There the chapters-general of the association usually assembled; and, on certain occasions, several thousands of the free judges were to be seen there.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

A coolness settled over the company, but he continued quietly: “Do you admit with me that war is a barbarous thing; that this custom of killing off people constitutes a condition of savagery; that it is odious, when life is the only real good, to see governments, whose duty is to protect the lives of their subjects, persistently looking for means of destruction?
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Pausanias, son of Cleombrotus, your countryman, after freeing Hellas from the Medes with the help of those Hellenes who were willing to undertake the risk of the battle fought near our city, offered sacrifice to Zeus the Liberator in the marketplace of Plataea, and calling all the allies together restored to the Plataeans their city and territory, and declared it independent and inviolate against aggression or conquest.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

She says little, to be sure; but if you could only see the mischief in her eye!" On the whole, therefore, her new experience led our decayed gentlewoman to very disagreeable conclusions as to the temper and manners of what she termed the lower classes, whom heretofore she had looked down upon with a gentle and pitying complaisance, as herself occupying a sphere of unquestionable superiority.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

When it appears that a work has been carried out sumptuously, the owner will be the person to be praised for the great outlay which he has authorized; when delicately, the master workman will be approved for his execution; but when proportions and symmetry lend it an imposing effect, then the glory of it will belong to the architect.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

This is done when, in articles composed of stripes, the decrease has to be made on the wrong side, and is to lie to the left on the right side.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

“Timorous thieves, by extreme caution, often subject themselves to discoveries, which those of a bolder kind escape.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

“The marquis of Montcalm can only settle that error with his God,” said the young man solemnly.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

There is always a chance of securing the food if we want it bad enough and will struggle hard enough.
— from Plain English by Marian Wharton

In that light I could only see their pretty faces glowing, and their bright eyes full of doubt, and their little bodies shrinking back.
— from The Maid of Sker by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

Put them in cold salted water and a little vinegar for fifteen minutes to cleanse and free from insects, then put them in salted boiling water and boil until the leaves part easily from the base when pulled; this should be in about half an hour, [ 84 ] but the time varies with the age and size of the artichoke; it should then be drained and the stem cut off so that it will stand erect on the serving dish.
— from The Golden Rule Cook Book: Six hundred recipes for meatless dishes by M. R. L. (Maud Russell Lorraine) Sharpe

Like most sampans, the boat smelt abominably, and as we could only see the mechanical rowing of the women in the well forrard, and hear the occasional commands of the tiny boy steering aft, our enjoyment may be placed on the debit side of the account without any fear of miscalculation.
— from The Beautiful White Devil by Guy Boothby

There were quantities of silver charms in the blazing plum-pudding, and some received omens of wealth, and some of princely mates or lengthy journeys, but Gerard Strobridge could only secure the emblem of an old maid—a thimble was his portion—and he turned the unhappy augury to much good account in a suitable reproach to Läo.
— from The Career of Katherine Bush by Elinor Glyn

Then through Apulia's fallows, that her hinds Left all untilled, to sluggish weeds a prey Passed Caesar onward, swifter than the fire Of heaven, or tigress dam: until he reached Brundusium's winding ramparts, built of old By Cretan colonists.
— from Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan

O. N S Sinclair, Edward, North West Bridge, W. O. N B Sirois, Joseph O., Grand River Q Sisson, William H., Upper Woodstock, W. O. N B Skelly, Michael, Rawdon Q Skelton, Peter, Magpie Q Slaght, Israel, Townsend Centre O Slee, Thomas, Doon O Slipp, Edward W., Hampstead, W.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1873 by Canada. Post Office Department

The ultimate reason why one and the same insect should occur in green and in brown, as often happens in caterpillars and locusts, lies in the fact that variations towards brown presented themselves, and so also did variations towards green: THE KERNEL OF THE RIDDLE LIES IN THE VARYING, and for the present we can only say, that small variations in different directions present themselves in every species.
— from Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward

(1772), I 308 sanctioned by Senate (1776), I 309 granted right to issue passports, I 309 charged with collection of state taxes, I 309 endowed with judicial powers, I 309 Government changes attitude towards, I 310 confined to religious and fiscal functions (1786), I 313 deprived of civil and judicial powers (1795), I 319 promise of Government to maintain judicial powers of, violated, I 320 preservation of, due to fiscal considerations, I 320, 366 establishment of, in Courland, due to same motives (1799), I 321 curtailed status of, recognized in Statute of 1804, I 344 admission to city government fails to weaken power of, I 368 ff Government forced to extend functions of, I 367
— from History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 3 [of 3] From the Accession of Nicholas II until the Present Day by Simon Dubnow

You cannot perceive his corporeal body because you are now in the spirit, and the spirit can only see that which is spiritual, as likewise the material eye only that which is material.
— from Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume I by M. Y. Halidom