Therefore, on the 2d of January, I was authorized to march with my entire army north by land, and concluded at once to secure a foothold or starting-point on the South Carolina side, selecting Pocotaligo and Hardeeville as the points of rendezvous for the two wings; but I still remained in doubt as to the wishes of the Administration, whether I should take Charleston en route, or confine my whole attention to the incidental advantages of breaking up the railways of South and North Carolina, and the greater object of uniting my army with that of General Grant before Richmond.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Gerty Farish was not a close enough reader of character to disentangle the mixed threads of which Lily's philanthropy was woven.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Then there came eager readings of Commentaries written on St. Luke, Acts, Romans and Hebrews by Dr. Biesenthal, once a rabbinical Jew; he was thus led to a careful study of the New Testament.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

As soon as land becomes private property, the landlord demands a share of almost all the produce which the labourer can either raise or collect from it.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Is it possible that foreign nations can either respect or confide in such a government? Is it possible that the people of America will longer consent to trust their honor, their happiness, their safety, on so precarious a foundation?
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

Hence, in the reign of Battus III., Demonax the Mantinean, who was called in to frame a constitution for this city, restored the supremacy of the community; he likewise gave to the new colonists equal rights of citizenship with the ancient citizens, although the latter doubtless still retained many privileges.
— from The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller

I must see my sin reduced to ashes in the pan of that altar ere I can enjoy rest of conscience in the presence of God.
— from Notes on the book of Exodus by Charles Henry Mackintosh

For the mention the Psalmist makes of this when he says: Extendas coelum sicut pellem , [65] does not conflict with either opinion, since when his own skin covers any animal, it envelopes equally every part all around, and when it is removed from the flesh and stretched out, there is no doubt that it can form a chamber either rectangular or curved.”
— from An encyclopedist of the dark ages: Isidore of Seville by Ernest Brehaut

He usually was nowhere to be seen on my father leaving; he however saw him, and lay in wait at the head of the street, and up Leith Walk he kept him in view from the opposite side like a detective, and then, when he knew it was hopeless to hound him home, he crossed unblushingly over, and joined company, excessively rejoiced of course.
— from Spare Hours by John Brown

Mitrailleuses and cannon are stationed before the Hôtel de Ville; the drums beat the rappel throughout the town, and a great number of battalions of National Guards assemble in the Rue de Rivoli, at the Louvre, and on the Place de la Concorde; others bivouac before the Palais de l'Industrie, while on the other side of the Champs Elysées regiments of cavalry, infantry, and mobiles, are drawn out.
— from Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by John Leighton

I should like to know if an artist could ever represent on canvas a happy family gathered round a hole in the floor called a register.
— from The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1 by Charles Dudley Warner

The "Call," September 1, 1919, says: "The report states that on the face of the returns, referendum B and D were carried by large majorities, and a National Executive Committee, consisting of Louis Fraina of New York, Charles E. Ruthenberg of Cleveland, Seymour Stedman of Chicago, Patrick S. Nagle of Oklahoma and L. E. Katterfeld of Cleveland was elected.
— from The Red Conspiracy by Joseph J. Mereto

The south-easterly wind held long enough to enable us and our charges to get well clear of the Channel and to the southward of Ushant before it changed, and then it gradually veered round until it came out strong from the north-west, when away we all went for Madeira, the slowest ships carrying every rag of canvas that they could stagger under, while the faster craft were unwillingly compelled to shorten down in order that all might keep together, while as for ourselves and the Astarte , the utmost that we could show, without running ahead of our station, was double-reefed topsails.
— from A Middy of the King: A Romance of the Old British Navy by Harry Collingwood