All this had its influence upon the President’s cabman, who began to look dubious, and to slow down to a trot.
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

The catastrophe which befell him would thus have been lessened, though not entirely prevented.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

As a consequence, the British Government has placarded the streets of a hundred cities with billboards setting forth the destructive and degenerating nature of alcohol and appealing to the people in the name of the nation to desist from drinking alcoholic beverages.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

Renardet, standing up, his head bare, gazed at the vast tract of country before him, the meadows to the left and to the right the village whose chimneys were beginning to smoke in preparation for the morning meal.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Both nations had imbibed the rudiments of Christianity; the Hungarians were ruled by their native princes; the Bulgarians by a lieutenant of the Greek emperor; but, on the slightest provocation, their ferocious nature was rekindled, and ample provocation was afforded by the disorders of the first pilgrims Agriculture must have been unskilful and languid among a people, whose cities were built of reeds and timber, which were deserted in the summer season for the tents of hunters and shepherds.
— 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

When Vespasian died the Capitol was burned.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

So they stripped naked, expecting to have to swim for it, and with their long knives in their hands began crossing, but going forward crossed without being wet up to the fork.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

This would be killing off Gods at rather a rapid rate, and would make the work of the atonement and salvation a very murderous and bloody affair—a conception which brings to the mind a series of very revolting reflections.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

At the Duchess de Bovino’s dinner I made the acquaintance of the wisest and most learned man in Naples, the illustrious Don Lelio Caraffa, who belonged to the ducal family of Matalona, and whom King Carlos honoured with the title of friend.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Such is the line of conduct which belligerents long have followed in this matter; such is the idea they entertain of their duty in war.
— from German Barbarism: A Neutral's Indictment by Léon Maccas

de Staël on, 359 , 5; nation, a trick of, 208 , 26; style, how to attain, 553 , 31; the, bravery and honour of, 425 , 16; the, Goldsmith on, 409 , 39; the, Napoleon of, 507 , 1; the, their two grand tasks, 503 , 37; the, Voltaire on, 362 , 34; when free, 234 , 25; well of, undefiled, 52 , 51 Englishman , a true-born, 549 , 8; pluck of, 537 , 43 Englishmen , for friends, 169 , 20; freedom a necessity for, 526 , 29 Enigmas , wise men's partiality for, 199 , 20 Enjoying and hoarding, 539 , 45 Enjoyment , and Christianity, 420 , 19; and endurance, rules for, 120 , 7; and usefulness 360, 6; highest, dependent on education, 77 , 5; how secured, 81 , 43; in want, 182 , 32; no help in, 519 , 25; our best, 523 , 40; rule for, 82 , 57; unrestrained, evil of, 553 , 6 Enlistment for labour commended, 273 , 39 Enmities , for time, 284 , 1 Enmity , death, 488 , 6; man's, 193 , 15; not to be provoked, 383 , 20 Ennui , a good condiment, 229 , 36; born of uniformity, 222 , 41; mark of manhood, 28 , 45; the brother of repose, 234 , 42; the effect of, 407 , 34; those who suffer from, 460 , 7 Enough , and too much, 20 , 22; 524 , 10; better than too much, 11 , 10; evil in more than, 92 , 47; excels a sackful, 121 , 41; misfortunes not withstanding, 190 , 1; more than, an anxiety, 146 , 31; never a small quantity, 38 , 14; where there is 20, 32; who has, 553 , 7 Enslavement , how to escape, 177 , 46 Enterprise , in the young, 331 , 12; man of, aim of, 24 , 26 Enterprises , great, wrecked by trifles, 78 , 21; how to carry on, 36 , 28; indiscreetly urged, 328 , 13 Entertainment , ability to give or receive, 306 , 11 Enthusiasm , as test of a man, 490 , 6; higher, of man not extinct, 434 , 32; how generated, 21 , 47; our love in our, 338 , 31; political effects of, 450 , 5; the enemy of, 376 , 38; vulgar, 299 , 25 Enthusiast , better than timid thinker, 421 , 21; effect of opposition on, 335 , 52; the wild, zeal of, 307 , 44 Envied , the, 425 , 22; the, rather to be pitied, 383 , 36; the, when dead, 97 , 58 Envious man, the, 425 , 23 Environment , enslaving power of, 522 , 24; importance of, 75 , 1; the tyranny of, 11 , 57 Envy , a kind of praise, 108 , 57; a step from, to love, 141 , 19; a gnawing moth, 215 , 31; Burns on, 340 , 17; characteristic of, 34 , 32; distinct from emulation, 81 , 50; honour's foe, 160 , 42; human, 294 , 35; ignorance, 470 , 37; its malevolence, 25 , 57; passive disgust, 141 , 19; rather than pity, 181 , 6; 246 , 13; sayings about, 196 , 16-22; singularity of, 311 , 33; the aims of, 406 , 32; the envious contrasted with, 238 , 13; the last stage of perversion, 438 , 8; the life-time of, 342 , 22; to be lived down, 389 , 34; tooth of, against the solid, 114 , 6; when harmless, 59 , 5 Epic , future, of world, on whom it depends, 429 , 39; our, now and henceforth, 449 , 40; true, of our times, 458 , 39 Epicurean maxim, 158 , 18 Epicurism of reason, 378 , 41 Epigram , should be like a bee, 327 , 46; the power of, 14 , 57 {pg 591} Epoch , a glorious, which few reach, 284 , 20; an, most significant feature of, 444 , 6; great determining element in, 186 , 34; great, mark of, 211 , 46; our, dominant drift of, 491 , 32; the present, 331 , 9 Equality , as bond of love, 124 , 9; among men, a figment, 274 , 1; condition of, 554 , 9; establishment of, by law, 226 , 8; holy law of humanity, 124 , 10; not true, 394 , 52; the condition of, 147 , 23; unknown to nature, 292 , 5 Equanimity , happiness of, 140 , 20 Equity , sundered from law, 231 , 28; to be respected, 188 , 38 Equivocation and evasion , 89 , 13 Era , a new, advent of, unannounced, 337 , 26; the present, 521 , 9 Eras worthy of study, 264 , 1 Err , to, human, 163 , 42 Erring , Cicero on kindness to, 159 , 22 Error , a mistake of judgment, 220 , 17; a way back from, 23 , 47; an old and new, 315 , 20; an old, mischief of, 489 , 23; and ignorance, 178 , 14; confessing, no disgrace, 58 , 36; 304 , 40; consolation from, 421 , 30; containing some truth, dangerous, 14 , 59; contrary forms of, 182 , 10; dependence of glory on, 390 , 25; easier to recognise than truth, 203 , 13; freeing from, 492 , 33; from selfishness, 275 , 6; happiness of hoping to escape from, 320 , 29; human, misery of, Tennyson on, 321 , 39; in youth and in age, 60 , 21; insignificance of throttling one, 217 , 14; 550 , 19; matter of endless talk, 324 , 46; natural to us, 501 , 28; not always harmful, 381 , 51; not every, folly, 310 , 20; of opinion, 85 , 6; old, evil effect of, 79 , 3; our great, 431 , 17; our love for, 420 , 14; our portion, 319 , 13; perennial, 197 , 1; perseverance in, folly, 51 , 1; prior to truth, 184 , 37; protestation against, its importance, 12 , 40; so long as one strives, 85 , 40; strengthening power of an, 268 , 2; the fate of, 501 , 27; the only, 319 , 12; to persevere in, folly, 159 , 2; treatment of, as sign of wise or fool, 54 , 30; utility of, 531 , 44; where freedom, 560 , 13; with a master, 280 , 51 Errors , deliverance from, hard, 265 , 16; effect of diversion on, 468 , 32; ever renewed, 75 , 11; not to be built, 175 , 33; of a great mind, 425 , 25; of a wise man, 425 , 26, 27; our, dear to us, 114 , 39 Errs , who, in tens, errs in thousands, 41 , 19; who never, 417 , 46 Eruptions , superficial, when the heart is threatened, 304 , 35 Establish one's self, how to, 354 , 3 Establishments , old, when to abolish, 546 , 1 Estate , one's, while in debt, 481 , 11; the third, 360 , 38 Estates , how often spent, 268 , 57 Esteem , and love, never sold, 214 , 14; commended, 243 , 47; often from ignorance, 181 , 13; our desert of, 522 , 9; without love, 19 , 52 Eternal , in man's soul, 262 , 28; no hastening births of, 236 , 59; presence of, in time, 449 , 7; the, no simulacrum, 426 , 6 Eternities , masquerade of the, 457 , 47 Eternity , and time, 486 , 47; 487, 2 , 10; depending on time, 126 , 10; effect of hope of, 302 , 41; feeling in man of, 186 , 38; in time, 495 , 28; looking through time, 55 , 44; manifest in time, 265 , 2; the spot in, ours, 426 , 8; unsurveyable, 297 , 20; vision of, indispensable, 150 , 41; youth, 466 , 3 Ethics , right, the nature of, 377 , 13 Ethiopian , the, and his skin, 35 , 25 Eulogy , the assumption in, 12 , 39 Euphemy contrasted with blasphemy, 30 , 41 Europe , bewildered, the goal of, 313 , 22; fifty years of, 29 , 22; the glory of, gone, 415 , 38 Evangel , our ultimate political, 440 , 37 Evangelicals , Carlyle on, 443 , 42 Evening , and its day, 520 , 9; as an emblem, 89 , 26; hushed to grace harmony, 162 , 36 Event , great, for world, 431 , 18; out of our power, 34 , 20; to be mastered at the time, 90 , 44 Events , all, of importance, 94 , 46; all part of a divine plan, 94 , 45; coming, foreshadowed, 44 , 56; fitfulness of, 252 , 11; gravest, noiselessness of, 431 , 8; greatest, of an age, 432 , 9; in life, their connection not understood at first, 569 , 23; mighty, turn on a straw, 279 , 15; no being beyond power of, 565 , 16; our relation to, 522 , 4; source of, 472 , 32; tutors, 434 , 14 Everything , importance of attempting, 439 , 10 Everywhere , nowhere, 222 , 8 Evidence , one's own, not enough, 303 , 37; to be weighed, 352 , 21 Evidences like weights, 437 , 21 Evil , a source of good, 401 , 35; absolute, unknown to us, 317 , 11; all, as a nightmare, 9 , 25; all, at bottom good, 10 , 7; all, within, 475 , 16; anticipation of, 222 , 32; as well as good from God, 388 , 22; at its strongest, 26 , 61; better in youth, 200 , 31; beginning of every, 188 , 30; by thinking of it, 6 , 4; deed, curse of, 482 , 2; defined, 95 , 35; doing, for good, 150 , 3; effect of concealment on, 8 , 50; from God, 197 , 27; from thoughtlessness, 33 , 6; greatest, for a man, 35 , 44; he that doeth, 93 , 33; how to avoid, 461 , 25; how to overcome, 33 , 47; 240 , 16; how to scare away, 24 , 47; inability to bear, 519 , 36; knowing and speaking, 493 , 30; latent in heart, 471 , 25; most common source of, 444 , 5; none all, 311 , 8; necessary for good, 401 , 46; no absolute, 472 , 34; no, felt till it comes, 301 , 42; no, without compensation, 301 , 43; not constant, 86 , 13; not doing, and not intending, 491 , 43; not struck at the root, 468 , 23; not to be traced, but extinguished, 547 , 22; how to overcome, 113 , 6; of the day, enough, 406 , 16; one, St. Paul of, 521 , 45; only hiding of, 473 , 11; overcoming, two ways of, 494 , 44; patiently borne, 301 , 41; reaction of, on self, 80 , 33; report, how to treat, 172 , 13; resisted, a benefit, 90 , 45; sense of filthiness of, a foil, 152 , 15; speaking, defence against, 171 , 38; 172 , 1; that goeth out of one, 426 , 12; that men do, 426 , 13; the beginning of, 69 , 29; the root of, 170 , 40; theories of, helpless against evil, 62 , 41; thing, judgment of, often delayed, 214 , 17; things, goodness in, 476 , 33; to be overcome, 28 , 14; to be simply borne, 541 , 31; to come, better unknown, 38 , 30; wishing no, merit of, 298 , 15 Evils , easily crushed at the birth, 327 , 48; extreme, alike, 9 , 26; great and little, effect on one of, 133 , 24; great and small, how to oppose, 492 , 49; great, impotence to overcome, 175 , 15, 44; guards against, 409 , 16; how to shield one's self from, 300 , 21; imaginary, 96 , 23; imaginary, how made real, 182 , 36; imaginary versus real, 243 , 41; man's fear of, 206 , 45; neglect of small, 111 , 38; not imaginary, 10 , 13; origin of, 261 , 4; our, source of all, 201 , 50; real and possible, compared, 325 , 11; shunned, fallen into, 104 , 40; silently bearing, 523 , 24; which of two, to choose, 547 , 2; which we feel, 330 , 28 Evil-disposed , the, 482 , 49 Evil-doer and the light, 146 , 5 Evil-doers , fear of, 532 , 2 Evil-speaker compared with evil-doer, 261 , 17 Evil-speaking , evil of, 553 , 15 Evil-wishing , evil of, 553 , 15 Evolution , only worthy of regard, 445 , 44 Exaggeration , common, 473 , 37; weakening effect of, 329 , 14 {pg 592} Exalted , station, ornament to merit, 222 , 36; who shall be, 146 , 57 Example , and precept, 252 , 43; force of, 171 , 36; noble, force of, 78 , 44; potency of, 96 , 49; the effect of, 276 , 43; the power of, 375 , 6; value of, 158 , 43 Examples , good, power of, 129 , 27, 28; perfect, evil effect of, 89 , 28 Excel , daring to, 301 , 29 Excellence , source of, 92 , 23; the appreciation of, value of, 297 , 37; to be studied, 338 , 35; uniformity of, tiresome, 507 , 94; what we must risk to attain, 489 , 32; world's treatment of, 464 , 31 Excellences , deep hidden, 40 , 33 Excellency , witness of, 207 , 7 Excellent , persons, tortures of, 383 , 31; the, difficult, 39 , 37; the, how to treat, 536 , 9; the, rare and rarely valued, 426 , 18; the, unfathomable, 55 , 2; things rare, 328 , 23 Exception , and rule, 96 , 26; going by the, 199 , 39 Exceptions , according to order, 291 , 6 Excess , a tendency of Nature, 94 , 41; every, a vice in end, 327 , 49; no, 170 , 14; 271 , 51; nothing in, 242 , 29; of good, dangerous, 153 , 38; the evil of, 350 , 10; unstable, 94 , 43 Exchange , as a means of life, 275 , 3 Excitement contrasted with enthusiasm, 83 , 38 Excitements , great, effect of, 426 , 10 Exercise , benefit of, 90 , 48; bodily, St, Paul's estimate of, 31 , 10; defined by Johnson, 228 , 34; rules for, 6 , 14 Exigencies , the science of, 97 , 24 Exile , everywhere, 566 , 4; friendly face to, 496 , 6; no exile from self, 535 , 6 Existence , a distracted, waste of, 569 , 25; a mystery to the greatest genius, 306 , 41; all earthly, a vapour, 368 , 36; contrasted with life, 487 , 16; disappointed, worse than none, 208 , 39; first delight of, 494 , 43; laws of, our knowledge of, 207 , 22; man's, secret of, 452 , 47; our, passed into words, 339 , 38; our, purpose
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

The child was brought to him every morning at breakfast time, and he then seldom 317 failed to besmear him with every thing within his reach on the table.
— from Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. III) by Las Cases, Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné, comte de

In the mean time the priests had been very earnest with the young one, the Agow, to confess, with better success; but this execution, to which he had been witness, was more prevailing than all their arguments.
— from Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 3 (of 5) In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 by James Bruce

"The countess will be out of the way for eight and [254] forty hours at least.
— from The Weight of the Crown by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White

Organic waste and cadaver parts unsuitable for constructive purposes (fertilizer) on Charon will be fully sterilized and reduced as close as practicable to zero residue.
— from The Universe — or Nothing by Meyer Moldeven

The Chorus superb in one of finest choruses, written by an English composer, " Make a joyful Noise "—very joyful noise they made, and a considerable one.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 20, 1890 by Various

(Merrie melodies: The two crows) © Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 21Apr62 (in notice: 1961); LP25005.
— from Motion Pictures 1960-1969: Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Catalogues will be sent free on application.
— from Harvey's Views on the Use of the Circulation of the Blood by John Green Curtis