In morals he was a profest Platonist, and in religion he inclined to be an Aristotelian.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

I did not choose to repeat the question, and perhaps provoke an impertinent reply.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Church and state were at this time united, which gave this reformation a political prominence, as it resulted in the change to Protestantism of two strong nations, Germany and England.
— from Birth of a Reformation; Or, The Life and Labors of Daniel S. Warner by A. L. (Andrew L.) Byers

The Romans called their senators patres , and we now speak of the "city fathers," aldermen, _elder_men, in older English, and the "fathers" of many a primitive people are its rulers and legislators.
— from The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Alexander Francis Chamberlain

She sat, sleeves tucked up from her ropy arms, peeling potatoes as I read.
— from In the Days of the Comet by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

At Boston in New England, they were joined by two regiments of provincials; and about four thousand men, consisting of American planters, Palatines, and Indians, rendezvoused at Albany, in order to march by land into Canada, while the fleet sailed up the river of that name.
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II. by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Not only are the utterances of witnesses investigated with distrust but, as Time is the revealer of truth, cases are not hurriedly finished but are prudently prolonged, as is requisite when there is such peril of the life, fame and property, not only of the accused but of his kindred.
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2 by Henry Charles Lea

Like its cousins the gerardias (q.v.), the downy false foxglove is only a partial parasite, attaching its roots by disks or suckers to the roots of white oak or witch hazel (q.v.); not only that, but, quite as frequently, groping blindly in the dark, it fastens suckers on its own roots, actually thieving from itself!
— from Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan

Well, it is as well that she should give the Grange a master, for it is a pretty property, and it requires a gentleman to look after it.”
— from John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea by William Henry Giles Kingston

This is not a pretty plant and is rather insignificant because of its dull coloring.
— from Field Book of Western Wild Flowers by Margaret Armstrong