In practice, however, the Saddharma Pundarika is the book most honored by this sect; the other sutras being employed mainly as commentary.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

Finally, the type, as an example of decadence, may actually have been extraordinarily multifarious and contradictory: this, as a possible alternative, is not to be altogether ignored.
— from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist Complete Works, Volume Sixteen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

An example exhibited by E. Mills and Company, of Philadelphia, received a certification from the judges as being "of the best quality and finish" (fig. 57).
— from Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Peter C. Welsh

Japanned and splinted with heavy brass , this brace was among the award-winning tools exhibited at the Centennial by E. Mills and Company of Philadelphia.
— from Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Peter C. Welsh

They were well matched, being equally mean and cruel.
— from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass

The financial success achieved by Ephraim Marks and Charles A. James, the former by his 1d bazaar at 42 George’s street, south, the latter at his 6 1/2d shop and world’s fancy fair and waxwork exhibition at 30 Henry street, admission 2d, children 1d: and the infinite possibilities hitherto unexploited of the modern art of advertisement if condensed in triliteral monoideal symbols, vertically of maximum visibility (divined), horizontally of maximum legibility (deciphered) and of magnetising efficacy to arrest involuntary attention, to interest, to convince, to decide.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

“With the solemn understanding that if you crack the whip, I don’t have to be end man,” answered Connie, thinking of the many times she had been sent spinning across the ice.
— from Polly's First Year at Boarding School by Dorothy Whitehill

I have had her to the bull every month, and can't get her with calf.
— from One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson

Bardissi embraces Mohammed, and congratulates him on their safe passage.
— from Mohammed Ali and His House by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

His flabby sides swell with fullness of enjoyment, his blinking eyes grow dreamy and the corners of his blandly expressionless mouth almost curve upward with an elusive smile.
— from In New England Fields and Woods by Rowland Evans Robinson

The dust obtained by any or all of these methods should now be examined microscopically and chemically.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson

Birotteau, Abbe Francois The Lily of the Valley Cesar Birotteau Bourbonne, De Madame Firmiani Listomere, Baronne de Cesar Birotteau The Muse of the Department Troubert, Abbe Hyacinthe The Member for Arcis Villenoix, Pauline Salomon de Louis Lambert A Seaside Tragedy THE COUNTRY DOCTOR By Honore De Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Far from mixing itself up too much in these affairs, the senate not only bore the sarcasms of Achaean candour with exemplary composure, but even manifested a culpable indifference while the worst outrages were committed.
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen