Sometimes he keeps one and the same set of characters right through the play, but contrives that certain of these characters have something to conceal—have, in fact, a secret understanding on the point—in short, play a smaller comedy within the principal one: at one moment, one of the two comedies is on the point of upsetting the other; the next, everything comes right and the coincidence between the two series is restored.
— from Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Henri Bergson

He imprinted the footsteps of a conqueror on the Capitoline hill, and frankly confessed that each day he viewed with fresh wonder the forum of Trajan and his lofty column.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Bryant, in his Analysis , mentions that the children of the Cushite Ham used his name in salutation as a mark of recognition.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

The orbicular muscles contract almost simultaneously with the corrugators, and produce wrinkles all round the eyes; they appear, however, to be enabled to contract with greater force, as soon as the contraction of the corrugators has given them some support.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

It is said that the great disaster with the Gauls befell the city in consequence of this ceremony having been neglected.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

”—“I would not have your la'ship too confident of that,” cries Honour; “for the first lady I lived with used to invite people very earnestly to her house; but if she heard afterwards they were coming, she used to get out of the way.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

A man who, being born in the lower classes of the community, has risen from the ranks to be an officer, has already taken a prodigious step.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

As we shall see, on certain ceremonial occasions, the canoes have to be propelled by paddling, for instance when they approach their final destination, after having performed the great mwasila magic.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

A general Congress of the Colonies, held in New York in 1765, protested against the Stamp Act and other oppressive ordinances and they were in part repealed.
— from The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention by Wallace Bruce

And, finally, Jansoulet, so kind, so generous, for whom he felt in his heart so much gratitude, he knew him to be fallen into the hands of a gang of brigands, a brigand himself and well worthy of the conspiracy organized to cause him to disgorge his millions.
— from The Nabob by Alphonse Daudet

The other three junks, seeing the capture of their comrades, had already hoisted their sails, and were making up the creek.
— from Tales from the Works of G. A. Henty by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

By WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S. , Author of “Curiosities of the Church,” “Historic Romance,” “Famous Frosts and Frost Fairs,” “Historic Yorkshire,” etc. CONTENTS.
— from Old Church Lore by William Andrews

As rebuilt after the fire of 1761 INTERIOR OF FANEUIL HALL Ancient Despotism One would expect to find the cradle of liberty in the cradle of the civilized human race, that is in that once wealthy valley of Mesopotamia.
— from The Mentor: The Cradle of Liberty, Vol. 6, Num. 10, Serial No. 158, July 1, 1918 by Albert Bushnell Hart

But towards sunset one of the guards went into Pescara to bring a message to one of the councillors of the Commune; he went in with another of the loafers to drink, after which he strolled about the streets.
— from Tales of My Native Town by Gabriele D'Annunzio

Vuillet certainly felt that the cause of Henry V., which his paper defended, was becoming detestable; but it mattered little to him; he was content to be the obedient creature of the clergy; his entire policy was framed so as to enable him to dispose of as many rosaries and sacred images as possible.
— from The Fortune of the Rougons by Émile Zola

Nearly two years had elapsed since the homicide; over a hundred thousand dollars had been spent upon the case; every corner of the community had been deluged with detailed accounts of unspeakable filth and depravity; the moral tone of society had been depressed; and the only element which had profited by this whole lamentable and unnecessary proceeding had been the sensational press.
— from Courts and Criminals by Arthur Cheney Train

LIABILITY OF OFFICERS TO CREDITORS.—So long as a corporation is solvent, creditors of the corporation have no reason or right to seek redress from any one but the corporation itself.
— from Commercial Law by Richard William Hill