The phenomenon of 1814 after Napoleon was reproduced in 1830 after Charles X. The attempt has been made, and wrongly, to make a class of the bourgeoisie.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
17. CHAPTER X That Holy Communion is not lightly to be omitted The Voice of the Beloved Thou must frequently betake thee to the Fountain of grace and divine mercy, to the Fountain of goodness and all purity; to the end that thou mayest obtain the healing of thy passions and vices, and mayest be made stronger and more watchful against all temptations and wiles of the devil.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas
CHAPTER XI THE SARGASSO SEA That day the Nautilus crossed a singular part of the Atlantic Ocean.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne
[ Contents ] Chapter XXXII The Derrick The yellowish individual had kept his word, for it was no simple derrick that he had erected above the open trench to let the heavy block of granite down into its place.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal
CHAPTER XIII TRADING—A BRITISH SAILOR The next day, the cargo having been entered in due form, we began trading.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
No discussion of details is undertaken in this chapter, because this conclusion but summarizes the discussion of the previous chapters, XV to XXII, inclusive.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey
[ Contents ] Chapter XXVII The Rights of Man The rights of man cannot be changed.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount
CHAPTER XIII THE MANOR-HOUSE Evolution of a country house—Saxon house—Addition of separate sleeping-chambers—Castles—Tudor houses—Old manor-houses—Secret chambers—Rectories and vicarages—Duty of hospitality—Kelvedon Rectory—Allington—Tithe-barns—Alfriston clergy-house—Almshouses— Hermitages—Little Budworth—Knaresborough—Reclusorium or anchor-hold— Laindon—Rattenden—Female recluses—Whalley.
— from English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
CHAPTER XII THE VOICE
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein
X , Fresh Ham and Chap. XI , To Cook Salt Pork; these being inserted after Chap.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius
CHAPTER XV THE FIRST SKIRMISH Soult had spent a month in making his preparations for the invasion of Portugal.
— from With Moore at Corunna by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
CHAPTER XXXIV TRAGEDY IN SONOMA—
— from The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton
112 CHAPTER XIII THE “HOODOO” STRIKES “Hello, Sandy!
— from The Haunted Hangar Sky Scouts/Air Mystery series #3 by Van Powell
[Pg 82] CHAPTER X. THE ITALIAN MURDERERS TELL THE STORY OF THE CRIME—A SERIES OF BLOOD-CURDLING NARRATIVES, INTERESTING ACCOUNTS FROM THE MOST PROMINENT OF THE BUTCHERS—GALLOTTI GIVES HIS VERSION—HOW THE MUSIC PLAYED WHILE THE THROATS WERE CUT—DRINKING THE BLOOD OF THE VICTIMS.
— from Hands Up; or, Thirty-Five Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the Plains Reminiscences by General D. J. Cook, Chief of the Rocky Mountains Detective Association by D. J. (David J.) Cook
~ "THE DANDIEST BOY THAT EVER STOOD UP IN A BOAT" CHAPTER XXI ~ THE PIT OF MAOTÂ CHAPTER XXII ~ VANÂKI, THE STRONG SWIMMER CHAPTER XXIII ~ TWO PACIFIC ISLANDS BIRDS:
— from The Works of Louis Becke: A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions by Louis Becke
CHAPTER XLIII THE HOUR OF CLIMAX Grenville made no attempt to sleep as the long night went laggardly by.
— from As It Was in the Beginning by Philip Verrill Mighels
" CHAPTER XIV The time came when Daren had to make a painful choice.
— from The Day of the Beast by Zane Grey
Page 330 CHAPTER XXVII THE BATTLE All the morning Win was in a state of strange, almost hysterical, exaltation.
— from Winnie Childs, the Shop Girl by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
HOW I RISE A DEGREE CHAPTER XXXII CATCHING SIGHT OF AN OLD FLAME CHAPTER XXXIII WOMAN'S A RIDDLE CHAPTER XXXIV THE RIDDLE BAFFLES ME!
— from Frank Fairlegh: Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil by Frank E. (Frank Edward) Smedley
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