The only question is, whether it was his interest to do so.” “Mr. Franklin Blake’s debts,” I remarked, “are matters of family notoriety.”
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

to day I recognised a man of the Elute nation who reside at the Long narrows, he was on his return from a tradeing voyage to the Columbian Vally with 10 or 12 of his tribe.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

[264] and exceeding expert and doughty in riding and martial exercises, both by land and by sea.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

During some time five thousand persons died daily in Rome; and many towns, that had escaped the hands of the Barbarians, were entirely depopulated.
— 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

It was above six months before you wrote me a letter, nor during all that time did I receive any message from you.
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Héloïse

Dative -i , rare: as, Mīnōidi .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Never do I recall a more agreeable sensation than the sight of our camps by night, lit up by the fires of fragrant pine-knots.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Though it belongs essentially to the local functionaries to determine who, according to those principles, is entitled to be relieved, the national Parliament is the proper authority to prescribe the principles themselves; and it would neglect a most important part of its duty if it did not, in a matter of such grave national concern, lay down imperative rules, and make effectual provision that those rules should not be departed from.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

At night it rang again, and the next day, and every day; it rang as much as any one could desire.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

And whilst it contributes to those ends, so far Drinking is regular and moderate; but when it destroys them, ‘tis irregular and sinful.
— from Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England: A History by Richard Valpy French

After having been in an enemy's country fighting night and day, in rain and mud, those cheers came to those who heard them in the distance as the first rays of sunshine after a storm.
— from Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War by Fannie A. Beers

It would seem that his birth and education should have kept him from the theater, where circumstances alone placed him; but he was able to protect himself against the seductions of his situation, and in the greenroom, and in the midst of domestic intrigues, remained a man of good character and pure manners.
— from Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Volume 07 by Louis Constant Wairy

“My dear Father Daule,” I replied, “allow me respectfully to tell you that I understand, as well as you do, the nature of the deplorable event of this morning.
— from Fifty Years in the Church of Rome by Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy

The wholesome results of French women's activity are reflected especially in art and literature, and to a lesser degree in religion and morality, by the tone of elegance, politeness, finesse , clearness, precision, purity, and a general high standard which man followed if he was to succeed.
— from Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) by Hugo P. (Hugo Paul) Thieme

There would still remain ten acres, which must be very bad land if, besides paying the rent and taxes, it did not keep three or four cows; and an industrious and managing family would find no difficulty in rearing as many pigs and as much poultry as would be necessary for home consumption, [577] and for the purchase of clothing and other indispensable necessaries.
— from Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton by Barrow, John, Sir

This day it rained and made them very slippery.
— from The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln by Wayne Whipple

S ARFARÁZ , son of, at Dháká, in rebellion against Mír Jafar, 115 .
— from Rulers of India: Lord Clive by G. B. (George Bruce) Malleson

Ornament in its developed, or sophisticated and conscious, stage seems to me to have a close analogy to music of certain types, in which the sensuous delight in rhythm and melody, as well as the technical skill and invention of the musician, constitute the principal charm.
— from Ideals in Art: Papers Theoretical, Practical, Critical by Walter Crane

She dressed in rather a manly way, and far too young for her fifty years.
— from The Mandarin's Fan by Fergus Hume