He, too, had donned a robe de chambre , and sat down by his wife to have a chat over the occurrences of the day.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

And down this vast gulf upon which we were pinnacled the great draught dashed and roared, driving clouds and misty wreaths of vapour before it, till we were nearly blinded, and utterly confused.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

La divina giustizia di qua punge quell'Attila che fu flagello in terra e Pirro e Sesto; e in etterno munge le lagrime, che col bollor diserra, a Rinier da Corneto, a Rinier Pazzo, che fecero a le strade tanta guerra>>.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Perhaps, however, this same class of readers will be shocked at seeing an æsthetic problem taken so seriously, especially if they can recognise in art no more than a merry diversion, a readily dispensable court-jester to the "earnestness of existence": as if no one were aware of the real meaning of this confrontation with the "earnestness of existence."
— from The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

At the long-ago epoch when the land went up, the waters came down with a concentrated rush from several directions into the valley just here, from some accidental cause, carving out in their course, in the enormous deposit of the drift, a number of deep and rapidly descending channels, converging all upon this point.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

Let danger and responsibility draw close round him in every direction, then he loses the power of comprehensive vision, and if he retains this in any measure by the influence of others, still he will lose his power of DECISION, because in that point no one can help him.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

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— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Nicol Brinn silently dropped flat at the back of a divan, as Rama Dass, coming out of the room which communicated with the golden screen, made his way toward the distant door.
— from Fire-Tongue by Sax Rohmer

As a matter of fact, they divide themselves into several classes, all different, all requiring different care, handling and treatment, and all, in their several ways, dependent for help on the machinery of mercy.
— from Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Sometimes it is simply deferred and remains dormant, content to bide its time; "there will be time enough for that later on".
— from Psychology: A Study Of Mental Life by Robert Sessions Woodworth

"Then take my advice, and don't do anything rash, dear child.
— from Kathleen's Diamonds; or, She Loved a Handsome Actor by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.

Great then was his delight when one day at recess, Dick came up to him and said in his most winning way:
— from Bert Lloyd's Boyhood: A Story from Nova Scotia by J. Macdonald (James Macdonald) Oxley

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— from The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 by Anatole France

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— from The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 by Anatole France

This being said, the situation remains in much the same condition that it has done for the past two years; if anything, notwithstanding some defections and reverses, Don Carlos has gained in strength and boldness.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 22, October, 1875, to March, 1876 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various