3rd son of Col. Grey Haselrigge, by Bridget, dau. of Rev. Richard Buckley, and a direct descendant of Col. Sir Arthur Haselrigge, Bart., the Parliamentary commander, whose regt. of cuirassiers, known us the “Lobsters,” performed some signal service during the Civil Wars.
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

He bore aloft a drawn dagger, and had approached, in rapid impetuosity, to within three or four feet of the retreating figure, when the latter, having attained the extremity of the velvet apartment, turned suddenly and confronted his pursuer.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

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— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

Wochen biweekly allein aufgrund der Dokumente on the basis of the documents alone Alleinbesitz absolute interest
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

In Germany of old the use of the bordure as a difference does not appear to have been very frequent, but it is now used to distinguish Page 482 {482} the arms of the Crown Prince.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

“We had the Siberian plague here, you know—the cattle die off like flies, I can tell you—and the veterinary surgeons came here, and strict orders were given that the dead cattle were to be buried at a distance deep in the earth, that lime was to be thrown over them, and so on, you know, on scientific principles.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Thus Prajāpati , originally an epithet of such gods as Savitṛi and Soma, occurs in a late verse of the last book as a distinct deity possessing the attribute of a creator.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

Now, when it is quite otherwise with us, when with all the effort of our reason we have only a very obscure and doubtful view into the future, when the Governor of the world allows us only to conjecture his existence and his majesty, not to behold them or prove them clearly; and on the other hand, the moral law within us, without promising or threatening anything with certainty, demands of us disinterested respect; and only when this respect has become active and dominant, does it allow us by means of it a prospect into the world of the supersensible, and then only with weak glances: all this being so, there is room for true moral disposition, immediately devoted to the law, and a rational creature can become worthy of sharing in the summum bonum that corresponds to the worth of his person and not merely to his actions.
— from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant

And to the class of opposites belong assent and dissent, desire and avoidance.
— from The Republic by Plato

But I will take me Agathè upon This sorrowful, sore bosom, and anon, Down, down, through azure silence, we shall go, Unepitaph'd, to cities far below; Where the sea triton, with his winding shell, Shall sound our blessed welcome.
— from The Death-Wake or Lunacy; a Necromaunt in Three Chimeras by Thomas Tod Stoddart

Those who fought in after centuries, when the decay became apparent, and dangers drew nearer, as Aurelian, did so from the necessities of fear; and under neither impulse were they likely to make durable conquests.
— from The Caesars by Thomas De Quincey

We need a much bigger and a dearer demonstration.”
— from The Case and Exceptions: Stories of Counsel and Clients by Frederick Trevor Hill

He appeared to me like a man fascinated against his will by a line of investigation that he had begun as a disagreeable duty.
— from Perkins, the Fakeer: A Travesty on Reincarnation His wonderful workings in the cases of "When Reginald was Caroline", "How Chopin came to Remsen", and "Clarissa's troublesome baby" by Edward S. (Edward Sims) Van Zile

Even her brother could not be aroused to sympathy, for he regarded his father not only as a traitor to his country, but as a domestic delinquent also, who had neglected and deserted his young wife, leaving her to die uncomforted without even a message from the husband for whom she had almost sacrificed her good name, bearing uncomplaining his absence and her father’s wrath.
— from Over the Border: A Romance by Robert Barr

Bistardæ or Bustards are not vnfrequent in the champain and feildie part of this country a large Bird accounted a dayntie dish, obseruable in the strength of the brest bone and short heele layes an egge much larger then a Turkey.
— from The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3 by Browne, Thomas, Sir

Painful was this comparison to Clara's mind; for not only did she regret the loss of Markham, but almost as deeply did she bewail the necessity under which she had almost voluntarily, certainly carelessly, placed herself to accept the hand of Mr. Tippetson.
— from Rank and Talent; A Novel, Vol. 2 (of 3) by William Pitt Scargill

Nevertheless, he got in his buggy again and drove directly to the city treasurer's office.
— from The Financier: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser