One is that the backdown is not only due to the strike of merchants, but to a fear that the soldiers could no longer be counted upon.
— from Letters from China and Japan by Harriet Alice Chipman Dewey

However, even without these sauces, bigos is no ordinary dish, for it is artistically composed of good vegetables.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

There was accommodation for many horses and carriages; but I need only describe the stable into which I was taken; this was very roomy, with four good stalls; a large swinging window opened into the yard, which made it pleasant and airy.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

“Joy,” she cried, “to th' untill'd earth, Let her joy in a mighty birth,— Night from the land has pass'd away, The desert basks in noon of day.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

For instance, a firm tradition of the site of a battle is evidence not only in the absence of documents, but in negation of doubtful or vague ones, and so is a firm tradition concerning the respective strength of the parties, if that tradition can be stated in general terms.
— from Crécy by Hilaire Belloc

From this extreme we have all shades of opinion to that vague and moderate apprehension much current among young persons influenced by a certain smart sound in the modern French phrase l'Art pour l'Art , or by the German nickname of "tendency-books," that a moral intention on the part of an artist is apt to interfere with the naturalness or intrinsic beauty of his work; that in art the controlling consideration must always be artistic beauty; and that artistic beauty is not only distinct from, but often opposed to moral beauty.
— from The English Novel and the Principle of its Development by Sidney Lanier

A. Mostly foreign banks; for instance, banks in New Orleans during the cotton season.
— from Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips

The characteristics ascribed to the dragon, according to Bochart, are, that it was distinguished ( a ) for its vast size; ( b ) that it had something like a beard or dew-lap; ( c ) that it had three rows of teeth; ( d ) that its colour was black, red, yellow, or ashy; ( e ) that it had a wide mouth; ( f ) that in its breathing it not only drew in the air, but also birds that were flying over it; and ( g ) that its hiss was terrible.
— from Notes on the New Testament, Explanatory and Practical: Revelation by Albert Barnes

Be it night or day, tarry not e’en to speak the word that hangeth upon thy lips, and if thou bearest roses in thy hands, stop not to smell them, lest Sohrab conquering come and all be lost.”
— from The Story of Rustem, and other Persian hero tales from Firdusi by Elizabeth D. Renninger

“If the natives allow us a peaceful passage, so much the better; if not, our duty says, go on.”
— from The American Missionary — Volume 32, No. 11, November, 1878 by Various

There remains a third improper use of the term Induction, which it is of real importance to clear up, because the theory of induction has been, in no ordinary degree, confused by it, and because the confusion is exemplified in the most recent and most elaborate treatise on the inductive philosophy which exists in our language.
— from A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) by John Stuart Mill

Irish noblemen were glad to accept the office [Pg 256] The government of Ireland conducted by Irish noblemen. of deputy, and to discharge it at a low salary or none; but it was in order to abuse their authority for their personal advantage.
— from History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. by James Anthony Froude

Hearing no objection, he continued, in a manner that instantly attracted unusual attention: "It is my unpleasant duty"—Peabody and Stevens exchanged glances—"to place a matter before this body that to me, as a member of this honorable body, is not only distasteful, but deeply to be regretted.
— from A Gentleman from Mississippi by Frederick R. Toombs

In other dialogues, as well as in the Protagoras, Plato has insisted on the necessity of a science or art of calculation: but in no other dialogue has he told us distinctly what are the items to be calculated.
— from Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 2 by George Grote