It was rightly inferred that a man who did that sort of thing was capable under similar circumstances of killing a human being.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

Thus, the little circle remained, on the most amicable and agreeable footing, until the Monday morning, when Nicholas withdrew himself from it for a short time, seriously to reflect upon the state of his affairs, and to determine, if he could, upon some course of life, which would enable him to support those who were so entirely dependent upon his exertions.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

The clouds are designated by various names, such as cow, udder, spring, cask, or pail.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

I am Miss Cardew’s guardian, and she cannot marry without my consent until she comes of age.
— from The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by Oscar Wilde

She saw her in idea settled in that very house, in all the felicity which a marriage of true affection could bestow; and she felt capable, under such circumstances, of endeavouring even to like Bingley's two sisters.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The fact that these clans, under special circumstances of sailing, resume what may be a lost superiority points to an interesting historical survival.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

I had been cutting up some caper or other—I think it was trying to crawl up the chimney, as I had seen a little sweep do a few days previous; and my stepmother who, somehow or other, was all the time whipping me, or sending me to bed supperless,—my mother dragged me by the legs out of the chimney and packed me off to bed, though it was only two o’clock in the afternoon of the 21st June, the longest day in the year in our hemisphere.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

She saw her in idea settled in that very house in all the felicity which a marriage of true affection could bestow; and she felt capable under such circumstances, of endeavouring even to like Bingley's two sisters.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

He fancied one was the notorious horse thief, Belden Rickard, and the other the equally well-known half-breed, Jim-John; but this had to remain conjecture until someone confirmed or disproved it.
— from Across Texas by Edward Sylvester Ellis

But I subscribe to the spirit of the times; and I agree it would be highly dangerous, on such accusations as we have been able to collect, to impeach the character of a zealous Protestant like his Grace—Had he been a Catholic, under such circumstances of suspicion, the Tower had been too good a prison for him.”
— from Peveril of the Peak by Walter Scott

Her cheap unyielding shoes clattered on the unyielding stones.
— from The Tunnel: Pilgrimage, Volume 4 by Dorothy M. (Dorothy Miller) Richardson

It thus becomes intelligible that the brain and mental faculties should be capable under similar conditions of nearly the same course of development, and consequently of performing nearly the same functions.
— from The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. II (1st Edition) by Charles Darwin

Who could not develop cheerfulness under such conditions? On the small island, Koati, some of the Inca stonework is remarkably good, and has several unusual features, such as the elaboration of the large, reëntrant, ceremonial niches formed by step-topped arches, one within the other.
— from Inca Land: Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Hiram Bingham

Thereafter he condescends upon several characters of a tyrant.
— from A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields

A crazy, undecked sailboat came out of the haze.
— from The Witch by Mary Johnston

In order to determine the total volume of air in the chamber under standard conditions of temperature and pressure, to the logarithm of volume I-III is added, first, a logarithmic factor for the temperature recorded for the calorimeter to correct the volume of air to standard temperature.
— from Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man by Thorne M. (Thorne Martin) Carpenter

she was an adopted child until she came of age.
— from Bonnie Prince Fetlar: The Story of a Pony and His Friends by Marshall Saunders

Regardless of how the problem is solved, we would certainly come under strong criticism of the negro press.
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor