Montgaillard, whose temper and judgment, as Alison remarks, are not equal to his talents, cannot resist a covert sneer (writing under the Bourbons) at Napoleon's generalship on this occasion, although he adds a veneer by reminding us that Cæsar was defeated at Dyrrachium, Turenne at Marienthal, Eugène at Denain, Frederick the Great at Kolin.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

But because the Worldlys and the Eminents—and the Snobsnifts who copy them—stay in their cabins, sit in segregated chairs and speak to no one except the handful of their personal friends or acquaintances who happen to be on board, it does not follow that the Smiths, Joneses and Robinsons are not enlarging their acquaintance with every revolution of the screws.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

As a result, all Nikâyas (even the Dhammaruci) which did not conform to the Mahâvihâra were suppressed [110] and we hear no more of the Vaitulyas and Vâjiriyas.
— from Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

but, as Furnivall and others have noted, Cotgrave apparently uses runaway and runagate as nearly equivalent terms.
— from Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

These people are rich, and not easily tempted to hard work.
— from Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo, Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Large enough for all requirements, and not expensive to keep in repair, my host explains.
— from Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations in Colour by William Parkinson and Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Edward Hutton

We frequently saw in company literary men of the second and third rank greeted and receiving attentions not extended to the nobles of the provinces. . . .
— from The Ancient Regime by Hippolyte Taine

Whether wrong or right in that belief, sure I am that those in Germany who have treated the case of Classical and Romantic are not entitled to credit for any discovery at all.
— from The Collected Writing of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II by Thomas De Quincey

It has always seemed strange to me that Americans, who as a race are notoriously eager to make money, should be so generous to a beggar.
— from Beggars by W. H. (William Henry) Davies

Congress had acted under this injunction and had devolved the duties of President, first on the president of the Senate pro tempore ; and if no such temporary president, then on the speaker of the House of Representatives; and requiring a new election to be held on the first Wednesday of the ensuing December if there was time before it for a notification of two months; and if not, then the new election to take place (if the vacant term had not expired on the third day of March after they happened) on the like Wednesday of the next ensuing month of December.
— from Thirty Years' View (Vol. 2 of 2) or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850 by Thomas Hart Benton

And Ruth and Nancy echoed these felicitations and rejoiced that now there was neither butter to churn nor hens to care for.
— from Ted and the Telephone by Sara Ware Bassett

The nun rose with a spring and was at the door in an instant, and in her heart rang such a chorus of glory and rejoicing as not even the angels have heard since the Morning Stars sang together.
— from The White Sister by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford