The Mogul demanded the hand of the princess of Rupnagar, a junior branch of the Marwar house, and sent with the demand (a compliance with which was contemplated 441 as certain) a cortège of two thousand horse to escort the fair to court.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

The worlds within and without the Veil of Color are changing, and changing rapidly, but not at the same rate, not in the same way; and this must produce a peculiar wrenching of the soul, a peculiar sense of doubt and bewilderment.
— from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

During one of these good periods, in 1822, Lambert met the Cambremers at Croisic, and on the suggestion of Pauline de Villenoix, he made a study of their history.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

A very pretty girl bartered a heart as clear as crystal, and which seemed her most valuable possession, for another jewel of the same kind, but so worn and defaced as to be utterly worthless.
— from Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Whether they had ever, at different times, pleaded for and against the same cause, and cited precedents to prove contrary opinions?
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

He would stroll round the precincts of the court and call out: “I say, listen to this, Lucy.
— from A Room with a View by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

And in conclusion it reflects to the disrepute of our ministers also, of whose labours we should hope better, and of the proficiency which their flock reaps by them, than that after all this light of the Gospel which is, and is to be, and all this continual preaching, they should still be frequented with such an unprincipled, unedified and laic rabble, as that the whiff of every new pamphlet should stagger them out of their catechism and Christian walking.
— from Areopagitica A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England by John Milton

An intimate companion, a comrade; also a confederate in a robbery.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

The Mikado called a council to determine what should be done with the idols, to the worship of which he was himself inclined; but a majority were against the {180} idea of insulting the native gods by receiving the presents and thus introducing a foreign religion.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

Turned from his socialistic theories and arguments into a different channel, Carker proved to be a most delightful conversationalist and companion.
— from Frank Merriwell's Son; Or, A Chip Off the Old Block by Burt L. Standish

Two objections remain to be considered and confuted.
— from The New Society by Walther Rathenau

"What in the world can a cottage at Nantasket be like?" "Oh, very much like a 'cottage' anywhere.
— from The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells

Take that limb of the lobster which bears the claw and compare it with the corresponding limb in an inferior articulate animal, or the corresponding limb of its near ally, the rock lobster, and it becomes obvious that the component segments of the limb have come to bear to one another in the one case, proportions immensely different from those they bear in the other case.
— from The Principles of Biology, Volume 1 (of 2) by Herbert Spencer

The pointal becomes a large roundish fruit, of a pulpy consistence, and containing a great number of black seeds; it is not held in much repute, and is scarcely eaten except by the negroes, although Ligon speaks of it as being very delicious.
— from Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume 2 (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Mrs. Lanaghan

Secondly, he was the only rich trader in Screwstown who kept a good cook, and professed to give dinners, and the half-pay captains and colonels swallowed the host for the sake of the venison.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various

She saw much of Sir James Caird, and corresponded with Mr. W. R. Robertson, the Principal of the Agricultural College in Madras.
— from The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 2 of 2 by Cook, Edward Tyas, Sir

So far as we are aware, there are few universities in the world that embrace in their curricula a course in "applied" psychology.
— from Psychology and Achievement Being the First of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency by Warren Hilton

A playhouse was built—somewhat crude and cheaply constructed, it is true—directly opposite the old mission.
— from On Sunset Highways: A Book of Motor Rambles in California by Thos. D. (Thomas Dowler) Murphy

Red and 58 green, the two most pronounced and vigorous colors, are complementary.
— from Printing in Relation to Graphic Art by George French