These two conflicting halves in the character of the Christ of the Gospels, which no sound psychology can ever reconcile, Nietzsche always kept distinct in his own mind; he could not credit the same man with sentiments sometimes so noble and at other times so vulgar, and in presenting us with this new portrait of the Saviour, purged of all impurities, Nietzsche rendered military honours to a foe, which far exceed in worth all that His most ardent disciples have ever claimed for Him.
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Willie, he killed some rats, he'd caught in a cage rat-trap,—about a dozen, and skinned and cleaned 'em right nice, and tuck 'em, and told his wife, they wuz young squirrels, yes, sir!
— from The Tobacco Tiller: A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Sarah Bell Hackley

Lucknow was now completely in our possession, and our success had been achieved with remarkably slight loss, a result which was chiefly due to the scientific manner in which the siege operations had been carried on under the direction of our talented Chief Engineer, Robert Napier, ably assisted by Colonel Harness; and also to the good use which Sir Colin Campbell made of his powerful force of Artillery.
— from Forty-one years in India: from subaltern to commander-in-chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl

Chronic evil requires, not a passing shock but a long continued reparative process for its cure.
— from Pastor Pastorum; Or, The Schooling of the Apostles by Our Lord by Henry Latham

From thence I can easily reach Naples, and live there on the interest of my savings free from care.
— from The Burgomaster's Wife — Complete by Georg Ebers

He treated her coldly, even rudely; never admitted her to the distinctions of the rank to which she was raised, without making a difficulty about it; and did not disguise the repugnance with which she inspired him, even while Talleyrand still possessed his entire confidence.
— from Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, Vol. 1 of 2 by Madame de (Claire Elisabeth Jeanne Gravier de Vergennes) Rémusat

Inst. C. E., Chief Engineer, R. N., attached to the R. N. College.
— from Catalogue of Practical and Scientific Books by Henry Carey Baird & Co.

= 100 cents Exchange rates: Netherlands Antillean guilders, gulden, or florins (NAf.) per US$1 - 1.790 (fixed rate since 1989)
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency