One way and another his book is full of interest, and those who wish to talk about Kipling will find it invaluable, while the thousands of his admirers will read it through with delighted enthusiasm.” VOLUMES OF E.W.O.T.
— from A Girl of the North: A Story of London and Canada by Susan Morrow Jones

The proletariat, the working-class, struggle to obtain possession of the State, that they may use it to destroy every vestige of economic privilege, [ 48 ] to abolish private property in the means of production and distribution, and thus put an end to the division of society into classes, and usher in the society of the future, the Co-operative Commonwealth.
— from Socialism: Positive and Negative by Robert Rives La Monte

Characterization, dramatic effect, variety of emotional coloring, are all bartered away for sensuous beauty of tone; and hence the distinctive name for Italian singing— bel canto , or beautiful song—is very aptly chosen.
— from Chopin and Other Musical Essays by Henry T. Finck

As a temporary measure, LC has claimed the right to demand electronic versions of electronic publications.
— from Workshop on Electronic Texts: Proceedings, 9-10 June 1992 by Library of Congress

Viewed at a short distance each vista of empty street had a wavy green beard on its face; and by this one might judge to what a low ebb the commerce and the pleasure of the city had fallen since its occupation.
— from Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

It seemed to Ludovico, assailed by secret visions of Naples allying herself with Milan’s most dreaded enemy Venice, or even with Florence and Rome to secure revenge and his own downfall, that he must hastily give up the idea that Lorenzo had advocated of a balance of power within the peninsula itself, and look instead beyond the mountains for help and support.
— from Europe in the Middle Ages by Ierne L. (Ierne Lifford) Plunket

He was the referee of all parties—Puritans, Churchmen, and Catholics appealed to him as their friend—and he strove to hold the balance fairly, whilst deprecating extreme views on each side.
— from The Great Lord Burghley: A study in Elizabethan statecraft by Martin A. S. (Martin Andrew Sharp) Hume

The distinctive emotional value of each instrument inheres in the character of its sound.
— from The Gate of Appreciation: Studies in the Relation of Art to Life by Carleton Eldredge Noyes

I picture to myself the poet of the future, hooded, veiled, to conceal his features; robed in flowing drapery to cover his feet; with his hands in a muff; living alone to hide his personal habits; studiously avoiding the subject of his health; painstaking in showing no decided preferences; void of passion lest he be deemed erotic; void of epigram or humor lest his wit be taken as earnest; until I sigh mournfully for the time spoken of in Genesis, when “there was no more earing.”
— from Essays from the Chap-Book Being a Miscellany of Curious and interesting Tales, Histories, &c; newly composed by Many Celebrated Writers and very delightful to read. by Various