The system of subsidies, which began half a century before in the wars of Marlborough and received its most extensive development half a century later in the Napoleonic wars, maintained the efforts of her allies, which would have been crippled, if not paralyzed, without them.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

“Now,” said he, “I am at your disposal.” H2 anchor CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB Javert deposited Jean Valjean in the city prison.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

[199] Problems; one book of Proverbs; one book, being a Collection of General Problems; one on Problems in Natural Philosophy; one on Example; one on Proposition and Exposition; a second treatise on Poetry; one on the Wise Men; one on Counsel; one on Solecisms; one on Rhetorical Art, a collection of sixty-one figures of Oratorical Art; one book on Hypocrisy; six books of a Commentary of Aristotle or Theophrastus; sixteen books of Opinions on Natural Philosophy; one book, being an Abridgment of Opinions on Natural Philosophy; one on Gratitude; one called Moral Characters; one on Truth and Falsehood; six on the History of Divine Things; three on the Gods; four on the History of Geometry; six books, being an Abridgment of the work of Aristotle on Animals; two books of Epicheiremes; three books of Propositions; two on Kingly Power; one on Causes; one on Democritus; one on Calumny; one on Generation; one on the Intellect and Moral Character of Animals; two on Motion; four on Sight; two on Definitions; one on being given in Marriage; one on the Greater and the Less; one on Music; one on Divine Happiness; one addressed to the Philosophers of the Academy; one Exhortatory Treatise; one discussing how a City may be best Governed; one called Commentaries; one on the Crater of Mount Etna in Sicily; one on Admitted Facts; one on Problems in Natural History; one, What are the Different Manners of Acquiring Knowledge; three on Telling Lies; one book, which is a preface to the Topics; one addressed to Æschylus; six books of a History of Astronomy; one book of the History of Arithmetic relating to Increasing Numbers; one called the Acicharus; one on Judicial Discourses; one on Calumny; one volume of Letters to Astycreon, Phanias, and Nicanor; one book on Piety; one called the Evias; one on Circumstances; one volume entitled Familiar Conversations; one on the Education of Children; another on the same subject, discussed in a different manner; one on Education, called also, a treatise on Virtue, or on Temperance; one book of Exhortations; one on Numbers; one consisting of Definitions referring to the Enunciation of Syllogisms; one on Heaven; two on Politics; two on Nature, on Fruits, and on Animals.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

it is Singular as my gun has a Steel frisen and never Snaped 7 times before in examining her found the flint loose to describe the road of this day would be a repitition of yesterday excpt the Snow which made it much wors to proseed as we had in maney places to derect our Selves by the appearence of the rubbings of the Packs against the trees which have limbs quiet low and bending downwards H2 anchor [Clark, September 17, 1805] Sunday 17th Septr.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

The Author replied, "I pledge myself for the sincerity of this letter upon the knowledge I have of General d'Auvray and the other men of Wittgenstein's headquarters; whether the dispositions he announces can be accomplished as he lays down I certainly cannot pledge myself; for your Excellency knows that in war we must often fall short of the line we have drawn for ourselves."
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

It appeared, moreover, that if this doctrine could be stated in terms with any resemblance to those bright intuitions in which this truth is sometimes revealed to us, it would [51] be a star in many dark hours and crooked passages in our journey that would not suffer us to lose our way.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

He saw that, guilty or innocent, his Judges were bent upon condemning him: The remembrance of what his denial had already cost him terrified him at the idea of being again applied to the question, and almost engaged him to confess his crimes.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

When Harald Gormson, king of Denmark, had adopted Christianity, he sent a message over all his kingdom that all people should be baptized, and converted to the true faith.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

The very defenses of Old Manila illustrate how the Philippines have suffered from lack of such devoted, honest and courageous critics as José Rizal.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

The old man tried to do honest and conscientious work, but just the name he ruined all the clocks he touched.
— from The Emperor of Portugallia by Selma Lagerlöf

Most of the classical literature, most of the legends, or the folk tales that I have been discussing have a compelling charm through their form.
— from Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds by Lucy Sprague Mitchell

You lie down here and close your eyes; now pull the rug up so.
— from The Old Stone House and Other Stories by Anna Katharine Green

Behind the door hung a cloak with a small collar, a bridle, and a black leather cap, and on the floor, in a corner, were a pair of leggings, still covered with dry mud.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

And, in whole-hearted enjoyment of his friend’s pyrotechnics, David had almost choked over his delicious prunes in aspic.
— from The Oxford Circus: A Novel of Oxford and Youth by Hamish Miles

The story, as it unfolds, shows how the pupil outran the master and how the present Kaiser at last dismissed his aging chancellor and took over control of affairs himself.
— from The Book Review Digest, Volume 13, 1917 Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books by Various

But when the drawing has a certain dimension,—when the face-oval, for instance, has a diameter of more than an inch,—the same treatment may seem inexplicable to eyes accustomed to elaborated detail.
— from Gleanings in Buddha-Fields: Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East by Lafcadio Hearn

When Darry strode forth into the marsh the next day he again carried the gun.
— from Darry the Life Saver; Or, The Heroes of the Coast by Frank V. Webster