By this employment I should have entered a society of men of letters of the first merit; M. de Mairan, Clairaut, De Guignes and the Abbe Barthelemi, with the first two of whom
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"Furthermore, I believe that there is a place of purgatory, where souls departed be punished for a time, for whom the church doth godlily and wholesomely pray, like as it doth honour saints and make prayers to them.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

But Laurie didn't laugh; he only looked down a minute, and the expression of his face puzzled Jo, when he said very gently,— "Never mind that; I'll tell you how we can manage: there's a long hall out there, and we can dance grandly, and no one will see us.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

"It came down gradually, and I was not hurt a bit.
— from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

To the eight blows required for this, the executioner generally added two or three on the chest, which were called coups de grâce , and which ended this horrible execution.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

[A Second Home.] CROCHARD (Charles), illegitimate child of Comte de Granville and Caroline Crochard.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

This, of course, drew general attention to Dodson & Fogg, who looked as virtuous as possible.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

—The Abbé Galiani says somewhere: " La prévoyance est la cause des guerres actuelles de l'Europe.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

“I’m beginning to be convinced that I am in Cordova,” murmured Quentin, and he entered the Paseo del Gran Capitán, followed the Calle de Gondomar as far as Las Tendillas, whence, as easily as if he had passed through the streets but yesterday, he reached [18] his house.
— from The city of the discreet by Pío Baroja

"I want to make your flesh creep!" The Baron has read OSCAR WILDE'S Wildest and Oscarest work, called Dorian Gray , a weird sensational romance, complete in one number of Lippincott's Magazine .
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 19, 1890 by Various

Mr. ——, a young student at that time, had the honor of giving him the coup de grâce , and finishing the sentence of the law."
— from Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas De Quincey

From his corner, de Gery admired the low and smooth forehead beneath its fringe of downward combed hair, the well-opened eyes, deep blue in colour, an abysmal blue, the mouth which ceased to smile only to relax its pure curve into an expression that was weary and drooping.
— from The Nabob by Alphonse Daudet

Musadieu thought it wise to prepare the way for his retreat, feeling the situation rather dangerous; and he was just beginning to say that he must pay a visit at the Corbelles' that evening when the Comte de Guilleroy appeared, returning from dining in the city.
— from Strong as Death by Guy de Maupassant

[25] They also elect a capitan de guerra , a kind of commander-in-chief of the warriors, whose office it is to defend their homes and their interests both in the field and in the council chamber.
— from Gregg's Commerce of the Prairies, 1831-1839, part 2 by Josiah Gregg

In wet and cold weather they make a useful covering of net-work, into which are plaited rushes, or coarse dry grass, and they put on very large hats, made in the same way.
— from Peeps Into China; Or, The Missionary's Children by E. C. (Edith Caroline) Phillips