She described their appearance in glowing colours, and I noticed that every time she went over the story some fresh trait of villainy was added to their appearance.
— from Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Thus it was, however; and the last drop of blood having been extracted from the flints, and the last screw of the rack having been turned so often that its purchase crumbled, and it now turned and turned with nothing to bite, Monseigneur began to run away from a phenomenon so low and unaccountable.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

It is also an almost limitless publication outlet for my colleagues and I, not to mention my institution.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

With this answer the deputies repaired to their partisans, who all declared they could not contradict anything our general had stated, and remarked that we had certainly departed from Vera Cruz with the full intention of marching to Mexico; but that at present we were better informed as to the strength of that city and its numerous troops.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

Those styles come out of Jewish clothing concerns, where certainly art is not the rule nor moral influence the main consideration.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

He wore his fatigue uniform with the braided jacket and jaunty cap, and I noticed that his riding-boots were all splashed with red mud.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

In such cases he often endeavours to reconcile both wishes by inducing the able man to sacrifice his own opinion on the points of difference; but for the able man to lend himself to this compromise is treason against his especial office—abdication of the peculiar duties of mental supremacy, of which it is one of the most sacred not to desert the cause which has the clamor against it, nor to deprive of his services those of his opinions which need them the most.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

The cinquefoil was not the coat of Grantmesnil but a quaint little conceit, and is not therefore likely to have been used as a coat of arms by the De Bellomonts, though no doubt they used it as a badge and device, as no doubt did Simon de Montfort.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

If the truth of any of those miracles is appreciated by their apparent use and propriety, every age had unbelievers to convince, heretics to confute, and idolatrous nations to convert; and sufficient motives might always be produced to justify the interposition of Heaven.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

This battle was recognized by me as being a decided victory, though not so complete as I had hoped for, nor nearly so complete as I now think was within the easy grasp of the commanding officer at Corinth.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

It contains all information necessary to enable the person who may open it, a hundred years hence, to locate my body and bring me to life, should my arrangements fail to fulfill my expectations.
— from A. D. 2000 by Alvarado M. (Alvarado Mortimer) Fuller

If country air is necessary to Dove's health, country air she shall have, somehow or other."
— from In Silk Attire: A Novel by William Black

Correct breathing results, with each Page 36 [Pg 36] intake of breath, in as great an enlargement of the chest-cavity as is necessary to make room for the expansion of the lungs when inflated.
— from The Voice: Its Production, Care and Preservation by Frank E. (Frank Ebenezer) Miller

You must bear it if you can: and if not, then not.’ A miserable world, if he could not say with full belief; ‘“My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him.
— from The Water of Life, and Other Sermons by Charles Kingsley

Exercising in cold air, if not too cold , with clothing removed, is an excellent means of hardening the skin and promoting good digestion.
— from How to Live: Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Irving Fisher

I once went fishing with a clergyman and I noticed that he stood for a long time looking at a pure white water lily with beautiful fragrance that grew from the blackest and most uninviting looking mud that one could find.
— from Outdoor Sports and Games by Claude Harris Miller

For instance, he says that "no order of citizens is capable of stipulating for all; if one order had the right, it would very soon come to stipulate only for itself; each class ought to be represented by men who know its condition and its needs; these needs are only well known to those who actually feel them ."
— from Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol. 1 of 2) by John Morley

My wages were such as to enable me to marry, if I chose; and I never thought of woman, for my wife, but Nelly.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. II, No. X., March 1851 by Various

I always voted at my party's call, And I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
— from Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs by W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert

The galley-slaves who were captured amounted in number to forty-seven.
— from Mr. Midshipman Easy by Frederick Marryat