But one could not look upon his cruel blue eyes, with their drooping, cynical lids, or upon the fierce, aggressive nose and the threatening, deep-lined brow, without reading Nature’s plainest danger-signals.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

And we would sprawl and kick, too, and ward off ends and corners of mail- bags that came lumbering over us and about us; and as the dust rose from the tumult, we would all sneeze in chorus, and the majority of us would grumble, and probably say some hasty thing, like: “Take your elbow out of my ribs!—can’t you quit crowding?”
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

buhalhal 1 v [B6; c1] left open, unbuttoned, unfastened.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught; and sometimes not even then, for she was often inattentive, and occasionally stupid.
— from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Ram Pramar of Tilang, the Chakravartin lord of Ujjain, made the gift.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Whatever money was sent out to them, it was said, came all back to us by the balance of trade, and we could never become a farthing the poorer by any expense which we could lay out upon them.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Pore owre the devil's pictur'd beuks; Stake on a chance a farmer's stackyard, An' cheat like ony unhanged blackguard.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Knots must be carefully tied, and patients' coats laid out under their heads.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Naturally enough, illustrations as to size are sought for among other cañons like or unlike it, with the common result of worse confounding confusion.
— from The Grand Cañon of the Colorado by John Muir

The "shops" in the one tiny street contained little of use, even for our sepoys' frugal needs, and nothing for ours; so that anything we required had to be sent for from Calcutta—a day and a night by train.
— from Life in an Indian Outpost by Gordon Casserly

The city looks out upon the lake like a queen, as in fact she is, crowned by the triple diadem of beauty, wealth, and dignity.
— from The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884 by Various

[12 Wheaton, 419], 195 , 198 Brown, John, appears at Lawrence, 431 ; the Pottawattomie massacre, 440 ; the massacre characterized, 441 ; captures Pate at Black Jack, 441 ; dispersal of the gang and disappearance of Brown, 442 ; effect of massacre, 442 ; his work characterized, 473 , 474 Brown, Mary, arrest of Hamlet, 367 Brown, R. P., organizes company of "Free-state" men, 426 ; captured and murdered, 426 Buchanan, James, position upon tariff bill of 1827, 158 , 159 ; attitude to fugitive slave law, 368 ; candidate for presidential nomination, 376 ; the Ostend manifesto, 408 ; relation of his election to events in Kansas, 447 ; inaugural address quoted, 447 ; charge as to improper official conduct, 458 ; appoints Walker and Stanton to office in Kansas, 461 ; special message of February 2, 1858, 469 Buckley, ——, secures peace warrant against Branson, 428 Buenos Ayres, 30 Buffalo, New York, Free-soil convention, 347 Buford, Jefferson, repudiates sacking of Lawrence, 438 Bull Creek, Kansas, Missourians encamped on, 445 ; skirmish at, 445 Burrill, James, Jr., position on Maine-Missouri bill, 83 Burt, Armistead, moves amendment to Douglas's bill, 341 Bushnell, Horace, member of Emigrant Aid Society, 409 Bustamente, Anastasio, decree on immigration, 291 Butler, Andrew Pickens, contention as to fugitive slave law, 371 ; minority report on president's powers, 372 ; in debate on Foote's resolutions, 374 ; attacked by Sumner, 439 C ABOT , S AMUEL , member of Emigrant Aid Society, 409 Calhoun, John Caldwell, 2 ; committee service, 3 ; argument for the bank, 4-6 ; chief author of bank bill, 8 ; speech on tariff bill, 10-12 ; on internal improvements, 14-16 ; views rejected by Madison, 17 ; relation to Jackson, 34 , 35 ; effect of Seminole War, 38 ; as to relation between protection and slavery, 109 ; bill for internal improvements vetoed, 1817, 116 , 117 ; qualifications as presidential candidate in 1824, 133 , 134 ; as to vice-presidency, 138 ; elected vice-president, 142 , 143 ; relation to administration, 143 ; relation to Adams's administration, 144 , 146 ; elected vice-president, 163 , 164 ; political scientist of slavery, 173 ; publishes "South Carolina Exposition," "Address on Relation of States and Federal Government," and "Address to the People of South Carolina," 179 ; his argument, 180 , 181 ; his doctrine of nullification, 189 ; relation to Jackson and Seminole War, 220 ; the Forsyth letter, 220 ; hostility of Jackson and Calhoun, 220 , 221 ; his letter to Governor Hamilton, 221 ; his theory of nullification reproduced, 223 ; resigns vice-presidency and becomes Senator, 224 ; opinion on the position of South Carolina, 226 , 227 ; statement in Senate as to South Carolina's acts, 232 , 233 ; opinion of the "Force Bill," 234 ; attitude to Clay's compromise tariff, 236 ; attitude to the Wilkins "Force Bill," 236 ; argument answered by Webster, 237 ; attitude to Clay's bill, 237 ; motive in course on nullification, 238 ; restatement of Jefferson's principles, 239 ; opinion of slavery cited, 253 ; antedated by Hammond, 255 ; contention as to petitions, 264 ; view of slavery, 265-268 ; resolutions of December 27, 1837, 269 ; fallacy of his position, 270 ; makes committee report, with bills, on use of mails, 273 , 274 ; his plan defeated, 274 ; views on recognition of Texas, 295 , 296 ; view on annexation of Texas, 301 ; his views expressed by Wise, 302 ; again Secretary of State, 307 ; notifies Texas of proposal to move forces, 307 ; view of constitutional position of Texas, 308 ; adopts idea of Archer as to annexation, 309 ; views as to method of annexation, 321 ; characterization of his views on annexation, 323 , 324 ; attitude to Mexican War, 330 ; views as to slavery in Territories, 344 , 345 ; his last speech, 358 ; his death, 360 ; views on fugitive slave laws, 367 California, as to Congress of Verona, 124 ; occupied by Kearny, 332 ; importance of its occupation, 332 ; importance of Buena Vista, 333 ; about to be transferred, 334 ; acquisition in view, 337 ; in negotiations, 337 ( see Upper California ); Polk's message of July 6, 1848, 345 , 346 ; motions of Bright and Clayton, 346 ; the Clayton bill, 346 , 347 ; Polk's message of December, 1848, 348 ; gold and silver discoveries, 348 ; Douglas's bill, 349 ; Smith's bill, 349 ; Berrien's report, 349 , 350 ; new bill by Douglas, 350 ; motion by Walker, 350 , 351 ; proceedings in Congress, 351 ; views of Berrien and Webster, 351 , 352 ; failure of Congress to act, 352 ; effect of discoveries, 352 , 353 ; plan of Taylor, 353 ; the Monterey Convention, 353 ; Taylor's message of December 4, 1849, 353 , 354 ; Foote's bill, 354 ; Clay's plan, 355 , 356 ; objections of Southerners, 356 ; attitude of abolitionists, 357 ; application for admission, 357 ; consideration begun, 357 , 358 ; Calhoun's last speech, 358 ; Webster's Seventh of March speech, 359 ; Bell's proposition, 359 ; report of Committee on Territories, 360 ; Committee of Thirteen, 360 ; Clay's report, 360-362 ; passage of bill for admission, 363 , 364 ; vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399 ; Robinson in, 413 ; Sutter land troubles, 413 ; Robinson's experience in, applied to Kansas, 421 , 422 Cambreleng, Churchill C., opposes tariff bill of 1824, 113 Canada, 21 , 370 , 374 Canning, George, proposal to Rush, 125 ; declaration to Polignac, 125 Cape Breton, 21 Capulets, tomb of the, 351 Cass, Lewis, opposes Upham's amendment, 336 ; views on relation of slavery and Mexican War, 338 ; Presidential nominee, 345 ; letter to Nicholson, 345 ; on Committee of Thirteen, 360 ; attitude to fugitive slave law, 368 ; candidate for Presidential nomination, 376 ; attitude to Chase and Douglas, 392 Castle Pinckney, becomes seat of custom-house for Charleston district, 230 ; Congress notified of change, 232 Catron, John, opinion on Dred Scott case, 453 Cerro Gordo, battle of, 333 Channing, William Ellery, opposition to fugitive slave law, 373 Chapultepec, battle of, 338 Charleston, South Carolina, Government in control of anti-nullifiers, 181 ; nullifiers elect mayor, 182 ; test of tariff law, 182 ; Scott ordered to, 230 ; instructions to collectors, 230 ; removal of custom-house, 230 ; Congress notified, 232 ; post-office robbed, 271 ; committee of public safety elected, 271 ; postmaster communicates with New York postmaster, 271 ; the position of Postmaster-General Kendall, 271 , 272 Chase, Salmon Portland, contention as to fugitive slave law, 371 ; signs National Era address, 389 ; moves amendment to Kansas-Nebraska bill, 391 ; speech in Senate, 391 ; proposes further amendment, 394 ; contention with Pratt, 394 , 395 ; proposes third amendment, 395 , 396 ; proposes fourth amendment, 396 ; vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399 ; effect of National Era address, 400 Chattahoochee River, the, 211 , 214 Cheever, George Burrell, opposes fugitive slave law, 368 Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia [5 Peters, 1], 218 Cherokees, brought under criminal jurisdiction of Georgia, 215 ; appeal to President, 215 , 216 ; Jackson's reply, 216 ; Cherokees refuse offers for cession of claims, 216 ; the question in Jackson's message of 1829, 216 , 217 ; different views of Indian land titles, 217 , 218 ; Cherokee lands incorporated by Commonwealth of Georgia, 218 ; the Cherokee nation case, 218 ; the case of Worcester against Georgia, 218 , 219 Cherubusco, battle of, 334 Cheves, Langdon, management of bank, 195 Chihuahua, captured by Doniphan, 332 Chili, treaty of 1823 with Columbia, 147 Chillicothe, O., bank trouble, 195 Chinn, Joseph W., resents Dickson's attack, 254 Choate, Rufus, attitude to fugitive slave law, 368 Christian baptism, relation to slavery, 44 Clark, George Rogers, sent out by Jefferson, 312 Clay, Henry, views on the bank in 1812, 4 ; Speaker of House, 6 ; support of bank bill, 6 , 7 ; on tariff bill, 10 ; relation to Jackson, 34 , 35 ; opinion of treaty with Spain, 36 , 38 ; suggests union of Maine and Missouri bills, 77 ; plan of Clay, 100 ; report of Committee of Thirteen, 100 , 101 ; first plan defeated, 101 ; conference committee and its report on Missouri, 101 , 102 ; plan accepted, 102 , 103 ; supports tariff bill of 1824, 112 , 113 ; opposed by Barbour, Cambreleng and Webster, 113 , 114 ; efforts with reference to "Monroe Doctrine," 128 ; qualifications as presidential candidate in 1824, 134-136 ; electoral vote of 1824, 137 ; in control of situation, 140 , 141 ; supports Adams, 141 ; the Kremer charge, 141 ; offer of secretaryship of state, 142 , 143 ; opposition threatened, 142 , 143 ; Clay accepts office, 143 ; no proof of corruption, 143 ; opposition in Senate to his appointment, 144 ; approached by ministers of Mexico and Columbia, 147 ; negotiations, 148 , 149 ; negotiations with Czar of Russia and with Spanish-American colonies, 152 , 153 ; his "American System" anticipated by Jackson, 172 ; resolution on tariff, 186 ; speech on the "American System," 187 ; bill reported and tabled, 188 ; his ideas used, 188 ; nominated for presidency in 1831, 201 ; advice to Bank party, 201 ; proposes compromise tariff, 235 ; his purposes, 235 , 236 ; attitude of Calhoun, 236 ; his bill amended and passed by both Houses, 237 , 238 ; signed by President, 238 ; motive in course on nullification, 238 ; opinion of Jacksonian principles, 240 ; criticises Calhoun's bill as to use of mails, 274 ; his followers called Whigs, 282 ; dropped by Whigs, 286 ; reports resolution on Texas, 295 ; nominated for presidency, 309 ; election an apparent certainty, 319 ; demands of abolitionists, 319 ; the National Intelligencer letter, 319 , 320 ; effect of the Alabama letter, 320 ; presidential election of 1844, 320 ; the Alabama letter, 329 ; plan as to California, New Mexico and Texas, 355 , 356 ; objections of Southerners, 356 , 357 ; agrees to Douglas's motion, 357 ; relations with Foote, 357 , 358 ; debate on Clay's resolutions, 358 , 359 ; their reference, 360 ; chairman of Committee of Thirteen, 360 ; Clay's report, 360-362 ; results of debates, 362 ; passage of bills separately, 363 , 364 ; attitude to fugitive slave law, 368 ; motion on Shadrach case, 370 ; motion on President's message, 371 ; death, 377 Clayton, John Middleton, secures appointment of committee on Bank, 202 ; makes committee report against Bank, 202 ; motion as to Territorial government, 346 ; reports bill, 346 , 347 ; not voting on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 398 , 399 Clemens, Jeremiah, in debate on Foote's resolutions, 374 , 375 Clinton, DeWitt, qualifications as presidential candidate in 1824, 132 Coahuila-Texas, a province and Commonwealth of Mexico, 291 ; local government, 291 ; resistance to Santa Anna, 292 ; Texans in control, 292 , 293 ; war begun by Mexicans, 293 ; declaration of independence, 293 .
— from The Middle Period, 1817-1858 by John William Burgess

Etienne Lousteau's cruel lesson opened up possibilities for Lucien's imagination.
— from Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac

To a Creolean Lady In a country perfumed with the sun's embrace, I knew 'neath a dais of purpled palms, And branches where idleness weeps o'er one's face, A Creolean lady of unknown charms.
— from The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire

But he has exchanged the speech of sympathy and feeling with but one only—and that one!— Of her he thinks in his chamber—his quiet, snug, little chamber—a mere closet, looking out upon a long garden-slip, in which he sees, without much heeding them, long lanes of culinary cabbage, and tracts of other growing and decaying vegetation, in which his interest is quite too small to make it needful that he should even ask its separate names.
— from Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by William Gilmore Simms

And it is very pleasant to sit in the deep shadow by the open casement, looking out upon the sunny lawn and woods, and listening to the melody of that sweet young voice.
— from Sketch-Book of the North by George Eyre-Todd

Whatever may be said of the peculiar interests and natural partialities of those who were called upon to give evidence upon this occasion, it is impossible not to be convinced, by the whole body of it taken together, that, during the last twenty years, and particularly during the last seven, there has been a great increase of capital laid out upon the land, and a great consequent extension of cultivation and improvement; that the system of spirited improvement and high farming, as it is technically called, has been principally encouraged by the progressive rise of prices owing in a considerable degree, to the difficulties thrown in the way of importation of foreign corn by the war; that the rapid accumulation of capital on the land, which it had occasioned, had so increased our home growth of corn, that, notwithstanding a great increase of population, we had become much less dependent upon foreign supplies for our support; and that the land was still deficient in capital, and would admit of the employment of such an addition to its present amount, as would be competent to the full supply of a greatly increased population: but that the fall of prices, which had lately taken place, and the alarm of a still further fall, from continued importation, had not only checked all progress of improvement, but had already occasioned a considerable loss of agricultural advances; and that a continuation of low prices would, in spite of a diminution of rents, unquestionably destroy a great mass of farming capital all over the country, and essentially diminish its cultivation and produce.
— from The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn Intended as an appendix to "Observations on the corn laws" by T. R. (Thomas Robert) Malthus

Her father was dead and her mother too busy with many cares to see much of her, so most of the young girl’s life had been spent in a small room at the top of an old house, which had an ever-closed window through which she could look out upon miles of chimney tops with every now and then a more aspiring steeple.
— from The Camp Fire Girls Amid the Snows by Margaret Vandercook