But "la robe grise, le chapeau de paille," here surely was a clue—a very confusing one.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

Ancient Mariner, edited by L. R. Gibbs, in Standard English Classics; same poem, in Pocket Classics, Eclectic English Classics, etc.; Poems, edited by J. M. Hart, in Athenæum Press (announced, 1909); Selections, Golden Book of Coleridge, in Everyman's Library; Selections from Coleridge and Campbell, in Riverside Literature; Prose Selections (Ginn and Company, also Holt); Lectures on Shakespeare, in Everyman's Library, Bohn's Standard Library, etc.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

b ) Language (racial) groups.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

From that moment I did my duty, but had Saint Lambert been less reasonable, generous and honest, I was inevitably lost.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

straight, erect, direct , BH, Bl, Lcd, VPs : ‘ right ,’ proper, fair, just, equitable, lawful, permissible , Bl, Bo, Lk, W : true, correct , Bl, WW : fitting, appropriate , BH, LL : real, genuine , Æ, BH, Bl : right ( as opposed to left ).
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

The office of Lord Chamberlain was offered by the Duke of Wellington to the Duke of Bedford, Lord Rosslyn going to make the offer.
— from A Political Diary, 1828-1830, Volume II by Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of

From the opposite shore the richly cultivated lands of Somersetshire present themselves in a very beautiful landscape, rising gradually four or five miles from the verge of the river to the top of Dundry Hill, whereon is a high tower, esteemed the Proteus of the weather, as being commonly enveloped with mist, so as scarcely to be visible, against rain; but, on the contrary, if it be seen clear and distinct in the morning, it denotes the approach of a fine day.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 390, September 19, 1829 by Various

The colors are red and black, like Robin Goodfellow.
— from The Muse of the Department by Honoré de Balzac

Aye, all that it has breathed, may breathe, shall breathe, You unto me bequeath; Thus am I made the fair inheritor Of that rare essence of true harmony Which many a land-girt exile hungers for,— The sea! NIGHT SONG BY THE SEA Wind and rain are at the pane, Shrilling, drumming without cease; And the breakers' loud refrain Gives the shuddering heart no peace.
— from From the Lips of the Sea by Clinton Scollard

This term—a very appropriate one for an official who represents the patriarchal idea—may be literally rendered Great Old Parent or Grandfather; whereas the more exalted provincial officials, who are regarded less as parents of the people than as Servants of the Emperor, are known as Ta-jên : a term which, literally meaning Great Man, is often but not always appropriately regarded as equivalent to "Excellency."
— from Lion and Dragon in Northern China by Johnston, Reginald Fleming, Sir

When they bade Lady Rossland good-night, with their own carriage and that supplied the other men standing in wait, Britton spoke to the hostess of the same thing.
— from The Stampeder by Samuel Alexander White