If courts adopt different rules on similar facts, according to the point at which men will fight in the [213] several cases, it tends, so far as it goes, to shake an a priori theory of the matter.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Thereupon the driver appeared, holding in his hand one of his lanterns, which cast a sudden glow on the interior of the coach, lighting up the double row of startled faces, mouths agape, and eyes wide open in surprise and terror.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

And he might not be far from maintaining not only the rational origin, but the divine right of shepherds.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

22 As to a solemne feast, all whom I fear'd Thou call'st about mee; when his wrath appear'd, 175 None did remaine or scape, for those which I Brought up, did perish by mine enemie.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

For some time, Front Street, above the Esplanade, continued to be a raised terrace, from which pleasant views and fresh lake air could be obtained; and attempts were made, at several points along its southern verge, to establish a double row of shade trees, which should recall in future ages the primitive oaks and elms which overlooked the margin of the harbour.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

In a cold, business-like tone Alice Ossipovna answered that she had completed her education at a private school, and had then qualified as a domestic teacher, that her father had died recently of scarlet fever, her mother was alive and made artificial flowers, that she, Mademoiselle Enquette, gave private lessons at a pension in the morning, and from one o'clock right until the evening she taught in respectable private houses.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

XL At breakfast Brazil was the topic, and all endeavoured to take a hopeful view of Clare's proposed experiment with that country's soil, notwithstanding the discouraging reports of some farm-labourers who had emigrated thither and returned home within the twelve months.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

A noble palace, stretching its ornamented front, block upon block away, till it seemed that it would never end; a grand promenade before it, whereon the armies of an empire might parade; all about it rainbows of flowers, and colossal statues that were almost numberless and yet seemed only scattered over the ample space; broad flights of stone steps leading down from the promenade to lower grounds of the park—stairways that whole regiments might stand to arms upon and have room to spare; vast fountains whose great bronze effigies discharged rivers of sparkling water into the air and mingled a hundred curving jets together in forms of matchless beauty; wide grass-carpeted avenues that branched hither and thither in every direction and wandered to seemingly interminable distances, walled all the way on either side with compact ranks of leafy trees whose branches met above and formed arches as faultless and as symmetrical as ever were carved in stone; and here and there were glimpses of sylvan lakes with miniature ships glassed in their surfaces.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

Nearly every afternoon found Lyle at Jack’s cabin, diligently reading or studying, guarded by Rex, the faithful collie, who would let no one but Lyle enter the cabin while Jack and Mike were at their work.
— from The Award of Justice; Or, Told in the Rockies: A Pen Picture of the West by A. Maynard (Anna Maynard) Barbour

Taking up this problem of education, however, he made use of the reports of the government departments, reports of school officials, books, pamphlets, articles in periodicals, statistical and experimental investigations, personal experience, and the experiences of his colleagues.
— from The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various

The cannonier touched off the fuse with his match, and Carmagnole's discharge rang out several seconds ahead of the general volley of the battery.
— from The Sword of Honor; or, The Foundation of the French Republic A Tale of The French Revolution by Eugène Sue

CHAPTER VII BY-PRODUCTS OF THE COCOA AND CHOCOLATE INDUSTRY Of Cacao Butter — It is the best and most natural Pomatum for Ladies to clear and plump the Skin when it is dry, rough , or shrivel'd , without making it appear either fat or shining .
— from Cocoa and Chocolate: Their History from Plantation to Consumer by Arthur William Knapp

“We who were never yet at quiet, Lovers of Change, Disorder, Riot, Old Sticklers for a Common-wealth, (If you believe us) wish you Health, A long, a safe, a prosperous Reign.
— from A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days Showing the State of Political Parties and Party Warfare at the Hustings and in the House of Commons from the Stuarts to Queen Victoria by Joseph Grego

Wordsworth has the following beautiful lines on the Hermit of Derwentwater:— "If thou, in the dear love of some one friend, Hast been so happy that thou know'st what thoughts Will sometimes, in the happiness of love, Make the heart sink, then wilt thou reverence This quiet spot; and, stranger, not unmoved Wilt thou behold this shapeless heap of stones, The desolate ruins of St. Herbert's cell.
— from Tales and Legends of the English Lakes by Wilson Armistead

And she sits in the lonely fields by the hedges and windmills in the fair weather; or in the neat little chamber with the walled town visible between the pillar of the window, as in Bartholomew Beham's exquisite design, reading, or suckling, or sewing, or soothing the fretful baby; no angels around her, or rarely: the Scripture says nothing about such a court of seraphs as the Italians and Flemings, the superstitious Romanists, always placed round the mother of Christ.
— from Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion by Vernon Lee

Then, says De Wimpffen, he entered into details respecting our situation, which, 'unfortunately, were too true,' and he offered to permit an officer to verify his statements, an offer which the Frenchman did not then accept.
— from Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4 by Wolfgang Menzel