock of hearing them was the best possible thing for this hysterical boy whom no one had ever dared to restrain or contradict.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

We are not so closely connected with the heavens as that the shining of the stars is affected by our death 134 .
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

She did the sensible thing (so few will) and went away with her child to work at domestic service; and now she can come in for the day and leave me something as lovely as this."
— from The Shadow by Mary White Ovington

"Do not make a noise in the streets at night," said Crevel coolly.
— from Poor Relations by Honoré de Balzac

Your honour pleases:"—then most pleased I shook [l] From out my pocket's avaricious nook Some certain coins of silver, which as 'twere Perforce I gave this man, though I could spare So much but inconveniently:—Ye smile, I see ye, ye profane ones!
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

The Semicolon is used to separate those parts of a compound sentence, which are neither so closely connected as those which are distinguished by the comma, nor so little dependent as those which require the colon.
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

By each pure spring aerial nymphs shall chant— Chant the sweet song to heavenly Liberty— While thundering cataracts peal it to the sea!"
— from Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems by James Avis Bartley

If a neutral ship carries contraband of war, this is either confiscated or destroyed, but if it exceeds half the total cargo, then this ship is also condemned.
— from The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner by Forstner, Georg-Günther, Freiherr von

His sense of order made it a pleasure to see a plate yellow with dried egg glisten iridescently and flash into shining whiteness; or a room corner filled with dust and tobacco flakes become again a "nice square clean corner with the baseboard shining, gee!
— from Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Sinclair Lewis