In Georgia there are none but common-law courts, and an appeal of course lies from the verdict of one jury to another, which is called a special jury, and for which a particular mode of appointment is marked out.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

maketh Faith faile in the People: and partly from bringing of the Philosophy, and doctrine of Aristotle into Religion, by the Schoole-men; from whence there arose so many contradictions, and absurdities, as brought the Clergy into a reputation both of Ignorance, and of Fraudulent intention; and enclined people to revolt from them, either against the will of their own Princes, as in France, and Holland; or with their will, as in England.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Then, seeing Miss Matty draw near, he hastily changed the conversation, and after a little while, turning to me, he said, “Don’t be shocked, prim little Mary, at all my wonderful stories.
— from Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

" When Captain Nemo spoke thus, he seemed altogether changed, and aroused an extraordinary emotion in me.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

The overland journey then really meant so; tramping across the desert to Suez with camels and Arabs, a proceeding not conducive to the preservation of delicate instruments; and on arriving at Aden he found that the intended observer was dead, the observatory not commenced, and the instruments all broken.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

You will see that the Constitution of the United States is divided into these three departments of government, and the state constitutions and city charters are, as a rule, likewise divided.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Mornay well saith, and yet they gave them out to be such; so weak and brutish, some to whine, lament, and roar, as Isis for her son and Cenocephalus, as also all her weeping priests; Mars in Homer to be wounded, vexed; Venus ran away crying, and the like; than which what can be more ridiculous?
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

They continued their former conduct and attention, and left Time to ripen into a warmer sentiment the friendship which He already felt for Virginia.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

With ours, thy care and ardour are the same, [pg 077] Nor need I to commend, nor aught to blame.
— from The Iliad by Homer

The equipages are as varied as the company and attract as much attention, especially the low basket barouches in which ladies drive themselves, with a pair of dashing ponies, gay nets to keep their voluminous flounces from overflowing the diminutive vehicles, and little grooms on the perch behind.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

In 1568 more than a hundred craft arrived at, and sailed from, Antwerp daily.
— from The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Atlantic by John Henry Goldfrap

For himself, he liberally concedes both: a State, according to him, has a right at discretion either to exempt itself by its own act from the obligation to obey any particular act of the General Government, or to nullify the whole, Constitution and all, at one fell swoop, and secede entirely from the Union.
— from Strictures on Nullification by Alexander Hill Everett

It caused a weaning of affections from the things of this world, a healing of controversies and animosities, a confession of wrongs, a breaking down before God, and penitent, broken-hearted supplications to Him for pardon and acceptance.
— from The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by Ellen Gould Harmon White

Then you are through the braid, ready to commence at A, as at first.
— from Self-Instructor in the Art of Hair Work, Dressing Hair, Making Curls, Switches, Braids, and Hair Jewelry of Every Description. by Campbell, Mark, active 19th century

Presently an eland came along and asked the man what he was doing in the tree.
— from Black Tales for White Children by Nancy Yulee (Neff) Stigand

Murád Bakhsh : Prince Muhammad, twenty-ninth viceroy of Gujarát (1654–1657); surrender of Kánji Chunvália Koli; proclaims himself emperor of Gujarát (1657); his transfer to the viceroyalty of Berár through Dárá Shikoh; collects an army and arranges to meet his brother Aurangzib; fights a battle with Mahárája Jasvatsingh and Kásam Khán , viceroys of Málwa and Gujarát (1658); Aurangzib and Murád enter Ujjain, meet Dárá Shikoh at Dholpur and defeat him; confined by Aurangzib at Mathura (1658), 281–282 .
— from History of Gujarát Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume I, Part I. by James M. Campbell

"Of course we do," replied the captain; and about all the party gathered around him to hear what he had to say.
— from Asiatic Breezes; Or, Students on The Wing by Oliver Optic

He had become thoroughly [339] scared at the progress of events; and though he had consented to grant a Constitution, much like that of other Princes, he could not reconcile in his mind the contradictions between his position as Head of the Catholic Church and as a Constitutional Italian Prince.
— from The Revolutionary Movement of 1848-9 in Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany With Some Examination of the Previous Thirty-three Years by C. Edmund (Charles Edmund) Maurice

A particular circumstance aided and almost confirmed her doubts.
— from Marquise Brinvillier Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas

Culvard, Andrew, and Alice his wife, 20 . — John, Mayor of Oxford, grants land to Minorites, 20 , 303-5 ; represents Oxford in parliament, 21 .
— from The Grey Friars in Oxford by A. G. (Andrew George) Little