The old system was aristocratic not only because a number of respected families surrounding the imperial court enjoyed a pre-eminence of rank, but also because a newer class of rich men, chiefly landowners, had grown up.
— from South America: Observations and Impressions New edition corrected and revised by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

My father was very loath to lose me, and endeavoured to persuade me not to leave a certain profession for one which was likely to be attended with danger and vicissitudes; but when he found how advantageous were the merchant's offers, and that it was not impossible that I might become one myself in time, he gradually ceased to dissuade me from going; and at length gave me his blessing, accompanied by a new case of razors.
— from The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by James Justinian Morier

A very little reflection, however, convinced me that an entire omission of the haunts of this great national poet from these first two volumes would be received as a disappointment by a numerous class of readers.
— from Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. 1 (of 2) by William Howitt

The human body as now constituted, or rather as injured by sin, does not, it is true, always perfect the soul in her operations; it rather impedes her, at hast in many of them.
— from The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus by F. J. Boudreaux

Vespasian, fearing that Egypt might become a new center of revolt, ordered the Temple of Onias to be closed, thus taking from the people their religious focus.
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 2 (of 6) by Heinrich Graetz

It would seem, therefore, that, contrary to the opinion of Huber and all other investigators, the bees are not capable of recognising their queen.
— from The Life of the Bee by Maurice Maeterlinck

His funeral was attended by a numerous circle of relatives, friends and neighbors.
— from History of the settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario,) with special reference to the Bay Quinté by William Canniff

The style and language of the dramatic writers of the period, on which we are now engaged, seem to have been much relished by a numerous class of readers, from the age of Augustus to that of the Antonines, and to have been equally abhorred by the poets of that time.
— from History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Vol. I by John Colin Dunlop

Towards the end of the thirteenth century, Moscow became a new center of Russian power.
— from Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading by George Park Fisher

While we rest we are taking on board a new cargo of riches.
— from The Man: A Story of To-day by Elbert Hubbard