But she came into the breakfast-room, at half-past nine o'clock, singing a little Scotch melody, her cheeks tinged with as delicate a pink as the pale hue of her muslin morning dress.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

This Tannoos could not bear, and has therefore been quite willing to see him disgraced and punished.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

Sometimes the same taura, or priest, continued for two or three days possessed by the spirit or deity; a piece of a native cloth, of a peculiar kind, worn round one arm, was an indication of inspiration, or of the indwelling of the god with the individual who wore it.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Whilst the secrecy of the records of the College of Arms is so jealously preserved it is impossible to speak definitely at present, for an exact and comprehensive knowledge of exact and Page 461 {461} authoritative instances of fact is necessary before a decision can be definitely put forward.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

On both these points, it ought to be said, there is doubtless considerable divergence between the experiences of different individuals: but at any rate among Englishmen I conceive that a person who finds desire always painful—in the sense in which, as I have tried to show, the word is commonly used both by moralists and in ordinary discourse—is as exceptional a being as one who finds labour always painful.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

At the second ballet at the opera an actress dressed in a tippet held out her cap to the bones as if to beg an alms, while she was dancing a pas de deux.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

A DAY AT POMPEII Apud forum ê currû dêscendêrunt et Lentulus dîxit, "Hîc sunt multa tabernârum genera, mî Pûblî.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

He saw the flames ascend and curl Round turkis, diamond, and pearl, While silver floods and molten gold From ruined wall and latice rolled.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Except the duke of Burgundy, none of the potentates of the West condescended to appear in person, or by their ambassadors; nor was it possible to suppress the judicial acts of Basil against the dignity and person of Eugenius, which were finally concluded by a new election.
— 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

As to the races, Rand, take the draft and put it all on Roysterer.”
— from The Black Lion Inn by Alfred Henry Lewis

In regard to the former part of his doctrine, again, [Pg 204] it appears that Paley meant to propose the will of God as the rule or obligation of morals, and utility only as a criterion or guide; though it must be confessed that his language is liable to much misconstruction, and is somewhat at variance with itself.
— from The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings by John Abercrombie

The utmost confusion has in general overshadowed this subject, from mixing the Oriental with the Gothic system of fabling, the voluptuous or monstrous Fairies of eastern and southern romance, with those of the popular superstition of the north of Europe; two races in all their features remarkably distinct, and productive of two very opposite styles both of imagery and literature.
— from Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 2 of 2] Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs, and amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age by Nathan Drake

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— from The Hungry Heart: A Novel by David Graham Phillips

Tranquilla scorned to detain any part of her fortune from him into whose hands she delivered up her person; and Hymenæus thought no act of baseness more criminal than his who enslaves his wife by her own generosity, who by marrying without a jointure, condemns her to all the dangers of accident and caprice, and at last boasts his liberality, by granting what only the indiscretion of her kindness enabled him to withhold.
— from The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Samuel Johnson

During a plague in England, in the year 1348, London and its vicinity were the chief places of [Pg 42] suffering; and as no church-yard could contain the victims, the Bishop of London bought a piece of ground called No Man’s Land
— from The History of Chivalry; Or, Knighthood and Its Times, Volume 2 (of 2) by Charles Mills

If you dream at playing at tenpins, you will doubtless soon engage in some affair which will bring discredit upon your name, and you will lose your money and true friendship.
— from Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream A Scientific and Practical Exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller

Tourteaux, according to Bigot, are made in the following manner: Old cords or pieces of match are beaten with mallets to take out the dirt, and prepare them to receive the composition.
— from A System of Pyrotechny Comprehending the theory and practice, with the application of chemistry; designed for exhibition and for war. by James Cutbush

The meetings of the School were always a delight to her; the papers written for it were among her most valuable essays; indeed, we may look upon them as [121] the flowering of all her deep and painful toil in the field of philosophy.
— from Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

The Duchess and Princess Victoria were alone, and received me very graciously, and conversed for half an hour with me.
— from Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Mary Somerville