This was not considered an uncommon performance, as he had often entered saloons and commenced firing at the lamps, causing a wild stampede.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

There has been no serious American work on coffee since Hewitt's Coffee: Its History, Cultivation and Uses , published in 1872; and Thurber's Coffee from Plantation to Cup , published in 1881.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

The women put an end to these disputes, by going into the midst of the combatants and using prayers and entreaties.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

The amount of historical authenticity assigned to the contract almost universally presupposed varied enormously.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Its chief use is only to discover the constant and universal principles of human nature, by showing men in all varieties of circumstances and situations, and furnishing us with materials from which we may form our observations and become acquainted with the regular springs of human action and behaviour.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

The coarse and undistinguishing pencil of Ammianus has delineated his bloody figures with tedious and disgusting accuracy.
— 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

A dangerous establishment can never be necessary or plausible, so long as they continue a united people.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

It may appear strange that these divinities, presiding over the seasons, should be but three in number, but this is quite in accordance with the notions of the ancient Greeks, who only recognized spring, summer, and autumn as seasons; nature being supposed to be wrapt in death or slumber, during that cheerless and unproductive portion of the year which we call winter.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

When only three colours are used, pass two threads under the stitches; when more than two, leave those which are not in use, at the back of the work and only bring them to the front as they are wanted.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

If conformation is faulty and too much weight is borne on the inner or the outer quarter, and the hoof wall at the quarter tends to turn inward, corns are usually present.
— from Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

Faithful to their policy of expropriating in the interests of the State all edifices and monuments of a religious character, they have a few months ago approached the Bahá’í representatives in Turkistan, and after protracted negotiations with them, decided to claim and enforce their right of ownership and control of that most cherished and universally prized Bahá’í possession, the Ma sh riqu’l-A dh kár of I sh qábád.
— from Bahá'í Administration by Effendi Shoghi

To desire so much, and what is so human; to make one's life out of the very fact of living it as one chooses; to create a unique personal satisfaction out of discontent and curiosity; to be so much oneself in learning so much from other people: is not this, in its way, an ideal, and has not this man achieved it?
— from My Life by Josiah Flynt

For superior or very delicate wines, the corks are usually prepared by placing them in a copper or tub, covering them with weights to keep them down, and then pouring over them boiling water holding a little pearlash in solution.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II by Richard Vine Tuson

I now come to the scene that was to bring this painful struggle to a close, and unfortunately prove all its vanity to me.
— from Led Astray and The Sphinx Two Novellas In One Volume by Octave Feuillet

Page 287 , Chapter 3: "by substituting silver coin or notes based on silver" corrected to "by substituting silver coins or notes based on silver" Page 294 , Chapter 3: "history of the world has been characterstic and uniform" corrected to "history of the world has been characteristic and uniform" Page 325 appears to be a continuation of the table on page 326 .
— from The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw

This seminary was the first girls' school in which the higher mathematics formed a part of the course; and the first public examination of a girl in geometry, in 1829, raised a storm of ridicule and indignation—the clergy, as usual, prophesying the speedy dissolution of all family bonds and therefore, as they continued with remorseless logic, of the state itself.
— from A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. by Eugene A. (Eugene Arthur) Hecker

But in spite of all enactments, [Pg 118] under Christian as under pagan rule, exposure and positive infanticide continued, though Christian sentiment never gave it the toleration exhibited in the drama of Menander.
— from The Evolution of States by J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson

We shall see Him in all his adorable perfections by a clear and unclouded perception of his divine essence.
— from The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus by F. J. Boudreaux

El poder ejecutivo está confiado a un presidente quien es elegido por seis años.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler