After five days a neutral gave intelligence that the French had been seen off Cape de Gatte on the 7th.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey
I said that friendship originated in most cases from a similar disposition and nature, generally inclined to the same habits and morals, and rejoicing in the same pursuits, studies, and amusements, as the following lines testify: "To old man the voice of old man is sweetest, to boy that of boy, to woman is most acceptable that of woman, to the sick person that of sick person, while he that is overtaken 159 by misfortune is a comforter to one in trouble."
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch
The Bhagavad Gîtâ and Jesus are right in that they both shew us how to do our own duty and not go into that of others.
— from Letters That Have Helped Me by Julia Wharton Lewis Campbell Ver Planck Keightley
He threaded his way easily among the paddies, up through some low hills, and then down a narrow gorge into the sea again.
— from The Image and the Likeness by John Scott Campbell
12, in its regular turn.—F. H. G. Addresses of any description are never given in this department.—
— from Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 by Various
To suppose that as the land now stands, the rivers deposited the shingle along the course of every valley, and all their main branches, appears to me preposterous, seeing that these same rivers not only are now removing and have removed much of this deposit, but are everywhere tending to cut deep and narrow gorges in the hard underlying rocks.
— from Coral Reefs; Volcanic Islands; South American Geology — Complete by Charles Darwin
It is hardly three hundred feet high, but being the most elevated spot anywhere around, has a grand outlook, every town in Rhode Island being visible from it, and all the islands of Narragansett Bay, while far to the southward, upon distant Aquidneck, Newport gleams in the sunlight.
— from America, Volume 5 (of 6) by Joel Cook
That night a dance was given to celebrate the event and we began to have dinner immediately after the wedding so as to get through in time to start, for dances are never given in the home here, but in "the hall."
— from Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Limited divorces are not granted in this State.
— from Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose
How far west the emissions may extend it was impossible to determine exactly; but the appearance of the block in that direction, when we reached the summit, seemed to disclose, at no great interval, the stratified rocks.
— from Armenia, Travels and Studies (Volume 2 of 2) The Turkish Provinces by H. F. B. (Harry Finnis Blosse) Lynch
So I put away my dear dolls, and I shall shut up the playroom, also, for I could not think to pass by it each day and not go in to see them, and that Sister Barbara will not allow.
— from Hildegarde's Neighbors by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
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