A second attempt upon Rhodes, executed, it is stated, at the head of a hundred thousand men, by one of his ablest lieutenants, was a failure, with loss to the assailants.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

Consciousness alone unites remote existences into one Person.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

“When settlement shall be abolished in England, and union rating established instead of parochial, as I trust will ere long be the case, we may hope to see a similar reform extended to Ireland, which would bring the law back nearly to what your lordship first proposed and carried through the house of commons; and most of the changes which were subsequently made, as well as some of those since added, have in my judgment served to detract from its simplicity, and tended to impede its effective operation.
— from A history of the Irish poor law, in connexion with the condition of the people by Nicholls, George, Sir

While this awakening in art ultimately reached England, it came slowly and never gained the influence it attained in France.
— from Stained Glass Tours in England by Charles Hitchcock Sherrill

Both bow and arrows are usually rude enough in their construction, and would appear but a trumpery affair, were it not for a knowledge of their effects.
— from Odd People: Being a Popular Description of Singular Races of Man by Mayne Reid

A general meeting was therefore called by the father of the bar; a severe condemnation of his lordship’s conduct voted, with only one dissentient voice; and an unprecedented resolution entered into, that “until his lordship publicly apologised, no barrister would either take a brief, appear in the King’s Bench, or sign any pleadings for that court.”
— from Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Barrington, Jonah, Sir

We have seen with sincere concern the flames of war lighted up again in Europe, and nations with which we have the most friendly and useful relations engaged in mutual destruction.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Thomas Jefferson

A policy of international cooperation was accordingly adopted in an understanding, reached early in the disturbances, to act together for the protection of the lives and property of foreigners if menaced, to maintain an attitude of strict impartiality as between the contending factions, and to abstain from any endeavor to influence the Chinese in their organization of a new form of government.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

Now of all functions respiration is the most important, and upon respiration everything is regulated.
— from Form and Function: A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

They are more liable to mental as well as moral misgivings and regrets than men, and an unfortunate result easily induces them to repent a course they deliberately adopted.
— from Records of Later Life by Fanny Kemble

THAT seven Years quiet Possession shall give an unquestionable Right, except in Cases of Infants, Lunaticks, married Women, or Persons beyond the Seas.
— from Papers Relating to an Act of the Assembly of the Province of New-York For encouragement of the Indian trade, &c. and for prohibiting the selling of Indian goods to the French, viz. of Canada by Cadwallader Colden