Giving up this inquiry in despair, she took to studying Dinah's nose, eyes, mouth, and hair, and wondering whether it was better to have such a sort of pale face as that, or fat red cheeks and round black eyes like her own.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

It is at any rate beautiful enough, like the sea or the skeleton of a mountain.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

Permit us, however, to impress upon you, that as subjects of a generous and beloved King; as a part of that great nation which has for so long a time stood the bulwark of Europe, and is now the solitary and inaccessible asylum of liberty; as the children of Englishmen, guarded, protected and restrained by English laws; in fine, as members of their community, as fathers and sons, we are induced to place this confidence in your virtue, from the firm hope that, equally insensible to the impulse of popular feeling and the impulse of power, you will pursue what is right.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

a redeemer, the author of redemption, 1 Co. 1.30; deliverance, simply, the idea of a ransom being excluded, Lu. 21.28.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

The Senate determined to bring eight legions into the field, which had never been done at Rome before, each legion consisting of five thousand men besides allies.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Rome, at that time, claimed to be the court of equity for all the sovereigns of Europe, and the pope professed to act upon principles which are recognized by English lawyers in the present day.
— from The Life and Reign of Edward I. by Robert Benton Seeley

"We will find thee a richer bride ere long.
— from The Last of the Barons — Volume 04 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

The hour of eleven had passed when Queen Victoria descended the steps of the palace and entered the awaiting carriage, each of whose horses was led by a "walking man" in the royal livery and a huntsman's black-velvet cap, while the postilions were dressed in scarlet and gold coats, white trousers and riding boots, each livery having cost $600.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 04 (of 15), English by Charles Morris

Power commonly keeps above ridicule, but everybody laughed at the Cardinal because of his silly sayings and doings, which those in his position are seldom guilty of.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

Balnea , a Roman bathing establishment, less extensive than the thermæ .
— from A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised by A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster) Hamlin

EXTINGUISHING BURNING CLOTHES Treatment : Lie down on the floor and roll up as tightly as possible in a rug blanket, etc., leaving only the head out.
— from The Plattsburg Manual: A Handbook for Military Training by E. B. (Enoch Barton) Garey

It is true that these erroneous teachings have been opposed or ridiculed in Europe; they have been denounced by the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists of the United States, and rejected by every land-grant college and agricultural experiment station that has been heard from, including those in forty-seven states; and yet this doctrine, emanating from what should be the position of highest authority, is the most potent of all existing influences to prevent the proper care of our soils.
— from The Farm That Won't Wear Out by Cyril G. (Cyril George) Hopkins

When, therefore, Matthew told her the story of his love for, and rejection by, Eleanor Lloyd, it came upon her with all the force of an astounding revelation.
— from A Secret of the Sea: A Novel. Vol. 1 (of 3) by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight

In triumph they were gleaming In calm and radiant but excessive love.
— from The poems of Heine; Complete Translated into the original metres; with a sketch of his life by Heinrich Heine