1. they set us a longing, and so when they pull up their petticoats, and outward garments, as usually they do to show their fine stockings, and those of purest silken dye, gold fringes, laces, embroiderings, (it shall go hard but when they go to church, or to any other place, all shall be seen) 'tis but a springe to catch woodcocks; and as [4988] Chrysostom telleth them downright, though they say nothing with their mouths, they speak in their gait, they speak with their eyes, they speak in the carriage of their bodies.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Whilst in Princes Street (for such is the correct orthography, as the old plans show, and not Princess Street, as is generally seen now,) the rest of the male members of the royal family were collectively commemorated, namely, the Duke of Clarence, the Duke of Kent, the Duke of Cumberland, the Duke of Sussex, and the Duke of Cambridge.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

Being such a person, he must again and again, at every twist and turn of party strategy, either have deceived others or grossly deceived himself.
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Is a man too strong and fierce for society, and by temper and position a bad citizen,—a morose ruffian, with a dash of the pirate in him;—nature sends him a troop of pretty sons and daughters, who are getting along in the dame's classes at the village school, and love and fear for them smooths his grim scowl to courtesy.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

This extraordinary penance excited the wonder and pity of the assembly; his sins were forgiven by the church and state; but the just suspicion of Manuel fixed his residence at a distance from the court, at Oenoe, a town of Pontus, surrounded with rich vineyards, and situate on the coast of the Euxine.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

A tax on Public stock, Bank stock, &c., is to be proposed.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 4 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

A voice within her, as though of prophecy, said, “Now the victor of the tournament rides into the courtyard;” and she, who had never feared the presence of any human being, now felt humbled, and almost painfully awed, when she beheld the northern knight.
— from Aslauga's Knight by La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de

Finally it was agreed that one part should be put back of the piles of sheets in the linen closet; the second part hidden on the top shelf of a very high cupboard in my dressing-room with toilet articles grouped in front of it; while the third was carried up a tiny flight of stairs to the attic and there pushed through a small opening into the dark space that leads to the beams and rafters.
— from My Home in the Field of Honor by Frances Wilson Huard

He liked them both, discovering under all their outward peculiarities sterling worth and fitness of character.
— from Kilmeny of the Orchard by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Doublets, 72 Electric and magnetic influences, 57 experiments with precious stones and pithball and electroscope, 57 experiments with tourmaline, 58 , 59 Emerald, 10 , 11 , 95 , 96 oriental, 85 En cabochon-cut stones, 64 Experiments to show electric polarity, 58 , 59 Facets in stones, description of the, 67 , 68 Feminine stones, 85 Fire in stones (see also "Change of Colour," "Opalescence," and "Play of Colour"), 36 , 37 Fire opal, 35 Flame-coloured stones, list of, 76 Flaws, 63 Formation of precious stones, 5 , 8 chemical illustration of, 8 , 9 Garnet, 11 , 100 Garnets (A) iron-alumina (called also almandine and precious or oriental garnet), 101 [Pg 110] sub-variety, common garnet, 101 (B) lime-iron, 101 sub-variety aplome, 101 melanite, 101 pyreneite, 101 topazolite, 101 (C) lime-chrome, 101 , 102 sub-variety uwarowite, 101 , 102 (D) lime-alumina, 102 sub-variety cinnamon stone, 102 romanzovite, 102 succinite, 102 (E) magnesia-alumina, 102 , 103 sub-variety carbuncle, or anthrax, 102 , 103 noble, 103 pyrope, 102 (F) manganese-alumina, 103 sub-variety spessartine, or spessartite, 103 Girdle portion of a stone, 66 Glimmering, in lustre, definition of, 29 Glinting, or glistening in lustre, definition of, 29 Goutte de suif -cut stones, 65 Great Mogul diamond, 64 Green stones, list of, 78 Groups of crystals (see "Crystals") Hardness, physical properties of, 39 table of, 39 , 40 , 41 Heat indexes, 54 physical properties of, 52 Hollow-cabochon, 65 Hyacinth, ordinary (a form of zircon), 85 , 98 oriental, 85 Hyalite (opal), 35 Hydrophane (opal), 35 Imitations and tests of precious stones, 70 Indigo sapphires, 86 Ink sapphires, 85 Iridescence, and cause of, 37 , 38 Iron-alumina garnets, 101 Jacinth, oriental, 85 [Pg 111] Jarcon, or jargoon, 98 Koh-i-nûr, 64 Lapis-lazuli, 103 Light, physical properties of, 26 Lime-alumina garnets, 102 cinnamon stone, 102 romanzovite, 102 succinite, 102 Lime-chrome garnets, 101 , 102 uwarowite, 101 , 102 Lime-iron garnets, 101 aplome, 101 pyreneite, 101 topazolite, 101 List of stones according to colour, 75 -79 hardness, 39 -41 specific gravity, 48 -50 Lustre, 26 , 28 Lustreless, definition of, 29 Lynx-eye stones, 87 Magnesia-alumina garnets, 102 , 103 carbuncle, or anthrax, 102 noble, 103 pyrope, 102 Magnetic and electric influences, 57 -61 Malachite, 11 Manganese-alumina garnets, 103 spessartine, or spessartite, 103 Masculine stones, 85 Melanite, 101 Menilite (opal), 36 Metallic-lustre stones, 28 , 29 Mohs's table of hardness, 39 -41 Noble garnet, 103 or precious opal, 35 Non-diaphanous stones, 28 Odontolite, 106 Olivine corundum (see "Chrysolite"), 85 Opal, 11 varieties of, 35 , 36 Opalescence (not to be confused with "Change of Colour" and "Play of Colour," [Pg 112] which see; see also "Fire"), 36 , 37 Oriental amethyst, 85 cat's eye (see "Cat's eye") emerald, 85 garnet, 101 topaz, 85 Origin of precious stones, 7 Paste, or strass, for imitation stones, composition of, 71 Pavilion portion of cut stones, 66 Pearly-lustre stones, 28 , 29 Peridot (see "Noble Chrysolite"), 85 Pink-coloured stones, list of (see also Red), 77 Pinked topaz, 92 Phosphorescence, 26 , 30 Physical properties:— A.—Crystalline structure, 13 B.—Cleavage, 19 C.—Light,
— from The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones by John Mastin

She had never had a sweetheart, and the only protection she knew was that offered by her father, which was really only a tender providing for her temporal wants.
— from The Man from Jericho by Edwin Carlile Litsey

It was the habit of those days to devolve almost every event upon the ordering of a special providence; and each nation had come to look upon itself almost in the light of a peculiar people, led like the Israelites of old by signs and wonders; and as in their own view all their actions were directed by the design of advancing God's glory as well as their own purposes, so the blessing of Heaven would surely accompany them in all their undertakings.
— from The Spaniards in Florida Comprising the Notable Settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 by George R. (George Rainsford) Fairbanks

But I remembered the proverbial impetuosity of Scotsmen in pushing their fortunes, and his personal appearance may have helped to conciliate me, since my mind had misgiven me that I had done wiser to insist on an interview, instead of buying a pig in a poke; for looks no less than knowledge are a physician's passepartout among the ladies who bring their ailments to our provincial spas.
— from Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales by Arthur Quiller-Couch

Make a meringue of the beaten whites and a tablespoonful of powdered sugar and tint it pink with berry juice.
— from The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Myrtle Reed