The French fleet arrived at Alexandria on the 1st of July, and Brueys, not being able to enter the port, which time and neglect had ruined, moored his ships in Aboukir Bay, in a strong and compact line of battle; the headmost vessel, according to his own account, being as close as possible to a shoal on the N.W., and the rest of the fleet forming a kind of curve along the line of deep water, so as not to be turned by any means in the S.W. By Buonaparte's desire he had offered a reward of 10,000 livres to any pilot of the country who would carry the squadron in, but none could be found who would venture to take charge of a single vessel drawing more than twenty feet.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

Hence completeness in the reference of the given concepts as predicates to a subject—not merely an idea, but an object—that is, the absolute subject itself, seems to be given in experience.
— from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant

He then censured, with great freedom, every circumstance of the conduct of those who commanded the Allies; from thence made a transition to the ministry, which he honoured with many invectives for employing people who had neither experience nor capacity, to the prejudice of old officers, who had been distinguished for both; dropped many hints of his own importance, and concluded with observing, that the French and Spaniards knew better how to value generals of merit; the good effects of which are seen in the conquests they gain, and the discipline of their troops, which are at the same time better clothed and paid than any soldiers in the universe.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

We had taken breakfast at the Tour, and the advocate being in a very gay mood I assumed the same tone, loading him with compliments, and predicting that a son would be born to him, I compelled his wife to promise it should be so.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The weather I confess turning on a sudden to rain did make it very unpleasant, but yet there was no occasion in the world for his being so angry, but she bore herself very discreetly, and I must confess she proves to me much another woman than I thought her, but all was peace again presently, and so it raining very fast, we met many brave coaches coming from the Parke and so we turned and set them down at home, and so we home ourselves, and ended the day with great content to think how it hath pleased the Lord in six years time to raise me from a condition of constant and dangerous and most painfull sicknesse and low condition and poverty to a state of constant health almost, great honour and plenty, for which the Lord God of heaven make me truly thankfull.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

King Mercury gave it to Pelops, the mighty charioteer, and Pelops to Atreus, shepherd of his people.
— from The Iliad by Homer

V. be dull &c. adj.; prose, take au serieux[Fr], be caught napping.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

His plate seemed to him not quite clean, and pointing to a spot he flung it away.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

It is a common practice of large proprietors, engaged on railroad or city work, to buy up horses with unsound feet, unfitted for speed or gentle service, and use them up, as old clothes are put through a shoddy-mill for what wool there is left in them.
— from Rational Horse-Shoeing by John E. (John Edwards) Russell

The evening was setting in, cool and pleasant, the air seemed to woo her from her retreat.
— from The Spider and the Fly; or, An Undesired Love by Charles Garvice

Then Brick suddenly gave 23 a sharp cry, and pointed to a spot on the shore, some fifty yards distant.
— from The Camp in the Snow; Or, Besieged by Danger by William Murray Graydon

On the brow of the opposite hill, arising from a grove of cypresses and pines, the airy shafts of the cloisters of San Cataldo pierced the translucent air.
— from The Hill of Venus by Nathan Gallizier

She had lived so securely with her mother, and had never been accustomed to think of her as apart from her own comfort and pleasure, that a sharp pain shot through her heart as she heard Ingleby's murmured words.
— from A Flight with the Swallows; Or, Little Dorothy's Dream by Emma Marshall

On the left, embosomed in groves of orange, citron, and pomegranate trees, and shadowed with clustering vines, stands the picturesque town of Gaucin,—its boldly outlined castle perched on the crest of a rough ledge of rock that rises abruptly behind.
— from Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, vol. 1/2 by C. Rochfort‏ (Charles Rochfort) Scott

Their horses were capering and prancing, Their accoutrements shone like a star; From the plains they were quickly advancing— She espied her own gallant hussard” “Mercy on us, six o'clock!” cried Miss Dyce, with a startled jump from her dreams to the floor of her bedroom.
— from Bud: A Novel by Neil Munro

At last, the Duke of Burgundy summoned the two before his council, and proposed that Adolphus should allow his father 6000 florins annually, with the title of Duke till his death.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) by John Lothrop Motley

Pineapple Water Ice Add two cups pineapple chopped and pressed through a sieve, with two tablespoons lemon juice, to Plain Water Ice .
— from Lowney's Cook Book Illustrated in Colors by Maria Willett Howard