Thus disunited, it might have been expected that these congregated masses would have dissolved, or fallen upon each other, when the Rajputs might have given the coup de grâce to the survivors; but they were Mahrattas, and their politics were too complicated to end in simple strife: almost all the actors in these scenes lived to contest with, and be humiliated by, the British.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

“I threw the rest away with horror, and waited, with the dew of fear upon my brow.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

recette , f. , ce qui est reçu; formule, procédé dont on fait usage dans l'économie domestique.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

We may partly explain it by the different degrees of our knowledge in the two cases: there are many acts and forbearances of which we cannot lay down definitely that they ought to be done or forborne, unless we have the complete knowledge of circumstances which a man commonly possesses only in his own case, and not in that of other men.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

Men growl in vague discontent; officers fling up their commissions, and emigrate in disgust.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

It has been said that our honest and dear old friend used to perform on the flute in private; Glorvina insisted upon having duets with him, and Lady O'Dowd would rise and artlessly quit the room when the young couple were so engaged.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Party spirit ran high; and the republic seemed to be in danger of falling under the dominion either of a narrow oligarchy or of an ignorant and headstrong rabble.
— from Lays of Ancient Rome by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Commerce , attempts to control by force, 1 , 62 , 63 , 100 , 101 , 107 , 245 , 247 ; trade routes, 25 , 32 , 33 , 37 , 38 , 141 , 142 ; water carriage easier and cheaper than land, 25 ; advantages of rivers and inlets to, 25 , 35 , 36 ; secure seaports and a navy necessary to security of, 26-28 , 74-76 , 82 , 83 , 134 , 135 ; the basis of a healthy navy, 28 , 45 , 46 , 82 ; war upon (see commerce-destroying); influence of Baltic trade upon sea power, 32 , 62 , 239 , 240 , 405 ; effect of Central American Canal on, 33 , 325 ; effect of physical conditions on, 36-39 ; decay of Spanish, 41 , 50-52 ; effect of national character on, 50-55 ; solicitude of English government concerning, 60 , 62 , 63 , 65 , 66 , 143 , 206 , 218 , 220 , 240 , 241 , 247 , 269 , 270 ; the Navigation Act, 60 ; influence of the wealth of England on history, 64 , 187 , 197 , 216 , 218 , 227 , 279 , 295 ; commercial spirit of the Dutch, 49 , 52 , 55 , 57 , 68 , 69 , 98 ; Colbert's policy for developing, 70 , 71 , 101 , 102 , 105 , 106 , 169 ; decay of French, under Louis XIV., 73 , 107 , 167 , 169 , 170 , 198 , 199 , 219 , 226-228 ; improvement of French, under Louis XV., 74 , 242 , 243 ; government influence on, 70 , 71 , 82 , 101 , 105 , 106 ; dangers to United States, by blockades, 84-87 ; commercial policy of United States, 84 , 88 ; French, in 1660, 93 ; Dutch, in 1660, 95-97 , 131 ; rivalry of English and Dutch, 100 , 107 ; Leibnitz's proposition to Louis XIV. to seize Egypt, 141 , 142 ; influence of Dutch wealth, 167 , 176 , 187 , 197 , 270 , 279 ; sufferings of Dutch, 38 , 160 , 167 , 168 ; gains to English, by policy of Louis XIV.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Another bite makes free the door: So, dream thy dreams, O Faust, until we meet once more!
— from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Sick 'em, Pete!" cried Mandy, when she found her arms pinioned; and at once there darted out from under the cart a hairy little demon of a dog, mute, mongrelish, pink-eared, which began silent havoc with the corporal's legs.
— from The Way of a Man by Emerson Hough

You may make big game shooting as dangerous as you please, and by following up a wounded bear or bison in a careless manner meet with an accident, but if proper precautions are taken, the danger of following up these animals is by no means so great as is generally supposed.
— from Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore With chapters on coffee planting in Coorg, the Mysore representative assembly, the Indian congress, caste and the Indian silver question, being the 38 years' experiences of a Mysore planter by Robert H. (Robert Henry) Elliot

Then, with an effort, she drew one foot under her, and again the fear shadowed her face.
— from The Cattle-Baron's Daughter by Harold Bindloss

All this day she had a great degree of fever upon her, and would sometimes say to me, “What were the sweet words
— from A Letter to the Loving and Beloved People of the Parish of Madeley, and Its Vicinity, Who Have Lost a Friend to Piety in the Death of Mrs. Fletcher, Widow of the Rev. J. W. Fletcher, (or de la Flechere,) Late Vicar of Madeley, Shropshire. by Mary Tooth

Yes, good father; Continue daily orisons for us
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Closing his fingers spasmodically over this damning piece of evidence, Mr. Delamere knelt painfully, and with the aid of his cane drew out from under the bureau the yellow object which, had attracted his attention.
— from The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

Whether he thought himself neglected in not being invested with the government of the country he had discovered, or felt unwilling that another should share in the honors of future discoveries, cannot now be determined.
— from The Indian in his Wigwam; Or, Characteristics of the Red Race of America From Original Notes and Manuscripts by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

We have seen the decay of friendships unable to endure the light of an ideal hope—have seen, too, their resurrection in a faith and hope beyond the tomb, where the form lies we once so fondly cherished.
— from Life Without and Life Within; or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and Poems. by Margaret Fuller

Mynheer Beresteyn went away at last, not before Gilda feared that she must drop or faint under the stress of this nerve-racking situation.
— from The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness