"The history of an institution," he writes, "which is controlled by public opinion and regulated by law is not natural history.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

What Cosmo might have answered, or in what perplexity between truth and unwillingness to hurt she might have landed him before long, I need not speculate, seeing all danger was suddenly swept away by a second voice, addressing Cosmo as unexpectedly as the first.
— from Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance by George MacDonald

If ever it should desire to coöperate in the plan, it probably can gain the power for its main line—west of Albany, at least—from Niagara Falls, and for its network of busy lines in northern New York from the abundant water-powers of the Adirondack preserve or the huge St. Lawrence River international power project.
— from Our Railroads To-Morrow by Edward Hungerford

The association would be limited in number: not more than fifty members could be admitted.
— from The Recreations of a Country Parson by Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd

Bobbin lace is not now made in Brussels itself.
— from History of Lace by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

In garb, then, resembling Some gay gondolier, I'll whisper thee, trembling, "Our bark, love, is near: "Now, now, while there hover "Those clouds o'er the moon, "'Twill waft thee safe over "Yon silent Lagoon."
— from The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Thomas Moore

Hence gaols were growing much more crowded, and Newgate more especially, as will presently be apparent from a brief review of some of the types of persons who became lodgers in Newgate, not temporarily, as in the case of all who passed quickly from the condemned cells to the gallows, but who remained there for longer periods, whether awaiting removal as transports, or working out a sentence of imprisonment in the course of law.
— from Chronicles of Newgate, Vol. 2 From the eighteenth century to its demolition by Arthur Griffiths

The Indian lotus, with its broad leaf, is nowhere neglected, but is found about every temple, growing from large porcelain or stone vases, neatly, and sometimes elaborately wrought.
— from Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat In the U. S. Sloop-of-war Peacock, David Geisinger, Commander, During the Years 1832-3-4 by Edmund Roberts