Having withstood such strong attacks upon my fortitude, it is possible that I may be of a cold and insensible temperament, amounting to iciness, in such matters; and therefore my impressions of the live pillars of the Capitol at Washington must be received with such grains of allowance as this free confession may seem to demand.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

Was it thinkable that such a creature as Avdotya Romanovna would be marrying an unworthy man for money?
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Whereupon I once more thought of attempting to break my bonds; but again, when I felt the smart of their arrows upon my face and hands, which were all in blisters, and many of the darts still sticking in them, and observing, likewise, that the number of my enemies increased, I gave tokens to let them know, that they might do with me what they pleased.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World by Jonathan Swift

The leaves are used mainly for thatching, but also for bags, hats, and handicrafts.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Thus freed from much fear and embarrassment, the king set out on his march home amidst universal manifestations from the people of the country in favour of his measures and policy; but nothing was more emphatically applauded in the course of his progress than the removal of Hermeias.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

If the state attained its end completely, then to a certain extent something approaching to an Utopia might finally, by the removal of all kinds of evil, be brought about.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

L. Melioribus auspiciis —Under more favourable 45 auspices.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

Advanced users may find it boring.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

SAXON words are usually more forceful than Latinistic words—for force, use wars against rather than militate against .
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

They recognized Tubby Blaisdell trudging painfully up the slope in the hot sun, evidently an unwilling messenger from Mrs. Havel and Professor Skillings.
— from Wyn's Camping Days; Or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club by Amy Bell Marlowe

You know, too, that the Duke of Newcastle, to whose blundering we owe half our misfortunes in the west, was never known to make a wise selection of men for posts of command, and was shocked and alarmed when he heard that Pitt had appointed a comparatively young and untried man for the command of such an expedition as this.
— from French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America by Evelyn Everett-Green

The mind is brought close to present objects, in consequence of which they assume an unnatural magnitude, filling the whole sphere of vision, and excluding external realities from view.
— from Female Scripture Biography, Volume I by F. A. (Francis Augustus) Cox

I saw him shift along for a couple of inches, and I was just about to order him back—the words were trembling on the tip of my tongue—when I was struck with great force by a heavy figure that had leaped through the air upon me from the lee side.
— from Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories Chosen and Edited By Franklin K. Mathiews by Jack London

They dried their boiled ham and had a feast, and after that they sat by the fire and expanded and glorified their midnight adventure until morning, for there was not a dry spot to sleep on, anywhere around.
— from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 4. by Mark Twain

When Challoner had time to think he would, no doubt, realize the necessity of safeguarding his son's good name and even his austere uprightness might fail to stand the strain.
— from Blake's Burden by Harold Bindloss

Two kinds of chicha are usually made from the same grain—the first, called claro, is the water in which the malt has been infused; this is drawn off, and afterwards boiled.
— from Historical and Descriptive Narrative of Twenty Years' Residence in South America (Vol 1 of 3) Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results by Stevenson, William Bennet, active 1803-1825

We should think it not improbable that the writer will adopt this course, and use more fully the material which must be at his command for illustrating, from an exceptionally favorable point of view, the fall of the Second Empire and the double fall of its capital.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 20, August 1877 by Various

It was an orderly, bringing an urgent message from my chief.
— from Gun running for Casement in the Easter rebellion, 1916 by Karl Spindler