And I cannot sufficiently express my astonishment, that a man so erudite and well versed in ecclesiastical literature, should not have observed, in the first place, how opposed this is to the meaning of this authoritative Scripture, which, in recounting all the works of [Pg 464] God, regularly adds, "And God saw that it was good;" and, when all were completed, inserts the words, "And God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good."
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

He smiled for a moment on finding himself in his room, but could scarcely even murmur a few words, so great was his weakness.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

I was on the central boss of a huge upland country, and could see everything moving for miles.
— from The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

For my past life could scarcely entitle me to marry.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

" It includes the networks in INTERNET, and a long list of networks that can send electronic mail to each other (though they may not be based on the TCP/IP protocol).
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

“Give fresh stringent orders, sir,” said the captain sternly; “every man is to go quickly and silently to his post, as if on an ordinary drill.
— from Blue Jackets: The Log of the Teaser by George Manville Fenn

Could she ever make Nora understand the situation?
— from Lady Connie by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

The disguised soldiers and spies were placed around it, in such positions that they could see every movement that took place outside the walls without being themselves seen.
— from The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico by Mayne Reid

The 8th Gurkhas have already constructed some eight miles of road on each side of Phari for the ekka transport.
— from The Unveiling of Lhasa by Edmund Candler

Idiots also resemble the lower animals in some other respects; thus several cases are recorded of their carefully smelling every mouthful of food before eating it.
— from The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin

et aliorum prædecessorum nostrorum vestigiis inhærentes, motu proprio et ex certa scientia et mera deliberatione vobis committimus et mandamus
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2 by Henry Charles Lea

He then informed the earl, that while the guard he had left him with would escort the liberated Scots beyond the Forth, the remainder of the troops should be thus disposed: Lord Andrew Murray was to remain chief in command in Clydesdale; Sir Eustace Maxwell, to give up the wardship of Douglas to Sir John Monteith; and then advance into Annandale, to assist Sir Roger Kirkpatrick, who must now have begun the reduction of the castles in the west of that province.
— from The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter