Digges , Sir Dudley, a violent opposition leader in Charles I.’s second parliament, iii. 451 ; opened the impeachment of Buckingham, 452 ; committed to the tower, 454 .
— from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli

He remembered her as he had seen her that first day, a vision of loveliness in her fluffy pink dress, her skin like the skin of a baby, her eyes the soft, tender grey eyes of the girl to whom he had given his heart without reservation.
— from The Everlasting Whisper by Jackson Gregory

It must be quite obvious to all who are in the least degree acquainted with the nature of these draughts and views of land, in the nature of a coasting pilot, that it is utterly impossible to reduce them within the compass of an octavo size, and at the same time to render them of the smallest degree of usefulness; while large plates must have been necessary, and speedily destroyed by opening and refolding.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

The dignity and value of labor in the most menial occupation is superior to idleness or dependence upon others for the requirements of life.
— from The Employments of Women: A Cyclopædia of Woman's Work by Virginia Penny

While the Boarder was shifting the curtains to their former positions, and Mrs. Jenkins and Amarilly were busily engaged in divesting the choir of their costumes, the front door opened and disclosed a vision of loveliness in the form of Colette.
— from Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley by Belle Kanaris Maniates

1 s. 6 d. A VOCABULARY OF LATIN IDIOMS.
— from Hurrell Froude: Memoranda and Comments by Louise Imogen Guiney

Originated from seed of White Doyenné with Dr. Adrian Vanderveer of Long Island, and was named after the originator by William Prince.
— from The Pears of New York by U. P. Hedrick

If they are told in simple, graceful, expressive English, they are a direct and valuable object lesson in this last direction.
— from The Story Hour: A Book for the Home and the Kindergarten by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

There was even from early days a vein of liberality in his views, but either from want of foresight, or owing to a certain rigidity of mind, he missed at critical times the precious opportunity and incurred thereby an aggravated loss.
— from Constantinople: The Story of the Old Capital of the Empire by William Holden Hutton