The lowest of the clouds must have been floating at an elevation of two thousand yards, a height greater than that of terrestrial vapors, which circumstance was doubtless owing to the extreme density of the air.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

(b) Telegraph (1) Delay the transmission and delivery of telegrams to enemy destinations.
— from Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services

I now find, after over thirty days of trial, the enemy deems it of the first importance to run no risks with the armies they now have.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

We see Wildhead at his disservice of the truth every day.
— from Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Alexander Whyte

The decline of the Turkish empire dates from the battle of Lepanto.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, June 1884, No. 9 by Chautauqua Institution

The accurate ascertainment of the positions of the veins near the costa in this species is a matter of considerable difficulty owing to the extremely dense tuft of hairs there situated.
— from New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (Macro-Lepidoptera) by G. V. (George Vernon) Hudson

The delicacy of touch, the exquisite delineation of character among the peasantry of the Cévennes, and the beautiful descriptions of scenery and bird life in the first category make these stories essential to a knowledge of the country I am describing in this chapter, and no one should visit it without having read at least some of them.
— from A Book of the Cevennes by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

[Pg 53] d with the Emperor Nicholas about Turkey and her prospects and condition, and his own intentions and opinions, which were amicable towards us, and very wise and moderate in themselves, contemplating the dissolution of the Turkish Empire, disclaiming in the strongest terms any design of occupying Constantinople—more than that, declaring that he would not do it—but supposing the event to happen, not thinking the solution of the problem so difficult as it is generally regarded.
— from The Greville Memoirs, Part 3 (of 3), Volume 1 (of 2) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1852 to 1860 by Charles Greville

In the mean time, however, it appears to me better to wait before expressing a definite opinion till the embryonic development of the suprarenal bodies has been worked out in the higher Vertebrata.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) Separate Memoirs by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour